white out

I've never been a white girl. I mean, yes I'm incredibly 'white' in both my skin tone (thanks winter) and culturally, but I'm not a big wearer of the shade. Maybe it's Melbourne's influence or there's simply not that much good white stuff about, but I thought I would give this whole sporty/crisp/luxe business a go.  So from the VERY few white clothes I have in my closet I put together this outfit. The sheerness (nonexistence?!) of the tee really helps to break up that blocky, sterile feeling that makes full head-to-toe white hard to wear. Skin is good, and white just so happens to give the illusion of slightly tanned flesh which is very handy in the middle of winter. I went minimal with black boots and bag, no jewellery and slicked hair (wet not greasy!).

[wearing: thrifted shirt and reworked jeans, Asos tee, Witchery bra, Office London boots, Life with Bird bag]

pants party

So I may have bought a new pair of shoes as a reward for finishing my first uni assignment of the year... A little premature considering I could quite possibly get a shocking mark back and then these shoes will forever be a horrible reminder of my failure as a student. BUT hopefully that's not the case!

Anyway, they are the ultimate Barbie platforms, super high and probably ankle breakers if I'm not careful, but they're a nice change from my chunky boot obsession.

Pulled this look out some things that were gathering dust in my wardrobe like the amazing watermelon necklace and my good old Ksubi MC Hammer pants. An unusually bright outfit for me, but I'm celebrating the lovely warm autumn Melbourne has been blessed with. Keep it coming please weather gods!

Wearing; Witchery dress (as top), Witchery bra, Ksubi pants, Windsor Smith Loren heels (from Styletread HERE), 'vintage' watermelon necklace and ebay gold cuff

collar crazy

Went a little collar crazy this past week after being inspired by one of my all time favourite blogs A Pair & a Spare, so much DIY collar inspiration it's quite overwhelming! My friend kindly gave me her childhood box of sequins so I could make a crazy sequined collar. Very happy with the results, but to be honest it took about five times longer than I expected! Went with the totally 'random' approach, which involves methodically placing the different colours and sizes so nothing doubles up. I left the stand on the collar (which was cut off an old denim shirt kindly donated by my dad) because I didn't want it sitting flat around the neck, but they look just as good without the stand.

The second collar I did wasn't much trouble at all, since I had this strip of silk I had painted when I was in high school! Also found an old (op shop) Country Road shirt hanging around the back of my wardrobe, it has a lovely frill at the neck, but the collar was stained which made it perfect for a collar makeover! After I finished sewing the fabric onto the collar I realised that the silk was probably painted with ink, meaning I can't get the collar wet or the ink will run all over the rest of the shirt. Woops! I'll just have to be super careful when I wash it.

Hope everyone's enjoying their weekend!

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