A long farewell to 2015 |

 I'm currently writing this from Dubai waiting to ring in the new year with everyone else here at the airport. I think this is the longest New Year's Eve I have ever had in my life - having left Melbourne in the wee hours of the morning on 31 December 2015, I have since crossed NYE in Kuala Lumpur, then Dubai and finally will cross my last 2015 NYE up in the air en route to Washington DC. Needless to say, my brain and body clock are very confused right now (not to mention the fact that my entire blogging platform has decided to translate itself into Arabic)! 

2015 Ball | vintage circus

the night when we ran away and joined the circus 

ponder | on the ex-Instagram "It" girl and our relationship with social media

"I can't wait. I want a generation that looks up and thinks"
- Essena O'Neill

busy nerding |

Blog on hiatus due to law school exams. Check back in late November for what's happening in the Kaleidoscope of Fashion! 

xoxo 

style inspiration | lace

Givenchy Spring 2016 

Soft lace trims contrasted against tuxedo jackets and tailored trousers, 

Riccardo Tisci bring a touch of boudoir to New York city.  

farewell Style.com |

One day back in 2004, I came across this website called Style.com. It changed my life forever. 

dear Pag Island |

3 years ago today I met you. It was not love at first sight. 

the fashion monocle | on Myer's big brands drop

what could Australian brands do after the big department stores cull? 

yoga fix | detox

for when you've indulged just a little too much 

fashion | Chanel Fall 2015 Couture

Rainy day 

a cup of tea  

dreams of exploring Paris

in Chanel haute couture 

Fashion meets Law

Think we can't mix fashion and law? Think again

Menswear | Spring 2016

trend: the weekender

Curated pieces in light grey and complementing shades of navy strikes the balance for the nonchalant weekender vibe on the menswear runways this season 

interior inspiration #5 | Closets

A closet full of clothes and nothing to wear?

yoga inspiration | Wanderlust 108

Let me see you do that yoga 

don't speak | Fall 2015

A F Vandervorst Fall 2015

Sometimes, silence is louder than words. 

Fall 2015 | workwear inspirations

J Crew

The chilly weather in Melbourne means its time to seek warmer inspirations for your 9 to 5, and where better to look than the runways of Fall 2015.

style inspiration | off with the shoulders

Perhaps it's the fact that Melbourne has now well and truly entered its colder months, with the windy, rainy days accompanied by chilly nights that make you want to curl up on the couch with lots of soup and Netflix. Yet somehow, ironically, off-the-shoulder tops have become my new style obsession. 

GQ Menswear Runway | VAMFF

Photos from the 2015 Virgin Australia Melbourne Fashion Festival

Menswear Runway presented by GQ Australia

NYFW Fall 2015 | cocktail hour

My favourite for the season - look 26 from J Mendel 

law school convo #1

After "Negotiations" class in which the topic of listening and knowing how to listen was discussed. One of the lecture slides featured the below quote: 

"If speaking is silver, then listening is gold" - Turkish proverb" 

Walking out of class with my Turkish friend Maz, I asked "are Turkish people good at listening then?" in response to the insightful proverb 

"Ummm" Maz thought for a moment, "no actually. But they are good at creating proverbs that tell other people how to listen. Such is the irony". 

Indeed. 

Melanie Hampshire and Jill Kennington photographed by Norman Parkinson (Google Images)

NYFW Fall 2015 | The Coat Edit

Pedro del Hiero Madrid

fashion | zodiacs

The stars align in Carine Roitfeld's "Zodiacs"  campaign, featuring the Spring 2015 pieces for Harper's Bazaar

runway | Hermès Fall 2015 Menswear

art of the scarf 

fashion | the dancer

A celebration of dancers in fashion editorials

fashion | summer days

Summer is...

postcards | Hobbiton

On our way from Auckland to Rotorua, we stopped off at Bilbo's house.

2015 | shine bright

It's 1am on 1 January 2015 here in Melbourne and we are officially in the new year!

A new year carries new hopes, and is a great time to reflect on your triumphs, your failures, and what you would like to let go of in order to make room for new goals.

Happy New Year to all my readers across the globe. Whatever your goals may be, I hope that 2015 will be full of adventure, love and laughter for you.

Shine on, shine bright. 

xoxo