The Divine Miss M

I'm talking Kate Moss, not Madonna sweetheart. 

Kate has recently released her 9th (yep 9th) collection of Topshop in the UK. 

Unfortunately (and obviously?) it isn't available in Australia. I've been quite disappointed at the "Designers for Target" range lately. The Jenny Kee homewares were just scary and the less I see of Napoleon Perdis the better. Such a pity when the Stella McC and Josh Goot collections were so promising (and caused so many stampedes...)

There was once an old woman who live in her shoes

To quote Carrie Bradshaw... "I will literally be the old woman who lived in her shoes" 

I'm not sure I'd ever pay $US700 for a pair of shoes [never say never...] but these Manolos are very pretty.

Much prettier than the rather boring shopfront of [the only] Blahnik store in New York. Discreet. 

Favourite-est Vogue cover

Admittedly, I'd heard all the hype about Gemma Ward before ever seeing a photo of her. My first reaction was somewhat lacklustre.

That said, this girl has grown on me, and this Vogue cover ranks way up there. Love the dress, hair and *those eyes*. 

Whoever said aliens can't be breathtakingly beautiful? 

30 day "GO VEG" challenge

I've decided to take the 30-day "Go Veg" challenge and find out how hard it is to be vegetarian. I have three things working in my favour... 1) My new found love of marinated feta 2) Zero impact on my various addictions (morning caramel latte, 3:30pm crunchie, late night glass of white) and 3) I'm cheating a little and allowing seafood. That said, I'm quite happy for someone to argue this point. 

[Insert gratuitous picture of Jared Leto, "sexiest vegetarian alive"]

Apparently vegos and vegans (can't see that happening) live 6-10 years longer than meat eaters. Imagine how many crunchie bars I could eat in 6-10 years. Everybody wins really.  

What do you call a Canberran at the Coast?

Yogi, noun...

Visitor to the South  Coast of New South Wales from Canberra.  Derives from ACT  car registration plates beginning with Y Extract from urbandictionary.com

An Australian girl in Paris

Collette Dinnigan showing at Paris Fashion Week. 

A little bit luxurious, a little sensual and [as always] very very pretty. 

Review & collection is available @ Style.com 

Lost in Austen

Postmodern, cringe-worthy and frankly quite hilarious... 

Even Austen/Firth purists have to appreciate Amanda's polite request for Darcy to remove his shirt and take a dip in the lake. What P&P adaptation would be complete without it? Even Bridget Jones 2 sported Darcy and Cleaver "man-fighting" in a fountain. 

About halfway through the second [and final] episode, the writers decided they had quite ruined P&P beyond repair. [And they did a good job -  Jane marries Collins...]  In response, the writers choose to forgo the obvious modernist ending [pairing Lizzy & Darcy, obviously]. Instead, our modern day heroine-with-a-fringe Amanda nabs him. 

Unfortunately my FGMD (Fairy God Mother Dearest) had earlier suggested that "Darcy" smacked of Malcolm Turnbull. [A turn-off  if there ever was one...].  I can't see Malcolm in him, but I agree with Amanda, who admits "He's no Colin Firth". Quite true, my friends.   

Lost in Austen is available at ABC shops from March 19