"Celebration of Life" by Miki de Goodaboom. France. Not my usual kind of fashion/art post. My grandmother passed away in the early hours of yesterday but far from being sad - I am overwhelmed with happy nostalgia from my childhood. Her amazing cooking, the stories I would beg from her a million times over and ask to re-tell if ...
Winter is here! And I've resumed my walks at the beautiful Cornwall Park and One Tree Hill, and decided to document it via Instagram. Whatever the weather, I almost usually always go, nothing beats the feel of the chilly wind on my cheek bones, and sometimes even the sun comes out to say Hi.Since exams and most other commitments are ...
When life gives you lemons, drink gin - I can imagine my mother saying that. Thwarted by stormy weather and a few other things couldn't have my initial 'Plato's cave/myth of the metals' editorial on location at rugged Muriwai as we initially planned. Even my parents called twice this morning from Sydney asking are you really going to Muriwai, they ...
Irina Lazareanu at Hôtel Salomon de Rothschild, Paris. Photo Gavin Doyle. From Purple Fashion Magazine. Love this photo, perfect capture. I hope the winds of Muriwai will be in our favour (sans rain) this Saturday at the shoot to keep my silk chiffon's flying too!
I have been dreading this blog post since I found out the bad news on Thursday night but like a fast peeled band-aid it must be done. Unfortunately due to uncontrollable and unforeseen events we had to postpone the shoot to the 13th of October, which actually left a lot of things in chaos. Yup, chaos seems like an appropriate ...
I love democracy, its principles at heart are good in politics at least when its actually being applied honorably. But this post is about politics of a different kind. But seriously how applicable is the concept of democracy in the creative arena when the some truly creative genius gets overshadowed by the popular vote. I have seen this happen so ...
I know what hitting the wall is, I've watched Run Fat Boy Run. But last Friday I experienced hitting the wall in the most paramount way possible - I couldn't even look at my work. I knew this semester wouldn't be easy, getting back to academics and balancing self directed projects, but I thought I had enough conviction to not ...
So thanks to a certain friend, this is what I have been listening too in the past day on repeat, in love with Pompeii, but love Nara, it's so uplifting in a nurturing kind of way, its too early in the morning to find words, and some things just don't need words. Enjoy!
The film "Once Upon a Time" by Karl Lagerfield is finally here, released on May 8th in Singapore. Starring the lively spirited Kiera Knightly as Gabriel Chanel. The black and white adds a beautiful dreamlike quality invitng the viewer to Coco's little Deauville boutiuqe through the screen. My favourite part has to be the fictional depiction of Consuelo Vanderilt, she ...
Nothing makes procrastinating quite so perfect as a great new song that's sort of gold and writing a pointless blog post about it, enjoy Pompeii by Bastille.
"They do not think about the historical sites they destroy with their work...I feel like a mother whose child is about to die" - Abdul Qadeer Temore (Lead Afghan Archaeologist)"All these sites, all this heritage will be completely destroyed" - Marek Lemiesz (Archaeologist employed by the Afghan Ministry of Mines) Please watch/read: (Front page on the NY Times)http://www.nytimes.com/2013/04/24/opinion/a-chinese-threat-to-afghan-buddhas.html?smid=fb-shareNew York Times ...
"Celebration of Life" by Miki de Goodaboom. France. Not my usual kind of fashion/art post. My grandmother passed away in the early hours of yesterday but far from being sad - I am overwhelmed with happy nostalgia from my childhood. Her amazing cooking, the stories I would beg from her a million times over and ask to re-tell if ...
What I would have given to direct this big budget wonder, or even just to be there when Grace Coddington and Mario Testino were working their magic with Carey Mulligan as Daisy Buchanon for the Gatsby Vogue shoot. On shelf April 23rd 2013. If the sneak peaks are anything to go by - the spread should be stunning, the set ...
I have to be a world class procrastinator, I'm actually just amazing - I have so many tests and assingments due this week and yet I still manage to watch all of these and more on youtube - and write blog posts about it too it seems, urgh what is wrong with me. If they were to offer it as ...
The Young Turks' Cenk Uygur interview with Jimmy Carter, pretty awesome I don't know why it has so few - approx 9,000 - views (let's change that!), I only came across it myself tonight, they really should've promoted this more on the main channel. This is quite amazing, must show Mum, she's a big Jimmy Carter fan.
A huge thanks to our sponsors for wardrobe & accessories for your support: Joshua Fache, Kate Burgoyne, Sarah Horton Evening & Bridal Wear, Barkers High Street, Kagi from Paul Blomfield PR, Mi Piaci & Campus Store.http://www.saadidesilva.com/ahs-executive-portrait-2013---joshua-fache-kate-burgoyne-sarah-horton-kagi-mi-piaci-barkers-high-street-campus-store--lebenlife.htmlPhotography by Alexander Leben of LebenLife.Commissioned by the Art History Society, University of Auckland.Directed by Saadi
The Male Nudes exhibition at the Pah Homestead is closing today and this photograph hanging in the Ballroom on top of the fire place has to be my favourite piece in the entire collection. Being a baby Latinist this particular work called Caducus by David K. Shields (2011) couldn't be more appropriately named.I managed to source an actual copy from ...
Finally got around to watching this past week's round of vid's from TYT and Forbes with my Saturday breakfast. As I was planning on doing a piece on Bespoke creations and the impact of social media, this mini interview with Knot Standard really caught my eye. It's amazing how the economy is creatively evolving with the times to meet the ...
So the first video came up on the recommended list on youtube and the rest spiralled as it always happens (ahem everyone's entitled to guilty pleasures during moments of stress)...but after watching quite a few, these I think are the best fan vids on youtube at the moment celebrating the amazing, amazing men of Jane Austen and other treasured period ...
Whatever happened to the days of having your portait commissioned and taken? Obviously we don't live in a time period that such matters garners into normal consideration - maybe it's because of my art history background but I can truly say that I am nostalgaic for it. For one of my papers last year, one of my favourite lecturers gave ...
