Bejeweled bodysuits

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Dolce and Gabbana Spring 2012

via Elle

Honesty

"When others asked the truth of me, I was convinced it was not the truth they wanted but an illusion they could bear to live with."

- Anais Nin

via human-voices

Runway love: Diane von Furstenburg (Spring 2012)

Absolutely adoring the pastels and prints combined with chic shorts and fun tailoring from DVF for Spring 2012.

Passion.

“I long for the raised voice, the howl of rage or love.”

- Leslie Fiedler

via http://dangerouslydebonair.com/page/2

Runway love: Prada (Spring 2012)

May I

May I see the things as they are, not as I think them to be.

May I walk the steps ahead bravely, not wondering if there’s a map.

May I say the things that fix things, not break them further apart.

May I do what I need to do, not be distracted by what I can’t.

May I dream of what I hope for, not of what I fear.

May I love you like I love you, not as any other.

(Source Unknown)

via http://dangerouslydebonair.com/

Can't take my eyes off of you

“You can only become truly accomplished at something you love. Don’t make money your goal. Instead, pursue the things you love doing and then do them so well that people can’t take their eyes off you.”

- Maya Angelou

via http://dangerouslydebonair.com/



Everyone loves a Siddarji

Epitome of cool - Indian American jewellery designer and frequent appearer in Wes Anderson movies, Waris Ahluwalia

Summer stripes (aka, can I be Nina Dobrev?)

via gofugyourself.com

Survivin' and thrivin'

“My mission in life is not merely to survive, but to thrive; and to do so with some passion, some compassion, some humor, and some style”
― Maya Angelou

(Thanks Vili!)

Outfit of the week

via Streetfsn by Nam

Acquisition: speaking of colour blocking

via NineWest.com.au

All this talk of colour block (summer's got me thinking)

via Hanneli.com, Chicgarden 

Red carpet faves: The Emmys

via JustJared.com

Not much to report here, but I'd say that Nina Dobrev's dress, natural beauty and overall attitude in that dress is worth about ten good dresses.  Claire Danes has also recently rocked out a little in the dress stakes - as you know, I'm a fan of blues, and sequins - so I love this.  Julie Bowen is 41, a kicka** female comedian and looks amazing.  But Nina Dobrev.  Wow.

Flawless and clean

Summer short suit

via The Sartorialist

Love, love, loving the shoes.

This is life.

“The best day of your life is the one on which you decide your life is your own. No apologies or excuses. No one to lean on, rely on, or blame. The gift is yours – it is an amazing journey – and you alone are responsible for the quality of it. This is the day your life really begins.”

- Bob Moawad

via Dangerously Debonair

"This is my little girl"

My beautiful niece, Anya.

Photo credit: Chrysta

This makes my heart sing and cry at the same time.

Pure cool

"Somehow I've never been more sure that you're for me"

I've posted before about my songster crush on Darren Criss aka Blaine from Glee.  Loving and playing on repeat this super cute vibe by Charlene Kaye (who is like a cross between Adele and Regina Spector with a little more whimsy) featuring DC.  Can't get enough of the harmonies.

I can smell summer in the air, so I think it's time to...

At the end of a long week, you have to remember to

Explode

Propel yourself to greatness.

Goodness and Tolstoy

Though, the two aren't mutually exclusive.

Choosing a wife...and a beautiful mind

“Choose a wife rather by your ear than your eye.”

- Thomas Fuller

via Dangerously Debonair

Outfit of the week

via Gofugyourself



It's very important that you read the post from the GFY girls on this outfit, because it truly makes it (and it's all very true):

"I think it helps that I LOVE her and she is my celebrity lady crush. Let’s review: she is getting more gorgeous the older she gets; she is married to a CRAZY HOT dude who is younger than she is; she used to get to make out with Clooney and GET PAID TO DO SO; she and Intern George are still friends; she CURRENTLY gets paid to make out with Josh Charles, who I’ve loved since he was in Dead Poets Society and I was in high school; she is on perhaps the one show on network TV right now which treats a woman’s relationship with the other women in her life with the same importance that it treats her romances, and which has at least three women on it whose characters are defined in part by the fact that they rule at their jobs, and which also employs Jason Street, Alan Cumming, Mr. Big, Grams, Gary Cole AND Michael J Fox (who — I’m calling it right now — is winning the Emmy next month). In other words, you should probably pick up The Good Wife, and I am also, in all honesty, considering buying whatever Fancy Magic Face Elixir she’s shilling for L’Orealancomebellarins.

That being said, I’m also a sucker for plaid and full skirts. So there you go."



Light as a feather and I feel like dancing

Sort of how I'm feeling at the moment, with spring in the air, light in my heart and great people around me.

Made for another world

"If I find in myself desires which nothing in this world can satisfy, the only logical explanation is that I was made for another world."

 

— C. S. Lewis

Falling in...love with Melbourne

It pains me to admit it, the Sydney stalwart that I am.  But I'm falling in love with Melbourne.  Its wide streets, narrow lanes and city architecture fill me with a New York sort of nostalgia.  The coffee shops, the wine bars, all with a definite undertone of serious cool.  I've been taunted with the Economist's "most liveable" survey win of late, and I'm starting to come undone.  Even the men are better looking.