Yayoi Kusama 'Life is the Heart of a Rainbow' at QAGOMA

 On the weekend I had the absolute pleasure of being the guest of the fabulous QAGOMA in Brisbane for the Yayoi Kusma 'Life is the Heart of a Rainbow' exhibition opening. To say that this was the most incredible exhibition I have ever seen is an understatement. I have loved Yayoi Kusama actually since first discovering her work at the very same gallery in 2002 at the Asia Pacific Triennial of Contemporary Art (well when it was just the Queensland Art Gallery as GOMA opened in 2006) when I went to Brisbane on my own version of a 'schoolies' trip (schoolies is an end of high school giant party typically on the beach, like spring break in the USA I guess. My version was more visiting art galleries and markets whilst staying with friends than drinking too many UDL's before passing out on the beach). So to me having that very gallery where I discovered the artist for the first time as an 18 year old invite me to the opening and fly me up was mind blowing, a full circle moment, honestly 18 year old me would not believe it for a minute.

 Seeing 'I want to Love on the Festival Night' in person was everything to me.

 My friends Lucinda and Haidee checking out the art at the media preview.

 I wore my new Mireia Ruiz for Gorman dress and Twoobs for Gorman shoes to the media preview.

 'The Spirit of the Pumpkins Descended to the Heavens'

 'Dots Obsession'

 This is the 3rd time I have now seen 'The Obliteration Room' at the gallery in Brisbane, the first time was all those years ago as an 18 year old.

 I got to meet the fabulous Brisbane creative identity Rachel Burke from imakestagram 

 We were a bit drunk from free champers at the opening night and kept setting of the door sensors for the 'Soul Under The Moon' piece and didn't get to experience the full sensory overload. An excuse to revisit before the exhibition closes I think.

 'My Eternal Soul' is a series where the artist challenged herself to make a series of 100 canvasses over an 18 month period in 2009-2010. Once the challenge was over she decided to keep working at the same pace and has continued to paint in this way ever since with her paintings now culminating in the high hundreds.

 I wore my rainbow outfit from my last blog post to the opening night in honour of the rainbow theme of the exhibition.

 'Experiments in Japan' from her return from NYC to Japan in the 1970's.

 I was put up in the fabulous Art Series Hotel in Spring Hill called The Johnson. Upon checking in I was informed they had an award winning pool so I immediately knew what I was going to do after the mornings media preview - champers and uber eats by the pool of course!

Outfit details
Scarf Julie White
Fruit Bikini Mireia Ruiz for Gorman
Sarong Ken Done I bought from his old Melbourne Central store with my xmas money when I was 13 because I saw it in Girlfriend magazine
Sunnies Tsumori Chisato
Sandals Twoobs for Gorman

 Living the life!

 My Brissy bff Lucinda and I own matching Barbie togs (although mine were from Myer Miss Shop and hers from Big W) so we decided to do an impromptu photoshoot with the inflatable flamingo my sister leant me for the trip.

 Barbie Girls!

Not content with one fabulous day by the pool. the next day Lucinda, Felix the Flamingo and I decided to spend the day in the pool at Lucinda's parents amazing apartment. Honestly I had the most amazing trip up to Brisbane, as I always do, it's one of my favourite cities to visit in Australia and I can't recommend a trip up to visit the gallery and enjoy the sunshine enough.

Yayoi Kusma 'Life is the Heart of a Rainbow' is on at QAGOMA until 11 Feb 2018 and has Free Entry!

Vote YES because LOVE IS LOVE

My love for all things RAINBOW has gained a new meaning with the marriage equality postal vote that is now taking place in Australia. As someone who believes strongly in equality for all I will of course be voting a big fat YES on my form. I really feel for those in the LGBTQIA community who are struggling since the announcement of this postal vote, struggling because their lives and rights are being questioned and debated publicly with such hatred and homophobia coming out in full force. It really should not be up for public debate at all, the government should have taken a stand and made marriage equality legal a long time ago. If you don't like gay marriage then the answer is pretty simple, vote yes and then just don't get gay married yourself. Why should you have a say in how other people live their lives? So please if you are in Australia and of a legal age to vote please vote YES and let everyone have the chance at having their relationship recognised. Love is love 💗💙💚💛💜

Outfit Details
Dress Monika Forsberg for Gorman
Rainbow bangles Gift from my sister's trip to India
Rainbow bag Light In The Box
Rainbow heels Django and Juliette from Cinori Shoes

To post in my postal vote I decided to wear all RAINBOW to mark the occasion. I am so in love with my Monika Forsberg for Gorman dress, the bell sleeves are so cute and the print is so fun and perfect for spring!

Giggling as always

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Rainbow Love

I am living for and loving EVERYTHING rainbow right now. I just can not get enough of rainbow stripped anything so as soon as I saw this dress I new I wanted and needed it in my life. Everywhere I went I got people stopping me to tell me they loved my outfit, so I knew I was onto a winner (not that I need validation or anything)

Outfit details
Rainbow dress Lazy Oaf
Pink denim patch & pin jacket DIY (similar here and here)
Red Tights H&M
Pink glitter boots ASOS
Heart musk lolly bangles Save Yourself Shop (very old)
Pink flower ring Naomi Murrell
Heart earrings From my sister's trip to Mexico
Pink tote bag Sunday Social

So many new additions to my fab DIY pink denim jacket! Hopefully I have listed everything correctly down below. Did you know this jacket was originally white and I dyed it pink myself and then ironed and hand sewed on all the patches? The tutorial can be found on the now sadly defunct City Chic blog.

Boob pin Handy Studio, Hungover patch by Skinnydip via ASOS, Pink undies pin Creepy Gals, Melody pop patch and Bubble O' Bill Pin Eat Me Do, Barbie pin Barbie store in Harajuku, Fresh to Death Rosette Brooch Lightning Hearthttp://rstyle.me/n/cnqechm2xe, Peace out Bitches patch Save Yourself Shop, Mobile Phone pin Dylan Jones, I heart Spank! badge Spank in Tokyo, Girl Gang patch by Ohh Deer via ASOS, Iced Vovo pin Kitiya Palaskas x Frankie Magazine collab, Tokyo swan boat pin McKean,Studio, Pink hair girl patch Susanna Rose Sykes via Save Yourself Shop, At least you tried patch Save Yourself Shop,

I love that the mobile phone pin is...

a surprise dick pic pin! I was at a party wearing this DIY jacket when Dylan himself came up to me and gifted me the pin saying it had to belong to me. It totally made my night!!!

Mobile phone/dick pic pin Dylan Jones

How epic is this bright pink wall with blue and yellow accents we found to shoot in front of in Brunswick?

My rainbow looks so good in front of this location!

The wind was making the shoot a little difficult but we got there in the end - you can kinda see how frustrated I was in my face here lol. I hate you wind!

The cute little embroidered heart just adds that little something extra that you come to expect from Lazy Oaf.

Rainbow dress Lazy Oaf

I lost these bangles FOREVER but just rediscovered them and am loving wearing them to death right now!

Heart musk lolly bangles Save Yourself Shop (very old)
Pink flower ring Naomi Murrell

Yeah these boots are sick!

Pink glitter boots ASOS

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Pop Art at Home

Home is where the heart is as they say and it is really very true for me. I love my little apartment with all it's fun, cute and bright nicknacks that I have collected from around the world. I love being able to decorate as I want now that I am single which means my home looks exactly like my wardrobe - bright and colourful with a hell of a lot of pink! This dress by Seagrass Design immediately caught my eye with its pop art inspired print and as soon as I put it on inside my lounge room I knew I wanted to shoot the outfit right there - it just matched so very perfectly.

Outfit details
Pop art print dress Seagrass design
Spotty clutch Homework
Earrings Kitsu
Heat bangle Saveyourself Shop
Pink heels Camper 'Paradise' heels

Seagrass Design are a Launceston design duo who not only do amazing original prints and manufacture everything locally in Tasmania but heir clothes also go up to a size 18 off the rack or they can custom make your size if you need! That is absolutely amazing news for all my fashion loving plus size readers as I know how hard it is to find unique and stylish clothes in size fat. The fabric is a wonderfully soft rayon that doesn't cling to you at all and the quality of the garment really impresses me, it feels like it will last hundreds of wears. I am very excited to find a new innovative label coming from the Apple Isle, especially as they have a physical store to visit in Launceston which is very close to where my mum now lives - I can't wait to pay them a visit on my next trip down!

I am sure I will get questions about where some of the items in my lounge room are from so here goes:

Sideboard tv unit Ebay
Pink frame on tv unit Ikea Art by Laura Blythman
Ice cream pot Target
Faux crepe Tokyo
Photo frame Ikea Art by Mel Stringer
White deer head Freedom
Yellow pineapple candle Dangerfield
Pink deer no idea
Red and white polkadot shape Yayoi Kusama toy from the Mori Art Gallery Tokyo
White frame on wall Ikea Art by Shuh Lee
Lamp Kmart
Retro chair Found for $35 at my local Vinnies!
Cushion on chair Kmart
Faux fur rug Kmart

This clutch is another locally made piece this time by Melbourne design studio Homework who have a fabulous studio in Brunswick. I am all about supporting locally made and designed as much as possible.

Spotty clutch Homework
Heat bangle Saveyourself Shop

Yeah these continue to be my go to heels for all occasions.

Pink heels Camper 'Paradise' heels

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Bold Shoulder

I have been pretty obsessed with off the shoulder everything this summer so as soon as I saw this dress by Boom Shankar pop up in my instagram feed as in an ad I knew I had to get it. Somehow all my google search history came to bite me on the arse as the dress of my late night searching dreams was right there in my feed with a shopable link. Ahhh the times we live in hey? Anyway I do indeed love this dress and algorithms or whatever computer magic they used aren't all bad as I did find this dress with their help. Thank you computer magic!

Pink off the shoulder dress Boom Shankar
Pink sunglasses Miu Miu from Shadstation
Earrings Kitsu
Pink unicorn brooch Kate Spade
Happy bangle Kate Spade
Pink flower ring Naomi Murrell
Pink angel wings ring Vintage store in Tokyo
Circle bag Chip Chop
Pink heels Camper 'Paradise' heels

A girl can never own too many pairs of sunglasses and my latest addition to my collection are these amazing dark pink Miu Miu's from Shadestation. I will forever love bold and wacky sunnies.

Pink sunglasses Miu Miu from Shadstation

Oh boy this is my newest and most favouritest jewellery EVER. Look at that Happy balloon bangle and unicorn balloon brooch from Kate Spade and don't tell me they don't bring a smile to your face. I lusted after them for about a month before I caved and bought them. They're just so bloody amazing I couldn't resist. The flower ring is another new addition and it's by Adelaide designer Naomi Murrell - and guys it is reversible! Who even knew that was possible? Multi-functional jewellery - I dig it!

Earrings Kitsu
Pink unicorn brooch Kate Spade
Happy bangle Kate Spade
Pink flower ring Naomi Murrell

My housemate did such an amazing job taking these photos, thanks so much Harry ✿♥‿♥✿

Circle bag Chip Chop

These shoes are so effing cool, gah can not deal I love them so much!

Pink heels Camper 'Paradise' heels

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