Things that made me happy at Thakoon.

Bold colour, incredible prints and sharp collars... 

Can I have all of these this summer?  

I love how this collection manages to be both incredibly over the top and elegantly simple. 

The cut of each garment is perfection, so fluid and easy, I can imagine each piece feels amazing to wear. 

I am so glad that so many designers have embraced the print this season. I love seeing people in crazy clashing colours and prints, there is something special about a girl who can really pull this look off...
Props to Thakoon for pulling it of without fault.

Also check out these shoes, ladylike with a bit of sass on the side.

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Shoes with Studs and Coaster Rugs.

I visited the always inviting Department Store on this very sunny morning... (Spring!!!)

And found some more things I would quite like... and something that I already have: 

These Beau Coops boots are crazy-cool. I am a sucker for anything that has hardware, especially when its GOLD. I am in love the brown pair with the black toe-cap, very Emmanuelle Alt.

Then I spotted these Coaster Rugs! We have some of these already that we brought in Marrakesh about a   year ago. I thought they were awesome in a kitschy kind of way at the time and now that the Dept Store stocks them I have confirmation. Obviously cool.

This store makes me happy every time I walk through the doors, it smells amazing, the staff are helpful and there is always something to love inside. 

Admit it, with the exception of Country Road, Takapuna was a bit crap (more than a bit) before the Department Store came along.

Inside the Shoe Box.

Today I visited Kathryn Wilson's shoebox. Seriously. 

Her new pop up store in the (now) super cool Britomart precinct is a mega-sized, almost exact replica of a Kathryn Wilson shoebox.

But instead of just one pair, inside you will find the walls lined with her entire Spring/Summer 2011 collection!

The crisp white is the perfect backdrop for showcasing these colourful creations: 

I am DIEING over the 'Sydney' wedge. Those colours! So summery. 

I hate my feet so I never wear sandals but I might just get over that for these Miss Wilson flats!

Loving the mixture of metallic and matte leather.

You know what else is awesome about this store? Even the floor uses the same shoe print as the tissue paper in the shoebox! Neat right?

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NZFW Day 3: Lessons that Fashion Week taught me.

Day 2(technically 3) of NZFW was a good day, a long day, but a good one nonetheless. I died over the shoes at RUBY, snapped the beautiful people, photoshopped/wrote some shit(good shit) and learnt 5 new lessons:

LIAM/RUBY Front Row.

Lesson 9: Not everyone is awake small hours of the morning. Some people are normal and asleep by 12pm... Refrain from txting those people.

Lesson 10: Chiffon belt/trains are curiously alluring.

Lesson 11: Taxi drivers will never know where they are going and when they do they will always go THE LONGEST WAY POSSIBLE.

Lesson 12: Fashion people enjoy being papped. Even when you think they can't see you they can and even when they think you don't notice their sudden change into the: capture-my-good-side stance. YOU CAN.

See this dude in the blue socks? He knows he's being papped.

Wedge Heels to get me through...

Lesson 13: Running in wedge heels is surprisingly easy. However, make no mistake you will still look like a noob.

I just realised I have been watching Miley Cyrus prance around on E! channel for the last hour. I think I can feel my brain melting!

MELTING.

More lessons to come!!!!! (I know you're excited).

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