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Sunday, August 21, 2011

Tom Ford & Gucci Luxe for Fall 2011

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As here in Godzone we reach the end of Winter, I'm loving these rich velvety Fall looks from my fave, Tom Ford. Sultry Victoria's Secret model Candice Swanepoel stars as a vampy film-noir type and knocks it out of the park. I love that Tom uses "real women" for shows and campaigns, i.e.women who have boobs & and a butt. I'm a sucker for rich violet, scarlet red and deep emerald green. Smoking hot. Totally reminds me of those early 90's glossy, Halston-esque looks for Tom's first few seasons at Gucci.

Amazonian beauty Lara Stone, below, stars in his latest fragrance and makeup campaigns.

Speaking of Gucci, their concurrent Fall 2011 campaign is very similar: Red, green, purple palette, glossy red lips, luxe 70's style decor, furs, velvets. Luxa-a-licious!

This last one reminds me of one of my favourite images, Erin Cumming & Ryan Locke for Gucci F/W1998.

Saturday, May 21, 2011

Fab Abodes

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Daphne Guinness

Dita Von Teese

Francisco Costa

Gucci

Wheels and Dollbaby

I came across this shoot of Daphne Guinness' gorgeous New York apartment - absolutely stunning, I love the crimson walls matched to Daphne's custom scarlet nail-polish, mirrored panels and beautiful Damian Hirst painting. Inspired by Fritz Lang's Metropolis, Daphne worked with architect Daniel Romualdez on the design. “Daniel got all my references immediately,” she says. “I told him I wanted the shine of Metropolis, the modernity that should have happened, with the lush flora of Suddenly, Last Summer. But I didn’t want it to tip into English decadence. It had to be contained, controlled—intelligent decadence. What I wanted was sort of a savage modernism.”

Gucci's Creative Director Frida Giannini has a stunning home in Rome, having recently relocated her Gucci office from Florence to the nine-storey, 16th-century Palazzo Alberini. I think the headiness of Rome suits a Gucci designer more, somehow. “Rome has more of a culture of going out. There are always concerts, vintage shops, outdoor markets and places to have a drink after work,” she says. “I have a great respect for Florentine life, but ... when my team and I relocated to Rome, it was a breath of fresh air.” With it's Art Deco style, fabulous location,black 1940s Murano glass chandelier, and Modiglianis, I'd move in tomorrow!

(For more 'dogs inside', check out my sister's Tumblr, here!)

Sharon & Ozzie's beautiful Marie Antoinette style dining room and bathroom. I adore the colours, the chandeliers and the Orchids. Not a bat in sight!

I have long lusted after the minimalist chic of Calvin Klein's Creative Director Francisco Costa's gorgeous Midtown apartment. Like me, he loves horses (and shares his apartment with horse trainer and manager John De Stefan), so there are equine flourishes here and there. Love the smoke grays and sea-green palette, and the tapa cloth screen too.

I also love Wheels & Dollbaby founder & designer Melanie Greensmith's Perth house inspired by French Art Deco - velvet, leopard print, chaise lounges and chandeliers galore.

Another fab abode is Dita Von Teese's from in Style magazine. Love the pink kitchen!

More fab houses can be found in Architectural Digest.

Monday, May 16, 2011

Block it & Rock it

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Gucci

Karen Elson

Stella Tennant

Steven Meisel

The the other day I wore electric blue suede shoes with my black pencil skirt and black skinny jumper to work. My boss was horrified. He said - "You don't match!" I love colour blocking - although I have to admit I usually only mix 2 colours. A nice cherry red bag with a black outfit. But I love combos like parrot-green and pink, or electric blue and purple. I just attended a wedding and my friend looked fabulous in a full length scarlet red slip dress with electric blue shoes and leather gloves, and a purple jacket, paired with matte red lips. If you aren't quite as daring as Karen Elson & co below, try easing into it - pair a muted outfit with a pair of bright coloured shoes, a scarf, opaque stockings, or a hand-bag. NZ is finally starting to dip it's toes into colour - it's hard to find saturated brights amongst the racks of grey, black and dusty pink - but it's out there! This Winter I plan on scouring the stores ( - likely to be online) to add some more brights to my wardrobe. Here is some inspiration...