Food diary?

I suspect my New York blog posts may resemble a food/purchases diary. Oh well!

Very first purchase - a red velvet cupcake from Magnolia Bakery. [Not actually my photo, ta Google Images]

Tee hee

Alexander McQueen S/S 10

Sam Haskins

Poster girl

Exciting news! Sam Haskins, the renowned fashion photographer (who just happens to live in Bowral) is showing at Milk gallery in New York. The great bit is that his show has been extended until the 29th of October. The not-so-great bit is that Sam recently suffered a stroke. Fingers crossed for a speedy recovery. The show is called Fashion Etcetera.

He's a bit of an extract on Sam from Wikipedia:

Sam Haskins, born Samuel Joseph Haskins, (November 11, 1926) is a photographer best known for his contribution to nude photography, pre-Photoshop in-camera image montage, and his books, the most influential of which were Cowboy Kate (1965) and Haskins Posters (1973). Since 2000 he has focused on fashion photography for Vogue,Harper's Bazaar, Allure and New York.

His books [including Cowboy Kate] can be purchased here.

An excellent New York Times blog post with video available here. I find his approach to/respect for women/models an interesting issue. Particularly considering his subject matter is generally young naked women.

Sweet

French Sole Low Cut ballet flat, 70 pounds

Tickets to Alexa

I managed to score tickets to It's On With Alexa Chung @ MTV

Not everyone can pull off a leather dress, but Carey can

Smile - you're wearing Prada!

Bargain

Balmain embellished tulle dress

A bargain at only 6,302 pounds [yes pounds] reduced from 15,757 pounds @ theoutnet.com

Myf gets around

Australian model Myf Shepherd walking Dion Lee at a carpark in Kings Cross, Spring/Summer 09/10

Myf walking Chanel Resort 2010

And the countdown begins...

"No woman who works at W magazine and lives on Perry Street would be caught dead at a hip downtown restaurant wearing a scrunchie!"

Carrie Bradshaw, Sex and the City episode 4, Season 6

Interviews are scary

I'm currently in a dodgy hotel somewhere in Randwick... I think something may have died in here at some stage.

Why? Over a year ago I applied to be a Legal Special Service Officer in the Army Reserve. After various information days, medical tests, essays, psych tests and coffee chats, I've finally reached Officer Selection Board time. If I pass this, I get on the merit list.

I think one failure of Defence recruitment advertising is the impression that they are desperate for people and its easy to get in. Both are incorrect. The process is comprehensive and time consuming. The number of places are limited - there weren't enough Legal Officers spots in Navy and the Air Force wasn't even taking Legal Reserve Officers this financial year.

This interview has been one of those things which nags at the back of your mind and makes you just a little bit nervous. In my last year of university pretty much every week had a graduate interview or presentation or something else that would make me nervous. Lately, things have been pretty cruisy. No interviews, no scary presentations or speeches to make, work is interesting & challenging but not in that knot-in-your-stomach kind of way. As a result, I've gotten pretty soft. Maybe that's not a bad thing. But it does mean you miss out on that exhaustion and relief of being able to relax after a stressful situation. Given this OSB starts at 730 in the morning and my bus back to Canberra leave at 8pm, I think I'll be making up for some lost time...

Nick Cave wrote a book

Nick Cave described his new book [The Death of Bunny Monroe] as "essentially chick-lit" [September 2009 British Vogue].

Available for 18.88 pounds [free delivery] from BookDepository.

Riveting

Taylor Tomasi [I think] wearing sass & bide gold rivet jeans [I think].

Jumpsuit fashion spread!

October 2009 issue of InStyle magazine.