SHIFTING IDENTITIES

The Detail is in the Retail

2011-03-16T23:51:00.000-07:00

Ok, on Tuesday i attended the industry form 1: Retail Detail. ohh-em-gee, seriously so worth going! It was held at the beautiful BMW auditorium at fed square, so if the talk was not your cup of tea, you could still enjoy the views of the Yarra river and/or the geometric architecture and snazzy wood panelling. Lucky for me i actually loved the talk and didn't have to rely on the ambiance for entertainment.
As i entered the venue i was greeted with a (this time opened) bottle of chinotto. As you all know I'm quite clumsy and naturally also struggled with this. As i sit down at my seat (4 rows behind Grant Pearce) I manage to knock over the opened bottle of delicious beverage. The contents cascade out and onto the polished wooden floor to my despair. Not only is it a waste of chinotto, but i look like a dick... so the entire talk i sat in a puddle. I got a tad concerned when the drink started traveling to the row behind me, the girl was frantically moving her bags around trying to save them. Awkward.
Anyway, there were four speakers, the first was Mark Ritson, Consultant & Associate Professor of Marketing for University of Melbourne & consultant to LVMH. His presentation was predominantly about brand identity. Australia is a very stable country, he was saying, and that our market is controlled by oligopolies, only 2 major competitors ie. Coles and Woolworths, meaning that companies like that are totally unprepared for competition from other countries. He was also talking about the importance of knowing your brand and who the target market it is. This means market research and analysis. Exclusivity means it has to exclude. The example he used was brand Abercrombie & Fitch and their iconic 'all American' college hunk, which quite frankly isn't that many of us.
The next speaker was Erin Mullaney, Founder & Director at ECM Fashion Consulting. Talked mostly about her experiences as a buyer for UK department giants Brown's, Selfridges and Harrods as well as well as a brand consultant for Christian Louboutin. She was saying that it is important to have a good team. Designers often don't have the business brains and may make the wrong decisions, this underlines the necessity for a business partner who can make the right decisions. People need to stick to their strengths. Erin also talked about the need to be forward thinking and innovative, she spoke about all the projects she did, ie. collaborations with designers or pop up stores and how all that is important for a company to stay relevant in a fast moving fashion world.
Peter Harris, President of the Pedder Group, Hong Kong, was the third speaker. His talk was about the importance of details. The devil is in the detail. He started with a personal anecdote about how he received a hand written birthday note when boarding a long flight and receiving a selection of macaroons in his hotel suite upon arrival after a 5 hour flight delay. His point was that personal touches like that can make an experience memorable and create consumer loyalty. He was telling us about the Lane Crawford Hong Kong flagship store, saying that the reason why it is the highest performing store is because of 6 reasons:
- Great store design
- Shopping suites
- Concierge desk
- Service teams
- Edited Product Offer
- Visual Merchandising
The last speaker for the afternoon was David Bush, the General Manager of Womenswear for David Jones. He spoke about the importance of a brand. He called it 'a collection of memories that make a purchase'. The first experience of a brand is always memorable, weather its good or bad. He also talked about how a brand must differentiate between its competitors and stay relevant to the time for it to be successful. Making long term decisions that are calculated and smart means that a brand can evolve as it needs to.
So as a whole, not too shabby...
Here are the pics.

Fashion Full STOP

2011-03-16T21:04:00.000-07:00

Bonjour,
On Monday night was the 'fashion full stop'-decades of fashion and music show. As you can imagine I made it my mission to attend. It was definitely an interesting event. It was held at the Exhibition building, for those of you who don't know, its a massive beast of a space with the classic stage and ascending half-circular seating (a fun little fact for you guys).The show was a retrospective of Australian fashion from the 60's till today. Every iconic fashion statement throughout the past 50 years was shown, and in between spurts of runway fashion was either a song from our idol Guy Sebastian, Mark Seymour, Russell Morris, Josh Abrahams, Metals, Owl Eyes, Marcia Hines and much much more or dance performances from groups: The Squared Division and the Australian Ballet.
I was seated in some side section, and the more i squinted the more i could see. Then i realised that i am media (woo!) which qualified me to move around freely to capture great moments as they occurred. Now they kept telling us that we must move around... HA! this was not the case. i managed to park myself directly at the end of the stage at the side and did not budge. My shitty little camera was not coping with the distance from my original stealthy paparazzi position. And from the new pap spot i got great views of the stage, models and the dancers crotch as she was pelvic thrusting to Olivia Newton John's 'lets get physical'. It was a beautiful moment. I was also kicking myself because i decided to wear my white Ombre Margiela jeans that night, and well crawling around on all fours as to not obstruct the view of others can be a nightmare. God bless Napysan.
Anywho, here are the pictures:

ps. Jenny Kee is launching her new scarf range

Mouse House Pent

2011-03-13T08:31:00.000-07:00

So Docklands is the biggest urban development fail here in melbourne, we got lost. Wandered around for half an hour, took the scenic root to Penthouse Mouse at shed 4 you might say. Once finally there we were greeted with so much art, fashion and alcohol, it was great! The space was huge and filled to the brim with the wacky works of art and the wacky people that make the art as well as the wacky visitors. Having bought a jacket that same day, i was in no financial position to drink, i relied on the kindness of others, lucky Jac from Upper Left Arm gave me a drink card. <3<3<3<3<3 after that i would have tipples from other peoples drinks, when they weren't looking... hehehe
anyway here are the pictures:

Johnny's outfit <3

ULA in Tula

2011-03-12T14:50:00.000-08:00

hey guys!!
on Thursday night was the Upper Left Arm launch at Comeback Kid, i unfortunately had a delightfully long studio class at uni from 1:30-9:30... AT NIGHT!!!! 8 hours of continuous pattern making and sewing. By the time the clock ticked over to the 7pm mark, i was already a distant memory in class, just a light breeze tailing my elaborate exit strategy. (i left my stuff on the table, so they would think i just ducked out to the toilet or something). Ingenious!
what i had planned to a be a drive-by shooting, turned out to be just over an hour of socialising. i tried to look at the clothing but it was difficult because of the sheer volume of people. From the glimpses the clothing looked great. I'm digging the ULA hats!
These types of events can be so intimidating, everyone had a camera, and not like a little shitty digital camera like me, but a bloody professional SLR, with a variety of paparazzi lenses and flashes. i felt like i was a character in those hideous early 80's 'Porkey's' movies, where the guys typically compare their private parts in the locker rooms, and unfortunately my Samsung L210 definitely didn't rise to the challenge... no pun intended!
Other than that the ULA launch was fun i then ran back to uni, slipped back into class and pretended i was never out. the perfect crime!
Afterwards the party continued at the Carlton club. I had a few drinks with my friends and just as i was about to leave, a giant group of incredibly well dressed and quite intoxicated people popped up the stairs. The Comeback kid crew managed to persuade me to stay for one more drink:
Pat "vlad stay for one more drink"
me "ok!"
*Gretta and i wet kiss*
clearly they worked hard to persuade me... hahaha
I had such a great chat with Jean from stud farm, it really nice to see beautiful, talented and above all genuinely nice people.
1 beer and 3 shots later i was walking back to Flinders St station in a much more cheery disposition.
all in all, a good night!
here are the pictures from my wonderful camera:

14-20.3.2011

2011-03-02T07:25:00.000-08:00

Hello there!
Welcome back to the wild and wacky world of shifting identities *cracks whip as lion jumps through a flaming hoop*, its been a long time my good friend, but I'm back with a vengeance.(I can almost hear the one hand clapping in anticipation and excitement)
I had my cousin and uncle visiting from Russia for a month so I've had my hands full. It's true what they say about old people, they become like children. My uncle has just hit his terrible twos again and was out of control. I wanted to put him on a leash, doesn't speak a word of English and an absolute menus in public. More about that in another post. They flew out on Sunday and i couldn't be happier! *cracks open a bottle of Moet...* OK, I'm not totally heartless. I will miss them. But at the moment all i can think about is having my bed back! No more saggy fold out couch/bed.
Now that hey have gone back to the old country I can concentrate on uni and this blog! WOO!
Today I attended the LMFF media and blogger conference/briefing. Yes, its that time of year. Fashion week is basically on our doorstep, knocking politely. I swing the door open and with a warm embrace the madness and excitement begins, or so I hope... (I can't quite tell you why I imagined it to happen like that.) I thought I was running late so I was power walking to the LMFF HQ FYI... burned off half a calorie. This exercise proved that I am unfit, the one flight of stairs I scaled took more out of me than it should have, but luckily i was greeted with a welcoming and thirst quenching chinotto.
After the briefing I am so excited about this one, first of all because we may all die in 2012, so it may be our last, but mainly because of the events planned by the LMFF team. Grant Pearce creative director of the festival and Editorial director of GQ explained the role LMFF plays in the Australian fashion industry and how unique it is in regards to other fashion weeks around the world. I kept getting distracted by the beautiful lapels of his incredibly sharp suit... (I die for a good bit of tailoring. D.I.E.), so my recollection of the talk is a bit hazy, but what I do remember is that there will be dancers, and lots of Australian fashion. One of the most interesting events during the week will be the business seminar. Guys, if you can score a ticket I highly recommend going to that. The speakers sound incredible: Graeme Fidler and Michael Herz, creative directors of BALLY!!! Jefferson Hack, editorial director of THE DAZED GROUP!!!! Mikael Schiller the CEO of ACNE STUDIOS!!! and Jan Nord and Jörgen Anderson from ESPRIT!!! not bad for li'l ol' Melbourne, eh? By the amount of capital letters I've used it sounds like an ad for Dimmies and Forgers... haha, but seriously it's an opportunity not to be missed.
The opening to the L'Oreal Melbourne Fashion Festival 'Fashion Full Stop.' promises to be a party in the pants. Created by designer and stylist Michelle Jank, 'Fashion Full Stop.' is a retrospective look at Australian fashion from the 60's to now. The colossal hall of clothing was amazing. It was like Dame Edna had exploded onto about a bajillion racks. No words. Just pictures.

Di$count <3<3<3

old fashioned

2010-12-27T19:08:00.000-08:00

Hello there,
so I'm home with my parents for the Christmas break, and i'm ready to kill myself and them. i've been home for 2 days and i've got my finger on the trigger. Now, just before i get into the another rant, you should probably know that Russian's are not quiet people, the more you love someone the louder you must yell at them over insignificant things such as crumbs or not changing into 'home' clothing the second one walks through the door. Crazy is not the word to describe my family. I'm sitting here in the arm chair watching Heston's feast on youtube and my mother decides that my mac is giving off radiation and i may get cancer. this naturally provokes an argument. She loves watching today tonight and other current affair programs, where any topic has to be sensationalized, eg: 'is your tea pot trying to kill you as you sleep? we uncover the ticking time bomb that the manufacturers don't want you to know', and hence has a extreme point of view on any form of technology or household appliance. we even have a magnet taped to the tap, so that the water is magnetized and thus healthier. This argument went on for longer than normal, my dad even tried to play the 'dumb' card by patronizingly asking me weather i know the difference between standby mode on a computer and off. He even tried to fool me, by saying: 'i don't know the difference, can you explain it to me..?' YESS DAD, OF COURSE I'LL EXPLAIN IT TO YOU, YOU ONLY SPEND EVERY SPARE MOMENT OF YOUR TIME ON YOUR 2 COMPUTERS, INSTALLING VARIOUS PROGRAMS AND AD-ONS. ITS AN EASY THING TO NOT KNOW THE DIFFERENCE OF STAND BY AND OFF...!!!!!!!!! i find the fact that they decided to paint my room, naturally the days that i will be there, slightly amusing. It's not like the paint fumes are toxic. i feel like I'm sleeping inside a bottle of amle. But my parents had an issue with macbook's radiation. Anyway, silent treatment is the next step in resolving a family feud, so the taping of my fingers on the keyboard of my mac as i write this is the only noise resonating through the tense, paint fumed air of the family home.

Anyway, back to the original point of this post! I got myself a Christmas pressie, a Comme des Garcons persona collection blazer dress. i am so happy!!! it is one of the prettiest things i have ever seen in my life. basically the premise of this collection was the juxtaposing traditional menswear pieces with classic womens wear in a Frankenstein manor. my delightful friend is a beautiful black, velvet trimmed blazer with two slits in the front chest panels with a delightfully kitsch black brocade dress sewn in. the dress is twisted over so its kinda hard to wear, but as far as i know, Rei intended the dress to hang in the front like an extra person. it makes me feel a touch like a Siamese twin. i've been watching mad men a lot and decided that that is the styling for the outfit post. For the record im wearing, Comme des Garcons blazer/dress, shirt i made myself, black Jack London suit pants, Dries Van Noten elastic shoes and vintage Persol sunglasses. I took the pictures in my delightful mansion around the lovely lady of the house. hope you all like them.
PS. now that I'm ready to post this, the argument that i had with my parents is over. Its like nothing ever happened.

forgotten but not gone.

2010-12-15T16:33:00.000-08:00

hello there,
My name is Vlad, i am the author of this blog. Not a very good one seeing as i haven't posted a scheric of a post since August!!!!
Sorry.
But i would like to thank you guys for leaving me nice supportive comments while i was away (mentally). it really made me feel guilty (so, well done) for neglecting this blog like that spur of the moment sale purchase that in the heat of the ecstatic atmosphere seems necessary to my very existence, but alas is another pair of ridiculously uncomfortable and feet mangling shoes that will now sit ceremoniously in their box along with all the other past season dregs, that have accumulated in my wardrobe... hmm, apparently i have issues.
so anyway, i finished uni for the year and have now moved up one notch in the social hierarchy that is RMIT Fashion. Only 2 more years left! woo! *fist pump*. This year all the 2nd year students had a fashion show at the GPO. We got the opportunity to either have a performance piece or be part of the runway. being the egocentric person that i am, i chose performance piece. before i get into that i should probs explain my final prototype.
This semester we were learning about the traditions of tailoring and the techniques involved. i was in the fancy pants experimental class and so as a result my tailoring outcome was an experiment. my proposition is a garment that comes as a flat sheet of fabric that can be assembled with the use of zips to construct a blazer. its a very simple concept that looks quite effective especially in a performance art arena. I did a shoot with my bezzie Ci, and here it is! Also I'll try and put up the video, but its on facebook and I'm not sure if that will work...
Vlad
ps. sorry again for being such a flakey bitch tit and not posting.

birth of the romantic

2010-08-26T16:46:00.000-07:00

Hey there!
I have just become independent, a free spirit, a dove set free into the clear blue sky that is my new house aka Mansion de la Footscray. Just moved in and I am so excited to be able to run my own life. This is the reason why I haven’t been blogging because there were quite a few issues and unforseen circumstances that threw a myriad of spanners in the works. One particularity enjoyable one was the night before the signing away of our lives, not 1, but 2 people pulled out!!!! So that was fun to deal with, but its all fine now. Mostly everyone is in place, we still don’t have a tea pot which makes my mornings challenging, I’m sleeping on an inflatable mattress and haven’t even started thinking about managing my wardrobe, but I’m not complaining. We have a 2m tall Venus sculptures in our entrance hall…finally my surroundings match my inner self. hahahaha
Anyway Wednesday night was the ‘Romance was born’ launch. I made it my job to be there. Surprisingly it wasn’t as packed with wankers as the previous exhibition I went to. That was very refreshing. Also the fact that black was not in abundance. Shock horror!!! Even I, yes I, a person that even has black sheets…mmmm sexy like a panther… wore colour, and not like a dull shade of burgundy, but like bright digital printed glory! The flips side of this was that I blended into the incredible ‘Romance was born’ wall paper, just a tad. The exhibition was really cool and from my understanding they were launching their new digital print which consisted of faux taxidermy creatures. The creatures were then displayed on baroque style side tables. It was fantastic! The champagne kept flowing and we all had a blast. Aileen and I went to dinner after and I was still drunk when I got home. I’m pretty sure I fell out of the cab. I definitely was judged by the driver. Lol
Anyway here are the pictures:

Beatuty after death

2010-08-07T04:01:00.000-07:00

hello there,
sorry about the late post... its becoming a trend... tisk tisk vlad.
Anyway, last week, maybe even the week before i went to the Julia DeVille and William Llewellyn Griffiths jewelery exhibition 'Nights Plutonian'. Look, what can i say, there work is amazing. there work has a very unique and identifiable aesthetic that works brilliantly together. Julia used animals that she taxidermied herself to create wonderful hybrid sculptures cross jewelery, and William used animal skeletons to create these entrancing moving circus scenes and jewelery installations. It was all so morbid and yet so fun. There were so many bits and pieces that i would happily house in my humble abode. lol The crowd there was quite fascinating. I felt like i was at a fashion funeral, kinda like in Zoolander when 3 of Derek's house mates died in the gasoline fight. It was a sea of black, lots of Miyake pleats, Rick Owens distressed leather and drappy silks. Unfortunately not all of them were as nice on the inside as they were on the outside. I got all excited to be in such an intensely visual environment that i want to take picture for you guys. I was so intimidated, gave myself a pep-talk just get myself in the media zone. lol What can go wrong? People are nice, right?...apparently they're not. So i walk up to the guy with two piggy tail plats and an awesome leather jacket with giant eyelets and kindly asked him if i could take his picture, he looks at me, slightly convulses and shakes then turns away and continues with his conversation. WANKER. Didn't even say anything. If he said, 'no thank you' i would have been totally fine, some people don't like photos. But no he was a cunt. So that naturally threw me off and as he was the first person i asked. If he was the second or even third person, i would have brushed it off and kept going. Oh well. so i had another complimentary drink and just took some picture of the art. And here they are:

Julia and Ferri

War Hero

2010-06-28T22:06:00.000-07:00

Hey!
The other day i stumbled apon this incrdible shoot from Dazed & Confused and i could help but repost this. Um... AMAZING! Such a great idea and truely looks incredible. The shoot is by Richard Burbridge, styled by Robbie Spencer and features models Aiden Andrews, Anthony Murrell & Taras Koultun.

images via the fashionisto
xx

Paper Cuts

2010-06-27T18:40:00.000-07:00

Hey guys!
waddup?
just thought i'd post some of my uni work. this is my first semester prototype. we had to create a complete outfit consisting of at least two pieces with a concept and etc. My concept is called paper cuts. I wanted to create garments with a non traditional fabrication method and so instead of sewing i glued most of the seams together. the glue i used was quite stiff and as the layers of fabric built up created a kind of skeleton structure. i then slit the fabric horisontaly to create a net like texture. I was facinated how the slits in the fabric undermine the structural itegrity of the glued garment making it colapse. Lol wanky fashion speak! We also had to make A1 posters for our assesment and naturaly i ran out of time to have a photoshoot with a model so instead i masking taped the garments to a white wall and took pictures, and here they are: hope you guys like them!
Vlad

Even More Birthday Bashes

2010-06-23T17:01:00.000-07:00

Hey there beautiful people!
Check me out! I'm actually posting!feel the good vibrations...
So this last Friday was Jack Mac's incredible 21st birthday extravaganza! He set the bar quite high *sweats nervously*. its OK, by the time its my 21st people would have forgotten his, yeah? Some how i don't think so. Pretty much was one of the best parties i have ever been to. He hired out a wear house along with a mandatory and what seamed like never ending tab, hello good times!
needless to say we all got quite inebriated, what class? the result was one powerful hang over and a lasting memory of a great night out! We even had a guest tribute performance to Lady Ga Ga by drag star Millie Minogue. fab.
As the drinks progressed the more our behavior got inappropriate. i may or may not have been violated by Greta, but fear not, i violated her right back. Even Steven.
My new alligator leather clutch came out, said hello for its first public appearance. was a nice moment, and not that you guys care, but i was not wearing all black for the first time in ages!! head to toe gray, with my translucent boots. Yeah i was fly. Workin' what my mamma gave me. Then i got trashed and in true Pats and Edie style stumbled home. Mmmm living the life.
Anyway here are the pics:

birthday boy in the crowd of smokers

birthday bashes

2010-06-21T20:08:00.000-07:00

hey guys!
i have finally finished with assessments and i am free on my holidays! woo! So i finally have time to blog!! so much has gone on, life changing purchases, obscenely fun times along with ridiculously stressful moments where i couldn't help but have a private cry to myself.
Anyway all this if finito, and now it seams like the roller coaster (can it get even more cliched?) that is life has smoothed itself out and i am in calm blue waters. Thank you Oprah.
So the purpose of this post is to document a certain someones, Greta from Comeback Kid's birthday shindig. So much fun! She is an old fashioned hoot! On the way to this glam-fest i realised that i left me camera at home. Nice one, dickhead! So i frantically, well not frantically as i do travel for like an hour from my house to the city, so leisurely downloaded the Hipstermatic app for my iphone to make the pictures look all indie alternative because im supper cool like that... Ha!
Once there we danced to a bit of the late great MJ, they even had a memorial tiki style tribute sculpture in his honor. As soon as Madonna popped onto the stereo there was no holding back, leave your dignity at the door. Mad gyrating and vogueing was a must. Go hard or go home. And hard we danced, after 'Vogue' i realised how truly unfit a actually am. i had to have a cheeky sit down whilst trying to sort out my 3 stitches and surprise hernia. lol, but as soon as 'Like a prayer' began i knew that this power pop ballad deserved justice, and deep down i know that somewhere in some London high security kabala center Madonna was smiling. Needless to say it was a fun night. Unfortunately it was so fun that i lost my favorite sweater. that was sad, it was like losing a child. a week later i went back to the store and my baby was there!! waiting patiently for me! i could not have asked for a better outcome. so good!

MJ tribute sculpture

The lovely Birthday girl

Fashion Hayley and Pat

Lets be dance?

Thousand and one apologies!

2010-05-22T04:06:00.000-07:00

Hey guys!
I know its been quite a while since my last post, 3 weeks to be precise. I'v just been quite the busy bee with uni. And its not like i don't have anything to post, iv been shopping again. So many unnecessary items of clothing have now worked there way into my wardrobe. The parents are thrilled... Anyway, i supposes this being a personal blog, makes it ok for me to bitch, vent if you will. The other day the most depressing thing happened to me. I went to my friends Sally and John's going away drinks after uni. Got caught up and being the drunken dick that i am, got locked out of uni. (the going away was quite sad, had a private tear to myself.) Anyway, All my uni work was left on the table, in a neat pile above my bags. The next morning i arrive bright and early, at a time where normal people aren't even thinking about leaving the comfort of there beds, walked into the classroom to find that some cleaner has decided to over zealously clean that room, and by over zealously i mean throw away my patterns for my prototype. But not only patterns, but drafts and intermediates as well. So that was awesome. After my little meltdown, (kicked a chair and felt tough) i cornered a cleaner on the balcony and demanded answers. Conveniently he knew nothing of the crime. What seriously confuses me, is that the cleaners are instructed to NOT clean the tables, only the ground. My things were all together in a pile, not splayed out around the room, AAAnd the room i was meant to be in the next morning looked like someone had obsessive compulsively hauded a lifetimes worth of chocolate wrappers and skangles of calico. Apparently instructions in English are harder to understand... Anyway, angry racist outbursts aside, i have no choice but to catch up, so that's what I'm going to do. Bliss.
Hokay dokay, Here is one of my newer items. A pair of thigh high black Augusta boots. I know what your thinking: 'what an appropriate choice for a 19 year old guy.' Its funny how i can justify any purchase to myself...lol anyway, here are the pictures
:D

Episode 2

2010-04-03T16:52:00.000-07:00

Hey Everyone!
It is Easter Sunday as i write this, went to midnight mass last night. So Easter is like the biggest celebration in the Orthodox calender and thus i went to church. Mum has been cooking for the past 3 days, so the house smells incredible. OMG, gust thought you should know. We have this Easter cake thing that everyone makes, its called Kulichi, and only last year did i find out the actual meaning of it. stemming from the pagan traditions its symbolic of a penis!!!!! hahahaa, yep and its displayed with eggs, decorated with white icing... Amazing right? Anyway not gonna bore you guys with my once a year religious experience.
Anyway, my next episode of fashion DIY is up. You can watch it here, if you like... lol i look so strange, kinda mangulated from some angles, so that's always fun! And this morning i woke up to my first ever ebay purchase! really excited! just need to work pay pal out, then i am set!!! anyway, my posts are becoming shitter and shitter. i need to do a good one soon. :S

Self centered

2010-03-31T06:00:00.000-07:00

Hey Y'all!
So I've just been working like crazy at uni for the last few days. Well to be honest, I've been quite lazy with uni, and only now that have written out a 'to do list' do i realise how fucked i actually am. LOL. So this week off during Easter will actually be *shudders*, a study break. Iv got FML syndrome big time. I'm participating in the City of Stonington fashion show, supported by the Butterfly foundation in 2 weeks. Its basically an event to promote healthy body image. Everyone sees the irony in that, but its for a great cause and I'm happy to participate. So basically iv got to make one more outfit quick sticks! I'm putting in a men's shirt that i made for an assignment this semester. That shirt caused me a bit of stress. Spent the entire day sewing it, gave myself crippling back pain being hunched over the sewing machine, but i was proud of it. I then got home, sat down on my bed, got my quick unpick out and whilst cutting open the button holes, i fucked it. Sliced a hole in the stand. Where the top button goes. Right in plain view. So i put the shirt down, walked to the fridge in silence, and started eating. Good times!
Anyway, here are some pictures of me from fashion week! (its all about me!) lol courtesy of Jamie and Comeback Kid.

When The Cats Away... Part 3 (very delayed)

2010-03-26T16:35:00.000-07:00

Hey there, so i realise its been forever since PHM was a go, but here is the third installation of that event lol. This time it was a fashion show! to be honest it was so long ago that iv totes forgot the story that was meant to go with it. Awkward. but anyway, here are the pictures:

PS. I went to fashion week, snuck into the student 'Metamorphosis' show, and was lucky enough to sit in the second row!!! so excited about life! the graduate students work was amazing, i seriously was grinding my teeth with intimidation and fear. then the next day i got a email saying that i will be reviewing the menswear show for thevine.com!!! it was so good, you can ready my review here. If you like, no pressures. LOL. I got there semi late so all the front row seats were taken so i had to sit in the 4th row, which is still pretty good considering i didn't actually pay. My Comme skort had a second outing which was good. Need to justify the purchase. Anyway better go do homework, which is slowly consuming my life.

Trim trim trimatrooo

2010-03-18T13:17:00.000-07:00

Sorry about this belated post, iv been fighting with my html thing and thus only now can i post.
During the week went to a launch of the new Trimapee Collection at the store in QV building. I mustered up some courage and wore, for the first time, my Issey Miyake pleated pants. lol They are a very peculiar shape that billowed in the wind. It was quit interesting the number of looks I got from people as I walked from the station. I quite enjoyed wearing the pants, but they are such an iconic identifiable piece I cant wear them too often. When I bought them I full well new I wouldn’t wear them every day, but I loved them as a collectors piece, like an artwork. They have such a simple design: two geometric ‘C’ shaped pieces of polyester laser cut and straight sewn together, then diagonally pleated. The idea is fantastic, because the pleats accommodate to every body shape and make the garment drape in such interesting fantastic ways. I’v tried to wear it as a top, which is half successful, because I don’t have the use of one arm when I do that but I suppose that’s called suffering for the art. At the actual launch was quite nice. Nothing other than the normal free beer and people dressed in black situation. I wandered around with my friends, it was pretty fun. The clothing was drapey, black and leathery as per usual. The center of the store had a 4 mannequin installation display of the new collection, which was quite apocalyptic and androgynous. Later that night some person, who I know and quite frankly couldn’t care less about said to me: “that skirt and boot combination is 2 months too late.” I found that amusing because for one I was wearing pants, secondly he actually thought I care about what he thinks and would benefit from his input. I truly hate people who are so elitist and for what? I pity him. I know that he is insecure, I know enough about him to be able to rationalize his comments. Being a narcissistic faux suicidal wanker cant be easy.
And on that angry rant i'm going to go and finish my homework.

my pleats

Aryan children Thomas and Sally alongside Emman

Jack Mac

When The Cats Away... Part 2

2010-03-14T05:51:00.000-07:00

hey guys!
omg look at this, two days in a row and posting! You might be getting me confused with an actual blogger. haha I'm feeling so proud of myself. *blushes* Anyway, im going to try and get all these backed up posts out of the way. i feel kinda lame posting about these things that happened last week because i just did a round of the blogs and everyone has already committed themselves and done the civil duties as bloggers. But not i... until now
Anyway so the next thing that was on in the Pent house Mouse series of events was the fashion raquet hosted by Pat and Gretta from Comeback Kid. It was really quite fun. We chatted for a brief second about life, her boyfriend, who conveniently happened to have had 'food poisoning' this time, and couldn't make it. hahahaha, reminds me of my days in highschool, where my fictitious 'girlfriend' lived far away, and no one had ever seen her, but she existed and i wasn't gay! hahaha We also chatted about my pathological shopping disorder and 'who im wearing this time'. I am in fact turning into Edie from ab fab... im just one DKNY tracksuit and a pair of Lacroix clip-ons away from the total transition. LOL
Anyway, the evening was great, Architecture in Helsinki DJed but i wouldn't know because as per usual i missed out on the action because i was smoking. Don't judge me i'm giving up...slowly. lol
well here are the picture:
ps. i need a new camera, mine has once again become a dirty slut. what should i get?
cheers, vlad

i wonder who that dickhead with the bucket is...? drunk again, im assuming at this point Architecture were DJing

Is that not the cutest thing ever? Gretta, netball skirts become you!

When The Cats Away... Part 1

2010-03-13T06:05:00.000-08:00

Hi there,
So its fashion week here in little old Melbourne and naturally, me not being organised am not attending any shows. So I'm trying to make up for it in fashion parties. And i need some where to wear my new purchases. This time i went with my Comme Des Garcons skort, more like Papua New Guinea islander dress with a fold of fabric creating a descreat pant like shape in a tartain printed polyester. Also i had on this $6.50 tee shirt i baught at a convinience store with a massive tiger on the front, and my cherry docs. I felt special. Anyway, the first show i attended was the Pent House Mouse. It was set in an ex military/naval base in the city, had a nice rustic wood paneled charm. I got there late and missed out on the free beer and had to pay $7 per beverage. Was a touch disappointed. There was some interesting art installations. My personal favorite was the Mahican tepee made out of floral cloth. As we were sitting inside some models poped in and started filming for some show. Wouldnt have a clue what its for but we sat there engaged in polite conversation (saying watermelon repetedly and chucling, apparently thats what your meant to say to look normal) pretending not to notice the camera. After that we migrated to the other sections of the venue. I stayed there for about an hour because i was just so tired and not in the mood to socialise with people (it had been a long day, too much public transport). my frinds kept patying on, im told it got messy...
anyway, here are the pics! stay tuned for the next wave of posts before another dark hole of lazyness.
vlad

Elvina Mae and Emman Debattista

Paul

Sam Brand

Gretta

Fashion Hayley and Henry

Jamie

that is me, LOL

Where The Wild Things Are

2010-02-25T20:17:00.000-08:00

Hey!!
So, i just watched the movie "Where the wild things are" (as you may have guessed by the title of this post). Such a sweet movie. The monsters looked so real. I was really impressed (which to be honest, isn't saying much cos a surprised kitten impresses me).
The movie actually freaked me out at times, when some characters would undermine Max causing rifts in the group. I loved the scenes of destruction party because they remind me of recent nights out.
The other week me and my friends went to a Lederhosen themed party. 'What could possibly be wrong with men in short leather pants?' we thought. I even stayed up till 2am super gluing braid onto leather just to gain free entry. We should have turned away when we saw a topless 60 year old man in leather pants and nipple clips and a beard leaving that seedy seedy seedy gay club. But no, we persisted. there were no under 30's other than us. Nothing will be able to wash away the memories of that club. PROJECTING DIRTY PORN IN SEPIA TONE DOESN'T MAKE IT ART HOUSE!!! Wow, started talking about a innocent children's movie and now i am onto this. Nice.
The only way we could psychologically cope with the surroundings was to be drunk. And drink we did. Until the lube on the stripping pole and scattered condoms weren't at all disturbing. We hit a point and turned into little monsters. Nothing was safe. Every skin toned elongated balloon was popped, nibblies thrown everywhere, glasses shattered, all this whilst looking fantastic dressed as Austrians. After a short stint in hell, we left and on the way to another club we found an abandoned warehouse... Yep you guessed it! We ran in and climbed the stairs, i distinctly remember the sound of shattering windows. It was so cool! Imagine doing a shoot there... after that we parted ways and went home. Which was for the best because i had work the next day. mmm see im responsible!
Coincidentally, my latest op shop purchases lend themselves quite easily to this theme. I found this Amazing brown mohair cardigan and amazing pair of English men's clogs. Soooo good and all from one Savers hawl. Winter here i come!!
Anyway enough ranting, Vlad. Here are the pictures:

Just do it yourself...

2010-02-22T17:28:00.000-08:00

Hey guys!
you may have realised by now that i am horrendous with the concept of posting on time. I just keep forgetting/dead after work. So now that im not working this week (last week before uni stars) im going to give it my all and post as many posts as possible. Also i did realise that i never ended up posting the first Fashion DIY video for The Vine that i did. Iv already filmed the next one and am filming another one his week, because im such a celebrity and TV personality... My name will be in lights soon! Watching the video i have realised that my hair style (at the time) is not my friend. Its kinda like a quiff with baby ponytail. I thought that having my hair back would make me look younger. I was going for 13 so that Tavi and i could be bff's. LOL I was wrong. Instead it highlighted my bird like features. My nose to face ratio and excess neck skin is deffs on the fix list. Might DIY it... haha *awkward*
Anyway iv changed my hair, still working on the face but here is the video anyway plus some stills:

THE VINE fashion DIY

Candy land

2010-02-04T02:46:00.000-08:00

Hola!
ok, so i realise that i have a problem, weakness in character some would say... Yes, i bought another pair of shoes. but these ones are really cool so dont judge me to harshly, please. hahahaha
I am proud to say that im becoming more and more excentirc. This point only hit home when my friend Izabel said to me: "You can wear that crochet table cloth as a top", to which i said: "Nahh, maybe a bit to much for me". She then laughed and reminded me of my choice of skorts and shoes. So here are the shoes in all there glory!
But i'll give you a bit of back ground on the shoes, so i dont sound like a total maniac. These shoes are from the Yohji Yamamoto 2001 spring collection in which he collaborated with Adidas. This collection was the front runner for the Y-3 brand which was later launched in 2003. These shoes were part of the main line and thus are pretty special. I think they are so cool, because they are ridiculously comfortable and on top of that I'm nearly eye level with normal people when i wear them. I'm just trying to work out what to wear them with and how fast can i run in them... hahaha
ps. I'm not wearing tights, i photoshoped my feet out of the pictures. FYI
:D

post apocolyptic cow boys?

2010-01-26T00:30:00.000-08:00

So i was just lurking around the internet and i found this ridiculously cool shoot featuring model Chris Tanner! Styled by Richard Pierce, Photographed by Pierre Bjork for Tank Vol.5 #4. Pretty spesh. I just love the colours and fabric combinations. theres nothing else really to say. I suppose this shoot is very me and thats why i like it. hahaha im that transparent. This is the first photo shoot that i have blogged about. Bit of a turning point. hahahahaha LAME.

Lucious calico

2010-01-23T05:19:00.000-08:00

hey guys!
sorry about my laziness, its becoming an issue. I finally got myself in the zone and did a outfits post about my recent acquisition, because apparently i don't know how to stop spending. The other day i made a joke about seeing a psychologist about my pathological need to buy more pretty little things, and my mum, in all seriousness agreed. Its not a problem... yet, *says while trying to shut the wardrobe doors* In this particular outfits post i happen to be wearing all my toils from first year fashion. probably wouldnt wear them out of the house, or in the house for that matter, but i did today! So most of the things are samples we did to learn how to sew that i pinned to myself. FYI, needles are sharp and pointy... yeah, painful at times.
Anyway i suppose you guys want to hear about my acquisition? No? well im gonna talk about it anyway, hahaha. The other week i got a amazing pair of Comme Des Garcons shoes. If a ballet point slipper had sex with a brogue, this would be their love child. They are made from a rough calico with a fine leather lining. Trez Chic. hahaha. When i first put them on, my hear skipped a beat, fitted me perfectly-ish. bit tight along the sides because i have duck feet, so it could have been the reason for my circulation issues. Rei certainly knows how to do it. Amazingly simple yet beautiful and interesting shoes!
PS. im actually quite nervouse about this post because im venturing into face whoring... *breaths into paper bag* i just thought that as i will be featured in some episodes of the Vine.com.au DIY fashion, i should get used to my face in the public domain. :SSSSS STRESSSSSSSS
anyway, got a few more post lined up. :DD

Arabian nights out

2010-01-14T04:43:00.000-08:00

Hey guys!The other day i raided the Cose Ipanema archives and founds some incredible things. Things that havn't seen the light of day since the 80's!!!!! I found these two amazing shirts, one being a vintage Yhoji Yamamoto viscose/rayon drapey oversized shirt with small embroidered knore marks on the front, kinda looks a bit like Swiss cheese (which im really excited about) and a vintage Issey Miyake cotton also oversized droopy shawl collar (fashion speak for ya there) shirth that kinda looks like either a traditional eastern European costume or a glorified dentist uniform. Im so pumped!!!! Both shirts are supper comfortable and perfect for summer. I really want to make myself a selection of exactly the same shirts in a variety of colours, maybe even ombre if im daring enough! lol Comfort was a big thing in the 80's and these shirts certainly have that element, which in a way is a luxury in a victim of fashion like myself. I often say to people that i don't care about comfort as long as the clothing looks good. Tragic...yes. *sighs while pealing off a pair of extremely uncomfortable boots.* hahaha and im not even kidding.
Recently my friend and i have kinda take on the persona's of Eddie and Patsy from Ab Fab. Me being the tragic brand whore and my friend Sam the promiscuous alcoholic. Heres a quote from the other night:

'Pats, Pats darling in the bin in the bin quick common its just there in the bin vomit in the bin, mind the Atoo,' (my new sneaker sandals, sounds gross but i assure you they are pretty cool)

'Eddie darling no no no not spilling a drop of bloody alcohol i can keep it in my mouth. n...eed to sit down, sit down just here cmon sitting down.'

I kid you not this happened. BTW, should not have worn the sandals out that night. Fucked my feet up hard core. I looked like a homeless transient cross hobbit. Not a hot look. I had to soak and pumice my feet for 3 hours. Anyway... iv totes gone off on a tangent as per usual. But here are the shirts, in a bit of a photo montage. I went for a Laurence of Arabia look, kinda, however my backyard hasn't quite got the same visual aesthetic as the deserts in Syria, but anyway, here are the pics:
ciao!

iv been playing around with photoshop! haha

angry face

2010-01-13T04:56:00.001-08:00

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Heard it on the great Vine

2010-01-13T04:31:00.000-08:00

Hey every one!
im sorry my posts are becoming few and far between. Its so stupid, im just getting lazy. But on a lighter note I've been sitting on this little piece of information for a few weeks now. lol i really wanted to tell you guys ages ago, but now that its official i can announce it with pride!!! hahahah I am the new Fashion DIY presenter thing for the AGE's Vine website!!! PRETTY EXCITED! Today was the filming for the first do it yourself project and i still cant give much away, but it was pretty exciting! We shot in this really cool Kitsch kitchen, complete with faux marble laminate bench tops and pastel furniture. It was so fun, but im so bad at remembering lines, not that we had a script, but there was a certain amount of things i was meant to say and i kept stuffing up. hahaha And im so glad that a brought a 'here's one i prepared earlyer' because the DIY garment turned out slightly different to the way i had intended and having a backup was a good idea. i will post the video up when its finally edited. Im secretly petrified of the results because i don't know how much the camera hates me just yet or which angles aren't flattering to me on film. hahahah Speaking of which my face will be on the videos and my anonymity will go down the drain. Gonna finally whore my face out! :SSS now i pose the question do i have a face for tv? Some say yes but recent facebook photos say no. We'll see soon enough. Now i need to start planning the next one, which will be filmed in 2 weeks! its supper exciting!!! here are some pics of the set and the supper cool people i worked with today:

Mark with the camera

the lovely Mel

really love that lamp. haha

Lets hope all the crap stays in 2009...

2010-01-03T03:20:00.000-08:00

Hey guys!
I know we are well into 2010 and the noted custom is to congratulate generally prior to the occasion, but happy new year!!! Id like to take this opportunity to thank all of my 3 and a half readers for sticking by me and supporting me with your lovely comments. I truly hope 2010 will be a fantastic year for everyone and everything bad will remain in the previous year. Judging by this post you'd think that i won an Oscar or some kind of award, (que tears and religious banter) lol, but alas no, im still the same scared weird little fashion student that nervously started posting under the guiding hand of FOXYMAN not to long ago. LOL now this sounds like a eulogy. Im gifted like that. lol anyway...
I had a questionable new years eve celebration. I wont get into it because this neither the time nor place. But lets just hope that everything will be ok and the new year will be a positive one!
Clearly this is a rushed post, and for that I'm sorry. Now that I'm a 'shop girl' i don't have a spare 3-4 hours to do a proper post every time, so here is abba, lol. hope ya'll enjoy it!
ps, some good things to come ;)

lol sorry, hahahaha

Fanta Pants

2009-12-27T05:26:00.000-08:00

Hi ya'll!!
So i finaly broke my perpetual unemployment streak and for the last few weeks have been working at Cose Ipanema, its like a boutique store that sells bit of Dolce, bit of Gaultier, bit of Dries, bit of Comme, bit of Veridi Anne, bit of Giboude and other pretty little gorgeous expensive things... (Ab Fab reference, sad i know....) anyway, working in such an environment is great and yet so painful to the wallet. I have no ability to save, no moral strength, not back bone if you will. LOL But on the up side my wardrobe is getting bigger and bigger. I am now the proud owner of a pair of friggen AMAZING Dries Van Noten, viscose marble print pants. Pretty exciting stuff!!!

The printing technique used for these pants and that particular Dries Van Noten collection is so interesting. It was Created in the 1920's by a man named Orbis Wirth. Basically how it works is that the rollers are covered in many layers of pigmented wax. The rollers are then, yes, rolled over moist fabric (love that word...moist) and ta-da: psychedelic prints! But the downside of this process is that only a limited amount of meters can be produced with one roller so thus it is expensive and didn't take off back in the day. Anywho, the lovely people at Dries found this lost art and revived it for the AW 09' collection. And i am forever grateful! lol
Also heres a song that reminds me of the pants, it goes a little something like this:

Such a good song! LOL (hemariging as i strugle to write anything whitty... brain = mush)

inverted colours!!!!

featuring hairy legs and foux Nike LOL

Where do you even find translucent horses?

2009-12-21T00:23:00.000-08:00

K, so i just got my grubby little hands on a new pair of shoes. They are pretty incredible!!!! Every time i look at them my heart skips a beat and my bladder relaxes for a split second... possibly too much information, but they are supper cool!!! I got them from a friend, fit me perfectly and it seems like they were meant to be mine. This boots are by Augusta and were made from the hopes and dreams of little children. Horse leather to be precis. Iv been looking at them and trying to work out how the translucent look has been achieved. My theory is that its un-dyed leather that has been soaked in oil. They kinda look like those pigs ears from the pet shops. hahaha
Anyway, pretty fucking happy! But the only thing is that they are a touch slippery in wet weather. The other day at South Yarra station, had me a bit of an indecent. I slipped. I tried to recover, oh boy did i try. And it happened again today at work. I went outside to take a large stack of boxes to the bin. my foot slid forward and i landed in the traditional proposing position, on one knee. but to make things worse, there was traffic. And not just one or two cars, a whole fucking main road full STANDING waiting for the green light. My violent outburst of laughter was the only thing stopping me from crying. LOL Now im going to get the soles done.

excuse the leg hairs... awkward

Boy who cried Wolf

2009-12-20T03:58:00.000-08:00

Sorry guys, im seriously so bad at this. Always posting really late. But today is my day off and so im gonna try and catch up with this little thing i like to call Shifting Identities blog. lol
Iv been shopping like a capitalist in Thailand, and have acquired some ridiculously new cool things *throws them in the air then frolics in them* lol, so i have something to post about within the next few days.
Anyway, the theme of this post was the Patrick Wolf concert, which i attended on Monday night with what i like to affectionately call the 'fash-crew'. It was pretty damn special! PATRICK WOLF IS SO AMAZING LIVE! It truly shows that he isn't the Britney variety of performers. He played like a bazillion instruments. And i swear to god we had a moment. He looked into my eyes 4 times whilst he was performing. (yes i counted) i nearly passed out. Others maintain that he was looking at them, but i know the truth... this means that we are getting married now. Gonna raise a beautiful family of dogs... mmm... blissss.
Anyway it was soooooo good. Fun night! afterward we all, in a large crew, went to McDonald's (still waiting on my other checks for brand placement....) I was fucked, and we all ordered a meal, sat down and ate it on the traffic island in the drive through. hahahaah classy! Then i did the unimaginable. Sunk to a new low. After finishing my meal, i went for a SECOND meal!!!!! Disgusting. I did get dirty looks, not only from the fash crew but also the McDonald's employees. However in the process i invented a affordable way to look like a douche! Grab a straw from your beverage and a cigarette, place the cigarette in the straw and smoke away pretending to be Audrey Hepburn. I find that the plastic straw adds to the flavor.
Twas a most enjoyable night!

Amazement!

He's glowing with heavenly lights! LOL

Classy... hahaha

i saw this and it made me laugh! From Russia with love xxx

The End Is Comming

2009-12-13T04:35:00.000-08:00

Ok, so i got time today so i thought id try and get a few backed up posts out the way. Im so irregular with my posting. I wish there was some kind of blogging fibre drink that would help keep me posting. lol
Anyway the other week i went to another costume party, god damn they are fun. This one was Apocalypse themed. My costume was quite sub standard. Im not even going to post it.But i can safely say that every one else there was pretty fab. The night before i quickly whipped up a shoulder piece out of orange patent leather in the style of GARBAGE DRESS but on steroids. I was getting ready at my friend Pauls house and i was freaking out because i left everything at home. I live far from the city and CBF traveling back and forth so i try and stay at friends houses lol. I'm like a parasite. but anyway, i turned his room upside down looking for a post apocalyptic outfit. After work i ran to Myer department store and impulse bought a pair of bronze leggings. Girl at the counter laughed at me and questioned my intentions.
Anyway, in the end i was dressed at a post apocalyptic Scotchman. (i wore a kilt to my first day of work) lol. It was messy. But other glamorous people made up for my inadequacy. Actually after the i started getting ideas of what i could have worn: duck tape, garbage bags, chains, cable ties...
OMG the funniest thing happened. Well it is funny in retrospect, not at the time: at the warehouse there were black lights that make anything white glow. It was kinda like a dentist commercial crossed with C.S.I. Miami. Glowing teeth everywhere! But wait, theirs more...the scariest part was that, i had bought my kilt only a few days before the party at Savers opp shop for $5 (great) and at the party the black lights revealed that someone had a great time in my kilt before i bought it... nice. Im telling myself that its blood instead of seaman, which is the general consensus. It helps me sleep at night. lol

Peter

Pat and Gretta from Comeback kid

Emman

Jack Mac

My shoulder piece...

Monsieur Tom

YMCA eat your heart out

Idle Hands Do The Devils Work

2009-12-13T03:32:00.000-08:00

Okay dokay, how are you guys? sorry i haven't been posting lately, i just got a job and have been quite tired, which i know is a pathetic excuse, so to make up for my loserness i tried to do a DIY type blog post. Dunno how well i did or how it will translat to the home, cos you all know how pro i am... LOL
Anyway this top i made was for a Chris Kringle present. I was thinking for a long time about what i was going to make, something drapy, something easy and quick, something that preferably looks kinda semi socially acceptable. So i came up with the concept of DIY (im so original lol) where this garment can be worn in many different ways depending on how the wearer wants it. Like a versatile top that can be constructed in a do it yourself type manor. hahaha anyway, failed at that and instead here is what i came up with:
oh and also as i was sewing i got into this heavy mood and was listening to classical music, Prokofiev 'Montagues And Capulets' from the ballet 'Romeo And Juliet' not Lady Ga Ga believe it or not (damn she's a glamorous bitch!!)

so i started with a basic size 12 block. i extended the sides for the under layer of the top and shoulders. Writing this now it doesn't look too understandable or DIYesk but if anyone wants the measurements or more info just shoot me an e-mail.

I cut out the pattern pieces for the under layer out of a viscose/rayon fabric and the top pieces out of a stiffer linen. Both in black, naturally. lol

I bought this trim from a fabric store, it basically has hooks and eyes sewn down the side. kinda works like a zip. I was pretty excited. Sorry bout the dodge picture, my camera is tempermental and seems to take issues with close ups...

i sewed on the hook-eye trim to the pieces of the top layer along the sides where the joining seems would be had the top pieces not be detachable with a zipper foot.

I then arranged the linen top pieces on the under layer and stitched them on.

Side seems, hem, neck and arm holes. I was making this top the day of the Christmas party and was in such a rush. i managed to finish it but there are no pictures of anyone modeling it. Just my trusty mannequin La'ronda. i was actually an hour late to the Christmas party, lol. Trust me to be late, on my way i accidently wandered into the wrong restaurant and joined the wrong party. LOL wandered around then realised i was lost. I got to the right place in the end...thank god. hahaha good times

DIY. mixing it up, you know how it is...

Well there it is. Kinda semi wish i had decent pictures. lol i will try and make these better in the future. lol

Does not Equal

2009-12-05T04:32:00.000-08:00

Heyy!!
Sorry about the delayed post, iv been horrible and lazy these last few days. My social life has been booming because you know how its like, being cool and all! HAHAHAHAHAHA
Anyway, i attended the Does Not Equal launch the other week, held at the lovely Gretta and Patt's other humble abode, aka Comeback Kid. It was quite low key, yet really nice. They Jewelery was fantastic and i even wrote my name down on the order form thing, and only now have i realised that im not as good at saving money as i maybe thought i was. Bye bye birthday money. LOL
There is a group of skaters that comes along to these free booze events, and not unlike us drink all the complimentary alcohol. They sit at the back and steel drinks. It was quite funny watching one try and steel a half drunken beer from a table that someone had clearly abandoned. Little bit pathetic, but hey, who's passing judgement... The only difference is that we dress the part, bloody hobo's...
Omg, the beer served is Grolsch beer (still waiting on that other check...maybe it got lost in the mail), and those hardened alcoholics that are familiar with the bottles will know that the lids are like those rubbery things that are held in place with wire... I know I'm amazing with explanations, but anyway, the moment i saw the lids i had this uncontrollable erge to make jams and preserves. hmm maybe when i have time... yeah... I could be like Luxirare, hahahaha
ps. i just realised that my last 7 posts are not really fashiony in the least. Just a shovenisitic display of my chaotic social life, so basically either the next post or the one after that will be a DIY type situation. i hope...
lol :D

Tom, Mason, Jamie and Ashley

GROLSCH/preserve jars, however getting the jams and things out would be slightly problematic...

Grettakins pretending not to notice the paparazzi flashes aka my camera

Jamie

cute right?!!

VCAa

2009-11-24T04:48:00.001-08:00

Hello there,
On Monday i went to Cami and Nadia's 'DI$COUNT' studio. I decided that it would be nice to bring them some lunch and as my birthday was on the week end (yes, please congratulate me on surviving the first 18 years of my life, lol, i am now a smart mature and sassy 19 year old. hahahaha) i had lots of Russian food left over at home. Traveling on the train was like high school all over again, people looking at me as they could smell a multitude of unfamiliar ethnic smells that are far different from your usual Vegemite or pie aroma. I got off the tram and i saw them standing at the corner, they waved, then Nadia semi jumped up and ran away. i loled and walked up to Cami, latter did i find out that she ran into an Asian grosser and impulse bought me a birthday present. hahahaha, i was genuinely touched by that sentiment. So i bet your wandering what i got, yeah yeah? I got a pack of Pocky (Japanese fruit covered sticks) a push pop and some crazy cool grape flavored goo/paste. We were all fascinated by the last gift. I call it anorexia paist, cos like you can not eat and then when your a bout to pass out, have a bit of that stuff and hey presto, instant energy hit, not that im anorexic or advocating anorexia.... awkward.
Afterward we made our way to the VCA (Victorian College of the Arts) graduate exhibition. It was Fantastich! Again i spent more time at the bar than at the art works, but it was a 60:40 split. LOL i did do some wandering and came to the conclusion that VCA is pretty damn amazing, the students are insanely talented and the campus makes me jiz. If only they had a fashion course, cos the rmit campus, while being well equipped, is hardly inspirational. There were all kinds of people! OMG i was watching this art video about a waman plaster casting a naked ladies breasts. I was curious how it ends and thus didn't realize that i was standing there watching the 'art' for too long, until a pair of lesbians walked up and started laughing at me. I giggled like a school girl and ran off. lol afterward i went to dumplings, yet again. Mother efff i'v had sooo many dumplings in the last few weeks, you'd think i'd have had enough. A normal person would have graciously declined after the 3rd time, but apparently not I. So from this week im on water, air and grape flavored goo. lol
here are the picsssss:
xx

DI$COUNT studio

My impulse birthday gift

AMAZING!!

Oh me oh my

2009-11-23T07:06:00.000-08:00

Hey, the other day Lime Drop had there store launch in the beautiful GPO building, and me being the scene kid that i am also came along. Apparently im "scene", i dont know what they mean *says whilst burning bowler hat* but seriously. Oh well, cant please everyone. LOL and yet i try.... LAAAAME. lol
Ok so back the the actual topic of this post, multiple personality syndrome aside, Lime Drop. I am lead to believe that its a temporary pop up store so peeps go while its still there, but Im always out of the loops so don't trust me on that one. hahaha. There were soo many people there and obviously the booz was complimentary. Seriously what is with me and drinking? is that all i ever write about? where i got plastered for free? wow what a life i lead, and naturally my 3 and a half readers are 'fascinated' by that. NOT
Anyway here are some pictures before this becomes another 'lets wallow in self pity' post: LOL

Cami's studtackular bracelet

Nadia's rings

Sam, Elvina, Desiree and Jess

still stalking facehunter, lol

TWENTY EIGHT

2009-11-20T06:04:00.000-08:00

Hey! Last night i went to the RMIT fashion exhibition. It was soooo good! It was held in the old disheveled hotel thing above the Carlton club. The graduates all had rooms in which they displayed there garments in an instillation. We all wandered from room to room, but bloody hell was it hot. Sweating like a pig i was along with other students and teachers and parents. It was a beautiful bonding moment, really. LOL
The works were fantastic, i was shitting myself as i wandered looking at the fruits of there labor. They are seriously talented. I think these sorts of things are great, especially because they give me drive and motivation as well as heart palpitations. I was talking to this girl Monday night at public bar, as you do, and as we are both Russian we both understood the genetic desire to achieve as well as the conditioning to be the best in the 'new' country from a young age. lol. For example, back in the day, if i was to say: get 97% on a test my parents wouldn't say: 'Congratulations! have an icy-pole.' they would say: 'well done, but why not 100%?' I remember when i would go for walks with my dad in primary school, he would always ask me times tables. lol He was a touch disappointed when i quit maths in year 10. Im a creative type, you see... hahahahah
Mother eeff, ranting again.
Anyway, latter that night i met up with some other fashion students and we went to Shanghai dumplings. Me being the dickhead that i am, accidentally misguided the amount of vegetarians at the table and ordered too many servings of fried pork dumplings. So there we were in a predicament, we ate sooooo many effing dumplings and now i think iv reached my lifetime allowance for dumplings. Nice one Vlad. lol, in the end we had an entire serving left over so we fed it to some aggressive possums at the Carlton gardens, whilst sipping on the finest 'Fruity Lexia' Sunnyvale had to offer. Good times, good times!
Here are the pictures: i must warn, i did get a bit trigger happy with the camera, so there are lots of pictures. lol
:D

Izabel is a sexy beast, i was so amused and not gonna lie, slightly jealous watching her get 'hey there' looks on the train from hot people. hahaha

Nadia and Cami in the "Dungeon"

Mel and Lucy, we had a great convo about our jewishness over pork dumplings. lol Lucy had the vegetarian

Min Hee's pieces

Georgia's Pieces

Amazing, right?

Nat's Pieces

Scene of the crime, lol

Somewhere... over the rainbow

2009-11-18T19:12:00.000-08:00

HI HI!
Last night was the opening of the new mad cool store called 'Somwhere', and naturally i made it my business to be there, if anything for the free booz. lol It was really nice, sooo many people were there and as it happens our combined body heat made the actual store impossibly hot. So we all kinda spilled out onto the road for unnecessary smokes, with a bottle of VB 'RAW' in one hand (product placement, now just waiting for the checks to role in, hahaha) and a Marlboro cigarette in the other (wow, double wammie!!). Classy. Saw some really amazing people who i havn't seen in a while, stalked facehunter for a bit more. LOL. Afterward, some friends and i went to a park and drank beer. It was nice.
I think my camera and i are starting to resolve our issues, just thought you guys should know. its still a slut, but it my slut now. hahahah

This is Ci, shes is actually amazing, and we are having babies together. lol and im not even kidding...

Das ist ich. And i am not wearing black!!!! how bizarre!

Jack Mac and Daniel

Fashion Hayley!

i too thought this was slightly out of place at the store launch...

Drunkards, lol

BOOO YOU WHORE

2009-11-17T16:32:00.000-08:00

Hey guys!!
Sorry i havnt posted in a while, iv just been a lazy shit. lol
Anyway the other week, i went to the Melbourne Theater Comapany's garage sale. It was incredible!! Sooo many costume and props for sale, and for obscenely cheep prices!!! So i was there, rummaging through the many racks and i found these two amazing jackets, one was this navy blue nylon thing, with elasticated back, and the other was a military style pea-coat. They were $10 each. Bargan! Well, some sad excuse for a human being FUCKING STOLE THEM FROM MY BOX!!!!!!!!!!!!! *smashes fist onto table* I was not pleased to say the least, so i angrily wandered inkling for a fight. I was, no joke, looking at what people had found in hopes of a confrontation over my lost love. Thinking back now, i may have over reacted. Lucky that i didnt find them because the scene would have been ugly. But seriously, who does that?!!! WHORE!
Anyway, i found a cool pair of knee high men's riding boots in a fantastically disheveled condition for $5! So that kinda made me feel better. Here they are: lol
That day in general was quite tedious, connex was being a bitch, and Jov's birthday in Geelong (LOL) was fun, yet sooo messy. For the record i never want to step foot in 'the Nash' again.
But anyway, i gotsta run!
byeeeeee

FxAyCxEyHxUyNxTyExR

2009-11-11T16:40:00.000-08:00

Hola,
so went to the X&Y magazine launch the other night. It was pretty exciting! From the emotional speeches i gather that its a labor of love, and a cool up and commeing magazine! The event was at some place, Trak Cinema i believe, and it took me for ever to get there. Im geographically challanged so i got lost just outside once there, i wandered for a good 20 minuts, like usual. Did get some wired looks from some builders. There i met lots of cool Melbournians like Alexi Freeman and Nadia! soo funny, we discussed names and junk. and i have to say that im pretty damn pumped for this Tropicarnage party!! Also met FACEHUNTER!!!!! despite what iv heard, he is a really nice guy!! he took my picture cos im cool like that. hahahahahha. i kinda felt bad for Melbourne, cos realistically we are in the middle of a heat wave, and the fashions there were less than impressive, he probably thinks all of melbourne is that offensively dressed. hahahaha, it wasnt quite that bad, but... eeek
Afterward we all caught a cab to Richmond (Yvan Rodic included), had some awkward moments, but other than that the night was quite fun! Also the large tab and gourmet catering was well appreciated, hahah. No party pies or sossage roles for us classy people!! LOL
Its so funny because last time Facehunter was in Australia, i was so lame (hmm, i wander what has changed..lol) that dressed up and went wandering the streets trying to 'stumble' upon him. bahaha. obviously me being a douche, i didnt find him (probably for the best). At the time was bit disappointed, cut myself, lol i kid. And this time i was lucky enough to meet him properly and even chill for a period of time. lol yeeeaaaahhhh! here are some pics:
Adios!

Yvan and Izabel

Izabel, Alexi and Nadia!

Adam Nash and Giles

Hallucination

2009-11-07T06:46:00.000-08:00

OK, so this post wasn't the same day i promised it, but in my defense i had to go to my best friends birthday at a substandard Mexican restaurant, although the nachos were nice. I've come to the conclusion that either the additives in alcoholic drinks are becoming more and more corrosive for the mind or I've just discovered my secret talent to foresee the future but either way, i had a crazy ass mother fucking beast of an apocalyptic dream. I cant quite remember everything that happened but there were exploding dolphins and tsunamis and other friendly things like that. I think i fell of a 100 meter cliff as well somewhere in the dream. Anyway, i know deep down you guys don't really care about my alcohol problems, so here are some rushed fashion illustrations from my last prototype to soften the blow. Hope ya'll like my them! hahaha :D

Thank god for orange juice

2009-11-05T20:33:00.000-08:00

Why hello there,
last night was the opening of the RMIT first year photography exhibition and i went to support my close friend Giles who's work was brilliant. There are some very talented up and coming photographers i have to say, but i wouldn't know cos this little piggy got at the booz. Again and again making a fool of himself. LOSER!! lol. The night was good, most good to be exact. Well the start anyway. At the Gallery i met up with Izabel and we chilled the whole night, had a nice d&m about how much we hate stuff, cos we're cool like that. Shes such a smart and talented girl, watch out for her! That part of the night was good, saw some people who i haven't seen in ages like the lovely Alyce (last post i totally just discovered the link option, so deffs abusing it today lol) who can make what is an excessive amount of McDonald's litter look amazing and whimsical with just a camera phone. Saw Austin, who is fucking insanely talented and makes me cry cos hes that talented, Rhysie was there aka Rhys Ripper and a multitude of other cool, hip, happening, radical, dope people. Wasn't sure if that was enough adjectives but in this hung over state my poor little brain strains itself to think of more. lol i totally know iv forgotten to mentioning other people but seriously i can barely stand today, let alone think. Sorry for that.
OMG at Sister Bella's some dish pig threw our beers into the rubbish bin after forcibly removing them from our hands. BASTARD!!! *shakes fist*. What a fuck-tard. We decided to remind him of his duties as the dish pig at which point he decided to refresh us with soapy water. We chuckled as i gypsy cursed his family, and here i am now bitching about it on my blog. LOL yeah, he learned his lesson! hahahahaha
Afterward Izabel and i had a near death experience catching public transport to Seven the metro club thing. Hahahah that was an experience. Certainly something else. But look, with free entry and free drinks, thank you Izabel! ;) one cant complain.
Anyway, i tried to keep this rant under control, cos seriously who can be fucked reading, i know i can't! LOL
Till next time, which might even be today cos: i had a crazy alcohol induced dream that needs sharing. But we'll see how i go, i am a little bit lazy...
Caio!

Alyce and I

Austin and Izabel

Rhys and Giles

They call it the scariest night on the calender, i call it Saturday night...

2009-11-03T04:31:00.000-08:00

So, um, yeah... Halloween was Saturday night and I decided that rather than giving out candy to grubby children I'd go out to some dress up parties. Finding a costume proved to be rather difficult task, lets be honest, i struggled with ideas. No amount of frantic facebook posting solved this dilemma. So in the day in question i got my father to drop me of at Frankston savers for a few hours of intense shopping. There i wandered the isles and found a pretty exciting military/hotel buss-boy uniform, ironically in the women's section for $7. BARGAIN!!! *pumps fist in air* But it still wasn't enough. On the way home in the car i had a flash of brilliance, as well as modesty. LOL. Anyway, in year 12 for my art project i made a couple of dead forest inspired dresses out of tulle and cable ties, yep cable ties. I am quite the creative type you see, and naturally as every high-school designer that uses polyester satin, tulle and cable ties to make evening gowns will tell you that a garment is not complete without a matching tulle and cable tie head piece. So i dug them out of the the nook i hid them in when i finished school and sewed them onto the shoulders in a Gaga-esk fashion and trimmed them down to avoid losing an eye. I jumped on a train and made my way to south Melbourne, to same apartment block where Nick Riewoldt (captain for the St. Kilda football team) calls home, to my best friend Jovana's friend Mitch's house... lol. We got ready/drunk there and made our way into the city. In search for a cab we all realised that i have anger management issues I've repressed for too long that i need to face, yelling profanities and gesturing lewdly in the middle of the road at passing cabs was not my finest hour for sure.
In the end we made it to destination 1, a warehouse party in Brunswick street run by the same people that own Fat and possibly Alphavill, not too sure on the deets, but it was very fun. We danced to alternative, experimental, indie noise (belive me, we found a way). Drank some beers and chilled with the fantastically costumed people. My friend Sam kept the booze flowing from behind the bar and we are forever grateful to him!
After that we aggressively caught another cab to a house party. The bloody cab driver took us too far and we were a bit lost. We wandered, like moths to a flame found a house with music. Awkwardly wandered into a quaint arrangement of friends getting drunk. Realizing it was the WRONG PARTY we stumbled out and kept walking. Finally we got to Gretta and Patt's (form the fantastic store ComeBack Kid lol advertising) swingin' shin dig. It was sooooooo awesome!!!! Every one was dressed up!!! We stayed there till the police decided we had had enough fun for one night at which point i tagged along (like a leach) with Nadia aka FOXYMAN and Cami and Stacey and Alessandra everyone else to another location which might have been a kebab shop and then the warehouse party again. It was a great night, was hit on by a hooker on Grey st. and ended up on Stacey's leather couch. Twas a good night.
Jovana, me being and only child, is the closest thing i have to a sister *eye moistens*, took the picture for the night and here they are:
Wow, bit of a long rant today. I wonder if any of my three and a half readers will read this? hahaha anyway...
Au revoir!

Little bit of faceage there, lol

Yep, thats a dingo head eating Azaria Chamberlain!! aka Jack

Laurie and Jov

Laurie and Ich

What would Martin do?

2009-11-01T23:01:00.000-08:00

Hey there readers!
Recently i acquired a new garment, body adornment, an investment piece if you will. hahaha, yes eloquent language aside, i got me a Maison Martin Margiela t-shirt. Yup im that cool! Its so exciting, im now even more pretentious! LOL The tee itself is so interesting. I love the texture that the tape-like print has. Two different screen printing techniques (i think) have been used. I remember when i first wore it, like 7 people asked me if i was wearing scotch tape on my shirt. One of my friends, from a distance thought that i had become quite daring and risque by exposing so much of my decolletage because the colour of the print and my skin blended. lol In saying that the tee does have a pretty deep cut, which im trying to get used to. I just tell my self its ok, cos im european! hahahahaha
When i was taking these picture for the blog, i was thinking: how would Mr Margiela do this? What would Martin do? (clever, i know) so i whipped myself up a cotton jersey gimp mask, cos you know im into that.... *pause for laughter as joke absorbs* i chopped up an old t-shirt and overlocked that beast together, chucked it on, walked into a wall and realised that i dont like wearing gimp masks. But i pushed through for the sake of Margie (thats what i affectionately call the tee). Anyway here are the pics!
P.S: went to a few Halloween parties sat night, was pretty damn good. Pics will be up soon :D

Quietly suffocating in that pic...lol

le Vampir

2009-10-28T08:04:00.000-07:00

So, Halloween is around the corner and in the spirit of things i decided to do an outfits post with a, yes you guessed it by the title of this post and time of year, VAMPIRE THEME!! But looking at the pics now its a bit sub standard... awkward. And i spent so long fighting with the camera, cos its a 10 mega pixel slut that doesn't want to work like a normal camera, so there are no long/full body shots but take my word, i was wearing my new boots from the previous post. Cos i know how much you guys care about this, hahaha. Anyways in this shoot im wearing Jack London suit pants, black Wayne Cooper shirt, grandma's old trench, i chopped the sleeves off (how cleaver am i? lol) studded Comme Des Garcons coat, Burberry gum boots, and a bowler hat. Again, riveting posts!. lol Next outfits post should be better, i hope...
omg, nearly forgot, handed in my prototype yesterday got a pretty nice mark, and have one more folio to go, so im pretty pleased with life, 4 months of freedom here i come!!! i will post my prototype soon!
Also was just wondering about what to wear/go as for Halloween. For some reason i want to incorporate black glitter and fake blood but dunno how, wouldn't want to look wrong or anything hahahah. If anyone has any ideas, please feel free to let me know, cos i am well and truly stumped. Much appreciated!
bye for now! :D

yep, gum boots

2009-10-21T04:52:00.000-07:00

lol, OK, so i went out to dinner with some friends the other night and came home with a pair of Burberry gum boots. Yep, thats right gum boots! God only knows why i would acquire gumboots on the cusp of summer, but hey, look i did. They were my friend Joe's, but didnt fit him no more, so i thoughtfully took them of his hands. How selfless am i? hahaha. Whilst at Joe's the 5 of us creative types decided to stage a shoot. It was pretty fun, i may or may not have broken the toilet seat while over enthusiastically trying to set a scene, but thats a story for another time. .. Ci, Joe and i styled the shoot, Bridie was our absolutely spectacular model, Olivia was in charge of photography, but we are dicks hand had no actual camera to take pictures with and lets face it, mobile phone camera's just don't cut the mustard, and so the pictures arnt good quality, so basically we have decided to redo the shoot, so look out...
Anyway this blog entry was meant to be about le Burberry gum boots, but i as per usual have gone off on a tangent... loser... lol but here are some pics of the boots ;)

Look at my varicose veins... now thats a hot look :S

mmmmmm...glossy lol

Fuck me im Famouse

2009-10-18T09:46:00.000-07:00

Heya! wow, ok, so pretty excited *breathes into paper bag* iv just received my first form of publicity. Lets be honest, wasn't expecting anything of the sort so soon. now i feel like i have this immense pressure to keep the postings of a certain standard consistency not to mention on time. At uni we have this amazing spectacular late submission policy, where anything handed in within the first week of it being due only loses 10% of its mark. if only i could apply this to blogging, cos im pretty unorganized and not consistent with my posts. im gonna work on this kids, just bare with me as i learn the ropes of the blogging arena. I'd like to thank my three and a half readers for there support.
Cheers big ears,
oh and here's a link to the article in which i am cited. :D

http://www.melbournestreetfashion.com/content/view/190/

ps. just went shopping, blew all my money, but got a few nice things, so will blog about them soon.
pps. hope you guys realize that i kid alot and am not insane... kinda

They call it 'Parklife'

2009-10-04T06:43:00.000-07:00

Heya!

I havn't blogged for a while and so today i thought it was necessary for me to publish another instalment, chapter of my life if you will. Those of you who are in Australia will most likely know that Parklife the music festival was held on Saturday (yesterday at the time of posting this blogpost) in Melbourne. For those of you who don't, basically its a large day long music festival in each major city of Australia, even Adelaide (Audrey, that one's for you). *winks and points* there are 4 stages and various local and international artist performing throughout the day. And naturally everyone gets trashed and fucked up. I like the idiot that i am decided to NOT take pictures of the event even though i had the friggen camera in my backpack. but fear not, i have solved this visual dilemma by scouring the facebooks of my friends and steeling pictures from them. Im yet to tell them that, lol.

One of the best parts of the day was watching the mass break in. We were sitting on the grass on the hill minding our own business when about 30 people climbed the fence and ran in and dispersed into the rowds. Obviously they were chased by security guards and most of them got in except for one man who was unlucky enough to get caught. Would hate to be him! There were many successful and non successful break ins which were all amusing to watch.

Luke Steel from Empire Of The Sun

Alice Glass from Crystal Castles

Morococo

2009-09-26T00:47:00.000-07:00

hmmm... Melbourne has truly bazaar weather. the other week we were enjoying a near tropical climate and now its raining and cold. i even turned my heater on for the first time in 3 weeks. So i got thinking, what would it be like in warm place like Morocco and yes i came the conclusion that it would be warm. So i got out some of my adornments and jewellery that reminded me of Morocco and started snapping whilst thinking about all the tanning and shopping that i could be doing if i was there. Nadia aka, FOXYMAN, has been trying to convince me to whore my face out on this blog, but i dont know yet. we'll see how i go. lol

Bit of chin happening there.

Id like you all to meet my child. His name is Dries Van Noten and is an amazing belt i bought myself for my birthday last year.

I made these orange leather bracelets in a spur of the moment type creative blur. I just super glued strips of leather together, i know im talented...

I bought that hat for 2 dollars at an op shop, and it probably cost that much to buy in Thai Land. lol

I'm a 'Creative' type they say

2009-09-21T07:43:00.000-07:00

So i begin my fifth blog post; nothing too exciting has taken place in my life since i last logged in, but i decided that i need to get into a regular blogging habit or my 3 and a half readers will go else where, which will be a touch disappointing. I have been doing a bit of drawing, predominantly for one of my many folio classes. I really don't have any time to draw for myself which is a real shame because i really enjoy just relaxing and sketching pointlessly. At the risk of sounding like a middle aged lady with many cats (which is where I'm headed) i particularly like the odd bit of scrap-booking, and by that i mean collageing. (My spelling is not the best and my mac has issues, so some words don't exist on spellcheck, which can be an absolute bitch when you know they exist but mac is underlining it with a pretty red squiggle - ranting again)
Anyway, here are some of my drawings and collages, hope you like, ya? *winks*

This is a little something i made last semester for uni and i like to dedicate this to one of my bezzies Jovana, is just reminds me of her for some reason and thus she will inherit this when i die, along with Comme ;)

Bit of an ink and mixed media number i like to call 'Jolene, Queen of Clubs'

Op Shopzzz/garage sales

2009-09-18T07:09:00.000-07:00

Sup peeps! The other day i was wondering in the city with one of my friends Jeremy, who i must say is one of the most stylish kids that roams the streets of Melbourne. We were wondering around near King street and came across a garage sale. Totally random, yeah? at the garage sale we found plenty of cool nick-knack and thingies, they even had a MJ doll. I bought these two 90's hologram glass pendants, one with a pretty cool eye and one with JEZUSSSS!!! I was/am quite excited. I think I'm developing an unnatural fixation with religious paraphernalia. Anyway, iv been wearing them practically every day because i love them so. My posts are so deep, haha. Also at the garage sale i bought this pretty rad watch, it looks like a bolt/nut thing, it needs batteries though. It will make an appearance on this blog soon.

White night

2009-09-12T06:29:00.000-07:00

Hola! So i went to savers the other day and rummaged through the many racks and found this pretty damn awesome silk sweater. It is off white and like most sweaters, is knitted. I love it because the many thin silk yarns are acting like a single knitting yarn and the magical knitting looms of "Trent Nathan" have created a fascinatingly confusing knit. Im sure your all riveted by the construction, but trust me when i say its pretty spesh. After this purchase as well as some other funky sweaters and a pair of fantastic mustard pleated like there's no tomorrow business pants, i decided to play dress ups. I got out all my whites and went to town. I have to confess that i have abused the Melbourne black for a while now and it was good to get out of that rut. i wore the sweater as a pair of leggings under a pair of white Levi's that i shredded. Nothing to crazy. lol i sound like a bit of a tool. hahaha NOICE!

I made those gloves and a have some orders for them already, its pretty exciting.

This knit is fascinating, so fancy.

ROLLERS! I got them for 5 bucks at a factory shoe outlet store. Pretty sweet!

le Wardrobe

2009-09-07T07:51:00.000-07:00

I may or may not have a slight colour phobia.

Hey there peepgang! Well, I'm thinking that i need to keep posting various snippets of information about myself on this blog as it is a blog about myself. And well as i am a fashion student i suppose clothing is something that truly interests me. So here is some pictures of my wardrobe. I tried to tidy it up for this special occasion because lets face it, my wardrobe is as chaotic as my life. But hey, its fun none the less. With time i will learn how to use technology and my posts will hopefully be better and more interesting. lol

Hello there,

2009-09-05T23:36:00.000-07:00

This is my first blog post for my first blog. Bit of a special moment really. I'm not sure what i have to post but here goes nothing.

Last night i went to the RMIT grad show, was pretty damn amazing. I wore my religious paraphernalia for no particular reason. So here is Jethro holding a mammoth cross. Enjoy.