ox blood

Ever since I saw these pictures of ultra babes Alexa Chung and Rumi (fashiontoast) wearing head to toe burgundy I have been rather infatuated with the shade. 

This A. Wang leather skirt is at the centre of my infatuation...in all its über simple, leathery glory. I can just imagine the softness of the leather.

Clavin Klein bralette, 
Alexander McQueen cuff, 
T by Alexander Wang skirt, 
Acne sweater, 
Alexander Wang boots and bag

Creatures of the Wind

I just discovered this collection by Creatures of the Wind. I know, right, who and what on earth is Creatures of the Wind and why have i never freakin bother to find them until now.

Apparantly they are a freakin (sorry for the crudenss) awesome fashion house excreting über collections like this one at a rate that is far from healthy.

This spring-summer '12 assémblégé (too many accents– get over it...) is like an intoxicating amalgamation of print, colour and crispness, threatening to disjoint Skippy and his beloved cornflakes after the very first look. Even the dead-pan Daria models have me choking, exuding 'this too cool for school' rad-ness that is now causing me to get asthma.

And yes, I have included the entire collection– don't complain, there is room for everyone...

Creatures of the Wind- spring/summer 2012

what to do with twenty-five dollars...

So, even with a very limited budget I still managed to lay my hands on some pretty coolies stuff. am a really lovin' bright colours, tacky leopard print, fake diamantes, glitter and all things bambi. The latest oyster magazine quite literally combines all these things into a sparkly, miriad of rainbow-bambi goodness- i highly recommend forking out the very reasonable 9.95 for this beauty.

these super-cool/super lame (still not sure which one) were in the X-marked dollar section at the op shop, and my fake nose stud diamantes in minty green are satisfying my colour starved mind.

op shop shorts, two dollar shop diamantes, ebay iphone case from hong kong, home-made fairy dust pendant, random cutlery charms, oyster magazine issue 92

just in case you've forgotten about resort 2011...

Well, I'm sure many people have moved on from the resort collections, but i am still very much absorbed.
One thing that particularly jumped out at me, as a common theme amongst collections was the vibrancy and great utilisation of colour:

Suddenly in the midst of a very controlled, clean-cut, almost clinical series of looks, a sudden pop or dash of colour would exude, in the shape of a bag (i.e celine) or floor length graduated dress. I find this so exciting and in an instant adds a sense of character and depth to the collection.

Its so magical the way colour can do so much, in small doses. The fluro, boogey green clutch from celine, although very much like the proenza schouler bags, is so invitingly radiant and clutch-able (if that makes sense!)

I guess, in risking saying too much and blabbering about the 'deeper meaning of colour', what I'm saying is that colour seems to make everything much happier and exuberant. I'm not saying that people should plaster their bodies with every colour of the rainbow and then run around the garden singing songs from 'Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor dream-coat', but I think a splash of colour in any outfit can really do wonders..........just a thought really!

xxx