bespoke

Thursday the 16th of May has been awarded "Best day of 2013" for me so far.

Bespoke, a luxury business and fashion summit held at the Sydney Opera House, was an inspiring day filled with prominent figures from global luxury brands as guest speakers. Highlights for me were Karen Walker, Simone Cipriani (more on him and how he inspired me in another post) and Coco Rocha... and that's just picking out of the speakers on the day. Not gonna lie, the catering was just amazing and I would not be proud of this blog post if I went without mentioning the asparagus and mushroom risotto that was served at lunch time.






A deeply sincere thank you to Marion Hume who curated the event. If she hadn't guest lectured at Whitehouse when she had, I probably wouldn't have attended this most memorable day!





Topshop top | Moto skirt | Primark tights | Ebay ankle boots | Portmans pleather coat | Bag made in Bali
As for the outfit, a tried and true combination of green, polka dots and Ruby Woo - updated with leather for the freezing night out that came afterwards.

plaidy

Scene change! I'm standing in front of a very green, very large, very bushy tree. Bet you didn't expect that one.

But in all seriousness, these were taken so long ago that I can't even remember what I did. It can't have been a week day, since I'm out of the house not too long after sunrise and am far too tired to get Richard out of bed to take photos of me... and then I get home pretty long after the sun sets. It can't have been a Sunday, because that's when I'm at work. So that leaves Saturday, and generally I do my washing and sometimes pop to the shops for a mooch around anything that might take my fancy (PS - nothing does at the moment).
All I know for sure is that it was the same day that a new memory card reader I bought on eBay was apparently set as "posted". A memory card reader that I'm still waiting for... but I won't bore you guys with the details of my obviously riveting life ;)





High Tide top | Vintage shorts | Rubi shoes | Topshop necklace | Vintage bag
I'm still mostly swimming in uni work, whilst simultaneously trying to maintain a fragment of my social life and keepin' the grades up. All's going pretty well, but it sure is taking a toll on my internet presence.
Though, some great things/events are coming up in the next couple of weeks and I'm more than determined to keep my head on top of it all...

Have a great weekend! ♡

PS. I'm going to have to get used to my face being so BIG in these new image sizes, hah!

cell block theatre

Life event!

Usually when people ask me questions like "What's up?", "What's new?", "What have you been up to?" or "Any goss?", my reply doesn't stray too far from "Uni. Work. Spending 3 hours a day on public transport. That's about it."
I wouldn't go as far as saying I'm a homebody, but I really don't get out much. Often it's because I live so far away from everything anyone ever does (which 9 times out of 10 occurs in Sydney CBD [like I said, I spend a lot of time on public transport]) but lately I've come to realise that being 22 years old and still attending university apparently doesn't take me so far behind any of my closest friends, since they all seem to still be studying, too.

Last Saturday was the first time I stayed out past midnight in a very long time (having to wake up at 6.30am to make the commute to uni every morning really doesn't allow for too many shenanigans) and for nothing other than to attend the wedding of my rad niece (yes, niece - my family is far from nuclear). The wedding was held at the Cell Block Theatre, a converted women's prison that is now part of the National Art School in Darlinghurst. It was beautiful to say the least. I'm a huge sucker for old buildings, particularly those made of the kind of stones that look like Hercules himself couldn't lift on his own.




The place was decked out in the prettiest tassle/pompom bunting that perfectly matched Bianca's (my niece, the bride) aesthetic and contrasted amazingly with the harsh stone surroundings. I had the pleasure of helping out with the preparation of the venue the day before the wedding, and as one of the florists, got to help pick out flowers and arrange them for the big day! B in the end decided she wanted a mostly green palette for the flowers (bouquets included) which was a great decision because as it turns out, the colour provided by the other decorations was the perfect amount.

Also: the food was amazing. There were three food stalls: one Lebanese (my brother in law is Lebanese), one American (both B and Levins run the diner at Good God Small Club, The Dip, which is mostly centred around American favourites) and one Vietnamese. They both travelled there a couple of years ago and Vietnamese food is so delicious, I can't even. The stuff was my favourite of the night: a prawn rice paper roll, some kind of deep fried pastry thing (which was AMAZING), spring rolls and a fresh, minty salad. I was literally having a mouthgasm.



As for what I wore:





Attik dress | Rubi shoes (not shown) | Pandora rings and bracelet | quartz crystal pendant
PS: You may have noticed extremely small changes on this blog layout-wise. I'm (very) gradually shifting my layout to something a little simpler, hopefully it's all done by the end of this two-week break!