The Ice Queen

The perfect photo of the infamous ice queen, Anna Wintour. 

Love, 

V xx

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Some Sparkle...

IMAGES: for the love of pretty 

Happy New Year xx

I am so glad to be starting another year.

Needless to say, this year is a welcomed kick to start afresh.

New outlooks, new goals & a few thousand resolutions.

Instead of choosing one wild resolution that I never stick to, I have approached the new year with a motivation to enhance my lifestyle and more focused on small self-improvements. 

 

Here are a few I have jotted down:

1. Eat more fresh fruit & veggies.

2. Read more inspiring books.

(Currently: Diane, A Signature Life. By Diane von Furstenberg)

 

3. Drink more water.

4. Blog at least twice a week.

5. Grow herbs on my balcony.

6. Pursue a dream. (I will keep you posted)

7. Host more dinner parties. 

8. Re-create a different cocktail for each dinner party. 

9. Learn how to cook a Moroccan Tagine dish.

10. Take more photos.

Have a wonderful year.

Vxx

IMAGES: google-hanneli, herb pots, moroccan tajine, stylish table settings, cocktails, farmers markets paris, diane a signature life, fiji water.

Matchbook Magazine

There are very few magazines that encapsulate fashion, photography, lifestyle, art & culture in a way that gets me really excited.

Vogue is beautiful for lust over couture & fashion I can only dream about. The same goes for Harpers Bazaar. As much as I love the images & adverts, the items overall, for a monthly mag, only make me depressed. So many unattainable items ...I dont want to be reminded EVERY single month of what I want but cant have.

Nevertheless, MATCHBOOK MAGAZINE is a FANTASTIC online magazine that I only discovered this week. I am absolutely hooked! I have flicked through every magazine since its inception in January  of this year. I cant wait to sit with a hot cup of coffee & read a few more articles.

It's clever & visually divine. Smart articles alongside fashion finds, lifestyle buys & inspiration.

Do yourself a favour...trust me.

http://www.matchbookmag.com/

El Toro Loco Lovin'

It's been a year since my lovely fiance proposed.

So therefore, quite obviously the best gift I have ever received was my gorgeous engagement ring which he picked out himself & couldn't possibly be more sparkly cushion cut perfect.

But, the way he ridiculously spoils me, this years anniversary gift almost made me cry just the same! Especially when I unwrapped an enormous box that soon revealed itself to be filled with lots of CANON EOS goodness!

Yes, the camera I never came around to getting last month was now in my eager hands.

And over just a weekend the battery is already dead due to my snap-happiness!

Apart from the fabulous gift, he also took me to my favourite restaurant.


El Toro Loco.

A fabulous Spanish restaurant probably a little more famous due to it's dangerously good looking television chef Miguel Maestre of Miguel's Tropical Kitchen.

We did soon come to notice the place was full of women, women absolutely everywhere!...& probably disappointed women at that with no chef behind the open kitchen...sad women everywhere who were likely to have come for the mere Miguel factor alone.

Nevertheless, the tapas were phenomenal. Duck pate was to die for, amazing garlic prawns, fish croquettes, baby chorizo that had the most delicious hint of cinnamon-who would have thought! ...& how can a tomato salad taste so good?

And then there were the churros...sweet crunchy sugary chocolaty heaven ♥

And here's a little Miguel clip to make your mouth water...I'm talking about the food not the accent!

If you live in Sydney El Toro Loco is a must...if you don't..it's still a must!

IMAGES: YouTube, weheartit, Tiffany&co, andremartinphoto.com.

Street Style Blogging LOVE

These are such lovely photos. Taken from Citizen Couture my new found love as of yesterday.

Street style blogs always take my heart, whether the subjects are the well known fashion elite like Carine Roitfeld or just simply a girl walking to work.

In my opinion, it's hard to beat fashion inspiration like this rather than a magazine editorial or the likes. OK, so all the women photographed below are really beautiful but still it's not a runway or a magazine shoot. (Even if the women are running to a fashion show or walking to work to their job at a fashion magazine) Nevertheless, there is something that makes the ultra fashionable a little more attainable when shown like this. Enjoy...

NB: I'm pretty new to this blogging biz & I am aware that the photographs take up too much room width wise but I don't know how to fix this other than making them 'large' instead of 'X large' but I don't want to and I don't really care how they look because you need to see them big don't you think?

♥

IMAGES: CITIZENCOUTURE.COM

Torre Eiffel...♥

I only discovered Citizen Couture today!...Therefore, what a happy happy day it is...

As you would know I am a huge fan of The Sartorialist's & of Garance Dore's so to find someone that comes close to rivalling them is quite the feat.

I would usually post a zillion glorious photographs from CC (which I'm sure to do in the following days) BUT it's Tuesday!! & just wonderfully, CC had a lovely pic of the Torre Eiffel ♥

Adiós

IMAGE: CITIZENCOUTURE.COM

'The Sun is Shining The Weather is Sweet'...♪♫♪

The sun is finally smiling down on Sydney & Spring is in everyones step! So when I glanced at Scott Schuman's Jil Sander photos I got extra excited.

The thought of banishing my cream coat & charcoal trousers for fuschia lips & tangerine totes makes Summer more of a reality than a mere memory! Hallelujah!

I fell deeply inlove with this dress.

What an gorgeous colour....although I am secretly pining for every single one of these pieces ALL the colours are right up my alley...

It's got a little pinch of mermaid but this almost instantly reminded me of Picasso's harlequin paintings...we've seen so many frills & folds but this is done in such a different way...& I love the simple tee on the torso..& again that stunning mango colour!
 

For me, it's mostly about the colour of these too I ♥ navy & that candy pink is to die for...there's not much to look at in terms of design-obviously- but it's billowing nature, look of the fabric & the colours chosen make it Summery perfection.

WELCOME BACK SUMMER....

IMAGES: SARTORIALIST & STYLE.COM

4 more days...

Like Garance, I hope to be taking numerous photos with my new camera...if I get it....in 4 mere days...

IMAGES: THESARTORIALIST.BLOGSPOT.COM/

エッフェル塔 (Efferu-tō)

Let's be a little cultured a learn how to say Eiffel Tower in Japanese.

Efferu-tō....a different language everyweek ...it could actually catch on...

This image could almost be a little Japanese...the bare trees remind me of cherry blossoms...god I adore cherry blossoms they are just so delicate & frilly and pink. So girly. Ow dear what distractions.

ANYWAY! Happy Tuesday!...arent you glad Monday's over? ...I am.
...OK so just as I was about to publish this post I decided to google Eiffel Tower + Pink & came across a few beautiful images. ...& yes ONE WITH CHERRY BLOSSOMS! ...So obviously, I couldn't resist ... two more...xxx




IMAGES: GOOGLE .

Waiting...

I have wanted a Canon EOS for what feels like an eternity.

Well practically since their release...the only change of opinion I have had has been on the model...

I craved the 1000d then the 450d...and now it's all about the 550d...even though what I would really LOOVEEE would be the 5d Mark II..but that is simply unrealistic...& it has already taken me an eternity to finally decide I will save up for it...so the time has come...

Luckily my lovely parents fly out for Hong Kong tomorrow evening..they will depart with only one request on my behalf...please take my hard earned cash & purchase me an EOS...I dont want clothes or shoes, nor handbags or jewellery, not a mobile or other new electronic devices...just a mere EOS...

There is but a catch...actually 2....I have only budgeted a certain amount so what if I am short too much? Hong Kong is known to be the King Kong of Well Priced Electronics so they really should deliver!

Otherwise that really would be a little tragic as I'd have to resort to buying it here for a few hundreds of $$$ more! Anyway...the 2nd catch is if all is well & they do purchase the above mentioned item then I will have to wait for it...9 days...again...almost an eternity...but I'm sure I'll survive the excitement.

So my fingers from now on will be crossed & my new mantra will state 'Canon EOS 550D/Rebel T2i with Twin IS Lens Kit'...'Canon EOS 550D/Rebel T2i with Twin IS Lens Kit'....

My fiance threatened (my choice of words) to use it so he can take photos on our honeymoon too... I responded by asking him whether I touch his Playstation3...He understands now.

IMAGES: Googleimages.

We Heart It ♥♥♥

We Sure DO!

I adore this fabulous site. I'm not sure how long it's been around for but I love it.

Similar to that of flickr, We Heart It is a photo & video imaging site that allows you to upload your own fav images or "heart" pics others have uploaded. It's just so cute but also completely addictive!! Myself, being such a visual creature absolutely can't get enough of this site so many lovely pics...here are just a few I have "hearted" recently.

Ashton, Vuitton & Chanel...je t'aime alright!

Do yourself a favour and join We♥It STAT!

IMAGES: weheartit.com