Further inspiration

This is Diane Birch - a singer from America. I have never heard her music, but was just browsing Vogue.com and came across her picture...further inspiration for a fringe *and* remotivating me to buy a trench coat.

Ooh, and Vogue's article says she loves hats...and I love hats! BFF's, non? (Actually, reading the article kind of made me dislike her...she comes across imo as someone who thinks she's sooo different, when really she's like any other mid-20's hipster wannabe). But, I shall ignore this, and dream of new hair and new coats.

My sister arrives in Melbourne for a holiday next weekend, which will be a good excuse for shopping heaven :)

It's a curly one

Am back to being a little bored with my hair at the moment, and thinking of having a fringe cut. I'm happy with my current length (just resting on my shoulders when curly), but just feeling a little blag and boring.

Was thinking maybe of a fringe like this, as Rachel Bilson has a round-ish face like mine:



But then this fringe that Keira Knightly has looks like easier to maintain:




Or Karen Elson's fringe (and I love her colour):



My idea I think is to be able to wear the rest of my hair either curly or straight, so the fringe has to suit that. Sometimes a Bettie Page style can work really well curly, but I don't know if that would suit my face. Usually I can get one to two days out of my fringe before I need to wash my hair, so it needs to be versatile....

I haven't even made a hair appointment yet, so it's all still musing at the moment :)

A Moment in July...

This post is inspired by my friends Laurie & Briony! (Although they did their "moments" in June, and I am a few days late).

Listening I mostly have RRR radio station on at home, but between us, my boyfriend and I have a big music collection too. Lately have been listening to New Pornographers (their new album is awesome!), Eddie Current Supression Ring, Queens of the Stone Age and old Rolling Stones stuff.

Reading a book called "Brightness Falls" by Jay McInerney. It's about a couple who live in New York, and set in the late 80's. Also this weeks Grazia magazine, and waiting for my Shop Till You Drop mag to arrive.

Watching series 2 of Entourage - I've seen up to the end of S4 I think, but Simon had never seen it so we're re-watching together. Just finished S3 of Sopranos and we tried to buy S3 of Mad Men over the weekend but JB's on Chapel St had sold out!

Buying new pillows for the bedroom, two pairs of new jeans, brown wedge heels (too cute) and a slow cooker.

Wanting a new tv for the lounge room. Our current set-top box is dying, and it's driving me a little crazy. Also, a clothes dryer.

Trying to get over a sinus infection and the flu I had last week. So tired. Have been pretty healthy though and am conscious lately of being mindful about what and how much I eat.

Loving our new heater - oil heater, 11 fins, from target with a timer switch. It's made getting up in the morning so much easier! The new puppy Coco, I met yesterday. She is 11 weeks old, and a border collie.



Planning fun times for when my sister Brianna comes to visit me in Melbourne (next weekend), and a trip to Simon's family farm at the end of July.

Writing trying to keep up with emails to friends & family, and also my blog

Inspired By Simon's aunt Barb who overcame cancer to recently give birth to gorgeous baby Alexander, and Miranda's sister Brooke who is unfortunately having to continue her cancer battle. Nothing I am going through compares to the strength these ladies have got and have needed to draw upon.

Miu Miu, designer lament & faux fur goodness

Check out these photos from the Fall 2010 Miu Miu collection - beautiful texture and colour - swoon!





And this coat, from the same collection, is just what I need for the company retreat in Cradle Mountain next week. If only I had a designer budget, le sigh.



Actually, I was talking to a friend recently who I grew up with (the lovely Kitty LaRue) and lamenting the lack of our designer purchases of late. Also wondering how the hell we managed to shop so well back in the day, where did we get the money? Oh yeah, that's right...we didn't eat, haha! I think I used to spend 20 pounds a week on my grocery bill, which left plenty of dough left over for the more important things in life, like D&G shoes or a Miu Miu dress.

Today am wearing a faux fur coat that I realised I have owned for 15 years!! Of course its not in perfect condition anymore, the clasp is broken and so I can no longer actually do it up (also perhaps has something to do with the fact that when I bought the coat I was a size 10)....but amazingly it still looks fabulous and is very warm. With the freezing cold weather we've had recently in Melbourne, a snuggly warm coat is an essential! (Might look for a faux fur coat I can actually do up over the "girls" though....leopard print is a-calling, but perhaps something black?)

Tiah

This is the gorgeous Tiah Eckhardt - a fellow Perth girl, and redhead. I remember her from the Search for a Supermodel show that also launched Gemma Ward and Nicole Trunfio in the early/mid 00's, but in the following years she has just become more and more stunning and I think really come into her own. (And she's a mum!)

I'm not sure if it's the red hair, but she also really reminds me of Karen Elson right now.



(Btw, these pics are from New Zealand magazine "No")

Going over the knee...

So I've been talking with my boss this morning about over the knee boots. They're one of those fashion items that can go one of two ways imo - oh so chic with a pair of cute baggy shorts and opaques, or straying into hookers-ville when you go micro mini skirt/julia roberts in pretty women stylee.

Ooh, and I love love loved it when Anne Hathaway rocked a pair of over-the-knees with some leather pants and that HOT hair in Devil Wears Prada.

For me, I'd be likely to go for a flat pair of boots, black leather and go the way of Hillary Duff in the photo above, or one of my all-time faves, Miss Kate Moss. The way Hayden has styled her boots has left her a little stumpy (but then again I think she is quite petite).

Currently also loving this girl, challening a Prince-does-Chanel look imo:



and wondering if I could pull this off. Not sure the long, loose layers work on curves....might only be a skinny-girl look.

In other (rather adorable) news...last night I had the train journey from hell, getting home at 9pm. My boyfriend made us dinner, and waited for me to be home to eat...he'd made a pasta bake and written "I heart E.D." in tomato paste on top of the dinner. Soooo so sweet, and totally distracted me from wanting to stab half of Metro Trains for the rest of the night.

Acceptance

It's funny how people change - this afternoon I was picking up my boyfriend's jeans from the tailor, and it got me thinking how I used to be so fixated on my measurements. For instance, I totally remember writing in my diary how upset I was because my waist measured "a disgusting 27 inches". (That's exactly what I wrote).

What the hell was wrong with me that I thought having a 27 inch waist made me fat??? Crazy times.

These days my waist is far from that tiny measurement, and I'm way more focused on embracing my curves and dressing to highlight them. Of course it would be great to have a naturally slim waist like I had in the past...but I probably enjoy my food a lot more nowadays, and so if that means being a bigger size, then so be it.

I'm actually a much happier person being non-model-sized, and I know my boyfriend appreciates my curves too. I'm not saying I don't have my down days or fat days, but it's a lot more relaxing just being who I am, rather than freaking out about gaining an inch around my waist!