Oh yeahhh...

IT'S A SALE!!

From a few seasons too so enjoy a mini time warp trip (not that Easton Pearson ever dates).

How to wear...

A knitted jumper if you're a boy:

Enjoy the chilly weather!

xx

Gorman vs. Romance Was Born.

MOKAY so Gorman, a brand that I love will never be as outlandish as Romance Was Born a brand that I love and hate with equal measure... but I think they were defintely using Anna Plunkett (co-designer of RWB) as a muse for their most recent seasonal output...

Above: Anna is the girl in the middle in the pic on the left - and the pic on the right is her again.

Below:  a snippet of Gorman's winter collection on sale

More evdience of Anna Plunkett themed styling here @ the Gorman website.

What is with peeps ripping off Romance Was Born?

Like this earlier in the year...

Kurse you Kikki K!

So I've recently been accepted back to uni - I'm excited and terrified at the prospect of being a 'mature student'.
Blegh those words make me feel like hurling.
Anywho, yesterday a little surprise in my inbox made me feel a little better at the idea of being mature and back at spewniversity:

Beautiful leather handbag/briefcase/laptop bag combo!

Only someone wth grown up tastes could pull off this bag at uni no?

'Why do you like it then Julia?' you're asking?

'Beause it's lush tan leather and Scandinavian design' I will say - 

'my almost 2 favorite things... and hey shut up! I have grown up kudos!'

all of these chic and studious lovlies are available at 

Kikki K (cute swedish stationary shop) as part of their new Stockholm Collection, make sure you view the look book too for ace styling ideas - especially when riding your fixy to class! ;)

The only problem with getting my weekly Kikki K email yesterday is that by the time I read it, it was already Saturday night and my funds are a little on the low side now! Kurses!!

Last Day!

10 - 4 today is the last chance to get moderately price bejewelled denim!!

That's just Romance Was Born though, Frederich Gray has some nice neutral knit separates... and I will probably get both to suit my split wardrobe personality, which I like to call C.C. Babcock v.s. Grandma Yetta. Class. If you can't read the above poster in the pic - it's at 67 James St. Fortitude Valley.

While I'm still on the wedding high - Mc Queen:

If I were getting married I think McQueen would be my 1st and only stop... this is of course my dream wedding with no budget! Ha!

 Mother of the Bride

Bridesmaids

 Bride

 Bride's reception dress

Dressssssssssssssssssssssssssesssssssss!!

HOW GOOD IS KATE MIDDLETON?!
Love her.
First she scores Lady D's ring (a personal fave), then she has trees lining the inside of Westminster Abbey, and then that dress! And then has a double kiss on Buck Palace's balcony. AND THEN her reception dress!!

...And then and then and then and then!!

Also loving her lil' sis Pippa, very chic bridesmaid and reception dress choices - also by Sarah Burton of Mc Queen....

More gorgeous gorgeous photos here. Who knew the British Monarchy had a Flikr account?!

As for the other big dress news that happened over the weekend - J'Aton killed it at the Logies:

Asher Keddie is a SEX BOB-OMB

Jessica Marais is absolutely stunning but skinnier than a Middleton girl :S

Both by J'Aton, droolworthy fairytale style designers from Melb.

*SIGH* one day I'll be you Michelle Williams... one daaaaaay....

all my dreams and then some!

The Blues are still blue...

My lovely finds at the Vintage Fair:

1. Blue, black and white striped dress circa 1950's

 (needs a bit of mending and a dry clean!)

It reminds me of the YSL Rive Gauche Bottle...

... and SS11 Prada

2. 3/4 length embroidered skirt circa 1950's

It's made of this heavy cotton and has beautiful Scandinavian/American folk art style embroidery. Both the dress and the skirt were $50 each - I haggled! - and came from the same vendor, Fossil Vintage.

Apparently they are wholesale vintage sales peeps from Melbourne and never quite know what to bring to Brisbane for the Vintage fair as its so humid here and most vintage is heavy/polyester/lined-wool and therefore pretty unwearable for us. Too true! 

3. 1960's Arabia 5 piece tea/coffee set:

These pieces are now collectors items as the Finnish tableware design house Arabia is no longer making ceramics/china with this design, which was their signature print from the 60's.






I paid $140 for the set, which is a lot for homewares when I don't have a home but I was thinking investment!
That price was quite low for their value, which as a once in a lifetime find (of newly out of production Scandinavian china) in Brisbane, means that one day my future children will be able to hock this set to pay for my gold and jewel encrusted pyramid tomb which I plan to have built in the middle of Paris. Investment!!