In search of: plus size vintage

Daydream Lily posted about Renee and Angela‘s new venture, {twin set}, which is an online vintage fashion store with some really gorgeous pieces. If you are bigger than an AU size 18, you might have discovered that plus size vintage is pretty scarse. As a result, I am so used to dismissing straight sized fashion…

How do you take your tea?

I went into South Bank to meet Ms Rósek and have tea at Tlicious. Dress: Basque Woman Tights: Kmart Shoes: Spendless Brooch: gift This is the brooch – a vintage lamb from an old uni friend. She also gave me a red pony, but I’ve lost it in my drawers of clothes! Alex gave me…

Outfits from the last week

The other day I tentatively asked on Twitter whether I should start posting outfit of the day (OOTD) photos here, and was met with a rather confidence boosting and unanimous “YES”. I’ve been posting outfit photos to various flickr pools as well as the Fatshionista Livejournal community for a while, whenever I’ve remembered to take…

Are you ready for summer in Brisbane?

Summer in Brisbane requires natural fabrics, litres and litres of iced water, swimming pools and very little dignity. For about 5 months we all swelter together in the most undignified manner, and very few people manage to survive for more than a few hours in the oppressive humidity without pools of sweat congregating under their…

Vale YSL

Yves Saint-Laurent passed away yesterday at the age of 71. I will always remember my mother’s lessons in how to speak “French” as I flipped through her Vogues, traced the words on perfume bottles with my little fingers and mouthed his name with my broad Australian tongue. “I have always believed that fashion was not…