screenshots and sparkles

Young Robert Smith

"What A Way To Go"

Great screenshotting skills Sarah

 "Eat shit"

"What A Way To Go"

 Can't remember the name/artist of this but it's at the Queensland Art Gallery.

"The Snow Queen"- Vogue UK March 2009

Been watching Rose McGowan films recently: Jawbreaker and The Doom Generation

I have a lot of movies to watch thanks to Coleman but I also have to think of ideas for my photography assignment AND I'm also quite enjoying watching Supernatural on mute and listening to Kanye West... My the best activity win. 

art tymz: lady loves

Two beautiful Australian artists that focus on similar themes of women and beauty- Del Kathyrn Barton and Abbey McCulloch. I like the different approaches they both have, one very detailed and colourful with crazy rich surrealist dreams and the other sketchy and sinister with washes of colour but still capturing the essence of the idea in it's incomplete, imperfectly perfect state. Anyway enough of my stupid rambling-

Some more in depth videos:

Del Kathryn Barton on Artscape, she sounds very interesting..........

Abbey McCulloch on Art Nation (greatest show ever) a few weeks ago, she is such a sweetheart. 

Her inspiration from magazines/fashion/photography/women and perfection is really interesting.

I would really like to own at least one of these womens' paintings in my life OR be able to make things this beautiful. Both would be the preferable outcome here.

(also I'm sorry I didn't put the titles etc. of the pieces but I did figure out how to image search by uploading a picture so you can always try that if you like- THE WONDERS OF THE INTERNET!)

harley blue and red roses

I am bored and I want to go out tomorrow. But then again my bed is tempting.

wynnum up late promo video

Quick post! I filmed this little promo video for Wynnum Up Late at the June event and it's finally up on youtube after some minor hiccups. So here it is...

According to my mother, "It's gone viral!!" but I had to explain to her that 21 views was not viral. Anyway the point is- you should come to Wynnum Up Late if you live in the Brisbane/Bayside area because fun times will be had by all. OR if you you are the creative art/music/crafty type and would like to have your wares/talents on show get in touch through the facebook page: here!

in rainbows

Tonight has been very frustrating (wordpress was being a shit head after I tried to change the theme of the street style blog) and I kinda want to make it in blogger just because I know the format and how to edit it se much better and it's a lot easier to use but apparently it's "more professional" which I actually don't care about that much because hey, the Satorialist uses blogger. But anyway rant over. I thought I might share some little things and have a therapeutic photoshop montage sesh.
This afternoon I finished school early so I went op shopping (twice weekly occurrence, I think I'm addicted to shopping) and went to the Red Cross store which I don't usually go into but I found an electric blue pencil skirt, a white t-shirt and a geometric shirt-dress sort of thing. I might post pictures on the weekend. But anyway the point is I have now quenched my thirst for the bright pencil skirt and white top ~Jil Sander style~

These are so nice. Seriously I love how simple and modern Jil Sander is while still being really feminine and playful. My skirt is a similar colour to the one on the right. yay.

Also I had a look at the Arnsdorf site and had a look at their previous(?) collection and I'm diggin' it immensely. 

I really want to try the whole colour blocking thing but um I don't want to look like a walking acid trip or rainbow vomit but I'm thinking maybe just trying one really bright coloured thing with plain everything else. This Arnsdorf collection has all these great little ~vibes~ like the yellow sweater is conservative perfection, the fur is fabulous slutty grandma (aim in life) and the blue and white is kind of maid-y/pilgrim-y. And the red is just in there because I'm trying to convince myself that block red can be worn because I need to wear my red blazer out at some point.  Sarah, just do it you ninny.

Arnsdorf has this almost tumblr-esque image/inspiration page which is pretty neat http://arnsdorfnyc.com/news if you want to check it out...

Also I made my first online purchase yesterday!

I could never find the sunglasses I wanted but I found a close (and cheap!) alternative on ASOS. Nothing crazy amazing but just simple that hopefully will suit everything. Stay tuned, hopefully they will arrive in a couple of weeks.

new brisbane street style blog

So I have been thinking about a Brisbane Street Style blog for a while now but with a little help from my friends we finally made the beginnings of a blog. (with a proper domain and website and everything yay) It's quite rough at the moment while I'm trying to figure out a bit of html stuff but have a look if you like.

~~~HERE~~~

If anyone actually reads this and is in Brisbane and interested in maybe taking street style photos please contact me somehow (through my ask box on tumblr maybe?) Because it would be really good to have some solid content. 

Here's a sneak peak of some photos taken at the French Festival and South Bank yesterday:

There were so many beautifully dressed people and the day had a very European vibe- maybe it was the overcast weather and the berets everywhere. Tried to take a few photos for the blog but I'm not really sure how to approach people (forever socially awkward) but hopefully with a bit of practice I can hunt and attack people better. Stay tuned, in the words of Troy and Gabriella of High School Musical "this could be the start of something new"

the life and times

Most hostile house I have ever seen. So bizarre.

Unattainable Desires

images from La Garçonne

Just discovered online luxury/designer online shop La Garçonne and it makes me so happy but so sad at the same time. I'm fangirling over all these pretty clothes but then becoming heartbroken when I realise I could never ever afford them. A girl can dream.

These little gems from Boy by Band Of Outsiders are my fantasy "groovin' around the streets of Paris in autumn" clothes. Love the collarless, long-sleeved baby blue dress with its quirky little asymmetric hem and pocket. I have a thing with wanting to look a bit like I'm wearing a sack or servants uniforms from the 1800's all the time. I mean sacks are chic, non?

Crisp white shirt- speaks for itself (still need to somehow acquire one...) and the nicest tailored blazer I've ever seen. I can imagine some big metallic thing around my neck with all of these and black velvet boots! yummy...

Images from Shakuhachi 

Shakuhachi has these beautiful eclectic pieces that make me want to galavant around a folk music festival in the Arizona desert with a bearded musician hanging off my every word. I mean what. And leather skirt- you are a little touch of western perfection. Actually all of these are. Sheer shirt, 70's style maxi, leather knee-legnth skirt. Hell yah. Shakuhachi will be setting up shop for a 'pop-up' sale in Brisbane on the 14th, 15th and 16th of July (Thursday, Friday & Saturday) with items reduced from 50%-70%. Yaaay sales! 

Image from DI$COUNT online store

Mmmm. Last but not least these babies from the new DI$COUNT online superstore. Unfortunately even if I could afford them they are one-offs and not my size anyway (we will be together in my dreams my precious!) Also check out the DI$COUNT blog. So much outrageous cool oozing from that place. ugh.

I start back at school again tomorrow but hopefully I will be able to continue with le blahg. Stay tuned.

SLC Punk (1997)

"What do you do when your foundation falls apart? I don't know. They don't teach you that in school."

"We can do a hell of a lot more damage in the system than outside of it. That was the final irony, I think. That, and well, this. And "fuck you" for all of you who were thinking it: I guess when all was said and done, I was nothing more than a God-damned, trendy-ass poser."

Can I just say that I am pretty harsh when it comes to films but I watched SLC Punk last night and it was better than I expected. Apart from actually having a good storyline and characters (besides Heroin Bob's love interest, the 'goddess' he's obsessed with) the film was visually quite nice too. Maybe it's the juxtaposition of the setting of ultra-concervative 1980's Salt Lake City and mohawks, pure white snow and green hair, angelic salt flats and a beaten up old punk van. So pretty in a grimy kinda way. Anyway back to the characters, starring Matthew Lillard (one of the killers in Scream and a strangely loveable psycho serial killer, sorry to spoil the ending if you haven't seen it) with his scruffy blue hair and his best friend Heroin Bob, so called because he hates needles, are livin' the punk lyf talking about posers, music, society and parents. The french-new-wave-esque addresses to the audience make you love the characters as well as their tough punk facade and the emotional and philosophical changes that hapen through the story. It's pretty funny too, when they go to buy full strength beer interstate and come across some fundamentalist christians who think the devil worshippers are causing bad weather (before steveo, bob and their friend the mod are almost shot when he shows off his 666 tattoo) I have to admit I shed a tear or two at the end (I won't give it away I promise!) but it is well worth seeing (and apparently, not that I'd really know, I won't pretend, the music is good authentic punk stuff) I thought it was good and Brandy's little speech at the end about being an individual and rebellion was pretty cool, even if if did break Stevo's little punk heart.