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.

The Only Decent Chain Email I've Ever Recieved

Pencil lead art by Dalton Ghetti

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 'Good' cutlery is often thought of as an old fashion tradition, dowdy and out of date, but many designers are creating wonderful, contemporary cutlery in all kinds of finishes, from silver and stainless steel, to gold, plastic and all kinds of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.

Diamonds Are a Girl's Best Friend

Eric Therner's Diamond lights, pretty darn cool.


Get them here.

The Men of Fashion.

Yesterday I saw the Ralph Rucci: a Designer and His House + Dressed for 10 Years fashion documentaries at ACMI (Australian Center for the Moving Image).
The Ralph Rucci film was so amazing, the detail that goes into his work blows my mind. He showed an example, from his recent couture collection, of a matching cocktail dress and coat which used over 140mt of fabric and took more than 1000 hours to make. As well as a dress which was made of a delicate silk with an overlay of sparkly beaded embroidery that was then covered in ostrich and vulture feathers so that the sparkle could only be seen when the wearer moved and the dress was so light it seemed to float.
Ralph Rucci himself was so effortlessly graceful, he was an American with the air of a Frenchman. His signature look of tailored pants or dark jeans with a light, white shirt, sleeves rolled to the elbow, was pure elegance.


The Dressed for 10 Years film was a montage of selected footage from the cult television show Dressed. Hosted by fashion journalist Mademoiselle Agnes, the documentary shows the highs and lows of the fashion world over the past 10 years. From industry scandal and fights among design houses to the effect of 9/11 and the global financial crisis. The documentary details the trends each year who all the big events, such as Yves Saint Laurent's death.

Part of the film documented the rise of Tom Ford within Gucci and then his fall within Yves Saint Laurent where he was booed of stage by fashion photographers. Tom Ford now has a successful line under his own name. Through his ups and downs there was always one constant, women swooned for him. His screw you attitude, his methodicalness and his fantastic suits had (and have) the ladies falling at his feet. At the end of every runway show he takes a precise 12 steps down the catwalk, swings his left arm a little then nods his head and walks back. He is all class.



Another designer shown in the film is Joseph Altuzarra. He is just as beautiful as his clothes.



Mademoiselle Agnes's interview with Largerfeld muse, Baptiste Giabiconi, is hilarious. It revolves around her asking him to take his shirt off, him flexing and posing, her touching his abs and then demanding he do push ups. It ends with him saying he doesn't understand why girls are not all over him. It's hard to tell if he is being ironic. But really, who cares?


I highly recommend seeing this duo of films at their final showing this Saturday evening at ACMI (Federation Square, Melbourne).

Norman Foster.

While flipping through an architecture book I stumbled across this fellow, Norman Foster. And he basically blew my mind. Just check out this bridge he designed with a little help from engineer Michel Virlogeux. The Viaduc de Millau spans the valley of the river Tarn in the south of France. It is the tallest bridge in the world with one pylon being 343 mt tall. The bridge is just short of 2.5km long. Holy moley.


He also built this
And this, to live in

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.

All the Cool Kids.

Firstly, my opinion of children is hardly a positive one. I think they are unpredictable, messy and not particularly cute. That said, these kids are pretty darn cool. The following children's collections are wonderful and the styling and casting of their shoots is absolutely perfect.
The kids appear effortlessly cool and stylish without being trite. This is what all the children of the world should be wearing. Just say no to Dora the Explorer and Ben 10 merchandise.

I have said many a time that Marc Jacobs does advertising better than fashion and I'm sticking to my guns. The Little Marc Jacobs collections are lovely, the spring 2010 one especially so, but more lovely are the catalogs that accompany them. The children are who you want your children to be, they are gorgeous. And the photos are fun. Marc Jacobs has found the perfect medium between high fashion and kids still being kids, no contrived poses. The images all look spur of the moment and totally brilliant.




Talc is a french children's label. Their clothes are simple and stunning. They are all great for kids to run around in and still perfectly stylish. Never have I so badly wanted to fit into children's clothing. Like the Little Marc Jacobs catalog, Talc's is also beautifully cast. The children are stunning and are so wonderful in front of the camera. All Talc's catalogs feature children wearing masks of some sort and all their images have block coloured backgrounds and a lovely soft light. The girls in the 2011 preview catalog (last 2 Talc images) seem so effortlessly hip and chic, i wonder how they have attained this coolness at such a young age. Proving that the French really are a superior race.

(This boy is so beautifully elfish)(I want to be the girl in the brown floral jumpsuit)

I like selected pieces from Stella McCartney's collection for GapKids but in general I'm not a huge fan. The images however, I love. The simple sets and barnyard animals are brilliant. the casting isn't quite as good as Little Marc Jacobs and Talc, some of the kids appear too 'posey' and even mannequin like whilst others are great and natural. As a sucker for glitter i can't help but love the glittered animals too.