Just a lil bit of bleach

Vintage lightweight jacket and bag, Supre tank, Dotti diy bleached jeans, Tony Bianco shoes, Diva leather cuff and Bardot necklace

These jeans were initially royal blue. I spilled a little bit of bleach on it while washing my clothes and wondered what it looked like if I fully bleached it. Well, this is how it turned out and I'm very happy with the result. The studs I ordered from eBay arrived today. Can't wait to start studding! Anyway, don't forget to check out the new Adelaide sales and events update and the Not So Naked store. Oh and btw, Tom took these amazing photos. He's getting really good with the camera, very proud of him.

I can't wait for the 36 degree Sunday we're gonna get. Beach time!

xx, Amanda

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Adelaide events and sales: Gilles St Market, Melbourne Cup lunches, American Apparel, Kookai

EVENTS

...Gilles Street Market is this Sunday.

...Wild Child Stylelab is putting on a fashion parade at the Botanic Cafe for the Melbourne Cup. Tickets are $110 from the Botanic and include drinks and a two course lunch.

...Advertiser Sunday Mail Foundation (ASMF) hosts their annual Melbourne Cup lunch at Adelaide Oval. Tickets are $125 including a three course meal, drinks, and a fashion parade by Myer.

...The Hilton's Brasserie will be showing fashion parades by Henry Bucks and Anthea Crawford, along with a Seriously South Australian lunch, all for $99.

...Avoca Hotel will have a parade by Alexandra & Lace and a three course meal for $50.

SALES

...American Apparel has 20% off storewide until November 14th.

...Kookai has a VIP night at their Rundle Mall store this Friday (tomorrow) with 20% off storewide. (Click the link if you're interstate - it's probably this evening for you.)

...our Not So Naked store is deadset overflowing! Crushed velvet leggings, studded bandage heels a la Burberry, heaps of vintage shoes and even bulk lots.

...Youthworks has 20% off storewide this weekend.

Business cards finally arrived in the mail this week! I've been doing a fair bit of writing and a bit of photography here and there so it's a relief not to have to go the awkward scribbling on serviettes or the 'I'll email you...' dialogues.

(Yes, I changed the title. Word on the street was lame. hah!)

xoxo

Coco

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Blogger team

Amanda (help me out here haha): Vintage leopard top | Diva necklace | Vintage DIY shorts

Coco: Vintage beaded top from Fuschia Fever | Cotton On wet look leggings | Tristan Blair Suesan shoes | Vintage cuff

The pink2pink Clothing Exchange turned out to be a lovely evening for Nicole, Amanda and I, especially with the new venue at First bar. And oh, the goodie bags! Amanda won a door prize too, the lucky thing.

I had the odd experience of being recognised by the wonderful lady who sold me my top at the Gilles St Market. It's so beautiful that I honesty felt bad that I had, in a sense, taken it from her! It turns out that she runs a great online store called Fuschia Fever. (Which, incidentally, happens to be the name of my favourite Revlon nail polish.)

xoxo

Coco

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All my sunny days end up in rain

Wearing vintage creme blazer and bag, Topshop lace dress and shoes, Diva ring, Thomas Sabo charm bracelet and Mimco necklace.

Wore exactly the same thing to my friend Bianca's birthday party the night before. I don't usually wear the same thing twice, 2 days in a row but this time I had to because I was singing at a wedding and woke up late. I had no time to think about what to wear and thought what I wore the night before would be suitable.

My favourite photo from Bianca's party.

Besties! Jen, me, birthday girl Bianca and Jo.

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Word on the street XXIX

...pink2pink Clothing Exchange is tonight at Hotel Richmond.

...The Highway presents this season's Tigerlily collection with a fashion parade at 8pm tonight, free entry.

...Kaviar Boutique, makeup artist Kara Fantasia and SA Hairdresser of the year Nicole Abela are showing their talent this Friday night at The Promothean with a charity event called Havana Heaven. Tickets are $35 from Kaviar Boutique or Burnside Hair Machine.

...the London Beauty Spa plays host to the 'I See Red' model competition at Marble Bar this Friday at 8.

...TAFE SA presents the Racewear 2009 fashion parade this Saturday, 1pm at Allan Scott Park. Tickets are available at TAFE for $20.

...Suit the F*** Up! is a party for those who are sick of being the "well-dressed minority" in the Adelaide scene. Hosted by the Suit Co. and Mai Loui, it's at Hotel Tivoli from 9pm this Saturday, $10 entry.

...Lana Jones Magazine is finally launching next Wednesday night at Distill. Entry is free, but RSVP is essential, along with the black tie dress code.

...fashion4wishes is next Thursday, 6pm at the Hyatt Regency Ballroom. Designers include Alexis George and Liza Emanuelle.

xoxo
Coco

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Alexa Chung meets Head Stewardess

Vintage Country Road blazer Vintage high-waisted leather skirt DIY studded white shirt Vintage tie Vintage bandage heels

I didn't mean to channel my inner flight attendant, but there she is! Amanda adjusted this blazer to fit me, and I started studding the shirt after I fell in love with Alexa Chung's virtually magnetic collar, but I ran out of studs.

2Threads.com, a Sydney-based fashion industry site, has hired me as a fashion writer so I'll be linking my posts here every now and then. So far I've covered the new season collections from Sass & Bide and Chronicles of Never.

See you at the Youthworks summer launch tonight! Tomorrow evening I'm doing photography for the pink2pink Clothing Exchange, and Amanda and Nicole will also grace Hotel Richmond with their scintillating presence - there are only a handful of tickets left so get there early.

xoxo

Coco

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Of shorts and blazers

This post has got nothing to do with the title.

Just a random night out. Had some pretty awesome Malaysian food at a Mamak night. If you don't know what a mamak is you can find out more about it here. Was too bad I spent the last few hours of my night nursing my poor bruised and bleeding knees. I hurt my knees as well as my ego when I missed a step while walking back to the car. I fell down four steps and landed right on my hands and knees. I was so shaken up that my knees were wobbling after that. I hope I never ever fall like that ever again!

Highlight of the week? MIGHTY FINE SPRING WEATHER! Woo hoo!

Wearing vintage batwing leather jacket, boyfriend's old tshirt (which I modified), Mango cutoff shorts, vintage bag, Siren boots and Diva ring and necklace.

xx, Amanda

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Word on the street XXVIII

EVENTS

...FashionTV's Diamond Model awards final is tonight at the Highway.

...Cebiche Swimwear launches their Summer 2010 range at 6pm this Friday at Hotel Richmond.

...the next Clothing Exchange event, pink2pink, is raising money for the National Breast Cancer Foundation with a swap and fashion parade at Hotel Richmond on 22 October. Tickets are available online for $25 and include canapes, wine, and plenty more. Doors open at 6:30 and don't forget to bring 6 items to swap!

...Youthworks is launching their Summer collections with 20% off all new stock on their launch night on 21st October, 6-9pm.

SALES

...Sportsgirl has 15% off everything online and in store today.

...Gilles Street Market is this Sunday.

...tickets are now available for the BMW Adelaide Fashion Festival in November.

xoxo

Coco

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Strong shoulders

It's no secret that this season's shoulders would make a rugby player proud. But why opt for plain old shoulder pads when you can have these embellished babies?!

Sportsgirl's Metropolis collection, in stores November

Cassette Society, $79.95

The only question is which one?!

EDIT: For those of you interested in DIY-ifying the Cassette Society top, Ricky James has great one!

xoxo

Coco

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New glass

Internet is back to its best behaviour (for now) and I have plenty to tell! As of last weekend, I am the proud owner of a lovely new Canon EOS 30D, which should help with a few photography projects in the works. (If you want to see more of my work here's my Flickr.)

Eyelash & I

Camera & I

I attended the Noir fashion parade presented by Gerard McCabe last week and wrote up a review for GLAM Adelaide, and if you really must see what I wore, there are social pictures, but I'm pretty sure the ugly monster got me that night!

You may also remember the masquerade dilemma - I ended up going with massive eyelashes from Inglot and a top hat since I was doing photography for the event. It turns out Serena's mask is actually available in from a shop in Regent Arcade, but it's $195!

Hat & I

Over the past five months I've acquired three cameras, three lenses, and a flash. Life is good.

xoxo

Coco

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Feeling really lazy

Quick post before I do some research for my Third Year Major Project.

Wearing all vintage.

I bleached this denim jacket a long time ago. Was kinda surprised it didn't turn white but ended up being orange instead. At first I didn't really like it but then I thought it would a fun challenge to try and work around it. The shirt dress however, was initially an oversized shirt, but I reconstructed it into a dress with my new awesome sewing machine! Woo hoo!

I just realized how pale my legs look in photos. Damn the flash! Wish it was summer already so I can freaking get a tan!

I still have to post up the photos from Bianca's 'White Party'. Be back soon!

xx, Amanda

PS: You really have to see this. Would be great if you could leave some comments as well. Cheers!

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Word on the street XXVII

EVENTS

...local label Vospiotto will be presenting their Spring/Summer collection at 7pm this Wednesday 14th October at the Archer.


...Trinny & Susannah will be making appearances at Tea Tree Plaza and Marion this Saturday 11th October at 11am and 3pm respectively.

...Heat 3 of FashionTV's Diamond Model Awards is tonight at The Highway.

SALES

...the Bowerbird Bazaar is this weekend at Queen's Theatre, showcasing plenty of local design including clothing, furniture and art.

...The Highway is hosting a Melbourne Cup market featuring several of Adelaide's leading boutiques on Monday 12th October at 7pm. Tickets are $15.


xoxo
Coco

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Parklife Adelaide 2009

Yacht Club DJs - never heard of them before but I will definitely be seeing them if they come to Adelaide again! For cute and completely danceable mashups of techno with old favourites including Stayin' Alive and The Lion King's I Just Can't Wait to Be King, these guys are second to none.

Emily Haines of Metric. I was in the second row! Unfortunately the front row's constituents were exclusively large and male.

Nothing, not even La Roux's cancellation, not being able to see Art vs. Science or spending an hour in the queue for the EFTPOS machine and thus missing Lady Sovereign, could attenuate the buzz of Parklife Adelaide. Volunteering for Heaps Decent at the gates allowed me to meet so many great people and I would love to support them again next year. Co-founder Nina has such a passion to equip underprivileged young people and it is great to see the charity getting support from such a huge festival.

Now onto festival style: there were orange skin and leotards galore, but here are a few gems.

Yes, the sunnies are Maison Martin Margiela. Yes, I'm ready to die now that I've seen them in person.

Although it's hard to see, this girl was totally pulling off stay-up stockings without a garter belt. I'd do it too if I had the legs for it!!

I love that she's wearing florals without looking like every other high street clone there.

Fringing as you've never seen it before - the beauty of this coat was the back.

The trilby was actually patchwork, but it didn't show up very well on camera. It added so much to the outfit!

I completely forgot to take any photos of my own outfit, but I can't say it was particularly inspirational anyway. Nevertheless I think I'll be on the GlamAdelaide galleries soon and I'll show you then.

xoxo

Coco

PS: I've been contacted by Annie who's trying to sell this season's Yves Saint Laurent Arty Ovale ring in size 5. It is a gorgeous ring which sold out everywhere, but unfortunately she bought the wrong size. If you're interested, contact me and I'll give you the details.

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