Shoulderpads.

Wow. It's been a while. And it feels like even longer because this morning, I discovered this late-eighties-early-nineties shoulderpadded baby, tucked in the corner of a musty wardrobe underneath a flowery 80's dress.

Sorry about the horrid picture quality, but I'll hopefully make up for that with wordiness. It's a fitted deep blue dress that comes to about an inch above the top of the knee, and it's quite flattering for those who don't really have curves - as in it makes the waist look smaller. Those sleeves are beaded (see the picture below?) and they're made of some kind of translucent crepe-y material. Sparkly :P Plus it has very thick shoulderpads which stick up badly if you raise your arm. :D

Top half there. Reminds me of this dress I saw on one of the girls in Guy Sebastian's song, 'Like it Like That'.

What do you think of it? Should I fix it up nice and put it back to use?

have fun!

ann xx

gym class heroes like their studs.

Get load of this crazy jacket worn by Travis McCoy on the set of 'Open Happiness'! Shiny stuff :D

Travis was part of a collab project for the song 'Open Happiness' along with a handful of other artists. If you're wondering what it is, here's a link to the song: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cxfkg3RaRjs

Yeah, it's a marketing scheme for Coke. But look at that insane jacket!

confessions of a lazy, unmotivated knitter. + buy a white shirt!

Do you remember that tofu pincushion I said I would make? Yes? The one with a face? Yes? Well, I have a confession to make. I've really only done one side :( I know, I'm terrible at committing to stuff. My (poor, very poor) excuses are that I have no black yarn to make the face so I should just wait for it and that I was busy experimenting with increasing/decreasing stitches. But of course that's completely illogical because I can still knit the other faces with the cream yarn I have and plus experimenting was finished two months ago. I do apologise, and hopefully after exams I can finish the rest of it.

On a lighter note (and possibly more helpful) if you live in Australia, be sure to buy a white shirt from Witchery. You can't go wrong with a white shirt and 100% of proceeds will go to research into ovarian cancer, so get out there! On top of that, it's an excuse to go shopping :D

Apologies, and get shopping!

ann xx

skirts like curtains.

Or skirtains, as I like to say. Critique-ing appreciated :D Sorry about the size of the pics - these were taken with my phone cam.

have fun!!

xx ann

very complex geometry.

So today I attempted this geometric neclace, inspired by http://fatlace.com/ladylike/diy/ddlais-diy-geometric-necklace.html and http://www.parkandcube.com/?p=2865. In my head, it was going to be fully epic, but alas, due to my total lack of skill, it was not as epic as I hoped. Firstly, I totally miscalculated how many eye pin things I had to buy and I was two short. Then, halfway through the initial shape I was going to do, I ran out of patience. I still think it turned out alright though.

Oops.

Sorry, guys! I missed the first Tuesday of October. Apologies, and here it is:

Love it or Leave it?

Bubble skirts, like this:

(beaut vintage by the way. Well, I think so.)

You know the drill. :D

McQueen 2010

The entire collection was insane, but the shoes....un-believable.

style.com

she'll kill us all =O

ok so who's idea was it to include LILO on the ungaro designing team??? *shakes head sadly* oh well. we'll just balance it out with some good ol' lanvin shall we? =]

mmmm....

channo =]

Ieva Laguna

I've never seen her before, but she is beautiful and I love her dress.

altamiraNYC

zipmania

I'm infatuated with zips. They are good on dresses, tops, pants, bags, shoes, whatever, I'm in.

[knightcat]