by cecylia on August 12, 2010
One day I decided to capture the sunset sky with some recent favourites from my closet. I wanted to dedicate this post to my best friend Jo in the UK. I haven’t seen her since Paris Fashion Week, when we attended Sophia Kokosalaki’s show together. Despite being over 8000 miles away, she still calls me from thousands of miles away and writes to me in between her busy work and travel schedules. She has lived away from Melbourne for over 6 months now and probably has forgotten how Australian fauna looks like in the winter sun.
I’m geared up in a Claude Maus Merino dress with my Felder Felder Daphne coat (also seen here), grey tights which have served me well over the years but are nearly the end of their era; peeptoe booties, a vintage fish necklace and a Natalia Brilli sea urchin necklace. I also bought a larger one in grey. She is one of my favourite avant-garde accessories designers, a master (mistress?) of coating anything and everything in the softest lambskin. Fingers crossed I can stock her in the future…
A little blurred, am I still in your memory
This photo reminds me of a very famous song (almost ad nauseum) which have the lyrics of
You have so many relationships in this life
Only one or two will last
You go through all this pain and strife
Then you turn your back and they’re gone so fast
And they’re gone so fast
So hold on to the ones who really care
In the end they’ll be the only ones there
When you get old and start losing your hair
Can you tell me who will still care?
Guess who wrote this?
I never thought much of these words as a teen, but now that I’m older, I finally understand what the Hanson brothers were singing about.
There are so many ‘best friends’ who rarely keep in touch, no matter how hard you try… Are we just going to let our ‘busy schedules’ stunt the growth of our friendships?
If you haven’t seen your best friends for a while, call them, email them, Facebook them, Tweet them. Tell them that you care about them. Don’t let them become a blur in the depths of your mind.
by cecylia on August 29, 2009
Bag Lady
I have just returned from an amazing journey to South East Asia. I spent 3 weeks in Singapore and Malaysia. I ate 5 meals a day, visited countless friends and relatives and missed Theodore too much. I also managed to squeeze some credit crunch during the trip. I will be sharing with you my favourite purchases from the holidays in the next few posts.
Two of my favourite souvenirs from Malaysia come from Marc Jacobs, in Kuala Lumpur’s KLCC. There were dozens of gorgeous leather totes on display, all on sale. I spent a few hours being indecisive. The shop assistant ‘Dax’ was so sweet. He was patient and lent me his calculator so I could try to convert Malaysian ringgit into Aussie Dollars. I practically tried every pair of shoes on display and held or touched every Marc Jacobs bag.
After much (and I mean a LONG time) consideration and contemplation…I finally decided on 2 items: a pair of purple suede Runway booties and the limited edition gold-bow-detail wrist tote.
pretty bows
goodies from Marc Jacobs
Here I am wearing my new purchases with a gold Toshop watch necklace and a lavender Massimo Dutti (a Spanish label I fell in love at first sight) frilly dress.
The booties are very sweet. I especially love how the cut-out tear drop shaped details are lined with mesh. And I cannot begin to describe how much I love this bag. It was a difficult decision but I know I made the right choice. I love everything about it- the size, the shape, the texture of the butter soft lamb leather, the wrist-bucklet and the big gold zip.
There are only two of these bags in Malaysia and I got the first one.
Here is Dax, the lovely young man who helped alleviate my indecisiveness.
Now I just need to wear the shoes and use the bag and not let them just hibernate in their Marc Jacobs boxes.
by cecylia on August 26, 2009
“Swing low, sweet chariot
Coming for to carry me home…”
The 4 bags (pictures curtesy of Net-a-porter and Elle.com) have a few things in common: squarish in shape, have wrist strapes, have clasps and front folds. However, they are all made from different hides.
1) Bagley Mishka patent leather bag: great for unpredictable weather from London to Melbourne
2) Balenciaga by Nicolas Ghesquiere lambskin bag- you can appreciate how soft it is just by looking at it. It also resembles a house.
3) Anya Hindmarch python bag: I love the gold chain detail and the snakeskin plaque surrounding the clasp.
4) Luella ostrich bag: a classic piece with front pockets to hold your ipod or keys and the most extravagant hide to carry your stuff around in: in a big bird.
Got your hands full? Don’t worry, Big Bird will hold that for you.
