Ruby

Here is some new recent styling work of mine with a new photographer I'm working with, Gavriel Maynard. I'm really excited about this collaboration and I hope you enjoy this, our first shoot together. More from us to come over the coming months, look out for it xxx

Photography Gavriel Maynard
Styling Hayley Hughes
Make-up Alana Kobie
Model Ruby @ Chic

Not Too Shy For Dip Dye

I had wanted this pink dip dye skirt from  ASOS for a long while but didn't want to pay full price for it not knowing if it would work for me or not. Luckily it went on sale for $19 so I quickly snapped it up, although  I just noticed that it has been further reduced and is now only $14.45, total bargain! The graffiti wall and my pink dip dyed hair all just happened to match with the skirt, so it was the perfect spot for some outfit photos.



Vintage Biker Jacket Red Cross Three 5 Nine King opshop in Newtown for only $30
Sheer hands top Dimepiece
Dip dye skirt ASOS
Leggings Gisela Ramirez



Sunglasses Karen Walker
Bones necklace Monamania in Harajuku
Nadia badge Nadia in Harajuku
I <3 SPANK! badge Spank in Koenji


I freaking love my keitei (mobile phone) straps from Tokyo, I just want to show them off. So much fun!

Crystal ring Cork Saint Clair
Bangle Elke Kramer
Eyeball keitei strap Y100 shop
Purple fluff ball keitei strap Swimmer in LaForet Harajuku



Lace frill socks Tutuanna in Shibuya
Velvet creepers Topshop in Melbourne

Last Days in Tokyo

The spot in Yoyogi Park in Harajuku where on May 5th 2007 Henry and I got married, yep that was 5 years ago now, can't believe it! It was great to go back together with our new friends Brandon and Sofie. I picked up my skirt the day before at the Vintage store WeGo in Shimokitazawa for Y780.


Purikura (print club/sticker photos) in Shibuya with Brandon & Sofie, cho kawaii!!!


On my birthday we went to Tokyo Disney Sea, which is the only Disney Sea in the world. It was my first visit to Disney Sea, I've been to Tokyo Disney Land 5 times now so it was time for a change, although I did end up deciding I prefer Tokyo Disney Land over Disney Sea.


My 6th pair of Minnie Mouse ears, I get a new style every time.


My bestie Hillary gave me this giant Happy Birthday Sembei (rice cracker) and we brought it with us to Disney Sea. My nails are Nail Rock from ASOS.


Mermaid Lagoon.


My outfit matched the Tori gates at this Kamakura temple.


Kawaii!!!


Good luck.


Super cute squirrel.


Daibutsu in Kamakura with Henry.


Henry is an Interior Architect and had seen this building on Dezeen before our trip and had hoped to perhaps find it. The address information is secretly guarded but we just so happened to be staying less than one block away and Henry somehow recognised the shape of a round-a-bout from an unmarked map he had showing its location, super super lucky!


My friend Rachel's shop ilil in the Kitakore building in Koenji, aka the craziest series of shops in a building that the store owners build and add to constantly. Its an ever changing maze of crazy.


Geta sneaker remake at ilil.


We went to a "Private Party" at Harajuku's number one department store, LaForet. Lots and lots of Harajuku kids dressed amazingly were in attendance but my camera ran out of battery.


My friend Yann's store Wut Berlin in Harajuku is always a must visit for me. It was great to see my friend Ebony Fluer's new jewellery line of the same name. You probably know her previous brand, Make Believe, she made the large black resin flower necklace I always wear.


Wut Berlin.


I got sick on our trip and Henry forced me to wear a face mask to aid off further infection, but it just made me grumpy.


Studio Ghibli. My sailor tee is from a cheap shop in Shibuya for Y1500.

 That's all my photos from this recent trip. I hope you enjoy them and that it maybe inspires you to book a trip to Tokyo, it really is my favourite place in the world, and always will be xoxo

Tattoo Wingdings

This is a lot of black on black for me right now, you may have noticed recently my wardrobe has been ultra colourful. I wanted my new vintage yellow scarf/chain print top from my favourite vintage store in Harajuku to stand out in my outfit so I thought pairing it back with black would help achieve that and I think it did. Happily I discovered some tattoo tights in my sock drawer (more on those later) and put the outfit together with my new favourite skirt. My new leather skirt is by independent Australian plus size size label 17 Sundays. The laser cut detail along the hem had so many compliments, people are drawn to it. I love that more and more plus size labels are starting up and designing pieces that are unique, its exciting to wear a plus size piece and have it receive compliments from the straight sized fashionistas at Surry Hills markets.


I was reminded of these tights by a commentor on my previous post who asked if I had bought any of the popular tattoo tights that every girl in Harajuku is wearing whilst I was in Tokyo last month. Well no I didn't as I thought they wouldn't fit me, but I did remember that I bought this pair of wingding tattoo tights in Melbourne late last year for $2 to use in a shoot and then promptly forgot about them until this morning. I didn't think they would fit me as they are one size fits all (and they didn't, at least not at first). I simply snipped the toe off so they became footless tights and voila they fit and I can get in on the tattoo tight trend.

Scarf print top Vintage from Kinji Harajuku
Leather biker jacket Red Cross Three 5 Nine King boutique opshop in Newtown for $30 (similar can be found at ASOS)
Leather skirt 17 Sundays Too Shy Laser Cut leather skirt
Belt Vintage from Camberwell market
Smiley face bag Clear It in Newtown
Pink dip dye hair Brilliant Silver Rose
Sunglases Karen Walker Super Duper's


Finally a close up shot of the necklace Brandon from Lactose Intoler-Art gifted me when we caught up in Tokyo last month. Big things are brewing for that boy, I'm so happy and excited to be one of the first to wear his creations, he is just so talented.

Gold bangle Elke Kramer
Red bangle Estele Deve
Crystal ring Corky Saint Clair
Necklace Lactose Intoler-Art
Red ring MOMA NYC
Eye ring Gift from Henry


These shoes are proving to be my new favourites, I wear them daily right now. They were kindly sent to me by the team at Shooii.com, a new Australian owned online shoe store with unique shoes galore. I must say the packaging the shoes come in is especially cute, you can tell a lot of thought has gone into every aspect of the store, from the easy to navigate website right down to the shoe box. Check them out x

Wingdings Tattoo tights Episode in Melbourne for $2 late last year
Black lace frill socks Paddys Market $5
Black patent creeper style shoes Sunday Chaos from Shooii

Shopping in Tokyo

Shopping in Tokyo is always fun and on my recent trip back I sure had a whole lotta fun! How kawaii are the shopping bags above? The bags alone are reason enough to want to shop in Tokyo. I thought I would share with you some of my favourite buys from vintage stores and boutiques that I love and always try to visit when I'm back in Tokyo, the land of super fun shopping!


As you can see I went prints crazy and this isn't all of it!!! Tokyo is great for finding cheap amazing vintage but its also great for finding hard to come by designer pieces too. Prices are pretty random to be honest, some places the vintage pieces are all $4, and other places your looking at $150 for similar stuff. It helps to know where to go and what to look for.

From left to right: Vintage scarf print blouse from Kinji in Harajuku for about $7. Malko Malka hot air balloon digital print top from their boutique in the LaForet department store in Harajuku for about $150. Vintage green polka dot shirt from Hikari in Koenji for about $40. Vintage tropical print bomber jacket from  Kinji in Harajuku for about $9. Joy Rich cash money sheer shirt from Candy in Shibuya for about $130.


Accessories are so fun and cheap in Tokyo. Everywhere you look, especially in Harajuku, there are cute amazing things for not a lot of $$$. It pays to be careful of fakes but sometimes its hard to tell. I went eyeball crazy this trip.


From left to right: Tutuanna lace frilll socks from their Shibuya store 3 pairs for $10.50 (the 3rd pair is in the wash). Pastel pink shell jewellery holder from a vintage bric-a-brac boutique in Shimo Kitazawa for about 80cents. Strawberry keitei strap and hair tie Y100 each from a Y100 shop in Kamakura (so about $1 each). Eyeball necklace from Paris Kids in Harajuku for Y315 (so about $3.15). Grass print phone holder from Tokyu Hands for about $15. Eyeball ketei strap from a Y100 store. Purple fluffy ketei strap with gold chain from the Swimmer boutique in the LaForet department store in Harajuku for about $8. Eyeball badge from the Monomania boutique in the LaForet department store in Harajuku for about $6. I <3 Spank! badge from Spank in Koenji, gift from the designer. Vintage "I got this body from junk food" badge from Nincompoop Capacity in Koenji, gift from Henry (haha thanks Henry!). Manic Panic badge from Nadia in Harajuku for about $6. Eyeball ring, gift from Henry. Neon yellow necklace from Paris Kids in Harajuku for Y315. Bone necklace from the Monomania boutique in the LaForet department store in Harajuku for about $20.


I can't wait to style up all these pieces in outfits in the coming months, be sure to look out for me and my crazy printed shirts and eyeball accessories xoxo