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  • December5th

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    Golden Eye

    An Ode to No One silk draped dress, Marc Jacobs ’Sahara’ maryjanes, LV ‘Brea’ MM, Sheike ‘Golden Eye’ belt

    So this post has been seven months in the making. I actually gave it a lot of thought before deciding to come back here. I wondered what this meant and whether having and continuing with this was still ‘me’.

    People have these platforms for different reasons and mine have changed over time. When I first started blogging, I was looking for a form of escape. Work at the time was uninspiring and the thing from which I derived the most joy, besides awesome human relationships, was just as the banner suggests – the merriment of pretty things. More specifically, pretty things to wear. I poured much thought into the content, blissfully ignoring the fact that everyone just looks at the photos anyway. For a long time, blogging consumed hours, weekends, credit cards and I was happy that it did.

    Now I find myself at different point in life, which hopefully doesn’t get read as old and boring. I’ve got a new-ish job (again) that I love and am living in an exciting (read: friction’ awesome) part of the world. And yet, the more involved and invested I get to the ‘real world’, history has shown, the more distance I seem to gravitate away from the virtual.

    Life has changed and it’s been an such a many splendoured thing. After much consideration, instead of using this blog as a platform for escapism, I’d like to use it to mirror the now – as you see it. It’s not just about the weekends of pretty dresses, crazy shoes and gallivanting around town (although these photos are all of the above). It’s about the everyday and how a young lawyer like myself finds colour and pizzaz in the quotidien.

    Bien.

    Posted in: Personal

  • May26th

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    Concertina

    Lover slip, Willow broidery cutout pleated skirt, Steve Madden ‘Trinitie’ pumps, Mafia Jewellery necklace, Peter Lang cuff.

    Out and about in our part of the world in what has to be my favourite. skirt. ever. I picked up this ridiculously awesome, and might I say, one of a kind (only a green version was released in stores) skirt at the Willow sale a couple of weeks ago. I blissfully spent three hours and an entire pay check there, getting a little too friendly with the sales assistant who has helping me enter the gates of Willow heaven.

    I feel like I’m wearing half paper fan, half musical instrument and a whole lot of love. Teamed with underwear as outerwear and classically wonderful pumps, you don’t even need to see my face in full to know I’m one happy camper.

    Onto more happy news, I’ve joined the flock and started a Facebook page and would love it if you dropped by and got a little friendly too. Come on, you know you want to! Find me here.

    Posted in: What I Wore

  • May20th

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    Farfetched & Fanciful

    Elise , Demata & Miss Sartorial

    Anyone who reads my blog regularly knows that I get quite the workout out of my Mulberry Margaret, which contrary to the number of posts in which I feature it, is not the only bag I own. It’s just I don’t love the others as much or find them as easy to grab and go as I’m running stomping out the door, which is most days of the working week.

    But the time has come for me to search for a new staple before my dear Margaret takes out an AVO against me for battery. In such a state of contemplation, I’ve spent a good two hours on Farfetch happily thinking about the possibilities. The above three darlings currently frontliners though being female and fickle means that I’ll probably settle for something completely different from any of the above.

    Incidentally, I came very close to buying Elise a whilst ago whilst holidaying in Bangkok. Unfortunately my practical sense got the better of me. I must make a mental note not to be so responsible next time!

    Posted in: Lustings

  • May15th

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    Jus d’Orange

    Lulu & Rose shirt, Topshop skirt, Saba belt, Wittner ‘Simoney’ wedges, Peter Lang cuff, Alannah Hill stockings, Mulberry bag.

    Just a quick one before I zip off to work this morning. Have been finding it difficult to fit in posts in between all of life’s little happenings but hopefully that will fall into some routine of its own. Wildly optimistic methinks.

    On another note, Sydney weather has taken a turn towards extreme chill. Doesn’t stop me from impractical dressing but I find that one way or another, I pay for it somehow. The only redemption, of course, is the sun, which remains as gloriously bright and therefore deceitful as ever.

    Have a lovely Tuesday mesdames, whatever your climate and timezone.

    Posted in: Boring Conversations About The Weather, What I Wore

  • April25th

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    Runner & Return

    Topshop leather trim coat, Saba cotton tee and leather belt, vintage leather skirt, B Store suede booties via Undergroup, Mulberry ‘Margaret’ handbag, Mafia Jewellery necklace.

    So after all these months, you probably didn’t expect to see me here again. After a couple of failed attempts at a return, you were sure that I was by now gone for good. And to be honest, I thought I was too. And yet, something has led me back again. Some strange intangible thing.

    So there are no excuses, but here are a couple of the things in the real world which prevented me from being here as much as I would have hoped:

    1. We bought a place! It’s a wonderful inner city apartment that currently encapsulates our little world in so many ways. We’re in love with its tall ceilings, the grand windows and open airiness that comes with warehouse conversions. We love it here like you wouldn’t believe but getting to this point has been the culmination of much effort. In addition to the big move and subsequent settling in, I’ve also been all serious and lawyer-like in looking after the conveyancing myself.

    2. I started a Masters degree. Never thought I would see the day but it has indeed arrived. And surprisingly, I’m getting more out of it than I ever did with my undergraduate degrees. My partner in academic crime and I have pledged to do everything we never did in the undergrad; sit at the front of the class, do readings, participate in discussions and hand in assignments on time. Big uncool promises I know but that’s just how we “mature-aged students” roll.

    What’s even more exciting is that next semester my lecturer will be the President of the Supreme Court of Appeal. Time to channel even more of my Steve Urkel charm!

    3. I still work five days a week. As a “serious lawyer” where I often pull some serious hours.

    But the reasons aside, here I am again.

    But enough about me, I can’t wait to see what you all have been up to!

    Posted in: Outfits, Personal

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