Kate Moss for Longchamp

Miss Moss can do no wrong

Plaza magazine

I usually avoid design magazines - they make me depressed that no house/apartment I will ever live in will look that polished, modern or, well - cool.

But yesterday I picked up Plaza magazine for a lunchtime read. Its equal parts interiors, design and fashion and very well put together. Hilarious article about some Crown prince [Carl Philip Bernadotte] who has designed a range of cutlery which looks like the plastic cutlery you buy from Coles.

The cover shown is not the issue I purchased, but I never miss an opportunity to showcase a bit of red sole action...

A girl after my own heart

"In her free time, Alexa serves as a contributing editor to British Vogue, enjoys scouring for vintage, taking photos, watching MAD MEN and singing bad Karaoke."

Photo of Alexa with Tavi at Chanel couture.

Fashionflat sketchpad

$14.95US available from HokeyCroquis.com

"This 40-page pad contains preprinted, proportional female croquis outlines that disappear on photocopying or scanning so you can effortlessly create professional, accurate flats of your imaginative designs."

Yoga at Town Beach

Port Macquarie Yoga house "The Yoga Shala" has been running beach yoga sessions everyday throughout summer.

Pros

Relaxing sounds of the ocean

Being outside in the warm sunshine

Only $12

Cons

Ants biting you on the bum

Getting sunburnt

Pervy onlookers (whilst your butt is in the air)

Starts at 8am (during holiday time, come on)

New CR in store

The new Country Road womenwear line is online now at countryroad.com.au. Lots of black, lots of texture and more than a few things worth a closer look. Some sweet dresses and great boots. Although I'm a little surprised they didn't featured an over-the-knee boot - I'm guessing these will be everywhere this winter...

Happy Australia Day

Australia Day means pavlova for lunch - ta Mum!

All stops

"The Spit" destination hanging, $880 at Print Dolls

Love love love these vintage-style bus-stop destination blinds created by Print Dolls. They had two hanging at the shop at the Masterpieces of Paris exhibition at the NGA. The first was headed "Paris" and included a number of Paris destinations including the Eiffel Tower, Champs-Elysees etc. The second was headed "Canberra" [ha!] and has destinations including Northbourne Avenue, Manuka and Floriade. Whilst Print Dolls don't have the Paris or Canberra ones on the website at the moment, they are contemplating doing custom-prints. I'm tossing up between a "Canberra" print or a Naomi Crowther painting.

Paris comes to the 'Bra

Monet's "Woman with Umbrella" at the NGA until April

I recently headed to a viewing Masterpieces of Paris at the National Gallery of Australia. The NGA has borrowed a great collection of French impressionist paintings - definetly worth the visit. There are quite a few "famous" paintings [including Starry Night and a few other Gogh's - including a self-portait] but my favourite was this Monet. The attached picture doesn't quite do it justice but the light in this painting is amazing.

Unfortunately the exhibition has proven a bit *too* popular - with lines of 2 or 3 hours on the weekends. Its best to go in the afternoon during the week or to a Members event after-hours where only limited tickets are sold. Also, the NGA has recently opened a new champagne bar which I'm keen to check out.

Who said models aren't patient?

The Harbord Seagull.

Port Macquarie

I never grow tired of taking photos at Port Macquarie - not when the light is this good...

Application blitz

Finally sync-d my Iphone with my Mac, and have discovered some new Iphone applications...

Fashion lover in NY. Cute fashion illustration app.

Dior. Lovely Marion Cotillard trailer

Yellow Pages Australia. Uses your current location to locate dentists, doctors, hairdressers etc.

Domain. Locate potential places to buy/rent/share.

Split personality

Self-photography in the West Village

Back home in Canberra this week, but that's OK - I've left little bits of myself in Sydney, New York, Port Macquarie & Darwin... its kind of like an extended holiday.

;)

Top shop

Pic I snapped at TopShop in SoHo (NYC)

Longline liberty-print jacket

Topshop sets itself apart from other high street labels with spot-on styling. Loving these from the new Topshop look book.

You can visit the TopShop blog here

Stalk me

Follow my blog with bloglovin

Zanita Zanita

Zanita modelling dress from stylestalker.com

Model & photographer Zanita has a lovely blog which was featured in this months' Cleo magazine.

[See below for why-on-earth I had to read Cleo...]

Edited to add: she shoots with my camera! [Nikon D60]

Magazine obsession

Weekend ritual:

Step 1: Go to Kingston shops.

Step 2: Buy magazine from newsagent

Step 3: Buy caramel latte [or flat white] from Kingston Grind.

Step 4: Be lazy & enjoy.

The one bad thing about the above weekend ritual is that it also applies well to holidays. Unfortunately, the coffee @ Harbord (read: Freshwater) isn't as good as Kingston Grind and I'm quickly running out of magazines to buy.

Magazines I've bought this holiday which I wouldn't normally touch:

Belle

Cleo

OK magazine [oh dear]

Tattler [UK magazine]

Shop Til You Drop

Madison

Was however, pleasantly surprised with the editorials and fashion spreads in Cleo. They have an article on Garance Dore featuring the Alexa Chung pic I posted below. There was also an article on Zanita's blog which I will post later.

Deciding how to use my CR voucher...

Deep Waters mini stripe nightie, $49.95 @ Country Road

Bassike for basics

Mens oversized v neck tee with tail, $82.50 on sale at bassike

Bang!

Pretty lights

Garden Island, NYE 2009

Best things about New Year holidays: Freshwater beach, sushi @ the Corso, running to Shelley Beach, lunch with friends @ Freshwater cafe, Boxing Day sales.

Annoying things about New Year holidays: feeling lazy, people sending generic "holiday" SMSs, going back to work.