New York City Style

Black and White



 

 

 

 

 

Things are never just black and white or are they? Attending New York Fashion Week I stayed at an apartment in the great city of Manhattan. This may have been the emergency rooftop, but my favourite place for a few photos of my outfit to start the day.

Create the look

New Generation Swimwear

Mercedes Benz Fashion Week showcased a talented bunch of new swimwear designers on the runway.

With Australia's borders of coastal beauty and beaches, swimwear is just part of our beach culture. A one piece to the perfect bikini our swimwear designers are exporting the best products to the global market and these new and up-coming brands also have our summer needs covered.

GYPSEA

MAIDENLOVE

SKYE and STAGHORN

SURFACE TOO DEEP

White Sands

The Australian swimwear brand White Sands showcased their SS13 collection on Monday at Mercedes Benz Australian Fashion Week, I was lucky enough to be in attendence and see this collection launched on the runway.
The key themes I had picked up from the collection was a floral and a lingerie as swimwear story. We've seen lingerie as outerwear before but I've never seen elements of suspenders creating bold silhouettes for swimwear. This was a great design feature by Leah Madden.
As colder weather comes here in Sydney this swimwear has got me thinking about chasing the sun to find the perfect beach escape in a great new bikini.

Mirror like

"Mirror mirror on the wall, whose the fairest of them all"

Yesterday was day one of Mercedes Benz Australian Fashion Week in Sydney. The early adopters of fashion and its trends were sporting their best looks, perfectly polished for the attendence of a runway show. I spoted metallic silver gleaming across the hub at Carriageworks. Shoes, skirts and jackets... Silver was one of the new hues of the season.

A classic, the pointed toe heel in silver

Adella from the Grace and Willow boutique wearing silver heels

 Snake embossed

Adding flair to the bomber jacket

Create the look yourself

jerome c rousseau

Mollini

MCQ ALEXANDER MCQUEEN

Proenza Schouler

Vintage shopping in Auckland

SPECS ADDICT

My love affair with sunglasses has become very evident with a number of pairs in my possession. So, I guess it's safe to call myself a specs addict. It was to my delight to become aware of a brand earlier this year at Australian Fashion Week, called Specs Addict. Upon browsing their selection of both sunglasses and opticals, I came across their virtual mirror. As you can see below, I enjoyed creating my very own movie montage trying on the different styles and colours.

Once, I had made my choice of the most needed (or should I say wanted) new addition to my sunglasses collection, I followed through the prompts to check out. The delivered product was delightfully packaged. I was anxious to open the package then I read, "Made with love by SPECS ADDICT. It made me think sometimes you need to slow down and appreciate the little things. This packaging was really great. I got to my sunglasses like a a game of pass the parcel and each time the music stopped, I wondered if this was the layer.

The 'Your My Thrill' sunglasses, by SPECS ADDICT were lovely. I love the angular corners of the frames and the overall look. The quality is of the highest standard with a sturdy hinge on the arms and a lense coating to optimise the comfort and cleaning of the product.

I found it great that SPECS ADDICT will look after your lensing worries and it was an enjoyable online experience. I have spoken to the founders of SPECS ADDICT and they arranged a gift voucher for $70 to giveaway. For you to put towards your next pair of shades.

To ENTER

-- like specs addict on facebook

-- like sarahg2747 on facebook

-- and comment under this blog post or on one of our facebook pages, Why you need new sunglasses?

DRAWN: MONDAY 30th July 2012