JUST A SACK

Finding the perfect hand bag is like searching for a soulmate in the eastern suburbs.... Its so unattainable your almost set up to fail.

We are constantly looking for the perfect bag that takes us from every day to every night. Who would we be without our "L" arms right?
But the problem with having only 'the one' soul-bag is that it makes you feel a constant dissatisfaction with yourself and your life as it is... Unfortunately we are constantly looking for that perfect 'bag', the bag in which you may never find...

Any man of fashion knows that 'man- bags' have become a necessary tool and style accessory. No longer seen as solely a woman’s item, men’s bags are masculine, attractive and the perfect most practical addition to any contemporary wardrobe. 

So, I got to thinking...How do we assign value to people in our lives the same way we do to material things such as the perfect handbag and shoes?... Do people have a value or just a title? And just like your perfect handbag will be replaced by next seasons Wang, will your soulmate?

I would like to think that people have more than one great handbag and more than one soulmate, I am incredibly lucky, I have already found three... L,B&Y. Sometimes without even knowing, your perfect bag may already be sitting in your drobe. Sometimes, just sometimes we are lucky enough to have our best friends as our soul mates and our man-bags as exactly that.... a necessary tool and style accessory.

And to the bag who thinks he's as perefect as a WANG...Your no bag... just a sack...

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ciao bella

A SIDE OF WEDGES

Anyone who's ever been wedged in the thoughts of indecision will know that it can be seriously irritating.. Black bag or brown bag?...pump or wedge?...blonde or brunette... I could list a million things...

But at some point... you have to make a decision or it will consume your thoughts until you choose one outcome over the other... and even then... it always continues to harass you as you will worry whether you have made the right choice in the end...

We are bombarded with decisions constantly, and most do not have obvious outcomes. Most have pros and cons, boundaries and guidelines and most of the time we find our selves wedged right in the middle of the 'yes' and 'no'.

Regardless, it doesn't matter WHAT you remain indecisive about, the outcome is always the same: the longer you remain indecisive, the faster your options seem to disappear.

Boundaries don't keep other people out. They fence you in. 

Every day is unpredictable. That's how it is. 

So, I got to thinking... when your wedged in between the fence of your past and present.. and there is no longer only two choices involved...is it better to do what you know is right or do what you feel is right? Do we choose the practical pair of orthopedic shoes or the pair that we absolutely love but in-turn hurt you undoubtably every time you put them on... do the pros weigh up to the cons?

Decisions... there a killer... I think i'll get wedged for now.

We thought they were over until Proenza Shoulder blew us away with the SS2010 show, as models paraded down the runway in surf-inspired, neon wedges. After seeing the revival of the wedge, Riccardo Tisci sent ski hi sculptural wedges worthy of a balancing act down the runway of Givenchy.

These are my most prized shoe purchase since my clogs... The GORMAN Lace Up 'BOXER WEDGE'

How's the air up there?

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ciao bella

CHLOE

YSL

ACNE

GIVENCHY

QUEEN ON TRACK

It is probably V V clear by now that I am totally and utterly, overly and sickly obsessed with BAZAR editor Christine Centenera... This ensemble could just about turn me...

I know how ill be wearing my tracks next...

x

ciao bella

BOOTY CALL

We have all done the OCC late night booty call... but when it comes to serious bootys...I was kinda puzzled when I saw Tanya D'S boots

on J&J.com 

SONIA RYKIEL

JOSH GOOT A/W 2009

TD was overheard saying that she was tired of zipping up her SONIA RYKIEL boots and decided just to knot them... This is so amazing it should be illegal!

Perhaps we shouldn't feel so bad next time we accept the invitation.

All is fair in L.O.V.E and W.A.R.

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ciao bella

Noodle Hair

I am sitting inside under my dooner... too cold to get takeout.... this hair is looking so delicious!

Somebody come over and make me eatable noodle hair...

Wanna be starting somethin'

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ciao bella

BIKER UP

I baught a vintage leather biker vest today... I am going to D.I.Y stud the S.H.I.T out of it... becasue I am HARD.C.O.R.E.

I DIE!

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ciao bella

What & If

The Game... You either have what it takes to play it, or you don't. 

There comes a moment when the game has to end right??? No game can go forever...there are only so many ladders you can climb and snakes you can fall down before you realise that this time the game is on you, when a hamrless roll of the dise turns into more...the game is not just for fun anymore...you either take that step forward to the next round or you can learn from the past and walk away.

So I got to thinking about time... You can't buy time, you can't own it but you can use it... and how you use time is whats most important... the only true reason for time is so that everything doesn't happen at once. Once you let time slip out of your hands you can never ever get it back... So DO NOT waste it...

I've always been one to be known for a quick fix outfit, hand made shoulder chains or glue-gun feather skirts, scarfs and shoulders but lately I have moved onto bigger and better things...Here are some cute little DIY projects I have been slowly chipping away at in my spare time...they are so good they will convert even the biggest glue-gun phobic to the cult of the D.I.Y.

It's a call to action to re-imagine, re-use and re-invent..

Don't waste YOUR time or mine, don't waste HER time or HIS, becasue your own time is the most limited and the most important. For some reason, at the end of the day, all we really want is somebody elses time. So this whole 'game' playing thing, where we all keep our distance and pretend not to care about each other is really just a stragedy.

So we pick and choose who we want to remain close to, and sure, sometimes close can be too close... but sometimes, just sometimes the unreachable becomes reachable, the unavailable become available and the impossible becomes the possible...

Time... "Defer no time, delays have dangerous ends."

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ciao bella

MAYSPIRATION

This is what I am obsessing for MAY.

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ciao bella