Bieber Attenborough

Would you bielieve (yes I just did that) that this is Justin Bieber?  I wouldn't.  Slow the wee man down by 800% and he actually sounds pretty amazing.

I feel like this should accompany an ocean documentary like Blue Planet, the authoritative yet calming chords of David Attenborough washing over you as you gaze upon footage of a sea anemone being gently blown about by the current.

I never want to hear the original.  I simply want to sink into the sound as it washes over me.

 Justin Bieber U Smile ambient(800% slower) by Frantisek    Justin Bieber - You smile 800% slower by Shamantis

I cat you.

I felt a distinct lack of the feline in my life today until I found this.

I feel all the better for having found this blog full of cats.  Silly cats and their pokey legs.  

On a slightly sadder note, my favourite cat/fashion blog, fashion loaf, has called it quits.  Zumi shall be missed.  

A rather hairy affair

Oh!  I wish my hair would just grow already!  I'm longing for a cute messy bob again. Maybe I should get some of those shampoos that make bald men suddenly sprout hair.  Like the one Shane Warne used.  Now that was full head of hair your could grease a pan with. 

Images: The Sartorialist/Issue 34 Frankie Magazine

Pretty Knickers

Here are some photos from a recent shoot we did with the beautiful Kayleigh from Ali McD using the new Lonely Hearts Lingerie.  In between shots we talked about everything from her inclination towards Marilyn Manson's music to exams and sushi.  Signed to some big agencies overseas, this wee miss is going to be big.  I can feel it in my waters.

There'll be more photos up very soon of the new summer collections of Madame Hawke, Lonely Hearts Lingerie, Lela Jacobs so pop back for a gander. 

Over and out. 

Magic eye mistresses of Vogue

I'm of the opinion that if something is beautiful, then it is so without regard for when or what season it was created in.  I say this after stumbling across this beautiful photo shoot from Vogue Italia 2007, photographed by Steven Meisel.

Beautiful.  You can find the rest of the mistresses here.

Clog, drop and lock it.

I'm a self confessed shocking shoe shopper.  I'll happily invest in a beautiful dress, but when it comes to shoes I always chicken out. 

No more, I say, no more!  I'm on the hunt for something other than faded black chucks to wear during the upcoming winter months.  I never said anything about practicality though . . .

These Rachel Comey clogs are just what I've been searching for.  Teamed with a pair of grey ankle socks, knee highs, or opaques and I'd be as happy as a harlot from Holland. 

Madewell Wedges

Dieppa Restrepo would be welcome in my wardrobe any day.  Nothing beats the shine of a new pair of patent shoes. (They also have a cute video of shoes shuffle dancing around on a wooden floor, reminiscent of a school dance)

After watching the music video for Janelle Monae's 'Tightrope', I'm pretty much sold on hunting down a pair of these.

Sashaying Rover

This photo shoot is from a number of years ago, 2005 Vogue China in fact, but I care not.  It encompasses two of my favourite things, ballet and Sasha Pivovarova.  She's stunningly gorgeous and somewhat of a twin to my one of my other favourite models, Gemma Ward (who seems to have forayed into acting).  

I love the modern take on ancient traditional Chinese make up with the chalky white skin and subtle strokes of colour.  Few models can make pantyhose, pseudo swimming caps look this amazing as well. 

Photos from Fashion Gone Rogue

Doppelganger

This gorgeous girl goes by the name of Imogen Watt.  Signed to Red 11 only two months ago, she's the hotter than a hot knife through butter having featured in numerous editorials, photo shoots and looks books for the likes of Twenty Seven names, Sophie Burrowes, Karen Walker, and Moochi (to name but a few).

Rapunzel Rapunzel you are a babe.

I first saw a photo of Imogen  when I was scouting for a model for an upcoming photo shoot.  I immediately thought of one of my favourite girls (and the girl I wanted to use) at Ali Mc D, Olivia Haye.  The two seem almost separated at birth in how alike they look. 

I featured pictures of her a couple of months ago (here and here) in my extras coverage of Dunedin Fashion week.  With such big blue eyes and long blonde hair, Olivia has a huge amount of potential which as of yet hasn't been utilised.  She is definitely worth keeping an eye on.

Olivia Haye photos from Ali Mc D

Frocks and Felines and Favourites

The gaggle of glorious girls amidst their youth in the twenty seven names shoot is almost haunting, like the children of the corn.  I love, however, how the main face of the collection has an expression of being slightly sullen and bored rather than overly innocent. 

So how exactly is related to cats you ask? It relates perrrrfectly.  My new favourite fashion (and feline) blog fashion loaf featured these exclusive images from the recent twenty seven cats photo shoot.

   

Based around the high life of Zumi Reely, feline model and quote "Auckland's reigning fashion cat extraordinaire", fashion loaf is a must for anyone who cares anything about anything worth knowing.  A  fabulously facetious fashion blog, fashion loaf is one I'll be keeping tabs on for future photo shoots inspiration.

Felines fotos from fashion loaf

(p.s. - don't understand the point of parody for this website? go here)

Frocks and Felines and Favourites - Partioto Uno

As you can probably tell I'm kind of obsessed with cats.  Whilst meandering around on the internet yesterday I found a little jem which incorporates two my most favoured things at present

A)CATS 

B)Twenty Seven Names 

Don't even get me started on how much I love twenty seven names . . tumble, tuck and roll and there we go I just did.  Flag the fact that these girls are also from Dunedin (holla), the clothes are just stunningly gorgeous.  Simple, beautiful silhouettes, twenty seven names have mastered the art of dressing girls and ladies alike.   

Here are my favourites from the Summer 2010 collection lookbook shot by Guy Coombes.

I would love love to use this girl(above) in one of our upcoming shoots

Endeth partioto uno on a angelesque note.

Where we're going

Recently, I worked on a photo shoot doing creative direction and styling with two good friends of mine, James Stringer (photographer) and Michelle Brindle (MAC make up artist).  This is like a second form of my winter wishlist featuring pieces from the winter collections of Stolen Girlfriends club, Twenty seven names, Lover, Cheap Monday's, Vanishing Elephant and Beau Coops shoes. 

Let me know if you have a favourite photo!

You can check out the images in a higher resolution here.

Models Laken Yarker and Thomas Parsons @ Alimcd.co.nz

Clothing @ Slick Willys

Styling : Yeshe Dawa

Makeup : Michelle Brindle using MAC

Hair : Kylie Crutchley @ Sliver