Danger Danger!

We're in the DANGER ZONE people. It's pay day tomorrow and I just found the Motel Indah Dress in Peach Wallflower online (styled in two different ways - which do you prefer?)...to buy or not to buy?

The fabric is calling my name, I'm not sure The Boy will be a fan but I don't really mind if he isn't because I love it!

This winter I have had a real struggle trying to find dresses with sleeves so the Indah seems to be the answer to my wishes but it is hard to tell if it will be flattering without trying it on (the one annoying thing about online shopping) and if the material will be nice in real life. My one complaint about Motel is that sometimes their fabric looks great in the pictures but is awful and cheap looking in real life. On second glance the dress does look scarily short but as I'd be wearing it with black tights this doesn't bother me too much.

Hmm decisions decisions! Advise away lovely readers - do you love it too, or do you think it looks like someone vomited flowers all over a dress??

Bonjour Samedi!

Goddamn fabulous if you ask me

For those of you who don't speak French (like me), Hello Saturday (thanks google translater!).

This past Saturday, the annual Brisbane French Festival took part in Brisbane. This basically gave The Boy and I an excuse to gorge ourselves on crepes, macarons and petit quiches. Delicous no?

We also attended a French themed Housewarming party where everyone got into the theme with black and white stripes with a touch of red...including moi. T'was tres chic.

Ze french pout oui?

Mon Amour

Berets in every colour!

 

I couldn't resist posting some photos of the delicious Macarons which we devoured in less than 24 hours. Yum yum yum yum yum!

xx

Panda experience

It's a well know fact around these parts that The Boy's favourite animal is the Panda. So strong is his adulation of these creatures that for his Birthday/'Thanks for moving to Australlia for me' present I bought us both a VIP Experience at Alma Park Zoo which took place this past weekend. Basically we got to feed, pet, cuddle and interact with Nima and Dawa the Zoo's Red Pandas!!

These seven year old twin boys were so gentle and so absolutely, adorably cute I couldn't resist posting some photos of them on this here blog (along with a few from the rest of the day).Now get your butts to the Zoo!

Emma Watson for People Tree

With the entertainment world focusing its attention on the recent release of the final Harry Potter movie, Emma Watson and the Harry Potter alumni are popping up everywhere, from bus shelter posters to happy meals. But while her alter ego Hermione is defending the world with best friends Harry and Ron, Emma herself is gracing the covers of Vogue and Grazia magazine.

Her foray into the fashion world has been well documented for a number of years now – modeling for Burberry, sitting front row at Paris fashion week, appearing in magazines around the world  and generally rocking some amazing outfits (hello centre pic above!)-but it’s her relationship with ethical brand People Tree I find most interesting.

Watson has designed and developed 3 collections for the ethical clothing label and she also travelled to Bangladesh to see how the garments are put together – not something your regular celebrity brand ambassador would be willing to do.

You have to admit she wears the clothing pretty well too. Girl got it going on!

Ok, so her designs for People Tree aren’t particularly groundbreaking but they are cute and wearable and relatively inexpensive (although many high-street fashion lovers would disagree with that) and I would personally love to own any of these. Wouldn’t you?

I would encourage everyone to head on over to their website now (or you can find them at the Asos Green Room) and check out the amazing range they have ON SALE.

Yup ON SALE People!  Surely a dress, a blazer or some tailored shorts that hold an ethical stamp of approval deserve a spot in your wardrobe? Even if you don’t like Emma’s collection there’s plenty to choose from - my personal favourites are below. How can you not love the Kire Pod Dress (bottom right) ?!!

Alongside Watson, People Tree have also collaborated with Vivienne Westwood and Orla Kiely - could this be a sign that fairtrade fashion is starting to compete on a bigger scale? I certainly hope so.

Can we extend that crazy Harry Potter fan level of excitment about the movie to upcoming collections form People Tree?

I already am. Why not join me?

Tha Kaboom of Doom

Now I'm not going to pretend I'm a film critic because...well why would I? But if you haven't already seen it, book your ticket now to see Kung-Fu Panda 2. NOW! The Boy and I saw it in 3D and it was as hilarious and enjoyable as the first one! Basically the plot follows Po - the Dragon Warrior - and the Furious Five as they take on the Evil Lord Shen. It might not have the most unpredictable plotline but it does feature an adorable baby Po , some wickedly funny one liners and amazing animation - the fight scenes are incredible!