Showing posts with label fashion. Show all posts

Celebration. And a bridal expo.

It’s been a really great week for me.

After an extremely rough start to 2012, I’ve resigned from my current job and will be going to work for some people I’ve been chasing (like a crazy stalker) for longer than I care to mention. In fact, if I look through my mail, the first time I contacted them was March 3^rd 2010. So quite some time ago.

I can’t go into much more detail than that, but I’m absolutely over the moon!

I’m also in a bit of a flat panic, but a good one, as I’ll be participating in my first bridal expo. I’ve got a Fascinating Julia stand at the Bridal Indaba on the 4^th and 5^th of February – where I’ll be standing around with my Infinity wrap dresses (Bridesmaid's dresses), and a few fascinators - and right now I’m running around (a little bit like a headless chicken) trying to get everything in order. Cannot wait! (But somehow feel like I need a few extra days!!)

I should probably get going and do some work now!

But thanks to everyone that has made my week so great.

P.S. On a sadder note, the problem with starting somewhere new is having to leave the great people you encounter along life’s way. That’s you, Draggit.

Pretty rings!

People at work love teasing me when they see rings on my screen. They’re convinced I’m subtly dropping links and attachments into emails to my boyfriend. Little do they know that I am MUCH more obvious that that. (not really. OK, I am)

On the bright side I’m not totally insane yet. I’ve heard stories about girls changing their man’s desktop background to their ring of choice, or “Absent-mindedly” leaving sketches of Princess cuts set in white gold lying around the house…(Bitches be crazy!)

But let's not get carried away...

This is a ring I’ll be buying myself: The Agate Dusty Ring from Joya

Aren’t they absolutely stunning? And for R595 totally reasonably priced. Love it.

A day at the park.

Who knew that Jozi had such lovely, green places to play?

I spent the weekend (or at least Saturday) with my friend Natalie and a few of my dresses in the James and Ethel Gray Park with a camera, some wine, and some worried looking parents. You see, Natalie, my lovely, fearless model, was quite comfortable doing wardrobe changes where she stood. Nothing was flashed, but I'd say obstacle course participants and their parents weren't sure of this.

And the product of the day...

Dresses available at www.fascinatingjulia.co.za
Limited stock in Afraid of Mice, Cape Town.
And a bit more stock available on November 18 and 19 at The Handcrafted Christmas Shopping Event: 19 Lovat Road, Hurlingham.

Until next time...

Everything I think about is purple.

Online shopping - why it’s so great, and why it’s not.

After living in the UK for a few months I discovered the joys of online shopping. Grocery shopping was quick, easy, and always on time (Thanks Sainsbury’s!).

Shortly after becoming an online organizer of house old goods, I ventured into online clothing buying – enter ASOS.

Now this may sound risky, but when you work 1.5 hours from London and getting to the shops is not exactly easy – you learn your size and style very well.

I learnt very quickly that the size 8 model looked amazing in the Floral Frill Waist Dress – I on the other hand, did not. Even with the risk of getting the wrong thing, I shopped with gay abandon – the beauty of being able to post things that were not quite right back really helped

So when I moved back to South Africa and had to once again brave the malls of the Western Cape – I was concerned. I find nothing more draining than trying on a pair of pants that really don’t want to fit me in a cubicle whilst avoiding falling into the mirror or tripping over my shoes. Cape Town is a beach town, and South Africa favours the skinny - And even though I love Country Road with their generous sizes and wonderful fabrics, so does every other South African girl or woman. Their style (lovely as it is) has become a bit of a uniform.

But look! My beloved ASOS (with great clothes in sizes bigger than a 14!) now delivers to South Africa, and they have for a while. The only rubbish thing is that the super simple return if the item doesn’t suit is a bit more problematic. Oh, and the customs fee. As is the fact that you can’t insure post coming into South Africa -and the speedy service from the post offices (in opposite land)

So if you’re a bit bored with what’s on offer and want to buy something a little more unique, and ahead of our own fashion season – why not try it out?

Les Queues de Sardines (The Tails of Sardines)

Les Queues de Sardines, is an awesome French brand that offers a truly original range of stockings and tights notable for their unconventional and unique graphic style.

Add a pinch of narrative humor - the result is a choice of elegant and unusual models that will dress up your legs with an unusual stylish and elegant pattern. Screen-printed by hand in limited quantities, these rare and exclusive articles will never go unnoticed.

And noticed them I have. You just can’t get them here… yet.

But what I want to know is: How much is too much to spend on a pair of tights? Who knows when you might run into a badly made fence or a poorly cut tree?

I absolutely love these, but right now, I’m not ready to spend R500 on a pair of tights – but I’m getting there.

How about you?

Grey Day

The highlight of my weekend was my facial - and not just because I was getting a facial, but because I finally found a unconventional nail varnish colour I was willing to wear. The fact that is was a 'half-jack' bottle made it a lot easier to commit to an 'unusual' colour - Essie's Playa del Platinum. As a result, I have a new-found love for grey in summer.

1. ASOS Leather Waterfall Clutch 2. Anthropologie Flowery Frost Vase 3. Belstaff Shannon buckled leather boots

4. Acne Strain elastic flat sandals 5. Grey kitten 6. Essie Playa el Platium nail varnish