summer is finally here

Since the weather has finally started being sunny/warm for more than two days at a time I thought it was a good chance to break out my new* playsuit!

Playsuit, Kate Moss for Topshop (via eBay)

*And by new, I mean 'bought second-hand off eBay'. But it's still new to me!

article roundup

Article Roundup

Local News
Our very own Adelaidian blogger, Katherine of Caught Couture did a fabulous job of her very first fashion show, Fabrication. Congratulations!

One of my favourite Australian brands, Limedrop, has launched it's very first concept store.

Have a look at Ellery's AW2011 collection.

The Spirit of the Little Black Dress is on again, and they're taking entires now!

Eleventh Hour designer interview and SS11/12 lookbook sneak peak.


Other News
Fabrican: spray on fabric in a can!

Opening Ceremony lets you be the designer with it's new 'create your own tote' feature.

One man's quite spot-on interpretation of Carrie Bradshaw.

P Diddy vs Kanye: who's style is better?

Topshop presents two new designers, Mathew Harding and Lily Heine.

Pantone presents it's next colour of the year: Honeysuckle.


Collaborations
Missoni collaborates with Toywatch just in time for Christmas!

MAC and Marcel Wanders get together to create a gorgeous range of design-fabulous makeup.

Grey Ant and Teva create a stiletto.

DC Comics and nOir create awesome jewellery.

flower child

Summer is here again (yay heatwaves!), which means it's time to break out the summer florals once again.

Karen Walker sweetheart dress

2adorn flower fascinator, via ASOS

from Jessie Hill's SS10/11 collection

Sessun cherry girl liberty print trousers, via ASOS

dandelion print romper, via Nasty Gal

floral bandeau from Lonely Hearts winter 2011 collection

friday roundup

Friday Article Roundup

First up, some local news: Photographer Ryan Polei did a series of photographs featuring Adelaide's own Clothes Line Saga girls!

Vouge UK shows us horoscopes in clothes.

Business of Fashion releases their 50 Most Creative list.

Transgender model Lea T lands her first cover.

Tavi of the The Style Rookie is set to collaborate with Sassy founder to create a new magazine. Stay tuned for something awesome!

Russh magazine get a sneak peak at Mypetsquare's inspiration boards for their SS10 collection.

Prada introduces its new 'Made In ...' line.

Maison Martin Margiela's S11 line shows it's hip to be a square.

Sarah Burton unveils her gorgeous second collection for Alexander McQueen.

I pretty much want all of Thom Browne's SS11 French-themed collection.

Miu Miu's S11 collection is full of bright pop prints and colours.

First look at H&M's 60's/70's themed S11 range.

And continuing my stalker-ish love for Jeffrey Campbell, I would be remiss if I didn't include their lookbook for SS11.


Collaborations
Amy Winehouse for Fred Perry looks surprisingly classy and wearable. Unsurprisingly, Lanvin for H&M looks gorgeous (show video here).

OPI and Katy Perry bring you: nailpolish!

Jason Wu bridal wear for Net-a-Porter.

Nylon presents the first look at Henry Holland for Roxy.

Karl Langerfield is soon to unveil his line for Macys.

And, last but not least, you could be collaborating with Rebecca Minkoff to design a handbag!

out and about: sportsgirl superstyle me

I managed to wrangle myself a ticket to tonight's Superstyle Me event, held by the wonderfully blogger-friendly Sportsgirl. Before the start of the event there was a brief period of wandering around while we waited for everybody to arrive, which was a great opportunity to snap a few of the outfits from the night.

It was a great night, and it ended up being somewhat of a impromptu-blogger-meet-up, which was fun.

I also ended up standing with the winner of the $250 door prize. She was still shopping when I left, I was soooo jealous!

This amazing record bag reminded me a lot of the ones available via Caught Couture.

The co-hosts for the night was Grazia's market editor Anouk Colantoni and a Sportsgirl stylist. They went through each outfit, tying the clothing an accessories to their own trend predictions and global styles.

The Sportsgirl stylist who was rocking these amazing overalls.

Anouk, who looked amazing! The skiiiiiirt. I saw a bunch of people buying the top afterwards, inspired by her look I think.

The Outfits
The main messages of the night were that you shouldn't be afraid to try colour. There's a tendency in winter to go into muted colours and blacks and not come out again, but with the sunshine coming back again it's time to get some colours out (I mean, don't dress like a rainbow, but still = try something new). The styled outfits followed two of the returning trends, 70s festival/hippie and 90s grunge.

The Shoes
Basically, I wanted them aaaaalllllll (except the clogs, which I'm still undecided about). Clogs, or shoes involving wooden heels re still going to be very big the coming months. Sockets, an item which was much loved by Anouk, was used in almost every item of the night. And they're so cute, I can see why. Wedge heels, of course, are still here to stay.

The Headwear
Boater hats, or other straw hats, are making it big this season even if you don't usually think of yourself as a hat person I'd suggest at least trying it out.

The Bags
Big bags are back again, which is great if you're like me and can't seem to travel anywhere without lugging a huge bag around.

The Accessories
Sportsgirl is usually pretty on-trend with it's accessories. Feathers are coming up in a very big way, which I love. And big flowers are back again. I loved the enormous ones that have a clip and a pin, so you can wear it two ways.

You can also book your own styling session over at the Sportsgirl website, and they're completely free!