Touch me and I will follow in your after glow

Here I am, lost in the light of the moon that comes through my window
Bathed in blue, the walls of my memory divides the thorns from the roses
It's you and the roses
- Afterglow, INXS

Sometimes when I can't sleep, I stare at the cards on my wall. Sometimes I just blog. What's on my mind? A lot of things, actually. It's full of random thoughts that I can't quite articulate. What I do know though is that I have some great people in my life. It's the little things that mean a lot to me like sharing laughs over the silliest thing, a message out of the blue from someone wanting to catch up, and a text from someone at 1 am saying that they know what they want to do with their life. Little things like that make me so happy, and I am just grateful to be surrounded by these people. I want to be more appreciative of them and what they do, because life is too short not to share the happiness around. So here's to you, beautiful people. You inspire me. A lot.

Images sourced from Tumblr except the last one. 

Yeez

Friday: Woke up at 5 am and messaged a handful of friends that I felt sick and that I wanted to listen to Mr Brightside, exhausted at 8:30 am class, Lunch with Jacob and David, a quick visit to The White Room (resisted impulse shopping but I will be back), took photos with Jacob and completely missed David's rad outfit, finally paid my overdue fee of $10.20 after all these years from the library so I got to borrow a book, and accidentally dressed like Kim Kardashian. Where's Kanye at?

That time I got photographed wearing a $7 dress at Fashion Week

Dress - Salvation Army, Cape - Witchery, Hat - Vintage, Bag - Handmade, Shoes - Dr Martens, Jewelry - Thieves & Co.

I think the title says it all. I'm a big believer that style is about mixing pieces to create a look. Fashion need not be expensive and my wardrobe is a combination of vintage and branded pieces.

This dress is possibly one of my favourite pieces at the moment. I love the splits and the length! The cape is also a well-loved piece. I remember when I first got it, I told everyone I was going to be wearing it when I carry my firstborn child in the future for the first time. Yeah, that's how much I love it. Wore my trusty docs because well, they're docs. The bag was knitted by my great-grandma and was passed on to my auntie, and now it's mine. Lastly, my jewelry is from Thieves & Co. which is a local brand by Grace Hodge. Each piece is quite raw and really unique. I think that's what I love most about it!

Photography by Steven Park of New Zealand Style Collective.

Crooked Seven

Thursday afternoon at NZFW kicked off with The BMW New Generation Show held at the Westpac shed. The show featured Beverly Riverina, Nara Paz, and Crooked Seven and it was a treat to see three very different collections in one show. I cannot count how many times I looked at my friends sitting beside me and saying "I'd wear that!" throughout the show. After the show, I just wanted to skip Spring/Summer and just jump straight to Autumn/Winter 2014. It was stunning.

At the end of the show designer Alexis Komene of Crooked Seven took home the $5000 prize from BMW and righteously so. Her show was cohesive from the models overall look down to the music choice, and it added to the overall vibe. Definitely an emerging designer to look out for and I cannot wait to see where she takes the brand! I am seriously lusting over the cobalt blue maxi dress and the sheer black dress!

 Below are some photos of the collection, "Only by the night", taken by SVDH Photography.

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NZFW '13 Thursday Photo Diary

"It's a great time to be alive!" #overheardatnzfw

Actually no, I just made that up. Is the hashtag still applicable if I was the one who said it? Ah, well.  I couldn't have asked for a better way to spend the day - fashion, friends, fun. Half of what made the day great was the company so Rick, Emma, and Ellie, thanks for the adventure! This is how the day looked like according to my phone (and Emma's and Rick's too). Photos of the actual fashion part of fashion week in my next post!

 This post is quite photo heavy with some messy scribbling on my part. You have been warned. 

Hello from Fashion Week

Quick hello from Auckland! It's New Zealand Fashion Week and because life is awesome sometimes, I'm sitting here at the VIP lounge with an amazing view while sipping on the bubs in the company of some truly amazing people I am grateful to know. I'm kind of not on official blogging business, but when you've been blogging since you were 13, it's hard not to blog so the spectator status quickly turned into a blogging one. Didn't take my camera with me (#regrets) but I had my phone and still got to take some photos! Yay. What a day so far. Congratulations to Crooked Seven for winning the coveted new gen show and to all the designers who were part of it as well. Stunning show!