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

Shop the look!!!

Milling About

 I'm currently in beautiful Tasmania for Christmas as my mum moved down here about two years ago now. She lives in a small town close to Launceston, however my flight landed in Hobart because of plans that fell through so we had to drive the 4 hour journey from Hobart to my mum's house which meant we stopped off along the way. Our first stop was Oatlands, a picturesque village which wikipedia says is "considered to have the largest number of colonial sandstone buildings in any town in Australia" which probably is true as there are a lot! The main attraction of the town is Callington Mill which was built in 1837 and is the only mill of it's type in operation in Australia. It's a pretty place to explore with a cafe, garden and their own brand of flour made on site! To be perfectly honest with you I didn't wear this outfit on the plane, but as we had my suitcase in the car and the location was so stunning I made a quick outfit change in the car and my mum took these snaps for me.

 Outfit details
Dress Camille Walala for Gorman
Sunglasses Tsumori Chisato
Pink basket bag H&M
Earrings Kitsu Bloom Hoops in Baby Pink
Pink heels ASOS

Such a pretty spot!

I'm so in love with this dress and the whole Camille Walala for Gorman collection. I used to live next to a huge Camille Walala mural in Fitzroy, in fact I used it as the location for outfit photos in the past. I was pretty bummed to miss out on the collection's launch whilst I was in Tokyo and the chance to meet Camille in person but oh well, these things happen. I was hoping and praying that the pieces I loved wouldn't sell out before I got home as I wanted to try them on before I bought them and I'm so happy I was able to get this dress, it was apparently the last left in my size in the state so I was very lucky. I just love the print and the cut, it will be great all summer long and then paired with tights and my pink leather jacket for winter - YAY!

My mum really got into the photography haha.

These Kitsu earrings are my LIFE right now. All Kitsu jewellery is hand made ethically in Melbourne. These earrings are the thing of dreams. The designer was able to make me specially made clip on ones as I don't have my ears pierced which was so lovely and I wore them daily in Tokyo to many many many complements.

Earrings Kitsu Bloom Hoops in Baby Pink

Pastel pink forever!

Pink basket bag H&M
Bangles both Tsumori Chisato
Rings from left to right | Ruffle pink rin Frapbois, Pink gift bow ring Tokyo's Tokyo at Omohara Tokyu Plaza, Pink daisy ring Paris Kids

Not going to lie, kinda hate that the pink has rubbed off all over these shoes. But they were cheap so what you gonna do?

Pink heels ASOS

Get the look!!!

MONA

As I've mentioned in my last few blog posts I've been in Melbourne helping my family with things for the past few weeks. Those things mainly were the fixing up and preparing for sale my deceased grandparents house, which needed a fair amount of work. Amongst this was an unexpected trip to Tasmania with my mum who has found her dream home on the Apple Isle. I'd never been to Tassie before but my mum has fallen in love with the scenery and lifestyle, and after a few hard years looking after her sick parents she really deserves this chance. As a landscape artist Tasmania is the perfect studio for my mum to work from and if it all goes through as planned the house she has found is in the most beautiful spot just an hours drive or so from Hobart. Of course being in Hobart I relished the chance to visit MONA, Hobart's new and now iconic Museum of Old and New Art.


As we were in Tasmania to meet with real estate agents and staying at old B&B's I tried to tone down my look a little, although looking at these photos I think I just ended up looking like a petulant teenager.

Outfit details
Leather look peplum top River Island via ASOS
Bandana print pencil skirt ASOS
Cropped leather biker jacket Vintage Sole in Fitzroy $155


MONA is set in a stunning valley close to Hobart. I was surprised by just how much forest surrounds Hobart, Tasmania is one of the most beautiful places I have ever seen, if you can you really must go!


My mother obviously likes this angle on me.





Sunglasses Red glitter Miu Miu sunglasses from Vision Direct
Lobster tail choker by OS Accessories from ESTATEofMIND in Surry Hills
Mickey Mouse bangle by +ADEEN NYC from ESTATEofMIND in Surry Hills








As this was an unexpected trip to Tassie I hadn't packed walking boots so picked these black ones up at Kmart for $10 for the trip. They came in handy when we accidentally booked a forest lodge for our first nights accommodation (as you do). More photos from the trip to come.

Black ankle boots Kmart $10
Black lace frill socks $3 cheapies from a local store



The beautiful carved sandstone forms the backdrop to 'bit.fall' by Julius Popp, where water falls in the form of the most popular words in google news.


One of Jack and Dinos Chapman infamous hell sculptures. Not so shocking to someone whose high school had a classroom with a mural of hell, decapitated bloody heads and all. Mind you it wasn't a religious school at all, the mural was meant to represent what school felt like for most of us, hell (or at least that is what we assumed). My school even had a star wars mural, my school was weird guys...which may explain why I am the way I am?