Thursday, 16 July 2009
HELLZ BELLZ 'KICKS AFTER SIX' CAPSULE COLLECTION
I'm really impressed with Hellz for stepping out of the box and creating a cute little trailer to promote their new line, it's a lot more attractive than just a lookbook and really gives something for the blogs and mags to brag about. Never mind the slightly naff soundtrack, the clothes are HOT and the idea is totes inspirational. Very, very innovative but I've really come to expect no less from pack leaders, Hellz.
My fave pieces include the Katie Moss tee, HB logo tee and the purple acid wash skinny jeans. Oh, and the model. What a hot-arse honey! Bleached bobs and pink lippie all the way...
HELLZ SPECIAL DELIVERY & SHORT FILM, "KICKS AFTER SIX" from HELLZ on Vimeo.
MY LIFE WOULD BE COMPLETE IF....
Gold bling for life.
Tuesday, 14 July 2009
HELLZ BELLZ TEASER TRAILER
Peep it and weep
HELLZ - "Kicks After Six" (Trailer) from HELLZ on Vimeo.
I want that tee soooo bad. I will own it. Just wait.
Monday, 13 July 2009
DOPE COUTURE SUMMER 09
Thursday, 9 July 2009
VANS USUALLY SUCK....
They're from the Fall 09 collection - pics via Highsnob
Wednesday, 8 July 2009
BREAD & BUTTER


Tuesday, 7 July 2009
NEW KICKS ON THE BLOG - NIKE DOES DENIM
I have been searching for the 07 denim blazers for fucking ages, and recently put my hunt on hold whilst I was momentarilly distrracted by finding denim Air Max (pics here)Then I was having a late night snoop on Sneaker Freaker yesterday and peeped these ponies! Hells yeah I wana ride. Afterall, denim to me is like rice to Asians - a daily staple. If I'm not rocking jeans than I'm generally in a tight arse hugging denim mini that makes my boss question the appropriability of my get-up for the office... I've also got a denim SF flat cap (so down!!) a few denim handbags and I just made this acid wash denim headband bow on the weekend when I had a crafternoon! It's part of my up coming headwear accessories range... (Yes, I'm fucking joking!!)
Point of the post is this: NIKE, PLEASE send me these kicks! I will rep em so right!! Full pics and deets here at Sneaker Freaker
NIKE GLADIATOR SANDALS
The full story I did on these for Acclaim Mag is here
BECCA @ WHITE WALLS IN SF
Monday, 6 July 2009
ANNA NICOLE SMITH
The work she did for Guess? in 1992 would have to now be one of my all time favourite ad campaigns and I think she looks truly iconic. At an amazonian height of 5'11, I think Smith epitomises a curvaceous and voluptuous woman... And yes I do realise her novelty sized tittes are fake.
Interesting theories were eluded to in the doco about her relationship with oil tycoon, J Howard Marshall. Not surprisingly her marriage to the wheel chair bound geriatric was never consummated, and much of their relationship involved her not answering his calls as he lived in Texas and she 'furthered' her career in Hollywood. It's been said that within 30 minutes of their wedding ceremony finishing, she flew back to L.A. for a Playboy shoot... However this isn't a gossip magazine so I won't make any further presumptions about the validity of their love..jpg)
Anyway, the Guess? campaign is beautiful. I always love Marciano's work and apparently he signed Smith, no questions asked, after seeing her first shoot in Playboy. This is what really shot her to stardom and secured her fame as magazine model. Here are my faves...
Sunday, 5 July 2009
MEN I'D SMOKE PART 5

He is so wrong but oh so right!! That orange hair makes him look like a real outlaw... Because you just know that he wasn't born tough - being a ranga and all - and so has probably had to fight off fanta-pants bullies his whole life which has now made him really bitter and attitude ridden. Doesn't he just look nasty?
I'm hoping too that Bernadete is his mum not his girlfriend... I'd kind of be a bit weirded out when I draped myself over his chest in bed at night and was intimately stroking his ex's name. Gross.
My main concern though is knowing the story behind that hat. Is he from a remote Amish village in Dutch Country Pennsylvania and his suspicious headwear is homage to his roots? Maybe he was brought up on years of no cars or electricity and his 'alternative' lifestyle is his revolt to his traditional parents morals?
Maybe he's just an Irish Leprichaun which would explain the red hair, pale skin, crest tattoo and fairy tale hat?
Maybe I've just turned my self off him?
No. He's smoking. Irish accent and all.
Saturday, 4 July 2009
RADIO ROSE STORY ON ACCLAIM
Friday, 3 July 2009
DEMO MAGAZINE
NEW KICKS ON THE BLOG
I mean fuck, I drink my coffee skinny, I eat my yogurt skinny and my eternal life goal is to be skinny so shit knows why I was so dead against skinny shoes. Bring on size 0 I say!Thursday, 2 July 2009
AUDREY KITCHING

I am probs totes behind the times on this one but I just discovered her for myself and I think she's got kinda cool style... Some pics when she has heavy makeup on make her look a little bit drag-queen but under all that plaster she has a stunning pretty face! And a fit bod! And that hot pink hair is off the hook!
She's some sort of celeb netizen in the States who just hangs out, goes to party's and takes pics and blogs about herself. Pretty much aspirational for me. In a video blog she says she has an agent but I don't know what for? Singing? I figure everyone has an agent in L.A. anyway.
So she kinda looks like a real life barbie? Her blog is really dumbed down too and says stuff like:
Audrey also wears lots of novelty sized things on her head, just like I do! Maybe I can send her something from my inaugural head wear line and she can make it famous for me? Do you think she would like a pink fluffy dice headband? Her style is kind of kitsch but maybe a bit punk? Can't pigeonhole her which is even better. She's my new best friend. I am going to write her some stalker mail now.
These are some pics of her I like where she is least punk-rock drag-queen. I might hang them above my bed. NEW KICKS ON THE BLOG
They're a Milk Fed x Freestyle collab named the 'Zebra.'Tuesday, 30 June 2009
GREAT GEN Y ARTICLE ON WHY WE DON'T GIVE A FUCK ABOUT THE RECESSION
I thought this piece was a pretty spot on read in communicating exactly what the recession means to most Gen Y's. Fuck all. Yeah it's stereotypical and yeah it makes us sound like we have the lives of preschoolers with pocket-money, but for the most part it's pretty true and highly relative to the lives of my friends and I.
If the media continues to pigeonhole Gen Y and try to over explain our lax approach to growing up and maturity then sooner or later we're going to concur.
Anyway, it's totally worth the read - good job Miranda.
"As a member of ‘Generation Y’ I’ve come to grips with the various stereotypes and countless sledges that come our way.
Everyone loves to bag us. John Birmingham was even quoted to be “looking forward to seeing them get run over by the coming recession”.
So to any haters I have some bad news: the recession has had little negative impact on Generation Y at all.
In the immortal words of John Lennon, “Nothing’s gonna change my world”.
We watch the news, we surf the web, and some of us even still read newspapers. So we know there is a recession and times are tough for economies, locally and globally.
But while we understand the seriousness of it all it hasn’t really affected us, financially or otherwise.
We don’t own property, so we haven’t got a mortgage. Interest rates are little more than a frequently discussed topic on the news to us. We don’t own shares so haven’t witnessed our stocks fall.
Superannuation is mostly irrelevant to our daily life. It’s something which we get frequent letters about in the mail.
I for one get lots of mail from various institutions that I’ve clocked up accounts with over the years. The letters get opened and (generally unread) are then placed upon the ‘stuff I really should sort out but can leave till later’ pile. It’s not something I’m proud of, but I have a feeling I’m not alone in this.
Our jobs are not 100% guaranteed and we know this. However, being down the lower end of the earning spectrum makes us more affordable and a little safer in terms of being made redundant. But if we do lose our jobs some of us will use this as an opportunity to study further or even start our own business. You can’t get rid of us that easy.
A good friend of mine lost his marketing job in December and used his redundancy cheque to start a company with a friend, gardening for strata buildings. Now he’s his own boss and has the freedom to work on his own terms. Another friend lost her job in the finance sector and two weeks later had a similar role at a competing company with a higher salary, not to mention her redundancy payout burning a hole in her wallet.
All in all, unless we’ve actually lost our job and can’t find another one, the recession hasn’t hit our pockets.
On the contrary, it has even got its benefits for us. With foreign exchange rates up and flight prices down it’s the perfect time to pack up and head overseas.
For the thrifty Gen Y’s the recession has given op-shopping and “second-hand -it’s-vintage” clothing even more credibility. Many of us received K Rudd’s stimulus and like obedient schoolchildren we did as we were asked. I don’t think I’m the only one to think of Kevin every time I switch on my new plasma screen TV.
This may seem selfish and ignorant, but it’s not. We’re doing what we can for the economy. AKA buying stuff we don’t need. Or, as I like to think, we’re participating in “socially responsible shopping”.
Now our addictions to new handbag smell and latest electronic gadgetry exist guilt-free. Not only do we get the latest style trends but we can sleep well at night knowing we’re contributing to the economic success of Australia. It’s all for you Australia. What more can you ask?
Please don’t hate us, we’re just a product of your hard work and success. Recession or not - we’ll never give up the good life."
Translation for OS readers: K-Rudds stimulus is a one off $950 payment which was given to all Australians who earn less than $80k per year, by PM Kevin Rudd
Monday, 29 June 2009
REEBOK EX-O-FIT FALL 09 RELEASE

TARGET DESIGNER COLLABS


Thursday, 25 June 2009
END OF FIN YEAR SALES

Wednesday, 24 June 2009
MAYBE I WILL CREATE A HEADWEAR ACCESSORY RANGE?

Here's an outfit breakdown:Red patched leather mini skirt
Denim jacket from a thrift in London
Denim Nike Air Max (I wanted these for sooooo long n finally found em!)
Stockings with many ladders
Dice headband creation
2 fucking sick badges - 1 gold boombox from Brick Lane markets & 1 Michael Jordan MIKE/NIKE from the Footage clearance store in Sydney.

ADIDAS HOUSE PARTY
Tuesday, 23 June 2009
KARMALOOP MTTM DESIGN A TEE CONTEST

KSUBI + INSIGHT + SOMETHING ELSE SALE
Monday, 22 June 2009
TOO MANY BLOGGERS

MTV & CANESORAL VIRAL CAMPAIGN
The viral element leads back to a custom page I concepted with Carat and which is hosted on the MTV.com.au site.
AUSSIE AD AGENCY USES GRAFFITI TO LAUNCH
I'm not even going to put the company's name in here because I don't want to give them any exposure and/or get picked up by their net-trawling media monitor. Companies like this one would surely be delighted that an under-ground 'urban' blog took the time to publicise their 'funky' ad campaign. That would probably even be classed as a positive measure of success for their campaigns post analysis...
Sorry ad wankers, not going to happen. As I tweeted back to Mumbrella "Big corporations using graffiti is both embarrassing to them and insulting to actual artists. No cred earned for that campaign."That pretty much outlines my opinion, but then there is a real killer comment on the Mumbrella page too which my man picked up on and which I agree sums things up quite neatly.
“I just have to say how lame and annoying it is to have your stupid f*cking stencil out the front of my house. Your lame attempt to be cool and hip by using such a medium is just pathetic. You are a big multi-national corporation, you will never be cool or hip. Go away and please don’t pollute my streets with your advertising again.”
Oh. And apparently they used chalk too. Nuff said.
Sunday, 21 June 2009
56 STARS TATTOOED ON YOUR FACE?
Read the article HERE on SMH
She claims she fell asleep whilst he was doing them. Are you fucking kidding? There's a vibrating needle hammering into your face and if the noise buzzing in your ear like a mutant mosquito isn't enough to keep you from nodding off then maybe the pain would be?

Dude! Sounds like someone is having some serious buyers remorse after style biting Kat Von Dee and realising that you now look like an astrology freak who has plotted the night sky on the left side of your face rather than a hot inked up mama with tough facial tatt 'tude. Someone's been watching too much L.A. Ink me thinks... Well, spose you can sit in front of Discovery channel all day when you're an 18 year old housewife? WTF?! How'd she get so lucky!!
Most women can only aspire to hopefully be a fully fledged housewife by the time they are mid 30s and have lost their youth and energy and personality to a house full of kids and a demanding husband... But at 18? Wow those Belgians have got the formula for life sorted.
This is probably the funniest bad tattoo story I have heard in a long time. The absurdity of the falling asleep claims are so fucking hilarious, as are the horrible pics of this poor girl with her forehead all screwed up and her bodged American flag face. Fuck kids, think before you ink.
Thursday, 18 June 2009
TWOTHOUSAND
Wednesday, 17 June 2009
EXCUSES




