best friends

Olivia Palermo and Bianca Brandolini d'Adda together on the streets 

european girly girl - i love bianca's long jacket and how it really contrasts with olivia's pale pink ruffles

stylish black - loving olivia's french soles and bianca's vivienne westwood pirate boots

stella choices

as you all know, stella mccartney for target was released on oct 29th in selected target stores all across australia.  surprisingly, the stock did not sell out as fast as anticipated.  i went in on the day after it was released and much of the stock still had every size.  however, when i was looking at the collection i did hear a lot of people say, "wow this is really expensive".  maybe target priced themselves out of the market this time.

 

i fell in love with the above colour combination and the tulip skirt.  it is so nicely shaped and in such a beautiful colour.  the popular lace tee however, didn't meet my expectation.  it is not lined and isn't cut in a very flattering shape.  definitely not worth over $100 AUD. the skirt was $129 AUD.  however, i thought i would be patience and wait for the sale as there is so much stock left and people are bound to return their purchases.

the collection was generally very well made - especially the bottoms and jackets. the blue sequinned dress is not getting released.  i wonder if they had a quality issue with the sequins.  i really liked the suits.  the tailored pants are beautiful and very well cut, but the navy seems really popular as they were the only item which didn't have any sizes.   so that the tulip skirt and a navy suit are on the top of my list when the sale comes. the lace tee is still on the back of my mind but i think i'll only buy it if it goes under $20 AUD.  

i have target which stocks the full collection down the road from me so i will be checking every so often on the prices and update everyone.

up

 

another editorial from vogue china.  can someone tell me why vogue china has such amazing editorials?

i am a big lover of all things coloured balloons.  so much so my friends bought me a bunch of balloons for my graduation instead of flowers.  it was just so awesome.  this editorial really reminded me of the pixar movie 'up'.  couture and coloured balloons, you have already won me over.

roped in

zimmerman rope belt in electric blue

i went to a zimmermann sale at the start of october and fell in love with this electric blue rope belt as shown above.   it was $40 AUD and i couldn't justify it. however it added a wonderful pop of colour to a watermelon-coloured zimmermann wrap dress i was trying on.  i can't stop thinking about this belt now. help! i have looked everywhere on ebay as well.

i'm thinking i can make the belt myself so i'll keep everyone posted on how i go.

i want... lanvin for H&M

so everyone in fashion has been blogging about the collaboration between high-end lanvin and mainstream h&m.  there probably doesn't need to be another blog about this highly-anticipated collaboration but now the moment has arrived with the unveiling of the lanvin for h&m lookbooks and look, it doesn't harm to have these pictures posted on the web one more time does it?

Alber Elbaz said an interview that, “This is not about a dress for less, it’s more about bringing Lanvin to a wider audience.”  i love that alber has got the desire to spread the lanvin label to the mainstream audience.  with this collection i can really glimpses of past lanvin collections.  i am a little frustrated though because i have tried to replicate the two looks for more than a year now... 

this is my all time favourite anna del russo outfit

of course, the dresses i have found are not as good as the lanvin for H&M ones so i can only hope that there are still some dresses left when i hit hong kong in december.  judging from the previous designer collaboation with H&M, there is a good chance.  however, lanvin and this collection is on another level. 

iTunes Live: ARIA Awards Concert

the ‘iTunes Live: ARIA Awards Concert Series 2010,’ which runs from Monday November 1 to Friday November 5, will see headline acts including John Butler, Washington, Guy Sebastian, Sia and Angus & Julia Stone, take to the stage for a series of intimate performances at the sydney botanic gardens.  this is such a great initiative by iTunes to hold a series of FREE concerts for music lovers.  the only way to get tickets is to win them from a draw.  don't worry, you win 2 tickets at a time so you won't be going alone.

if you're in sydney, I would try your luck winning tickets for the last two performances here.  on the mtv website, it says the competition is closed but try and fill out the form at the bottom anyway.  you never know what can happen!

 

the schedule of the awesome Australian artist are above.  for those of us who are not lucky enough to be in Sydney, we can what the full performances broadcasted exclusively on MTV (ch 124) and MTV Hits (ch 808) @ 8pm (AEDT) .  

so why am i so excited that iTunes Live has arrived in Australia?  when i was in london last year, i was looking for a few gigs to go watch and i came across this concert series called iTunes Live London.  the iTunes Live concerts took place in a small venue (keeping to the intimate venue theme) called the roundhouse in camden town.  iTunes s Live London have been running for a few years and there are some big names who agree to play.  the concept is the same as the iTunes Live Aria Awards Concerts - so you have to go into a draw to get tickets  we won tickets to see 2 shows: mr hudson & calvin harris.  

i absolutely loved the mr hudson concert.  i admit i didn't really know who mr hudson was previous to the gig but we had read that 1. kanye west was in london 2. mr hudson is kanye's protege 3. kid cudi was also kanye's protege and was also in london.  now mr hudson is best known for being featured in jay-z's 'young forever'.  

there was a lot of buzz about this show as there were rumours that kanye and kid cudi would make special appearances to support their friend.  when my friends and i realised that these rumours were actually true, we could not contain our excitement.  neither could the rest of the crowd.  the venue was electrifying when kid cudi came out and played 'day and night'.  i don't think i can ever forget the buzz when bass just drops in that song. it's giving me goosebumps still one year later on.  as for mr hudson, he had gained a new fan.

mr hudson and kid cudi doing 'day and night' - it went off

mr hudson and kanye west doing 'supernova'

inspired by china

an editorial from vogue china

i believe it depicts the current cultural/aspirations of a chinese family very well.  the white barron setting contrasts with all things consumerism fuelled by the pursuit of the american dream.