McQueen x Givenchy 1997

One of my favourite ever photos, love the hair and makeup and of course the leather dress designed by the man himself. Alexander McQueen is a genius.

Scanned by me from a book which I do not remember the title of.

Same old, same old

The concept is similar to the last post, but i still die.

bleachblack

Chained up

Bliss Lau riot bracelet. Bloooody amazing, no?

McQueen over two

I have finally bought those black satin flats to make these McQueen shoes (which are now old news but still awesome):

(top shoe)

Now I just need to buy silver safety pins. I mean, you'd think little 2 centimetre coiled safety pins would be easy to find but nooo, they only have gold ones. I always thought silver was more common. Huh.

Luckily though the flats were only AUD$10 :D

Hoping your holiday season is serving its purpose,

ann xx

ps. aren't those chanel flats fab too?

flying glasses

That's what I think of when I hear the word 'aviators'. Today I bought a pair of them. Unfortunately, they didn't have wings.

I was going to get a pair of unpainted metal frames but alas, the only pair of unpainted glasses left was missing a nosepad... Perhaps I can do something about the paint. Would paint thinner work to get rid of it?

Before I forget, Merry Christmas, Happy Holidays and Slightly Tipsy New Year!

xmas love

ann xx

Ellery s/s '10

I am actually obsessed with this collection. Obsessed.

http://www.elleryland.com/

brace yourself!

I don't know why I'm saying that. Well, I mean I made a bracelet. Pretty sad pun, eh :D

I used opaque black and transparent peridot green seedbeads on 0.23 mm wire. Might a post a tute later on, but for now here it is! Out of the blue. I think it's pretty alright. :D

have fun!

ann xx

ps. how temperamental is our box of bloggers? our number of posts per month swings more than a twenty-year old guys between bars and parties. :D

Kikki

Kikki boot by Monki, 50 euro

(get me a pair in europe channy)

Kohl is cool.

Alliteration ftw~

Anyway, on my Xmas wishlist is this awesome Guerlain loose terracotta kohl liner because it's awesome and makes a very defined line which surprisingly lasts quite a while! From all the rave reviews on the net it seems like the product du jour. And I spotted it at David Jones the other day, tried out the colours on my hand, but sadly it sells for a suicidal price. But who knows? It's Christmastime, miracles might just happen.

have fun (especially since it's the merry season)!

ann xx

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