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November 04, 2012

November 4th: Shoe heaven

Oh hey. Happy Sunday everyone.

It's been a while since I praised the greatness of footwear, mainly because I didn't stumble across anything of great interest or "oooo-aaaaa-wwwooooowww" - factor. If you know what I mean. Repeat that previous sentence in a Scouse accent please. 'If you know wo(t) I mean'

These photos are all taken via Sydney based blog supreme Little Black Book. Go check out the blog, it's one of the best I've come across in my time in terms of fashion reviews and personal style.

But back to the shoes.
Diane von Furstenberg is a magician, no doubt. Her clothes are divine, but the sandals and platforms are driving me insane. This is from the Palazzo Spring 13 collection. Have a look.

Platform, you are dead. No, just jokes. But I like this.The chain detail up the back of the heel is so fraiche! PS: It also functions as the ankle strap. Heureka!

space cowboy flatform extravaganza

it's hard to draw one's attention away from what I take is a gown hand sequined by angels, but please, please, look at this pale pink version of the chain sandals, here with the ankle strap visible. I mean. I mean. I mean. Ugh.

space cowboy side view. And the clutch!!!

In case you can't see DVF seems to have attached to a shoe what usually can only be found on Santa's sleigh. They look like little Christmas bells. I wonder if they make a sound. If so, even better.

Can't wait seeing all different fashion bloggers either a) frantically getting their hands on some of these or b) ignoring them all together.
You know how that stuff works.

November 03, 2012

November 3rd: Barbara C. Pellegrino

Oh hi there.
Glad meeting you here.
Today I am going to talk about my bed side table. No, really! Wait. WAIT! Where are you going?

Ok, it's not so much about my bedroom furniture, as it is about the crystals I keep on it. As far back as I can remember, mum always used to put quartz and other crystals in our tap water back home. I always thought it made it taste heaps better, I even remember sometimes seeing little oxygen bubbles forming around the crystals.

Anyway, since I usually suffer from tension or stress headaches, I thought it would be a good idea to accumulate a bunch of crystals and put it next to my bed, in order to support having a good rest at night.
The power of crystals may be speculated upon, but to be honest I just think they have an extremely calming effect on me and I like the look of them.
I sometimes catch myself just looking at amethyst domes for 10 minutes straight with a deep fascination. Yeah man....not even a pretty pair of shoes captures my attention for that long.
It's just the fact that they completely produce themselves, that there is nothing manufactured about them and that they cannot be copied by humans. It is something completely organic.
So through instagram I stumbled across Barbara C. Pellegrino, who is a jewelry designer and maker. I believe she currently resides in the US, but she is originally from Argentina.

She creates wonderful pieces with semi-precious stones. I remember she sources her stones mostly from Brazil. In any way, I am really keen to get my hands on a couple of pieces. It just seems like the right thing to do, to order from her instead of getting a cheap glass duplicate off eBay. She just puts so much love and attention to detail into her stuff and treats all her followers on instagram with a level of politeness and patience that I would love to honour by giving her some of my hard earned dollars.

The thing is though, she only makes very limited numbers of her stuff and I usually miss out on great creations. Most of the jewelry below were one-offs and are not available anymore, bar the titanium quartz rings (3rd picture). All pictures are taken from BCP's instagram (follow her!). Shop her stuff HERE