Frankly-Fashion

Unlike most of you I still have a week left of holidays (wooohoooo) and as I just got back to Auckland last night I had a quiet day at home by myself. I was in the mood to make something but I had no fabric or way of getting to the fabric shop not to mention I have no money either haha so I decided to do something with this Madame Hawke singlet. I bought it at the Ruby sample sale for $10 and I never wear it so I figured I had nothing to lose! What I made from it was a skirt (which is lined in navy blue fabric) which can be worn with almost anything - singlets, jumpers, baggy tops etc. To be honest I was v happy with it and I think I will try to make a few more with some different fabric! x

After having a very long break from this blog I have decided that I want this blog to be more of my own original content even if I have to post less often rather than having lots of posts of poor quality. You can also expect to see a lot more DIY/sewing posts like this one xx

Dior Addict & Life Lately

2012-06-23T23:35:00.000-07:00

Sorry for the lack of posts recently but I have been incredibly busy with exams etc. Don't you think this ad for Dior Addict is just amazing? I can remember when I first saw Daphne's original polaroids in a models.com interview and thinking she was just stunning! I hope you've all been well, you can expect to hear a lot more from me as holidays are coming up in just a week (Thank god!) xx

Kate Middleton in Emilia Wickstead for The Queen's Jubilee Lunch

2012-05-19T20:29:00.003-07:00

Didn't Kate Middleton just look gorgeous in her pink Emilia Wickstead coat dress at the Queen's Jubilee?

Above Images are from Emilia's Fall 2013 Collection

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Karlie Kloss & Male Olympic Athletes for Vogue

2012-05-17T01:20:00.000-07:00

Karlie Kloss + Male Olympic Athletes = Genius

Chanel Resort 2013

2012-05-15T22:17:00.000-07:00

My favourites from the Chanel Resort 2013 collection xx

{Images via. Vogue}

Ruby Capital City A/W 2012

2012-05-15T00:27:00.001-07:00

Isn't this video from Ruby just the cutest? I saw that dress in their New Market store on the weekend and oh my lord it is perfection! It's a bit out of my current price range but a girl can dream right? Hope your all having a lovely start to the week xx

New In - Zara Anorak

2012-05-14T02:15:00.000-07:00

I bought this amazing anorak from Zara in Sydney and I can't wait to bring it out when the weather gets colder. xx

Coming Soon...

2012-05-12T15:53:00.004-07:00

"Dress shabbily and they remember the dress; dress impeccably and they remember the woman." - Coco Chanel

{Image via. Tumblr}

Best Model Moments of MBFWA!

2012-05-10T00:27:00.002-07:00

{Images via Vogue.com.au}

Bambi Northwood-Blythe for Textile Elizabeth and James Fall 2012

2012-05-09T01:30:00.000-07:00

{Image Credit/Jason McDonald}

Ksubi SS12 at MBFWA

2012-05-08T23:34:00.000-07:00

I have always loved Ksubi for being so bold and different. They really know how to make a statement through their clothes! I loved the metallics and light denims in this collection and thought I just had to share it with you. I also think the music just makes this show! xx

Met Ball 2012!

2012-05-08T01:01:00.000-07:00

The Met Ball, otherwise known as the Met Gala or The Costume Institute Gala is an annual ball that celebrates the annual opening of the Metropolitan Museum's fashion exhibit at the Costume Institute. This years's Gala celebrates the opening of the exhibit, 'Schiaparelli and Prada: Impossible Conversations' The red carpet evening where celebrities arrive, dressed to impress is described as the fashion industries 'Night of Nights'. The event which is hosted by Vogue, is considered to be by industry experts and style magazines to be the fashion worlds best red carpet event and is regarded as the top annual social event in New York City. Here are my favourite looks from the night. Which is yours? xx

Anna Wintour in Prada

Anna Wintour in Prada and Bee Shaffer in Erdem

Camilla Belle in Ralph Lauren

Ed Westwick in Prada 'Sigh'

Lana Del Rey in Altuzzarra (Love her!)

January Jones in Versace

Karolina Kurkova in Rachel Zoe - Isn't this just breathtaking!

Anja Rubik in Anthony Vaccarello - Work it girl!

Florence Welch in Alexander McQueen - This is just magnificent! Florence + McQueen = Genius

Cameron Diaz in Stella McCartney

Caroline Trentini in Olivier Theyskens

Ashley Greene in Donna Karen

Hanneli Mustaparta in Calvin Klein

Cameron Diaz, Stella McCartney and M.I.A. in Stella McCartney

Renee Zellweger in Emilio Pucci

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Street Style at Sydney Fashion Week

2012-05-07T01:19:00.000-07:00

These street style images captured by Tommy Ton at Sydney Fashion Week are just gorgeous! With the sun shining down on pops of colour, plenty of denim and paisley prints it was hard for me to choose just a few of my favourites!

Happy Weekend!

2012-05-06T00:29:00.001-07:00

How have your weekends been? I can't believe it's almost over! I've had a very busy weekend going to a ballroom dance class on Friday, catching up with friends on Saturday and going to a french market this morning with my friend. However, I have to say.. the highlight of my weekend was lying on my bed this afternoon watching Dirty Dancing. I think it is quite possibly my new favourite movie (tied with Breakfast at Tiffany's). I am just completely in love! I keep re watching my favourite scenes and wishing I had my own Patrick Swayze to dance with .. Somehow the guys at Biltmore don't quite meet my standards anymore. What did you do this weekend?

Hello May!

2012-05-02T23:48:00.000-07:00

I hope your all having a fabulous May so far! Would you mind voting for two of my best friends for a modelling competition here and here? xx

All images via Frankly-Fashion.tumblr.com

Beauty Counter: 'Chocomania' by The Body Shop

2012-04-30T01:13:00.000-07:00

If you love Chocolate as much as I do, I'm sure you will agree that The Body Shop's new line of chocolate flavoured products called 'Chocomania' are just to die for! I was lucky enough to get my hands on the line myself and I can definitely say it is amazing and the exfoliator works wonders for dry skin! x

Emily Didonato for Vogue Latin America

2012-04-28T22:24:00.000-07:00

Emily Didonato wears heavenly white pieces from the likes of Stella McCartney and Lanvin in the April Issue of Vogue Latin America April 2012. I am in love with this gorgeous editorial shot by Jean-Francois Campos.

Trend Spotter ~ Perfect Peplums

2012-04-27T21:18:00.000-07:00

1.Jason Wu, 2. Celine, 3. Cushnie et Ochs 4. Giorgio Armani

I am loving peplums at the moment, they look so classy and elegant. Here are a few of my favourites. xx

{Image Credits 1. Alessandro Garofalo, 2. Monica Feudi, 3. Filippo Fior 4. Marcus Tondo}

Inspiration Board - The Little Things

2012-04-26T01:28:00.000-07:00

Karen Walker Spring Summer 2012-2013

2012-04-24T18:08:00.000-07:00

I have always been a huge fan of Karen Walker and I absolutely love their S/S 2012/13 collection! Walker found her inspiration from Jules Verne's sci-fi classic 20000 Leagues Under the Sea. With the signature Karen Walker navy shades mixed in with corals, yellows and a side of paisley prints, this collection is one I would love to have a piece of in my wardrobe! xx

{Image Credits here}

A Day in the Life of Karl Lagerfeld

2012-04-23T23:25:00.002-07:00

A peek inside Lagerfeld's life and home; his kitten, Choupette, at right.

I was in heaven when I stumbled upon this account of Karl Lagerfeld's daily life as told to Kristina O'Neill via Harpers Bazaar. I just had to share it with you! I hope you enjoy reading it as much as I did!

8:00 A.M. I sleep seven hours. If I go to bed at two, I wake up at nine. If I go to bed at midnight, I wake up at seven. I don't wake up before—the house can fall apart, but I sleep for seven hours. I wear a long, full-length white shirt, in a material called poplin imperial, made for me by Hilditch & Key in Paris after a design of a 17th-century men's nightshirt I saw at the Victoria and Albert Museum.

The first thing I do when I get up, I have breakfast. I have two protein shakes made for me by my doctor--they have a chocolate taste and no sugar, of course—and steamed apples. That's all. I don't like anything else in the morning. I never drink anything hot; I don't like hot drinks, very strange. I drink Diet Coke from the minute I get up to the minute I go to bed. I can even drink it in the middle of the night, and I can sleep. I don't drink coffee, I don't drink tea, I drink nothing else.

I do most of my reading in the morning. I have a special canopy for that, near the window, where I can see the Louvre and the Seine. I only read, look at books, and sketch. And daydream—daydreaming's important too. At night there are the dreams too, but I don't have too many. I read the French, English, and some American papers, some German papers, Women's Wear—quite a lot. I read on paper; I prefer that.

11:00 A.M. I have my hair done because I hate to have hair in my face when I sketch. My hair is not really white; it's kind of grayish, and I don't like the color. So I make it totally white with Klorane dry shampoo. That is the best thing to do because my hair is always clean.

12:00 P.M. I don't get dressed and take a bath until lunchtime because I am doing a dirty job, painting with colors. So I wear my long nightshirt; it becomes kind of like a painter's smock, then it goes to the laundry. I have everything—sheets and nightshirt and robes—changed every day. I like everything to be washable, myself included. I like antique lace, antique sheets, beautiful quilted covers, but everything is white. In white you can hide nothing. Most people don't use this kind of sheets and things because it's very difficult and very expensive for the upkeep. But it's such a pleasure to go to bed in the evening in a beautiful bed with beautiful sheets and beautiful pillows, everything flawless, in a freshly pressed, long white smock. It's perfect.

When I'm ready, I soak in the bathtub, if you really want to know. I used to have a product I loved, by Shu Uemura, but they don't make it anymore, so I found a French product that softens the water; it's a hundred years old. I put half a bottle in the bathtub. I exercise very little because my doctor said it's not necessary. I did a lot when I was very young, and all you do when you're young stays. So it's not the problem as with people who started later. I'm very flexible; I have no problems.

My latest uniform is actually two looks—a special jacket with tails made by Dior, but not what you wear for weddings. I have them made in tweed and things like this. Then I have another jacket I love from the new Dior men's collection that I bought five of, so people think I wear the same thing every day, but in fact it's never the same thing. And then I wear jeans; at the moment they are from my new collection. They are dark gray with my face, my profile, printed in black on them, but you really have to look at it to see it. My dressing room is so full that I can only wear what I see on top of all the racks. I still have all my clothes from 10 years ago from Dior, but I think I will give them back to Dior for the museum. I have pieces that are unique pieces that I will never wear again, because life is different now, you know. I used to fax a lot, but people don't have faxes anymore.

I never have lunch, but when I do, I ask them to bring it to me in the house. I actually have two houses. This house here, it's only for sleeping and sketching, and I have another house two-and-a-half meters away for lunch and dinner and to see people, and where the cook is and all that. I don't want that here. Even if the place is huge, I want to be alone. If I want something, I call them, and they're next door, they come. The studio is next door, the office is next door. If I have guests and butlers, I don't want them in my house. Everything is next door.

4:00 P.M. I have two drivers and several cars. I have a driver who in the morning does the shopping for me and brings the newspapers, and another one, Sébastien, who is also my secretary, who is free in the morning and works in the afternoon and late in the evening. On my way to the Chanel studio, I like to look around, I like to look at Paris. I never get tired of Paris. A lot of people are on the phone all the time; they don't see anything anymore. It's true. I like to watch. I go from here to Galignani, my favorite bookshop, and then to Chanel, and then to Colette, and sometimes to the Dior men's shop. I don't go to too many shops.

5:00 P.M. I arrive at the studio very late in the afternoon because I want the première to stay in the workroom with the workers during the day. If they are in the studio with me, they don't supervise the work. I go there from five to eight, half-past eight. I'm very quick and organized. The way I sketch, the way I work, I prefer to do all my work in the evening or in the morning and during the weekend, and I send everything on the iPhone. I'm not there in the studio draping—I don't do those things. My work is very conceptual.

9:00 P.M. Dinner depends on the day. I don't go out that much because I'm always late, and I'm so busy and so pleased with what I'm doing that I'm not really ready for a social evening. That's over—the people I was going out with are dead or don't exist anymore. Sometimes I go to La Maison du Caviar, but most of the time I have dinner in the Rue des Saints-Pères house and come home after that. I hate the word routine. What I hate most is when you have to look at your watch and get in a hurry to change for dinner, if you have an important dinner. Every dinner is important; you should never be without a dinner, but this I'm a little tired of. I did a lot of it in my life.

To unwind, it depends on how tired I am. Sometimes I read a little bit. Lately, I play with my cat, Choupette. The cat always stays home, and when I leave, the maid takes care of her. The cat is like a very refined object; she doesn't go into the street, and she doesn't go to other places. She is a spoiled princess.

Image Credits: Karl Lagerfeld

What do you think it would be like to live the life of Karl Lagerfeld? Would you prefer it to your own? Comment below with your thoughts xx