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?!