Let there be light!

Rick Owens SS12 Runway. LOVE that light! 

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Alessio Bolzoni

Love this playful shoot by Alessio Bolzoni for Grey Magazine, styled by Moreno Galatà. Discovered over at one my favourite blogs veryverybeautiful, I just had to re-share, as it has such a joyous and carefree feel - perfect for a saturday morning. Enjoy your weekend everybody! xx

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Rodarte for Opening Ceremony

Loving the Fall/Winter 2011 lookbook from Rodarte for Opening Ceremony. It's done the rounds many many times already, but the clean, cool feel of the shoot seemed appropriate to blog about on this bright white 29 degree day. 

A simple infinity shoot, with clean lighting has been turned into something much more by the use of repetition, movement and artful interplay of the one look - turning a basic lookbook into something that quietly oozes with personality. And of course, the collection is pretty good too - billowing silk, ruffles, floral prints, all in a soft palette of mint, blush, ochre and more... it's utterly breathtaking. Get your grubby little mitts on it over here.

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Happy Friday! xx

I hope all you Melbournians got out and soaked up some of the lovely sunshine we had today - I certainly did. Enjoy the weekend everyone! Make it interesting - like the Georgie Ichikawa X James Hamilton Butler capsule menswear line launched for Spring Summer 2012 during London Fashion Week.

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Creativity Takes Courage

ANDROID HOMME 2011 INSPIRATION 
from Android Homme on Vimeo.
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Divine Power

Aeon definition: (Gnosticism) a divine power or nature emanating from the Supreme Being and playing various roles in the operation of the universe. (Astronomy) a period of one thousand million years.

You've got to check out the talent from The AEON - a collaboration between Sydney-based photographers Alice Wesley-Smith & Kasia Werstak. Together they combine extensive portfolios in graphic design, photography & film to form an interdisciplinary studio, with a stunning online folio and awesome blog. Check it out for yourself — the-aeon.com

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Spring has arrived. Enjoy the weekend!

A beautiful soft feel for the Topman Autumn 2011 Lookbook - absolutely loving these shots! Sourced from the ever fantastic fashionising.com. I hope you all enjoy the sunny weather we're having in Melbourne this weekend! Take some time out to stop and smell the flowers.

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50 Most Stylish New Yorkers

Absolutely loving Style Casters 50 Most Stylish New Yorkers - shot so beautifully by Stefani Pappas! New Yorkers are known for their casual chic dress sence, done better than any other city in the world. And this feature represents 'an amalgamation of high fashion, retro appreciation, individual style and more than a little personality epitomizes a city that lives and breathes fashion – even by proxy, sometimes serendipitously, almost always uniquely.' 

I've selected a few of my favourites below.... Check them all out at stylecaster.

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Agyness Deyn + Tim Walker + UK Vogue

I love Agyness Deyn. She's not everyone's cup of tea but I think she's gorgeous, and the above shoot... just divine. Shot by Tim Walker for May, 2011 UK Vogue, is a sequence of seductive imagery with old hollywood glamour styling, set in 1930's interiors claimed back by the desert landscape. Tim Walkers use of stunning sunlight in the first shot is given a soft intimacy by shooting through gauze, which is carried through in the next image - shot through a fly screen which reminds me of foxing on an old painting - it enhances the overall tone of the shoot... a feeling of old colonial hollywood on safari.
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NOWHERE ELSE!

delighted by this playful shoot in RUSH - shot by the very talented Will Davidson. Huge fan of his work. I adore the lighthearted, yet somehow serious mood evoked by the images (and the black and white).... now I really want to go out and buy that lover dress - just to spin around and jump up and down in, it's like being nowhere else!

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Armoire

back in april frank, myself and our friend lauren decided to embark on a new project. a portrait of fashion / a sneak peak inside peoples closets and homes. i art direct - driving the overall concept and look of the project, frank takes the shots and our friend lauren styles their outfits from whats within their wardrobes. here are a couple of headshots of the ever so handsome Kris Shrimpton. we'll be launching a site dedicated to the project early next year - so watch this space….

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Dramatic black and whites

Everyone loves a little Abbey Lee, or at least I certainly do. Frank stumbled across this wonderful black and white shoot on fashionising.com and I just had to share - lifted from Vogue Russia, April 2011. AMAZING black and whites by Hedi Slimane - Love it!

Stylist: Sarah Richardson

Photographer: Hedi Slimane

Model: Abbey Lee Kershaw

Well.. we're off to do a little Sunday afternoon print shopping and gallery perusing. Enjoy.
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fabulous spring style and a cat

so many delightful labels - Hermione De Paula. Universal Works. Raffaele Ascione. Maarten van Der horst. Mode En Module. Ostwald Helgson. Pantherella. Christian Louboutin. Kristy Ward. Mytights. Basso and Brooke. Arckiv.

Check out the full shoot here on the oh so fabulous Fashion156

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