black gives way to blue

These are the hands and shoes of my friend Shari. Nothing weird here, but for privacy reasons her face can't be shown, she's a dentist. I kid, she's not actually (On that note did you ever understand those dentist ads?). She's actually really cool- too cool for photographs. Except that one time I did manage to take some snaps of her: check that post here.

Shoes by the shoe god. Rings from Various places.

I like that she managed to colour coordinate her shoes to my carpet. I probably wouldn't have let her in if they clashed.

I received some exciting news today-  I can't wait to share with you!

Ally

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When the sun rose

Happy Hump Day lovers.

Introducing We Are Handsome.

When I view the collections from Australian swimwear label We Are Handsome- I don't just see great cuts,  rad designs and a mixture of colourful goodness . I see the artwork and the fine detailing that would go in to the production of the swimwear line. I find that a lot of brands don't place enough love and thought in to the production of their line of clothing anymore. They seem to settle with near enough is good enough. Modern textiles just isn't the same. Sigh.  So it is refreshing that We Are Handsome is 100% Australian designed and Australian sewn. You know you are receiving the best when the designers; Indhra Chagoury and Jeremy Somers are so passionate about their craft.

My favourite designs are the scoop back, full pieces. What's even better is that I would get wear out of these babies away from the surf and sand. They are so versatile! You would definitely see me in The African and The Arabian scoop back on the streets for that distinctively different look. I'm not one to shy away from bold prints as you already know!!

Their newest collection, entitled "Aviary", features lots of feather prints inspired by mythical birds. It is their best to date! I love the warm colours and I think it is wicked that every piece is placement printed (Yay for not wearing the exact same print as everyone else). The bad thing is you have to wait one more month for it to hit the stores. In the mean time be sure to check their sexy suits from the Spring '11 collection here. Here's to hoping for a second summer..Or at least one summer here in Queensland. Fingers crossed those clouds don't burst for another few months! I'm buying a new Mal on the weekend, so to look like the most stylish kook- I better grab me some We Are Handsome swimmers. At least I can look hot and me falling off my board won't seem so bad.

Be sure to watch this cute little vid as well!




We Are Handsome - The Aviary 2011 (HD) from We Are Handsome on Vimeo.
Director: Jeremy Somers Editor: Neale Irwin Model: Lorene Renard Photographer: Sebastian Kriete Makeup: Rachel Montgomery Hair: Emma Haddock Styling: Jess Kilich Music: 'Sunny' by Twinset

PS: And here's a heads up for Gold Coaster's, you can pick up pieces from Aqueous in Coolangatta.

Ally

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All is love

Consumerism this. I'd be blogging and working in the wrong industry if i worried about consumerism. I celebrate Valentine's Day. Any excuse to give and receive gifts has a big red tick from me. Here are a couple of my pressies from my boy. The hat was a joint present for each other- as we both love a good hat. We made a few things for one another too..Plus i got an owl card. My fav!

Hope your secret and not so secret admirers made you feel special on Love Day.

Al aka Owl (now you know why owls are my favourite).

The hills have eyes

Make sure you read all the text! Tells the story behind these photos.

So, basically these photos were taken at a typical set of a horror movie (pretty much a demolished, abandoned house in a place we had never been before). We watch so many horror movies, that in my head it seemed like something bad was going to happen to us. I was on edge the entire time we were at this property, so i'm surprised we got good photos! In a lot of the in between shots I looked like I was going to pee my pants. I had the most troubled expression on my face. I kept expecting someone to run out with a knife or hold us captive because we were trespassing where they were squatting.

Towards the end of shooting, two cars rocked up. I was stressing out- because it's not a place to hang out at all, but they looked like they were setting up camp. They parked behind our car and started beeping their horn. I kept saying to Jonathan, "what are they gonna do?". I think I was just assuming the worst because I already had a picture in my head about this place. It was just strange though because the dudes go out of their cars and went to the boot and then they took their shirts off. I'm thinking to myself, "great they're tough guys and they're mad they can't get past our car, so they're probably reaching for a crow-bar as we speak". In hindsight I know that's pretty ridiculous- but when you're in that environment, your mind thinks up some extraordinary things.

The place was so bloody eerie. You can see the extremity of the the destruction in the photo above. Everything was broken. Graffiti everywhere. I guess this proves the "broken window effect" to be a fact. It's just weird to think someone has just abandoned a house in a not so secluded area. It's only a 20 minute drive west of the Gold Coast.

This whole outfit post was such an adrenaline rush. On the drive home, I was saying how exciting and awesome the experience was. It's funny how your brain does that, you can be scared one minute, but as soon as you're removed from the situation it becomes a great encounter. Though, having said that I'm in no rush to get back to the house.

The funny thing is- the dudes that rocked up are probably telling a similar story. "There were a guy and chick at the house when we rocked up. The girl was in this pretty pink dress, high heels and some sort of floral head wear. Who wears that in the middle of no where, not to mention at an abandoned house? I think she was a touch over dressed". "And why was they guy following her with a camera".

Calabash

Ebay

Sportsgirl

Assorted jewellery

Yesterday was the best day I have ever had. Was a really, really busy day but it was so awesome. I went op shopping, went to Bunnings, went shopping, got some wrays, went for a drive, shot these, went out for dinner, go drunk, walked home in the rain. Positive, happy energy all round!

Hope you all had a super rad weekend.

Happy Valentines Day!

Ally
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Photos: My kickass Valentine, Jonathan.

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SILENT FIGHTING

Rad rings. Rad hat. Erin is just massively rad all round.

Image via Studded hearts

Finally we are noone

Sneak at outfit post.


Normally I steer clear of pinks..I feel too girly when i wear them. I made the exception with this outfit! It was too gorgeous not to buy. So, make sure you come back tomorrow or Sunday for a little looky-loo at the full outfit post.

Happy Friday lovers.

I. Can. Not. Wait. For. The. Weekend!

Ally
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in direction of the moon

With my 21st creeping up on me, I'm looking for inspiration for presents. I'm searching high and low for the ultimate presents. Here's what I'm thinking. Statement jewelry that i can always keep, shoes to feed my fetish, timeless clothing pieces....That's all i have so far.  Maybe i need a bit of help (hint, hint). It's so hard picking things, considering if there's anything I want I just go and buy for myself. So consequently when it comes time for gifts to be thrown my way there's not many things I can think of.

1. ALEXANDER MCQUEEN DOUBLE TWIN RING.

2. Pamela Love jewelry. YES FREAKING PLEASE. I think any girl would be stoked to receive any piece from Pamela's collection.

3. I'm currently obsessed with is the turquoise shade of nail polish used at the DKNY S/S 11 show. Here's an O.P.I one similar!

4. Another Obsession is Fluorescent bras and undies. I love matching sets when it comes to underwear This Jean Yu bra is super cute.

5. YSL RING. Yes, i'm still lustin'. It's kind of sad really.

6. Wang bag.

7. Karen walker The Village sunglasses

8. The perfect boot. Ugghhhh. Jeffrey C, I love you.

Okay, so after researching i found a few things- So maybe disregard the last two sentences of my first paragraph.