220 bag

i made a bag of goodies for nicky, who is going away for a while, it is based on the classic paper bag shape.

219 blue meanies

Made a shirt dress, simple easy. This is all I have to say.

218 top five musical thoughts of the day

1. it really annoys me when you add songs into itunes and it orders them backwards because of 'date added'
2. i end up adding songs into itunes one by one backwards. reverse psychology
3. if you wanted more reasons to shop at ruby, this week if you go in you get a free and awesome cd with purchase, celebrating nz music month with rather awesome artists
4. tomorrow is coldplay presale, and then i looked at photos from the last concert, and then i remembered mercury rev?!?!! wtf does anyone remember!!
5. depending if you are partial to weirdness,.. or not, you could watch this -

217 ice reign

I was recently in Wellington and discovered the most awesome Mel-like silk fabric ever. Period. If Mel were to design a fabric I think it would be this. Anyway her burthday was soon so I decided to spin her a short sleeve shirt. And I made a fun bag to put it in. I have just woken up here.




And then I decided I was jealous of Mel having the shirt so I made one for myself. I found these awezome faceted gemstone buttons which are just the right amount of sparkle, and the bottom bit is this awesomely textured silk that I got when I was in New York. I love short sleeve shirts. 

216 top five musical thoughts of the day

1. the ends of songs should have more care
2. nick valensi used to be very good looking, such a shame
3. i am going to start playing recorder again
4. beyonce should come to new zealand
5. the black keys are coming to new zealand

215 deena

SOOO yeah, after two months off this thing.. A lot has changed in the past two months! I still want to keep this thing alive, even though I won't have as much time now. I made my lovely friend Deena this dress for a special occasion at the end of last year. Simple and elegant and everything about it just looks so good on her!

214 various artists?

Really really stoked to have acquired these two beauties, thanks Minty :) Locals Henrietta Harris and Kelly Thompson are wonderful gems. Both are limited edition oldies, only 100 prints of each were made!


Henrietta Harris, Red Pants



Kelly Thompson, Come?

213 american eulogy

Self take bathroom shot ftw. But the real point is, I've gone crazy over this fabric and my newly made summer shirt and shorts. The fabric is a Karen Walker light and fine silk cotton that I just got from the Global Fabrics sale. Apart from being a mare to work with (perhaps why there was so much at Global in the first place..), it's really quite special. It has a white sheen to it which in some light make the fabric look completely and softly washed out, yet under direct light reveal a sparkly metallic shimmer! It's totally bonkers.

I was really into the idea of using the strict stripes to make a well thought out minimalistic kind of shirt. No fuss. Hence short sleeves, box shaped, with a hidden button placket and square pocket that just camouflages right in. I'm obsessed with detail so everything ends in blue stripe (collar, pocket, hems). The shorts are obviously more suited to the pajama variety. But I don't care, my new day outfit is SORTED. Matching Americana is going to be so fun.

ps. anyone got a job for me?

212 the wider sun

Love and definitely inspired by Phillip Lim's Spring 2012 collection. The pastels and loose shapes are just so natural and beautiful. I found this amazing sunset silk amongst my piles and ended up with a relaxed day dress. The knee length and relax fit is really what I dig.

211 mail bag

Made this envelope clutch bag. Perfect size to fit all my crap without looking full at all!

210 what the water gave me

Beautiful tie dye fabric you may have seen on the 'boating' styles at Ruby this summer. I love how the visual is so outright explosively painterly yet also kind of mothy and subdued by the colours. An easy sleeveless shirt for summer (what summer//??????) and another cross over back top, shown off on my beautiful mannequin which was a 21st present from all my lovely architecture friends who I do not see nearly enough anymore. happy new y e a r ! I miss all my friends overseas.

209 muso mondays #20

Haven't done one of these in a wee while. I'm looking forward to two concerts coming up in the new year, Florence and Bon Iver weeooweeoo.

This is my fave off Florence's new-ish album, mostly because it sounds like it's from the musical Wicked which I recently-ish saw on Broadway in New York.



Yes there has been a definite downwards of stuff that I've made posting etc etc but I promise heaps are due after the new year. Is anybody out there? I hope you all had a good Christmas xx. 

208 princess of china

little drawings inspired by friends ruby and liam. 

207 elephant

Obviously posting around this period of festivities has got more than a little slack. And I don't even have much to show for it. Today me and Jen got a bit into it elephant cookies though :)



This song is yeah old now yeah etc etc and not even a favourite from their new album but it happened to be playing while writing this and seemed all too fitting... I'm sorry this post wasn't more exciting than its original title.

206 halfway

Not quite sure why I'm still making jumpers... ./but. As a variation of my cuddly hoody of the other day I made this grey marle version with quilted detailing. The plan is for eyelets and pockets as well but I quite enjoyed the easiness of it at this stage.....

205 easy as

Shirt for a lazy Sunday. There's something awesome about the nothingness of beige linen.

204 recycled

I made this from fabrics I scored from the Ruby sale the other day. I am so in love with the white floral mesh find - the weave is just so perfectly spaced. What's more, it's actually an old curtain/drape thing, lolz! How's that for recycling. I love how it's ended up to be this strange mix of a curtainish Asianish vintage looking mini dress.




In other news, we've been babysitting my cousin's twins the last few days. I go on and on about them. They just sooo cute.

203 free fridayz

OMG such nice weather today. Today I was treated to a free facial and a free beautiful furry skirt from Celine Rita. Thanks to my cousin and Celine,.. Cool!

202 bleached

photos: Oyster mag, model.net.nz, fashiongonerogue

201 round four plus more

One of my recent proudest accomplishments. This is not normal sushi friends, this is patented sushi.

200 up with the birds

I'm really into the idea of high fashion street wear at the moment. I made this hoody as an initial test, and the only fabric I could find to practice on was this embossed polka dot fluffy all-round goodness. Feeling pretty good about it as it was a first for testing hoods, pockets, eyelets... etc etc! Now all I need is a longer cord. Lollls.

199 life on the nickel

Pretty stoked with these awesome buys at the Ruby garage sale today. So lucky to avoid all the chaos too.



And very chuffed for all this amazing fabric I get to play with now!! Free fabric is just the bees knees. Yay.