Chilling in Chinatown

I had a lovely weekend in Melbourne, having been flown down for the fantastic Nuffnang Fashionopolis event (more on that soon). Our hotel was in Chinatown which was the perfect setting for some outfit photography with Danimezza who kindly snapped these shots for me. Melbourne's Chinatown is one of my favourite places, I miss having dumplings after an opening in the city with my friends, and shopping at all the kawaii boutqiues.


I wore
Jacket Vintage pleather biker jacket $70 from Surry Hills markets. I then lost it that night :( Which sucked cos it was the only jacket I brought with me to freezing cold Melbourne.
Blouse Vintage sheer floral shirt from Savers
Skirt My Size pleated maxi skirt
Collar tips Ebay
Belt Vintage from Camberwell market years ago


Blue faux tail Deadly Ponies $25 from the Alphaville sale in Melbourne's GPO
Bag $55 Sydney Chinatown buy
Red bangle Elke Kramer
Crystal Ring Corky Saint Clair
Red acrylic ring MOMA NYC


Polkadot socks Sportsgirl $10
Floral Docs Doc Martens

MASSIVE WARDROBE CLEAR OUT SALE
I'm clearing out my wardrobe on facebook. I have Size 10 shoes and pieces by Limedrop, Evil Twin, Gorman, Mink Pink, Romance Was Born and more. Check it out on facebook to see everything, but here are some example pieces below.


Limedrop Tail Shirt dress $80 SOLD. Limedrop Velveteen leggings size L $25 SOLD. Romance Was Born SS 2010/11 lace cape $150 SOLD


Nu + Nan black zip up wedges size 10 $60 SOLD


Romance Was Born's infamous crochet print in rare bag form. Brand new with tags $100 SOLD

Slumming in Surry

Hot tip: Do not have a photographer take outfit photos of you with them standing below you on a hill...or you get a whole lotta fat face as evidenced above. Fat face aside this outfit was cute for a day of slumming in Surry Hills with a friend up from Melbourne, took her to Kawa cafe and the Incu warehouse sale, fun times.

Outfit details
Polkadot Blouse Vintage from Hunter Gatherer Melbourne
Skirt Vintage from Surry Hills market for $5
Belt Vintage from Camberwell market for $10 many years ago (I wear this so much, its cost per wear value must be .0005 cents by now)



Sunnies My Karen Walkers from eyegoodies
Necklace Make Believe resin flower necklace...I need more jewellery guys, I wear this every other day and have done so for years now. Actually Bryan Boy mentioned it at MBFWA the other week where I was wearing it as we both have the same necklace after he met my friends the designers back in 2009 at Melbourne Spring Fashion Week. Bryan was like "no way I love that piece, I've since lost mine". So yeah it is awesome but I do need to move on I think. You can read more about my crazy week hanging with Bryan Boy in 2009 at Melbourne Spring Fashion Week. Jebus I'm old.


Bag Chinatown $55
Bangle My good ol' Elke Kramer piece, another staple in my wardrobe.
Crystal ring Corky Saint Clair


Polkadot Socks Sportsgirl $10
Floral Doc Martens from Doc Martens

Basketball Diaries

After all my excitement about MBFWA I ended up in bed sick for most of the week and missed all but day 1 of the shows. To make up for it, and to celebrate our 5 year wedding anniversary on Saturday Henry and I decided to head to Surry Hills market (otherwise known as my favourite place in Sydney) and have lunch at Bourke Street Bakery which never disappoints. Just a relaxed celebration before a romantic dinner at our new favourite Japanese restaurant that evening. The market ended up being great as usual, I picked up a new brown beaded belt, a new camel pleated skirt and the amazing vintage pleather jacket I'm wearing in the above photo.


The amazing fringed pleather jacket that I scored at Surry Hills market on the weekend in all its fringey goodness.

Red acrylic ring MOMA NYC
Black crystal ring Corky Saint Clair
Red stud resin bangle Elke Kramer



Outfit Details
Pleather jacket Vintage from Surry Hills market $70
Blouse Sportsgirl sheer black blouse
Maxi skirt American Apparel plaid/tartan maxi skirt
Belt Vintage from Camberwell market $10
Bag Chinatown boutique gold studded bag $55
Necklace  Corky Saint Clair  anotomical heart locket
Black strapless bra Simone Perele
Collar tips Ebay



Socks Sportsgirl polkadot lace socks
Black buckle shoes ASOS 

Fruit Tingle

These are outtakes from my Prada LG x Vodafone competition post. I didn't like them for some reason so re-shot with that other outfit by the harbour. I decided to share these anyway as the outfit is cute even if it does seem a bit much another set of Prada phone pics on my blog (sorry for being such a sell out guyssss).


Sunnies Karen Walker Super Dupers from eyegoodies
Necklace H by Heather Lighton
Crystal ring Corky Saint Clair
Red acrylic ring MOMA NYC
Red studded bangle Elke Kramer
Nail Polish Ulta3 in Fruit Tingle (very fitting)
Lipstick Sportsgirl 
Pink tips Kevin Murphy Color Bug


This photo is nice, I like the blue door in the lane and that is why I'm including it, its such a pretty blue, its what inspired my nails in the previous post.


Me pretending to use the GPS on the phone. "That way" haha.


Just hanging out in lane ways.


So bright and summery.
Fruit print tee Lazy Oaf from ASOS
Black a-line skirt Kmart
Smiley bag Thank You Mart in Harajuku


Red socks ASOS
Clear jelly sandals Jelly Beans

Remember you can WIN the Prada LG Smartphone thanks to Vodafone by commenting on the official competition post. xoxo

WIN: Prada LG Smartphone thanks to Vodafone

I was very lucky to be contacted by the nice people at Vodafone to review (and keep!) the new Prada LG smartphone with an extra one to giveaway to one of my lovely readers (that's you!). As someone who hasn't owned a smartphone before but who works in social media it was like all my Christmas's came at once, especially as it coincided with instagram going android...'you mean I too can now share with the world photos of my lunch?' Oh happy days. I'm not going to lie, when it arrived I was a little nervous to begin with as I'm not very techy and for a while it seemed like the smartphone had outsmarted me, but eventually I got the hang of it. Personally I don't like touch screen keypads as I have chubby little fingers and I like to keep my fingernails long so typing text messages has been a little tricky, I need to flip the screen horizontally to have the larger keypad. I am getting better at it with time though and I'm already addicted to instagraming everything. The phone itself is lightweight and feels rather decadent thanks to the textural back plate with Prada's signature Saffiano pattern embossed on it. Other nice features include the 8.0 megapixel camera and the very well designed USB port with its sliding cover on very the top of the phone. The curved edges and small volume buttons add to the designery feel of the phone, its sleek and chic and certainly looks it.


I decided to test the phone at the newly re-opened MCA who have an app which gives information about the art you are looking at as you walk around the gallery. Well their android app wasn't working when we went (the iphone app was) so that was a bit of a fail, but it was a good location for some outfit photography.


Listening to Kyary Kyary Pamyu my favourite Jpop artist right now, I mean with a video like this and a chorus with the following line "Candy Candy Candy Candy Candy, Sweetie Sweetie Girls Love, Chewing Chewing Chewing Chewing Chewing, Cutie Cutie xxx Chewing Love" how could you not love it?


The screen is nice and big but small enough so that you can easily use it just with one hand. The sleek minimal design and chic black and white interface is totally swoon worthy, it just looks damn good. When using it out at an event the other night three people stopped me to ask about the phone, wanting to touch it and see it up close. It really does look that amazing in person.


Outfit Details
Plaid shirt Vintage Ralph Lauren from Tokyo
Sheer tee Dimepiece
Pleated maxi skirt MySize
Belt Vintage from Camberwell Market
Blue creepers Jeffrey Campbell
Fringed bag Sportsgirl
Necklace Make Believe
Bangle Elke Kramer
Rings Corky Saint Clair and MOMA Design Store NYC
Lipstick Mac Cosmetics Russian Red
Nail polish Sportsgirl Nait IT! in Hawaii Five - O


I don't wear these nearly enough but looking to change that this winter.


The box the phone comes in is also rather glamorous not only to the eyes but also to touch as its embossed in the same Prada Saffiano pattern as the phone's backplate.


When you open the box the phone is sitting nicely inside a velvet case.


The applications have all been designed to look unified in black and white giving the phone the feeling of design sophistication. I haven't worked out everything yet and occasionally the touch screen doesn't respond how I think it will but like I said I'm slowly getting the hang of it.


Google products have been left as is but sit together on the page making it easy to navigate and find what your after. You have the Google Play store for all your android apps which I'm still figuring out. What apps do I need? I've got twitter, facebook, instagram and rdio but do I need anything else? Total smartphone newbie. I am a little surprised how quickly the battery drains when you've been playing with some of the features for a while but I'm told the battery life is better than an iphone and I haven't been stuck with it dying on me yet. I think some forward planning when it comes to a smartphone and charging goes hand in hand, you have all these awesome features so of course they will drain the battery a bit.


The included headphones are branded with the Prada logo, tres chic, and the sound quality is pretty good too. I'm not good with ear bud style headphones as they never seem to fit my ear and fall out but these actually stay put which is nice.


The phone comes with a usb cable, charger connector, headphones and an instruction manual. Full specifications can be found on the Vodafone website. For those interested in the phone LG and Vodafone will provide a free accessory ‘bonus pack’ to the first 200 customers to place an order online or via the Vodafone call centre from launch date – 1st April 2012.



To enter simply comment on this post, leaving your email or blog address so I can get in touch with you if you win.
The winner will be chosen at random using random.org.
Competition is open Australia wide.
The phone comes to you unlocked, you do not have to be a Vodafone customer to enter or win.
Competition closes Monday 7th May 2012 at 5pm AEST. Winner will be announced that evening.

Good luck xoxo


COMPETITION NOW CLOSED. CONGRATULATIONS to comment #112 Kirsty Umback

*I was not paid for this review, just gifted the phone. The opinions expressed on this post are purely my own.

My week on Instagram

I've been sent the new Prada by LG smart phone by the lovely folk at Vodafone which means I'm testing out all the apps and features of my new phone and so far my favourite app by far is instagram. I'll actually be hosting a competition for your chance to win your very own Prada by LG phone on Monday 23rd April so keep your eyes peeled for that. For now though I thought I'd share my first week of instagram snaps. Above is my favourite cafe in Glebe, Clipper Cafe, who do the best all day breakfasts and Henry swears by their Chai which is a special blend made in house by the owners Indian mother. As someone who doesn't like tea I can tell you this one smells beautiful.

I've been wearing my new clear Jelly Beans sandals out and about (when it hasn't been raining).

We stumbled across this street art on our walk home from Glebe. It literally is street art.

I did a spot of shopping in Paddington. 

I bought a massivly discounted fuchsia pink crochet collar from Sportsgirl for only $4.95 and an oversized smiley badge from World NZ. Both pieces are perfect for my fash week wardrobe.

I went to the Bam Brands Spring/Summer showings. Loved the new nautical collection by Chip Chop.

Loved this jumper at Alice McCall but trying it on in warm weather was hellish. 

Pink floral Dr Martens = love.

Enjoyed the company of friends Byron Spencer, Val and Paul Bui at the Giorgio Armani store launch last night.

Had too much to drink with my fave fellow Melbournite living it up in Sydney, Emilia. We used to work together at Melbourne Street Fashion.com in what feels like another lifetime ago. And yes that's an Emma Mulholland top she's wearing, she got it at the Big Fashion Sale where I got my latest Elke Kramer bangle. 

What I wore to the Giorgio Armani Sydney launch.

Red Blazer Savers, so thrifted/opshop
Floral Blouse Savers again
Pleated Maxi Skirt MySize
Fringed Bag Sportsgirl
Collar Tips Ebay
Necklace Corky Saint Clair
Bangle Elke Kramer
Floral Shoes Dr Martens

Be sure to follow my exploits on instagram as I'm already pretty addicted: fashionhayley xoxo

Sheer Flower Power

While snapping these photos the weather turned suddenly and it began to rain, you can see I've got my hurry up face on. It was such a lovely day before the rain, the sun looked so inviting so we picked up some cheap salad baguettes from the local Vietnamese bakery and took Hachi down to the park for a little picnic but forgot my camera for outfit photos. So once we got home it was up to the rooftop garden for some blog snaps of what Henry calls my "Witchypoo" outfit. I do get the mystic/witchy vibes from it too I guess, but for me its mostly about the layers of sheer and my hardly worn but totally awesome pale pink jelly heels (more about those in a minute)

Outfit Details
Floppy hat ebay $25
Sheer floral blouse Savers $8
Seer polkadot maxi skirt ASOS on sale for $35
Fringed bag Sportsgirl
Bangle Elke Kramer $25 from the Big Fashion Sale


Collar tips are such a great way to update a shirt, I've been wearing mine so much recently, I also want to get a pair in gold.

Collar tips ebay


I have no idea why I hardly ever wear these awesome pale pink jelly heels. I found them at Savers in Brunswick about four years ago around the same time I was obsessively searching ebay for a pair (preferably clear glitter like the pair I had at 13 from the first time I was allowed to go to the city by myself that I bought at Sportsgirl). They do kinda hurt more than my modern jelly sandals as the plastic is stiffer and less flexible, but man they look so cute don't you think?

Pink jelly heels Savers $10 many many years ago
Black lace socks $5 Paddy's Markets


Happy Hayley, now with extra forced smile. This outfit gets me excited about our upcoming Tokyo trip in May, its exactly what I see myself wearing over there, getting snapped for Fruits mag (in my dreams....ever since I was 16)...a girl can only hope.