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Fashion Week Australia Street Style

 I realize I am about a week posting this, but while spending some quality time perusing the world wide web with a glass of wine last night, I somehow ended up deep into Australian Fashion Week street style snaps and just couldn’t get enough. I found myself being more inspired by these gals than I have been in a long time. There is something about the relaxed Sydney beach culture mixed with a love of high fashion that makes for my pretty much holy grail of street style. The FWA look is undone (beachy hair!) a little bit sporty, and mismatched, like everyone rifled through their closets to come up with their new favorite combo. And personally, that’s how I like to dress. It all just really did it for me. These are my top inspirational photos and the lessons I learned from these looks.

The one and only, Taylor Tomasi Hill, in a fringe necklace and multicolored reflective sunglasses. Quick, get me some Oakley Frogskins!

cropped tee shirt sweater and a fun/tourist bag

a giant oversized sweater coat + mustard & purple + aviators & beach hair, oh my!

TTH at it again: crochet skirt and those Prada heels with wings!

aqua snakeskin leather mini and the most fun bag ever (more fringe!)

athletic turquoise sweater layered over floral peplum dress + more multicolored reflective glasses

Navy lace “suit” + your favorite worn-in brown leather satchel

leather pencil skirt + cropped grey tee shirt + oversized mint grandpa cardigan. I’ll recreate with this and Madewell’s aqua colorwash cardigan

Did you notice how amazing everyone’s accessories are? And did you notice all of the shades of aqua and turquoise peppered into these photos?! I’m so on that.

oh and if you’d like a glimpse of the best of what came down the runway – check out Moda Operandi’s cheeky little video they did for their first foray into carrying Australian designers here

Follow me on Pinterest to see more of my inspiration from FWA and beyond!

photo sources: here and here and here

wind blown

Aritzia tee shirt dress, Old Navy denim jacket (sim here), old BR shoes, Kooba ‘Camden’ purse, Ray Ban black aviators, c/o fashionABLE scarf

the empire strikes back

boys Junk Food Star Wars tee (sim here), vintage leather pencil skirt, Zara heels, Ray Ban aviators, c/o Stephanie Johnson iPad case/clutch, purple stone necklace I made

“To answer power with power, the Jedi way this is not. In this war, a danger there is, of losing who we are.” – Yoda


 

an L.A. dream (part 2)

Snaps from the Lucky Magazine’s Lucky Fabb (Fashion & Beauty Blogger) conference at the beautiful Annenberg Community Beach House in Santa Monica. Had so much fun listening to great speakers on the business of blogging and fashion and mingling with fellow bloggettes and friends right on the ocean shore!

the outfit: Joie linen top, Trina Turk ‘Talia’ silk pants, Zara heels, Kooba ‘Camden’ purse, Ray Ban aviators, floral crown made by me

charming and hilarious Elizabeth Banks (check out her girl funny website here “I love things that make me giggle”) in an awesome Alexander McQueen dress and Jean-Michel Cazabat shoes

“I believe deeply in the power of resilience” -Zac Posen, great speaker and his business savvy is impressive

new gal pal Jenni of I Spy DIY (check out her new book here) and Kate Somerville on the entrepreneur panel- two girl power favorites

Mad Men’s costume designer Janie Bryant and BFF Kiernan Shipka (Sally Draper), loved hearing about Janie put together the color palettes for Sally and Betty’s costumes this season (in contrast to each other as Sally rebels against her mother) and how much Kiernan loves Style Rookie

my childhood fashion idol, Soleil Moon Frye (aka Punky Brewster): “I truly believe there’s never been a better time for female entrepreneurs”

A Fine Frenzy performing for us

A great day and a great experience overall, thanks Lucky!

an L.A. dream (part 1)

outfit 1 black maxi: James Perse racerback maxi dress, Old Navy denim jacket (sim here), Kooba bag, floral crown made by me
outfit 2 yellow dress: H&M neon yellow maxi dress, Big Buddha multicolored clutch
outfit 3 pink dress: Old Navy pleated maxi dress (also worn here), vintage belt, Vince Camuto heels, Ray Ban aviators, Kooba bag

Some snapshots from my weekend in L.A. for the Lucky Fabb conference! A floral crown and dyed pink hair tips were my look for the weekend. I made the floral crown specifically for the trip, inspired partly by miss Lana Del Rey and an extension of my signature flower headband look from 2 years ago. It seemed just so perfect for a spring fashion weekend spent in bohemian L.A. I so love any kind of hair accessory (remember these?). I dyed my hair (washes out) with this – it works better on true blond hair but I liked the subtle, pastel effect I got with my blondish balayaged tips.

Fun for the weekend included Saturday pool and beach time with gal pals Krystal and Natalie, a Sunday blogger brunch (aren’t we all so cute?!) at the Viceroy where we stayed, dinner at the awesomely delicious ‘pop up’ restaurant  Wolf in Sheep’s Clothing on Abbot Kinney in Venice (where we sat next to the insanely good-looking Ian Somerhalder which was exciting to me only because I am a huge Lost fan), playing L.A. dress-up for a cocktail party at the Kelly Wearstler boutique on Melrose, and a trip complete with outfit pics to Opening Ceremony. More pictures from the actual conference coming tomorrow and I promise I don’t wear another maxi dress, ha. The floral crown, however, does make a repeat appearance.

see my other adventures in L.A.: here and here and here