Summer calls

As the New Zealand winter sets in for good and the 6.45am walk to the ferry is now requiring cashmere and thermals, fashion has decided to be a bitch and dangle summery fresh, totally covetable, yet utterly impractical objects in front of me.
Its well known that the fashion season and the actual seasons have only a limited overlap but it never gets any easier does it?
FashioNZ's Natalie Cosgrove posted a sneak peak of Lonely Hearts SS11/12 collection and it a made me MAD.

That dress is beyond "bananas" and I really, really want to pair it with that leather vest. 

For now however I will sadly and reluctantly resume my intimate relationship with my thermals.