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  • May8th

    taylor tomasi hill mbfwa sydney australian fashion week 2012

    This fashion week has been a bit of a dream come true, I got to photograph many of the street style stars I’ve gotten to know and love through guys like Tommy and Phil and one of them is Taylor. She is never boring, I love how Taylor always has fun with fashion and it helps that she has killer legs to boot. When you work in fashion, it’s easy to live in this bubble and take clothes and shoes way too seriously, so I love seeing industry veterans take a more light hearted approach to fashion.

    Oh, can we talk about Taylor’s sunglasses? Clearly reflective eyewear is staging a major comeback, cutie Margaret had some nice silver ones too. I remember reflective sunnies as something douche guys wore in the late 90s, or even worse, remember those reflective ones with holograms??? “Dudeeee, your sunnies have skulls in them, fully sick bro…” Yeah, no thanks. Ok, back on track, I wouldn’t mind Taylor’s orange ones and the wayfarer shape is nice and preppy. Plus there’s one really really big advantage to reflective sunglasses… no one can see if you roll your eyes at them! Oh the joy of Xiaohan-logic.

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  • May5th

    zanita mbfwa sydney australian fashion week 2012 street style

    zanita mbfwa sydney australian fashion week 2012 street style
    Zanita wears: Zara t-shirt, Just Jeans Jeans, Phillip Lim vest, Zara shoes and Alexander Wang bag.

    Zanita is a / kind of the girl, you know the this/that/everything girl, well Zanita is model/photographer/blogger/babe! I first spotted and photographed her at fashion week in 2010 (here and here), and it’s been utterly amazing to see her style evolve and see her trajectory shoot straight up.

    When I first got to know her, I thought she was so sweet and cute and even though we’ve known each other a while now, it still shocks me a little the stuff she says after a drink or two! Let’s not get into details here, cos that’s a whole other blog post! But you know what, I love her all the more for how candid she is, I find it really endearing and just so damn cool.

    Check out Zanita and her blog!

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  • April26th

    Instead of the usual daily outfit post, this month I bring you, glasses! 1 top, 1 coat, 1 me and 4 pairs of glasses. I am short sighted, a fact widely known amongst friends, but perhaps not amongst the cyberspace, thanks largely to the invention of contact lenses. But I do wear glasses most days, I’ve worn them since my tween years aged 12 and I’ve churned through quite a few pairs through the years. Contact lenses may have the upper hand when it comes to practical outdoorsy reasons, but for me glasses reign supreme for comfort. When I’m shooting I can press my glasses right up to my eye, I might smudge my glasses, but contact lenses can move unexpectedly, cause pain and me to cry in front of a whole crew. Not a good look! When I’m on the computer replying emails, editing photos and browsing Shopbop for hours on end, glasses are also the more comfortable option, because they don’t get stuck and I mean STUCK to your eyeballs. Anyone who’s ever worn contact lenses, knows that when they move or dry out or just get somehow uncomfortable all of a sudden, you start looking and acting like a retard. I’d tilt my head up, blink furiously for a few minutes, try to move my eyeballs from side to side, all in an attempt to remedy the situation, oh did I mention while this is happening, tears are streaming down my face? Yup, total retard!

    Sorry for making you all squirm in your seats with my very visual descriptions, tis the life of a contact lens wearer :p

    Well, what can I say, glasses are safer and retard behaviour proof! In fact, they mostly have the opposite effect, they make you look smarter! A friend of mine isn’t short or long sighted, but always wears a pair of no prescription glasses to interviews, it’s working out pretty well for her. And c’mon, geek chic is where it’s all at!

    Photography: Xiaohan Shen
    Styling: Xiaohan Shen

    All glasses: OPSM
    Top: Miss Unkon
    Coat: Gary Bigeni

    geek chic glasses on girls
    Miu Miu for an office friendly neutral look

    geek chic glasses on girls
    Who said geeks can’t be life of the party?! Dolce & Gabbana will get you there

    geek chic glasses on girls
    Dolce & Gabbana brings a ladylike look

    geek chic glasses on girls
    Understated cool with Miu Miu

    So which is your favourite?? What do you look for in that perfect pair of glasses?

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  • January8th

    mother father pr - AW12 media showings

    These two amazing outfits are what greeted me as I stepped into Mother Father PR‘s Surry Hills office, definitely brightened my mood by at least 2 folds on that rainy day. Mother Father PR represents a big range of labels, lots of local designers too and most of them super colourful and fun! I took a peek at their latest collections for the upcoming autumn winter months and what I saw were amazing. Think crazy prints, leopard, stripes, checkers, lush knits, bright candy colours and deep rich hues. Wooo yes, I’ll take one of each please!

    mother father pr - AW12 media showings

    mother father pr - AW12 media showings

    The highlight of the showing for me has got to be AD, a new diffusion line of An Ode to No One by Sydney designer Adi Setiadi. The garments are more youthful and of course more affordable than its big sister label, the prints and cuts are utterly amazing like the rest of Adi’s work. I for one will be lining up myself as soon as AD hits the shop floor!

    Check out all the amazingness at Mother Father PR’s blog!

  • January1st

    I had the pleasure of attending MCMPR’s autumn winter 2012 media showings a few weeks back. It was such fun taking peeks at what will be hitting the shops come next winter, the colour palates are darker and richer, the textures soft and gorgeous and the jewels ever so sparkly. I think I already got my eyes on a few pieces, come take a look with me!

    MCMPR AW12 showings
    Rich leather bags and accessories from Benah

    MCMPR AW12 showings
    From top to bottom, from left to right: The most stunning print from Sara Phillips; Simple lux from Yeojin Bae; Utilitarian perfection by Birger et Mikkelsen; An absolutely incredible collection from Zimmermann.

    MCMPR AW12 showings
    Mania Mania does it again! Boots from Friend of Mine.

    MCMPR AW12 showings

    To end, the sweetest most delicious marshmallows! Bring on winter, I can’t wait to rug up!