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Saturday, May 22, 2010

Rest and Relaxation

Dress: 8Inkerman
Leggings: Ambra
Shoes: Zensu

I know I promised on Twitter to reveal my brand-new Sohomode dress, which I love so much I might just have to marry it. But on a whim The Sophisticate, one of his best buddies and myself have decided to take the weekend off and stay in the country.

In anticipation of spending the next few days curled up in front of the fireplace with both knitting and marshmallows within arms-reach (and also in the interest of not freezing to death) I've donned my most snuggly cashmere sweater dress. Layers upon layers are the way to go.

Hope everyone's enjoying their weekend.

Tuesday, March 9, 2010

Keep Your Head Above Water!


Shirt: Events
Cardigan: 8Inkerman, remixed
Shoes: Zu
Belt: Fiorelli

Sorry for the four day absence, but we had some epic, epic storms in Melbourne over the long weekend that resulted in the street outside Casa Frocks & Frou Frou looking like this:
and my carefully chosen outfit of the day looking like this:
It may not surprise you to discover that The Sophisticate and I decided not to brave the elements, and instead spent the weekend faffing about indoors, so Moomba Waterfest remains a mystery to me...

How was everyone else's weekends?



Sunday, February 28, 2010

Frugal February: Little Ray of Sunshine

T-shirt: Giordano
Cardigan: 8Inkerman
Jeans: Embody
Shoes: Claude d'alban

Yay! Last day of Frugal February!

I hope everyone's had a delightful weekend - I didn't stagger home until well past 3am this morning as last night The Sophisticate and I went to see The Room which I can categorically say is the best worst film ever made. Seriously, it's so bad it made my brain hurt.

Saturday, January 2, 2010

Frockapalooza: Day 37 - Dishonorable Mentions

Hurrah! Frockapalooza has finally reached it's end, so to tie us up here's a few (dis)honorable mentions that didn't quite manage to make it in for one reason or another! They're still in my closet, so I felt like I had to include them.

So, that makes 41 dresses. 41.
Considering they made a movie called 27 Dresses, and I've left that number in the dust I'd say it's probably time to reassess my wardrobe!

At some point in the next few weeks I'm going to do a drastic cull, and I'll be putting the overflow up on eBay, so I'll let you know once I've got my act together and put them up on offer. I thought I'd donate some of the proceeds from the sale to one of my local charities.

So, without further ado - Frocapalooza, the (dis)honorable mentions:

Dress: 8Inkerman
Boots: Reiker Antistress via Shoebuy

Too hot for this dress over summer alas, but I still like it, it's great for snuggling.



Dress: Monsoon

I was actually going to wear this dress for New Year's, but when I put it on prior to coming to Canberra I discovered that I've lost enough cup sizes that it won't stay up. Quite sad about this, as I've worn it to almost every wedding I've been to over the last three years.


Dress: Thrifted via eBay

I bought this dress for the express reason that it zipped up the front like my favourite shirt dress, but it hasn't been worn for a while, and I sort of forgot it was in my cupboard at all (!)


Dress: Crossroads
Cardigan: Portmans
Shoes: Wittner

Still love this dress, but I forgot to pack it! I bought it a few years ago during the Year Of Great Frocks That Are Also Cheap, and it's the only one that's lasted the distance.


Cardigan: Crossroads
Boots: Duo Boots

Managed to drop a bit of oily something on the frill of this dress which prevented it from being worn in time!

Thursday, October 22, 2009

Mellow Yellow

Dress: Vintage @ Thrush
Shoes: Zu
Cardigan: 8Inkerman


Last night The Sophisticate invited me to the pre-preview opening for a new art show at the Gorker Gallery in Fitzroy.

I thought I'd thumb my nose at the Melbourne art scene and wear my ridiculously bright and sunny vintage dress instead of the traditional black.

I've finally found a cardigan that works properly with this dress - it's from my favourite Melbourne cashmere shop - 8Inkerman - and I'm so delighted with it. It's a silk cashmere blend that's perfect for throwing over a summer dress in the evenings.

So, the exhibition was excellent and I'd thoroughly recommend it for any Melburnians at a loss for something to do over the next two weeks. Quick smart though - especially if you're interested in expanding your own art collection. The Sophisticate and I both walked away with pieces from the extraordinarily talented "Acorn" (Mine's called "Taulu" and it's beautiful) and the number of "sold" dots on the walls grew every time you looked.