I remember as a young girl, staring into the windows of shops and letting myself be drawn into the world of the window display; the classic little black dresses of Chanel, the uniqueness of Alexander McQueen and the stunning yet still elegant shoes and handbags of Jimmy Choo. My Mum and I always said that if we had more money we’d spend it solely on Jimmy Choo, Chanel and possibly Prada. But now there are so many fakes of every designer you could possibly think of, and some of them are very real looking, why should people still feel the need to spend so much money when they can spend barely anything?

Maybe it’s the shopping experience; entering the shop knowing that even though the shop assistants might be giving you dirty looks that you can afford to buy a bag, dress, pair of shoes, the VIP treatment you receive, the touch, smell, look of the item, the perfectly packaged tissue paper and silk satin ribbon and the feeling of leaving the shop swinging that famous logoed bag by your side. However, I decided to do it the easier way when I randomly received a free amount of money after my flights to Dubai were ‘messed’ up (they weren’t but no matter how many times I tried to tell them it just wouldn’t go through). Online shopping. With it comes fastness and easiness but it loses the whole shopping experience that my friend pointed out is the main point of designer shopping. Open Firefox, Google, Jimmy Choo, Search, and Click and enter into an online word of beauty and fashion at some of its best.

I have always been a fan of Jimmy Choo, starting with my 18th birthday when I desperately wanted a pair of very high pink leopard print shoes that I saw every time I passed the shop window, I thought it was fate, a relationship meant to last forever, but in the end I decided to go with several items from TopShop over a pair of shoes I would probably only keep for show. My second experience with Jimmy Choo was a little different seeing as I am a sucker for sales, well if I’m going to start confessing all my sins I’m probably a shopaholic but that’s a story for another day. Moving on, as soon as I clicked on sale items I knew that was it as I saw items marked down to affordable prices with some having massive drops from their original prices. As I scrolled down the page in wonder I saw it! Yes it, the Jimmy Choo that I was meant to have a life long relationship with, fate had definitely spoken for me and the limited edition 25% of the profit going to the Elton John Aids foundation Pep Zulu wallet/clutch bag. I instantly fell in love with the union jack in the corner, the studs, the rock ‘n’ roll badges on the back, the shininess – it was everything I could possibly want in a little bag and more.

I’ve always been a fan of bags and own an awful lot including a Swarovski crystal environmentally friendly bag made out of old car parts and recycled objects decorated in champagne glasses with the quote ‘I get a kick out of champagne’ scrawled across it, a Paparazzi clutch which is meant to look like it is made out of the front page of a rolled up magazine, a numerous assortment of Guess bags, a massive leopard print River Island clutch that will fit everything and anything in it are among the favourites. Now I cannot wait to add my latest edition when it arrives, although I think I’ll be keeping this one for special occasions only!





PICTURES COMING SOON

Searching for Mr. Right. . .

That perfect couple. That perfect relationship. Everyone is jealous of the first but still endlessly looking for the latter. When does that first couple of months of bliss turn into an ever growing relationship or a dead end no hoper where neither person really knows how to let go? I’m beginning to think that I will possibly always be a little bit unlucky in love and finding that special bond with someone that will turn into that ‘perfect’ relationship that all us girls dream about. I tend to get a four or five monther (that’s where the barrier usually falls) who then decides that they are not ready or don’t have time for or simply don’t want a relationship. Then 2 months later, bang, Facebook status update – ‘blah blah and blah blah are now in a relationship’ (big fat red in your face heart). Where did it all go wrong for me and right for another girl, what did she do differently? We can ask ourselves these questions over and over again but the best thing to do is to pick ourselves up and move steadily on to the next suitor.

‘Tough Love’ is an American reality television series where matchmaker Steven Ward and his mother Joann Ward offer relationship counselling, guidance and lessons to a group of women who seem to always be unlucky in love. And, as it always is in American shows and films, everything turns out to be sickly sweet happy in the end. However, should it be ok for other people to get involved in people’s relationships even if they are trying to help them in the long run? This point is a very serious question because it brings the topic round to the issue of friends getting involved, especially if the friend knows both people in the relationship. This is also incredibly tricky if the friend of both is a girl because the girl in the ‘relationship’ will want to talk about everything, a lot, but this may make the friend uncomfortable and in relationships people can become selfish and paranoid. Personally I believe a friend should not voice their opinion until they know the person is truly ready to hear the truth, they may say they are but you can always tell if they’re not. I’m not saying that you have to lie; I’m merely stating that people should maybe dart around the truth a bit if asked but never openly voice their opinion if they haven’t as this could honestly lead to potential disaster for both parties.

Will I ever find love? Will I ever meet Mr. Right? Will I ever meet that perfect guy that loves me for I am, and as my friend said ‘make me want to cook for him and let him touch my face’? We can trouble ourselves with these tiresome yet popular questions but it’s not going to get us any closer to the answer we want or need to know. So to conclude this little blog post, take each challenge as it comes, make mistakes, get hurt, learn from mistakes, try not to make the same ones again (but if you do it doesn’t matter) and take each day with small steps and you’ll find what you’re looking for eventually.

Creating your own fashion pieces. . .

So I went into the shop Wheels and Dollbaby to buy a dress I had seen on Asos.com, its black sort of a vest dress with High Society Girl in pink italics on the front. . .wore it out with my leather jacket, fishnet holdups, black hat and a necklace I custom made.

When I bought the dress I noticed some badges by the checkout and immeadiatly fell in love with a little black badge with white italic writing stating 'Fuck off i'm with the band', very punk rock! Also my friend is trying to help me stop spending money so she says everytime I buy something I have to buy her something so as I wanted the dress so badly I bought her a badge with High Society Girl on it :)

But when I got home I couldn't find anywhere to pin the badge that looked good so I got out a silver chain from one of my other necklaces and attached the badge to that :)

Tell me what you think:

'This is not a Bomb'

A friend introduced me to this artist a couple of months ago and yes i thought his work was interesting but I didn't really think anything of it. But today, while nursing the hangover from hell, i decided i was in a creative mood and thought why don't I take a look at his website. Will Coles has a talent for turning an ordinary object that we are fond of or used to into an artistic piece with a difference maybe even with a sadistic hidden message.

Some of his items include guns with Mickey Mouses' head sticking out the end, televisions with a single word on the screen, mobile phones with I miss U on the engraved in the screen etc. Another reason that this artist is so unique is the places that he leaves his sculptures; in front of the Opera House, in a grave yard as part of the head stone, crashing a sculpture walk that he was not invited to give work too and dingy alleyways.

Check him out on his website:

http://www.willcoles.com/default.html

And look out for his items dotted around Sydney (hint: start in Newtown)

Some of my favourites from his work:

A list of Finally. . .

My new 'Laura Ashley' Bed Sheets with 'Hot Dollar' Candles and a London Plaque!

Finally an amazing apartment!
Finally super fast internet!
Finally a nice bed with nice looking bed sheets (to all you English geeks I know nice isn't a very good word)!

Tell me what you think?
I'm thinking a little Cath Kidson esque. . .

A new home

So exciting news fellow followers, finally moving into a new apartment on Sunday. . .very very very excited about this!
A tad sad to be moving out of Bondi I must admit but I've been in Bondi since October and as its now May I figured a change should happen and when the opportunity arose i couldn't turn it down!

A couple of reasons why this apartment is going to be amazing:
1. Its in the city. . .right in the heart of it (next to Scruffy Murphies for all you Aussies out there), just down the road from Scubar, Side Bar, Star Bar, The Three Monkeys, Karaoke and the cinema with loads of restaurants and places where fun can be had!

2. Its near college and work and my agency so no more super early stupid mornings and no expensive cabs!

3. The building is incredible: pool, gym, a massive covered balcony, my flatmates' fish, my own room with queen sized bed and wardrobe and desk, amazing shower, dish washer, washing machine. . .what more could I need?!

4. My flatmates are super cool Russians :)

So in order to mark this special occasion and to make my room really feel like a home as it certainly deserves it I went to Laura Ashley (tres expensive) to buy my bed linen.
As I entered the shop the most amazing pillow caught my eye (and also the extremely irresistible sale prices) which was pink and one side and then white with a pink flower pattern on the other side for $139 (ouch). I also wanted a purple throw but it was way too expensive so I try and save for one! The bed sheets are green with a white leaf pattern ($237, another ouch) and the duvet cover is green with pink roses decorating it ($249, big big ouch) but with the sale of buy 3 items get 30% off i felt slightly (and only slightly) happier with the end result of $470!
I wisely decided to get my three pillows and duvet from Target to save a tiny bit of money but on my way there I stopped into another shop and bought a London plaque to put on my wall!

I seriously cannot wait to start buying little items to make it feel like home!

:) xoxo

Milkiz Designs

So as my agency (Platform Models) haven't called me in a while (and I mean a while, I haven't heard from them since the day I left to go back to England for 3 weeks which was in february!) I decided to take matters into my own hands, as I am still finding a lot of work through Model Mayhem, and have my own business cards made.

I saw that one of my makeup artists (Sarah Jane Bryan - Glamour Doll creations) had used Milkiz Designs on facebook and decided to give them a try. Elizabeth Walker, the woman whom I spoke with, was very very helpful and always knew exactly the idea I was thinking of just as I said it!

In a night we came up with the perfect design and I cannot wait to start handing them out at all the different fashion functions I attend.

Tell me what you think:

If you like the design and or are looking for some business cards which are professional, well priced, artistic and individual check Milkiz Designs out on Facebook:
http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=118236771529719#!/pages/Wingham-Australia/-MilkizDesigns-/106827106021638?ref=ts

The Youth of Today

If a strict mother figure from the Victoria era came to our earth today, managed to turn on the television, got to Lifestyle You and the program was 'Toddlers and Tiaras' what would she think of the society we live in?

Even though I do not agree with it, I am hooked and every week at 8:30pm I am sitting in front of the TV wandering what sort of happy pills these mothers are on. 'Toddlers and Tiaras' follows three families and their spoilt little children every week and their quest to be crowned.

The show is at times uncomfortable to watch, as, if you think about it, anyone can turn up to watch and surely 3 year olds dancing around in bikinis are not going to be attracting the right kind of people.

It seems that these Mothers are living through their children as often I really cannot tell how these parents have produced such attractive children, maybe they swopped them at the hospital?

The main thing that I really hate about this program is the way that three year olds are given fake spray tans (something that I have never had), false nails (never had), false eyelashes (only when i'm modelling), fake teeth (never had) etc, i find it slightly worrying that I haven't had half the 'treatments' that these children have. In today's episode one of the children was complaining that she couldn't see due to her false eyelashes!

These little kids are being subjected to almost torture through their parents, one kid got told that she had to go on a diet, a 7 year old! These parents are teaching these children that in order to be beautiful they have to be fake, cannot be children and have to be super skinny. . .what is this showing the youth of today?!

Who Magazine

I'm having so much fun at FBI, the courses are well taught and interesting and the teachers know what they are talking about as they have spent most of their lives in the industry and their specific topic areas. However the main thing that I love the most is the work placement experiences!
On Thursday I was lucky enough to work at Who Magazine for the day. Who is a weekly magazine that focuses on celebrities, news, gossip and the latest fashion trends and I was interning backstage sorting out clothes to send back to designers, filing, photocopying and researching different clothes styles for the newest features in the magazine. Overall it was a very fun day and I enjoyed sorting the clothes even though the clothes type lables that the designers sent with the clothes were sometimes hard to understand. For example I was trying to find a silver leather dress and the product code matched a white leather dress. But overall it was a fun, exciting day and I feel that I learnt a lot.

My next work experience is tomorrow where I will be a backstage assitant for a Dan Jones' fashion show =] I will keep you all updated

xoxo

What is the perfect school bag?

My first ever school bag that I recall was a blue brief case style canvas bag with a velcro seal, little handle and my school (Leicester High School for girls)' symbol. From this I moved onto a plain black rucksack (school rules), but as I grew older I became more and more rebellious with colour schemes until in about year 8 I ended up with a pink flowered Roxy rucksack which I thought was the coolest thing ever; looking back on it, it probably wasn't all the cool.

Bags have always been a very big part of my life as I believe a good bag makes the final cut to your outfit. If the bag isn't right, then the outfit isn't looking that hot either. However, even though I own a wide selection I am very picky and like them to be a little different. The most expensive bag I ever bought was a bag I found at Burghley Horse Trials on one of the stalls. It is made out of old recycled metal such as car parts, bottles caps etc with the song words 'I get a kick out of champagne' surrounding champagne glasses with the bubbles made out of Swarovski crystals. Another bag of mine that I love is a Paparazzi clutch with the magazine cover on an issue of gardening with the words 'English Rose' in italics. A bag I use on all my nights out, no matter what I’m wearing or where I am going is a giant leopard print clutch from River Island (been known to fit a bottle of wine in there). I love it because it is big enough to fit all my junk in cigarettes, lighter, camera, phones, makeup, money, keys etc but also has three ways of carrying it; under the shoulder, handle and chain.

Today after arriving at FBI I realised I needed a bag other than the free FBI bag that was given to me as even though it is big and sturdy I need something a little more stylish and something that screams fashion and who I am.
So after my course I went to the bag shop in Bondi Junction and instantly fell in love with and purchased a blue quilted limited edition Guess bag.
Hopefully it will show my sense of fashion taste and flair.

So what's your first memory of a school bag and what's your fave bag?

FBI

After failing to get into London College of Fashion for the third time back in Februrary I truly never believed that I would have a chance with another fashion college as my confidence was severly knocked. However, I applied on an online application for FBI College of Fashion in Sydney sort of on a whim and was invited to attend an interview and the next day I found out that my application had been successful! :)

So on Monday night I came back early from my usual Scubar Monday night antics, set my alarms for 7:30am and prepared for my first time in a classroom since May!
On entering FBI I was extremely nervous but soon began to relax and I absolutly loved the lecture. The lecturer was knowledgable and had worked in the business for a long time and kept my interested (which is sometimes a difficult thing to do)

At FBI I am doing the 2 year Fashion Business Diploma course where every time you go to pick a different area of the fashion business to study. Today's was fashion buying which I was slightly dreading because of the mathematical side but after hearing about the job and what sort of skills were needed I realised that maths really was only a very small part of the job.

Soon i'll be commencing in work placements which I am really looking forward too!
Wish me luck (now off to start my assesment)

http://www.fbifashioncollege.com.au/

Feeling in an Inspirational sort of mood. . .

Sorry for the lack of blogs recently but I have a few in the pipeline that I need to do a bit of preperation for to make them perfect. . .so they will all be up soon!

Anyway this blog really has no point to it, just feeling in a bit of an inspirational mood and decided to put up some quotes that I think have an important and maybe sometimes even a hidden meaning.
Tell me which ones are your favourites. . .

1. "Some of the greatest battles will be fought within the silent chambers of your own soul." -Ezra Taft Benson
2. "When everything seems to be going against you, remember that the airplane takes off against the wind, not with it." - Henry Ford
3. "Don't wait. The time will never be just right."-Napoleon Hill
4. "Nobody can go back and start a new beginning, but anyone can start today and make a new ending."-Maria Robinson
5. "If you don’t follow through on your dreams, you might as well be a vegetable." -Burt Munro
6. "There are no mistakes. The events we bring upon ourselves, no matter how unpleasant, are necessary in order to learn what we need to learn; whatever steps we take, they're necessary to reach the places we've chosen to go."-Richard Bach
7. "Your only obligation in any lifetime is to be true to yourself."-Richard Bach
8. "Be careful how you judge people, most of all friends. You don't sum up a man's life in one moment." - Al Pacino (in "City Hall")
9. "A real friend is one who walks in when the rest of the world walks out."-Walter Winchell
10. In the end, it's not going to matter how many breaths you took, but how many moments took your breath away.
11. Be who you are and say what you feel because those who mind don't matter and those who matter don't mind.
12. When one door closes, another opens; but we often look so long and so regretfully upon the closed door that we do not see the one that has opened for us." ~ Alexander Graham Bell
13. Life is a great big canvas, and you should throw all the paint on it you can. ~ Danny Kaye
14. Life is like a beautiful melody, only the lyrics are messed up.
15. The greatest challenge in life is to find someone who knows all your flaws, differences and mistakes, yet still loves everything about you.
16. ''I am unwritten, can't read my mind,I'm undefined, I'm just beginning,The pen's in my hand, endingunplanned.....'' - Author Unknown
17. "What is a friend? I will tell you. It is a person with whom you dare to be yourself. Your soul can be naked with him. He seems to ask of you to put on nothing, only to be what you are. He does not want you to be better or worse. When you are with him, you feel as a prisoner feels who has been declared innocent. You do not have to be on your guard. You can say what you think, so long as it is genuinely you. He understands those contradictions in your nature that lead others to misjudge you. With him you breathe freely. You can avow your little vanities and envies and hates and vicious sparks, your meannesses and absurdities and, in opening them up to him, they are lost, dissolved on the white ocean of his loyalty. He understands. You do not have to be careful. You can abuse him, neglect him, tolerate him. Best of all, you can keep still with him. It makes no matter. He likes you. He is like fire that purges to the bone. He understands. You can weep with him, sin with him, laugh with him, pray with him. Through it all - and underneath - he sees, knows and loves you.A friend? What is a friend?Just one, I repeat, with whom you dare to be yourself."-C. Raymond Beran

A life changing moment.

Firstly I apologise for the awful pictures but my camera has run out of battery, the charger is Australian and nowhere in London wants to sell me a Fujifilm camera charger so am having to use my crackberry camera.

I find it strange how one moment can change everything in your life, and the fact that these moments can mean so much to one person but so little to another.

Today started off the same as any day apart from the fact that the night before I had crammed all my fashion knowledge into my head by reading magazines such as 'Love', 'Elle Collections' 'Company' 'Vogue' etc in prepartion for my London College of Fashion test for Fashion Public Relations.

As I woke I was nervous and became even more so as I entered the college - the test was challenging and unfortunatly I did not recieve an interview (3rd time unlucky) so I decided to do a bit of retail therapy in the form of Top Shop and Urban Outfitters.

I love Urban Outfitters because you can get such random pointless items which are really cool and quirky such as lego cameras and MP3 players, fish eye cameras, hip flasks and books.

Today my theme seemed to be flowers. . .everything I bought was patterned with flowers which was definitely not intentional.

In UO I purchased grey socks with a flower pattern, a white bag covered in clusters of pink, yellow and blue flowers, sunglasses with the exact same patterning as the bag and a hip flask with pink flowers surrounded by gold etching.

See the pictures below and tell me what you all think:

RIP Alexander McQueen. . .a great loss to the Fashion World

A facebook status from a friend reporting the death of Alexander McQueen was such a huge shock to the system that I had to google it to make sure it was actually true, but as I saw more and more statuses confirming this terrible news i felt so sad. Such a loss to the fashion world, an inspirational man whose designs were incredible (skull patterned scarves) and who brought change to the cut throat world of fashion.


Whilst talking to a friend, we both agreed that even though he was not one of our favourite designers we still loved what he created and for me it has to mainly be his catwalks. One of his catwalks on my channel started my obsession with the catwalk world and my love of watching endless models parade up and down wearing clothes from different designers from all over the world!


This catwalk was the Autumn/Winter menswear 2009 - 2010 which was described as being 'like something out of a Dickens Novel' with the tall hats, white makeup, old street lamps, dark lighting and creepy atmosphere:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dz_q2-2wBXo&feature=quicklist
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gCFA-2GETcY&feature=quicklist

My condolences go out to the family who have taken down his website and are not making any statements to the press to give them time to grieve properly as the reports of him having comitted must be so hard to deal with.

Fashion has lost a true star!

'Wear them tight to excite. . .'

The above slogan is just one of the slogans on the new bracelets that I purchased from Jack Wills today, with the other one saying 'Low Rise. Come to bed eyes.'
Personally I love JW but find the clothes a little too pricey even though they are nice quality with hunting jackets starting at prices of around £200 and jumpers going for almost £90.
However recently they have started selling badges, bracelets, matches and just little pointless cheapish things that people like to buy and I think it is the start of something great.
For Christmas my sister bought me some Jack Wills' condoms which I thought was a great gift idea and quite amusing to say 'o yea I have designer condoms'. Whilst talking to my friend I also found out that Marc Jacobs sells condoms and personally I do think designer condoms are quite a COOL novelty item even though most people would say it was a waste of money seeing as they can get them for free.

check out the bracelets at www.jackwills.com

'Bad Taste is Better than No Taste'

The slogan above is for a brand I catwalked for last year called 'Your Eyes Lie' who have a small shop in Camden and a section in the Oxford street Top Shop with the website http://youreyeslie.com/. This is one of the pictures taken at the catwalk at Proud Camden:




I went into Top Shop the other day as I am back in England for three weeks and the one in Sydney is very small and not very good, and also I had a £60 gift card to spend. This time of the year is a bad time to buy clothes due to the fact that it is too cold to start buying the spring clothes but the winter clothes are the last of the sale items so I wasn't really expecting to find anything. The reason I love the London Top Shop so much is because of the bottom floor that sells other brands and vintage clothes which is the place that I always manage to find something that I like.
The website doesn't have the two items I bought and my camera has run out of battery so I will just describe them to you for now and get you pictures at a later date.

1. Light grey jumper with black sleeve to elbow on one arm with quote 'Wild Child - London Only - No.5' - taken from the new Chanel perfume
2. Dark grey crop top tee with same slogan - loved the idea of it so much

The new collection theme definitely has a hint of Chanel, from these slogans to jumpers with slightly deformed Chanel logos.

Definitely one of my buys of the week!

Forever New

http://www.forevernew.com.au/

Forever New is one of my favourite Australian shops, its a little pricey but the clothes are always amazing (quite similar to Topshop), they sell Lipsy and their shoes are out of this world.

This blog post is about the 3 pairs of shoes that I have purchased. . .the black sling back heels in Melbourne and the other two in Sydney.

Anyway tell me what you think of them:

Black Sling Backs - seriously comfy but still needs a bit of wearing in.

Sparkly Heels - these are my disco dancing fever shoes.

My newest beauties - black ankle boots with gold studs =]

Bondi Market

This Morning I went for a wander round Bondi Market in the school grounds hoping not to buy anything due to a rejection interview shortly before and a big lack of money, unfortunatly I, as always, couldn't resist the hidden treasures that it had to offer.


The first item that I purchased was a navy blue cardigan for $45. However, this was no ordinary cardigan - on the shoulders were black soft feathers, reminding me of the recent Victoria Secret catwalks where the models had large elaborate wings attached to their backs. I had to get it, mostly for its orginality but also for the metorphorical feeling of freedom and flying when one walked. Tell me what you think:

The second item I purchased was a necklace and the reason I spotted it was because of the heart charm that hung from the thick black rope. Its a silver heart with the words live, love, laugh engraved down it and it really lifted my mood and made me feel a whole lot better about the choices I am making at the moment. However, I didn't like the other charms it came with so the woman custamised it and added it to a silver ball charm which is simple but still elegant. Tell me what you think:

A new way of seeing.

The Ten Golden Rules

1. Take your camera Everywhere you go.
2. Use it Anytime, day and night.
3. Lomography is not an interference In your life, but a part Of your life.
4. Try the Shot from the hip.
5. Approach the objects of your Lomographic desire as Closely as possible.
6. Don't think (William Firebrace).
7. Be Fast (we can't stress that enough).
8. You don't have to know Beforehand what you've captured on film. . .
9. . . .and you don't necessarily have to know Afterwards, either.
10. Don't worry about Any rules.

This is my new camera: an action sampler. . .takes one picture but then splits it into four seperate sections with a one second gap in between each. Its a lomography, they are amazing. . . when I get my first shots developed i'll post some up here!

'Childhood fun' - Watson Bay, Sydney, Australia 2010

Haiti Earthquake Donations

As you all know, the Haiti Earthquake has destroyed famillies, lives and homes, causing the deaths of many people.

If you want to help all you have to do is go to the following website:

www.oxfam.org.uk/donate/haiti-earthquake

and give a donation.

My support and prayers go out to all those who are suffering at the moment!

Picture Tag!

So I saw this on '*Dainty*Dollymixes*' (http://daintydollymix.blogspot.com/) blog and thought it looked like a bit of fun!


Here are the rules as follows:


1. Open your first Photo Folder
2. Scroll to the 10th Picture
3. Post the photo & tell the story of it
4. Tag 5 or more people!


So here goes. . .

This is a picture of my friend Jessamy Lowe and I at Baroque in London celebrating our friend Katy's 18th birthday! The dress I am wearing is from the Andy Warhol foundation for Pepe Jeans and is totally covered in multi-coloured Campbell soup cans. I also remember that night I was wearing killer bright pink platforms that made my feet hurt soooooo much!

:)

I Tag:

Emari Parsons

Natalie Hoya

Interview with Model Milly Alicia Simmonds

1. What made you decide to become a model and were your family and friends supportive of your decision?

I was scouted by various agencies such as storm, models 1 and select at the clothes show live. Yes my parents are very supportive, especially by the fact that I have a job I love!

2. Which do you prefer: Catwalks or photoshoots and why?

I prefer runway as the adrenalin rush is amazing, and it seems more of a challenge!

3. Do you believe that being a model is more based on looks or personality and why?
Obviously you have to have a certain look to be a model but personality is very important as well as obviously everyone preferes someone who smiles and is chatty!

4. Do you plan to go to University and make modelling a part time hobby or try and make more of a career out of it?
I decided to stick with modelling for a career. . . I can go to uni whenever!

5. If modelling didn't work out, would you still want to be a part of the fashion buisness and what aspect would this be?
Yes, I think id like to be a stylist if I did work in fashion.... or work for a magazine and organise shoots...

6. Are you satisfied with your looks, size etc or is there something you would like to change?
Yes i'm happy with my most of my body! If I had to change anything then it would probably have to be my hips!

7. How do you keep in shape?
I keep in shape by eating healthy when i'm in work. For instance i'm trying to get in shape for fashion week in a few months so i'm taking up yoga, and I eat a healthy balanced low carb diet.

8. If you could model one designer's clothes whose would it be and why? Catwalk or photoshoot?
Most probably valentino as the dresses are beautiful! Runway would be amazing!

9. Modelling takes up a lot of time, when you do have some free how do you spend it?
When I have free time I like to catch up with friends, go clubbing and out to bars, shop and see my family.. and also work out, go on holiday!

10. What do you personally think your greatest modelling achievement has been so far?
I shot for Vogue not that long ago and Elle main fashion ...

11. What is most important to you: your career, family, or friends?
It would have to be my family!

12. What are your future goals and plans?
My future goals are to be well known in the fashion indutry and land a really good campaign as that's where it all starts! My plans are to travel as much as i can and model for as long as i can!

Interview with Photographer Helen Norman

1. What made you decide to be a photographer and were your family and friends supportive of the decision?

My dad - he'd got into it. I'd always been creative but I never quite found out how. One day I picked up his camera for fun and 2 years down the line i've barely put it down.

2. Have you always loved photography or did you discover your passion by accident?

Accidental definitely.

3. What sort of shoots do you prefer?

I prefer fashion and portrait shoots as you can move the person around, include props, get different looks and you also meet alot of people.

4. What is your dream photoshoot?

I'd love to do a fashion shoot in Tokyo, Japan. There's something about the vibrance that i'd just love to capture, i'd also love to work alongside Lara Jade that would be fantastic.

5. When you're a photographer are the models difficult or easy to deal with? Have you had any interesting shoots with problem models?

I'd say mostly models can be good however you do get the fair few that behave a bit diva like. I can't say which shoot because then the model would know who i was speaking about. You can get the probelm that models think you don't need paying when actually we pick the location, the clothing and we edit.

6. Do you treat your photography as more of a hobby or a career?

Both at the moment, its more of a hobby, however my business HJK Imagery now has 148 fans and i've had a few paying clients.

7. Do you prefer natural or photoshop editing? Do you find photoshop and other photo editing software easy to use?

I love photoshop but i think you need your setting to be good. Its like make-up, you wouldn't put blusher on without foundation first thats the same as finding a location you wouldn't just pick anywhere.

8. What do you believe is your biggest achievement with your photography at the moment?

Just hearing people saying lovely things and it means alot when i have a fair few people interested in my casting calls, that means a lot to me.

9. What is most important to you: your career, family, or friends?

I think we all need a mixture of all 3, but i shall say your friends. Your friends are the ones who will be there for you, you can talk to your friends about things you can't always speak to your parents about.

10. Which model or designer's clothes would you most like to shoot and why?
I'd love to shoot Mischa Barton she's so beautiful and has a great connection with the camera.

The Streets of Sydney

Location: Sydney Townhall steps

Name: Fiona

Age: 18

Top: Giordano

Shorts: Singapore

Shoes: IChart

Accessories: Bag from Sega World

Name:Tsubasa

Age: 23

Top: Glad News

Jeans: Moussy

Shoes: Converse

Accessories: Bag from Le Sport Sac

The People Watcher's Diary

Hi!

My name is Charis and I am a 19 year old part time model on a gap year in Sydney!

Welcome to my blog - 'The People Watcher's Diary' where I scour the streets for hot fashion buys and unique people with amazing outfits.

I'll be uploading all the photos here along with where the clothes came from!

The blog will start with pictures of people from the streets of Sydney!

Hope you enjoy. . .