Artlexa Chung

{ Clotilde Seated on the Sofa, Joaquín Sorolla (1910) / Alexa, Harper’s Bazaar }

{ Lotte by Christian Schad (1927) / Alexa MET 2010 }

{ Seated Nude, by William Adolphe Bouguereau (1884) / Alexa Sitting on the Bed }

{ After The Bath, William Adolphe Bouguereau (1875) / Alexa’s shoelace }

Images from ARTlexa Chung, a tumblr and instagram started by spanish sisters Beatriz and María Valdovín. Even Alexa herself is a follower!

Cute Stuff #6

Some new cute stuff I've been into lately.

The Seychelles dress by Twenty-seven Names …

and these similar dresses from Obus. What a rad summer uniform they would make.

This happy pillow from Gorman's Home Time range.

It's much too early to be talking about 2015 calendars, I know, but the Ask Alice Annual Charity Calendar is available for pre-order, and it's a beauty.

Hungry for That. I wish I could dive right into that bottom photo, mouth first.

I have been really into the new Jamie Oliver series, Comfort Food. That's him and Caitlin Moran ogling his toasted cheese sandwich, above, which was an amazing episode. The series, and cookbook is all about taking retro, run of the mill dishes and making them spectacularly, over the top. That cheese sandwich was so impressive.

Karen Walker Autumn/Winter

Karen Walker showed her 'New Rose' Autumn/Winter 2013 collection last week in New York. Here are some of my favourite looks.

It's been so hot and sunny this year in Melbourne. I'm ready for a cool change to be able to wear some cosy knits like this hat and scarf combo.

Love all these long wool socks too.

And this green jumper - so much cosiness!

I probably wouldn't wear this pinafore myself, but it is definitely adorable!

Tweedy cosiness.

pics via karenwalker

Also adorable are these backstage photos.

photos by Sonny Vandervelde via katherine is awesome

The new karen walker eyewear campaign has been around for a while, but I still totally love it.

I'm not so into the actual sunglass styles this year, but this advanced age stunner totally pulls them off!

Alpha60

On the design files today you can win a $500 voucher to spend at Alpha60, aswell as have a sneak peek inside the designers amaze Melbourne home.  I bought this Alpha60 'speckle' print dress last week and I am loving it to death. The print is also available as a skirt, t.shirt, and other dress styles, all of which I have constantly been thinking of going back to get - so my fingers and toes are crossed right now in the hopes of winning!

True Prep

House of Maryanne's newest lookbook True Prep makes me want to put on a frock with a nice collar, and potter about inside with a warm cup of tea. All the clothes will be available to buy via Maryanne's online vintage store, which is run through her Facebook page.

Winter Wants

A few nice items I've seen around the place.

1. Patent lace ups from Topshop. These were at Karen Walker's Newmarket store when I was in Auckland. Not in my size though. // 2. Hansel from Basel polka dot bag which I did get from Ruby in Newmarket. As I made my purchase I realised I was wearing my Gorman t.shirt that has the exact same polka dotted pattern. Bit embarrassing.

3. The Twentysevennames Katherine dress is a winning combination of pleats + peterpan collar + navy // 4. I need a porridgy jumper like this for slobbing around in this Winter.

5. There are so many good stockings around! This pair are locally made in Melbourne by OKOK. I am sold on their polka dotted good looks, obvs. // 6. PAM Naomi Coat, because you can never have too many Wintery layers.

Papercup Collection

Such a Night is Papercup's new Autumn/Winter Collection. So much prettiness to see here!

Autumn Style

I'm so pleased that Autumn is here. Although I had a pretty fun summer (mostly due to lots of river swimming and newfound tubing hobby!) But I am over the heat, and have never gotten the hang of dressing for 30+ degree weather. Bring on the cooler weather I say. I'm ready to layer it up!

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