Oh Carla

Carla Zampatti you are the sister of my soul.
As far as I'm concerned (and seeing as this is my blog, that is all that matters) Carla Zampatti is Australia's best designer and can do no wrong. Upon seeing her past collection I actually shed a tear, it was that amazing.
I have recently purchased my first piece of Carla Zampatti, a silver wrap jacket. It is so wonderful, I'm thinking of going back for seconds!
Take note of the female flattering shapes, incredible form and structure and the gold! Oh! The gold!

Gold with Envy.

I have been researching a lot of jewelry designers lately, a couple that I came across today; LAS and ManiaMania. Both collections are a little grunge, a little 90's and full of vintage look gold. Both are available at Green With Envy.

ManiaMania is an Australia brand by Melanie Kamsler and Tamila Purvis. They are a relatively new brand but have already established themselves online with their amazing advertising campaigns, including short films. Much of their collection draws on occult symbols and is influenced heavily by David Bowie.

See more here.

LAS is a husband-wife design duo, Lisa and Dan Soltis who are based in L.A. All their jewelry is made from recycled materials. Lisa is an illustrator, Dan a sculptor who builds backdrops for Hollywood films.

With each design heavily reliant on vintage trims and chains, reproduced styles vary slightly –ensuring that wearers own something unique to them rather than something 'fresh off the assembly line.' (Quoted from the website)

See more here.

Spoon Fork Knife

Lately I have been obsessed with cutlery. I'm not sure why. But I am dying for a Georg Jensen set. Or something in gold! I think cutlery needs more attention paid, there is some absolutely beautiful cutlery out there yet a lot of people barely consider design when purchasing this necessity. 'Good' cutlery is often thought of as an old fashion tradition, dowdy and out of date, but many designers are creating wonderful, contemporary cutlery in all kinds of finishes, from silver and stainless steel, to gold, plastic and all kinds of wood.

Lovely minimalist design in silver and stainless steel at Georg Jensen

(Arne Jacobson)

(New York)

(Jean Nouvel)

(Caravel)

View the entire Georg Jensen cutlery collection here.


Glorious gold at Zara Home

(Oro Viejo)

(Freedom)

View the entire Zara Home cutlery collection here.

For the Love of Gold.

I adore everything golden at the moment and I want this Burberry Prorsum Ombré silk-habotai trench more than most things in the world right now.