May day

 

May day tomorrow, the year is flying by. Anyway, here's a bumper inspiration post from a huge evening blog surf. Too many good snaps so will put another up tomorrow, along with the first installment of The Insider.

(pics: Dakotas Calling, The Fashion Hash, Sincerely Jules, That Girl Lucy, Heart + Bleeker, New Four Now)

Denim and stripes

 

Snejana Onopka taken by Andreas Ohlund for Cover magazine, January 2011

Just stumbled across this on an old Racck and Ruin post. Totally perfect laidback style. Denim and stripes. Simple and easy.

LissiLoves... Crumpet

So i had a little chat with the lovely Iona from my favourite cashmere company Crumpet the other day about me, the blog, my breakfast... kind of a bit of everything. Check out the full interview here.

Excuse the picture. Had a bit of time to kill in the office.
 

The Insider

Over the next few days i'm going to be starting a new weekly feature that should (hopefully) be a helpful/interesting/insightful peek into the lives of people who work in the fashion industry.

Having worked in various publications and been generally floating around the industry for three-ish years i've been lucky enough to work for some of the best journalists in the business and have access to a few clever people who have been kind enough to answer a few questions for me, about their jobs, how they got there, highlights, low points and a few tips so that i can pass them on to you.

It's not all big editors, but a total mix of everyone from journalists to designers, models, model agents, stylists, trend forecasters, fashion presenters, even interns, so that you can see what it's like to work at every level of the industry, in as many areas as i can think of. Will be back with the first one later this week fingers crossed so keep an eye out.

Thrifty stripes

A little shift i picked up from Uppingham Antiques Market yesterday (a.k.a smallest town in the world with surprisingly good vintage stash), with lumo hat from American Apparel, and Underground creepers (and Falke tights but you probably don't need to know that).

Yes, older readers, if you're wondering - the dress is 1960s
Ben Sherman.
Cool.

Model crush: Julia Nobis

Julia Nobis for Oyster #88, August 2010
Photography by Rene Vaile

Julia Nobis = Model crush of the month (or day - my model crush list is pretty huge, and growing all the time...). Top of my show list of autumn/winter 2013's most in-demand models the Aussie walked in a massive 72 shows (seriously it's shocking she's still standing even now) and has the perfect face and body for that slightly grungy androgyny, like the editorial above which i've loved since in came out back in the day.

She's just done a little Q&A alongside a great article on WWD which i thought i'd share with you guys as it's really cute and... yeah, just makes me love her even more:

Craziest Makeup: “The Chanel eyebrows were apparently 200 euros [$263] a piece so I had 400 euros [$526] on my face. I’d say that’s pretty crazy.”

Most Coveted Look: “Versus. It was jeans, a shirt and boots. I felt right at home and joked with Chris [Kane], ‘Look, if I just bailed wearing this, is that cool?’ I could have kept walking right off the runway!”

Most Difficult Shoes: “Yves Saint Laurent. I had these superhigh pumps. Even though my feet are long, they’re very narrow so they don’t stay in pumps. I had in four heel grips and tape all around the back. It wasn’t my best walk.”

Backstage Panic: “At Versace, I had the shortest change. I think there were seven looks in-between my first and my second. Everyone was freaking out about whether or not I’d make it. Thank God my first look was a big coat with snaps all the way down. It was like a striptease—I ripped off the coat and bam!”

Best Trick: “This season at Giles, everyone was falling during rehearsal so we put hair spray on the bottom of our shoes. It acts like a glue—great for runway, not so good on carpet.”

Most Uncomfortable Outfit: “At Alexander McQueen, I had one of the big fur coats that had like five different types of animals in it. Then you’ve got a half-corset underneath and a tight belt so you can’t breathe; you’re overheating and you’re exhausted. We all were just standing around these fans backstage trying not to pass out.”

Visit WWD for the full article here.

Stevie Dance's Shopghost

Major new love: Aussie stylist (based in NY) Stevie Dance's new shopping website Shopghost.

In case you're not sure who she is, Dance is the creative brain behind this sort of stuff:



Yeah pretty cool.

The website has interviews with all your favourite people (Bambi Northwood-Blyth, Tommy Ton and Hannah Holman to name a few - and the website's only been up and running a couple weeks, so basically, get excited), seriously nice product and the best visual set up around.

Def one to check out, it's bound to be huge.

Plus, you can take solace in the fact that the person aiding your wallet hemorrhaging looks as cool as this.



You're in safe hands.