Warm your Spirits

Loving the nippy weather and all the good looks it brings out of our wardrobes and onto the streets. 

Pics from facehunter.blogsopt

Subfusco at RAFW

Subfusco has created a deafening buzz after presenting their new Elements 2012 Summer collection at Rosemount Australian Fashion Week over the weekend.  This truly unique brand is setting a new course that is taking the Australian fashion world be storm.  The online world is eating them up and the Australian media is all over it so a big congrats to the very talented team behind Subfusco.  Stay tuned for full runway pics.

For more info and pics, hit subfusco.com.

Creative People I Know #2

It's with great pleasure the I introduce you to the fabulous Tanja Mrnjaus.

Name: Tanja Mrnjaus

Based: Brisbane/Sydney/Melbourne

Profession & how long: Fashion Stylist 5 years

What creative projects are consuming you atm: decorating our creative studio

What mediums do you source your inspiration from: life experiences, travel & internet
Love: Turbans

Loath: French tips

What are you reading: Lady Gaga Biography

3 people for a Dream dinner date: Lady Gaga, Johnny Depp & David Bowie

Plug yourself: my team is a dream, check us out idcouture.com

GenNext Workshop "11"

Click here to see the stars of the Hair Expo GenNext Team at work on their exciting show for Hair Expo 2011.

GenNext Project

GenNext is Hair Expo’s platform for upcoming artists to show an audience of 1,200 both their creative talent and hair artistry abilities. Hair Expo supports new talent in the industry through extensive campaign whilst prominently crediting each team on the night.


Watch David Murry's winning submission and see why he was chosen as one of the top 5 in the country.

Street Credit

"Street Credit" is my most recent collection of work that was shot for The 26^th Annual Hair Expo Awards for 2011. The concept for this collection was created from my love for black and white photography and the texture and mood that it creates in an image.  Street Credit was brought to life by the sharp eye of photographer Paul Christey, Stylist Nicola Dare and Make Up Artist Jade Milner.


Here is a very dramatic behind the scenes look at the days events.

Prada With Envy

Prada you have left me speechless yet again by serving up a complete collection in every sense of the word. It has been such a long time since we have seen electric hits of orange, green, blue and radioactive violet in such original uniform like design being teamed with well thought out bags, hats, sunglasses and heels offering women a lifestyle not just a look. Although this collection is Spring Summer 2011, it still lends itself to our much warmer Winter and will be a welcome injection of personality to the often depressive colour palette of Winter fashion.


Head designer Miuccia Prada's vision was crystal clear as she said backstage, "It's time to be bold". With that being said, I hope enjoy the show as much as I did.

Love the double knot.

 Create texture by using sea salt spray or mousse to give hair more rigidity.

 It's as simple a tying your shoe laces.

 Horizontal pinning will secure the knot.

If you going to have long hair and do nothing with it but pull it back off your face in a unflattering ponytail them you might as well come in and say hello to my scissors. I am not against long hair but you must be creative with it after all isn't that why you have long hair??? I have been getting requests to do little tutorials with my clients on how they can put their hair up to try and stay cool and still look fashionable this summer so stay tuned for more quick simple looks to keep you looking fresh.

Burberry Prorsum Menswear Autumn/Winter 2011

This collection was all about coats with a selection of premium wools, fur and leather trim. Christopher Bailey has created a collection that lends itself to everyone offering structured wool coats, outlandish fur outerwear and a selection of colours from Burberry's classic tan tones to clean Autumn hues of olive green and burnt orange. As always Burberry have continued in the tradition of choosing skinny indie boy models that are always hot as hell. 

This show was from Men's Fashion Week in Milan on Saturday 15 January 2011.

I have selected a short list of my favorite garments but I still want them all.

“Light Butterflies” by Chiara Lampugnani Design

I just love the concept of this instillation, it makes me think of the old saying that reminds us to stop and take time to smell the roses. 

“Light Butterflies” by Chiara Lampugnani Design is an innovative project displayed in Paolo Sarpi Street and Canonica Street in Milan as part of the the Milan International Led Light Festival held from 4 December 2010 until 10 January 2011. The official press release reads: Inspired by the Butterflies Oasis based in Palestro Street in Milan, the light butterflies by Chiara Lampugnani are an homage to the beauty of Nature through the splendor and magic of light. A message to the city of Milan which is always in a hurry so that it may stop and think about the simple things of life through the eyes of a child. We salute this uncommon project and we consider it to be a great idea of urban regeneration that could be applied in different cities in order to bring streets and neighborhoods back to life.

Images & some text from freshome.com

Hair Trends: Bye-Bye To Blonde In 2011

If you haven't already chosen your look for Summer 2011 you might consider being a brunette...IT'S MAKING A COMEBACK! Do you think that the bleach blonde trend of 2010 was a passing craze? Read the full article from StyleCaster. 

Photo's courtesy of virtualhaircare.com

Both looks are hot but only if the right of colour is chosen to complement your skin tone. Remember never compromise condition for colour. Which is hotter for Summer 2011...blonde or brunette?

Creative People I Know #2

It's with great pleasure that I introduce you to the epitome of good manners, Miss Bec.

Name: Miss Bec

Based: Brisbane 

Profession & how long: Marketing 8.30am-5.00pm, Social Skills/Social Etiquette Advocate 24/7 

What creative projects are consuming you atm: My social etiquette blog Social Sugar (www.socialsugar.com.au); a social etiquette column for The Village News, and a potential new venture involving teaching social skills and manners to primary school children. I am so, so excited!

What mediums do you source your inspiration from: Charismatic, warm people, girlfriends, my lovely aunt Mary, my dog Molly (she advocates unconditional love), 

Audrey Hepburn, other blogs, communication books, songs with gorgeous lyrics - anything by Paul Simon, Sweet Thing by Van Morrison, etc.

Favorite recent internet discovery: www.galadarling.com This woman is AMAZING. You'll feel better having spent just 1 minute on her site.

Love: People who truly listen, who are warm, and who are respectful.

Loathe: Classless, immoral sports 'heroes'

What are you reading: I regularly go between every communication and people skills book you can name.

3 people for a Dream dinner date: My mum, Oprah, and Bernard Fanning (couldn't help myself with the latter, tee hee hee).

Plug yourself: It sounds odd to say, but I believe I was put here to encourage and to show people how to treat others well. In our schooling we're taught how to add, how to spell, how to kick a ball, etc, but we're not explicitly taught how to make friends, or how to be a good one, or how to hold proper, interesting conversations. I meet tonnes of people who don't really know how to socialise, and I really hope that I can be the person who can help 'catch them up' on their people skills. There's a saying that 'good manners will open doors that the best education cannot' and I believe that the exact same applies to people skills too. xxx

Front Cover Material

There is nothing like a glossy magazine cover on the news stand to make you part with your hard earned dollars. As the online world grows and fashion entertainment blogs become increasingly visited as a source of inspiration the magazine cover has to step it up in a bid to attract sales. With the new year underway this is how fashion authority Vogue Magazine stared 2011 around the world. 

Vogue Australia

 Vogue Greece

 Vogue Italia

 Vogue Nippon

 Vogue Turkey

Vogue UK

Vogue Germany