Veterinarian, Blogger & Mother. Cecylia shares her musings on life and style in the same breath. She passionately believes that "every day is worth dressing up for."
(Outfit: Vintage Mam’Zelle dress and belt, Hiroko Koshino cape, Repetto shoes, vintage Nina Ricci bag, self-made earrings)
Went to a friend’s birthday drinks last weekend at 99 Problems, wore some pink tassel earrings I made (for a photoshoot which I’m dying to show you the photos, soon!) with a vintage Mam’Zelle dress (French label) that’s been waiting in my closet for the past decade. When I studied and worked full-time as a vet, I hardly had the chance to dress-up (except for the occasional wedding or birthday) so I’m so thankful that I can adopt my style philosophy of ‘every day is worth dressing up for’ nowadays (except when I’m working at the vets because you’ll be sure to be covered in pet hair, pee, poo and other gross things). So there, that’s the very unglamorous side of Cecylia. After I left 99 Problems, this gorgeous chinchilla flirted with me, majorly. Here’s another amusing tale for you, whenever someone’s not having the best day at work at the vets, I sing them this song I learnt at high School: ‘Basil the Cat, furry and fat. Basil is my big fat cat, he’s the coolest cat you’ll see. Struts around like he’s the king, thinks that he’s the master of me. Basil the Cat…’ And that usually brings a smile on their face :) So let me know if you’re ever not feeling the best and I’ll sing it for you.
So, on a serious note, here are some amazing fashion events you and I should not miss out on in the next few weeks:
1. Madam Virtue’s Sale at 5 Crossley St Melbourne (just off the Parliament end of Bourke St) – this is the vintage designer heaven in Melbourne, owned by my fashion mentors, where I bought my first (vintage) Chanel bag.
2. Habbot Studios Pop-Up Shop on level one of GPO– my favourite Melbourne shoe label by Annie Abbot. The ex-buyer of Net-a-Porter makes her divine shoes in Italy and she will be open for 6 weeks to sell her previous and new collections. I love her shoes so much that I will actually be helping out at her Pop up boutique next Thursday 1 September (10-3), so come and join me for some shoe shenanigans!
3. Stonnington Spring Fashion Forum and Parade next Wednesday (31 Aug) morning and Thursday (1 Sept) night respectively. 2 events I am not going to miss, looking forward to learn the ins and outs of running a fashion business by a panel of 4 including designer Arthur Galan and social media expert Kristen Boschma at Functions on Chapel at Prahran Town Hall 255A Chapel St, Prahran. I am also counting down the days until the fabulous runway party at Malven Town Hall on Thursday night. I have been offered a double pass to give away to my wonderful readers. All you need to do is to leave a comment saying that you could like to come and Like me on Facebook and be my Google Friend :) Hope you can come and join us for an amazing night!
I hope to see you there darlings, have a gorgeous week!
oh, you’re so gorgeous! I love your vintage dress <3
love your earrings, so cute! Basil is adorable!
love your earrings!! they are simply amazing :D
Thank you! I made them :D
Love the earrings… very much like something I would wear! And looooove that fat flirty cat too! (You still managed to look stylish in your vet uniform by the way… never seen a vet wearing silver shoes before, haha)
lol you’re too kind. I feel as daggy as anything in my vet uniform…oh well :D My silver brogues are vintage from London, they need replacements soon!
I love the cat, is really cute! A kiss, darling :)
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Love your bright accessories!
Love the color of these shoes – they are absolutely perfect and accent the black dress so well. – Katy
Well said Katy! ;) we all need colur in our lives!
Hey you look gorgeous there! I love every single details of the outfit, and of course that your smile is the best accesorie :)
See you
Thank you. Someone once said that the best curve on a woman’s body is her smile…
Great look, love the splash of color from your accessories.
Thank you for the shout out for our Spring Fashion Runway show. Can’t wait to catch up there; hope you enjoy the show (and find lots of shiny, new things to add to your glorious wardrobe).
Thank you Sarah!! Yes can’t wait for next week! We have so much catching up to do!
Hey Cecylia! Gorgeous outfit again & Basil is a stunner!! You asked me to follow you, I’ve been following for sometime already – please follow me back xoxo
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you look great! i like this blog site look, book is cute!
are you following me back too?=D
Nice photos.:-) Stina
great outfit love your earrings!
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Hello Cecylia <3
Thanks You for visiting my blog.
Thus, we find new nice blogs around the world.
You have a very interesting blog. I´ll come back <3
Greetings from Finland
You look gorgeous, those earrings are lovely and such an amazing colour!
Carmen Ri.
Very pretty outfit!! I’m following you! and thanks for telling us about those events!
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Kitty! Reminds me of my cat, when he was younger and had more meat on his fluffy bones.
Such a cute cat. Love your cape so much! :)SarahD
wow, sweet blog! and you’re a fellow aussie, that’s great :)
now following
natalie
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Love your subtle pops of color with the nude & black.
Hey Cecylia! Just wanted to let you know that I’ve given you a blog award – I love reading your blog so much! Check ou my post for more details xoxo
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Basil is so adorable!! I love your outfit especially the earrings!!
xoxo
Lizzo
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love the pink earrings – cute
thanks for the comment on my blog page – hope you follow
sure we can follow each other – that would be great
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I really like your outfit !!! ;)
Thank you,<3
sweet cat :D
I love your outfit<3
cute cat! and i like your cape :)
Wow! This is my new favorite look! Love everything from the pink earrings to the belt the vest ALL, lookin fantastic! And thank you so much for commenting on my blog! :) gonna follow :-)
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