My Friday Five picks for this week are a few items from my Summer wishlist! Finally the weather is starting to feel like the Australian Summer we know and love and I can’t wait for the upcoming holidays (I have two weeks off from work, yay!) and lots of beach time.. of course I’m still dreaming of Greece, I can’t believe it’s only been six months ago but when I go there again I would totally bring these.. perhaps I should plan a road trip in the meantime! These print shorts from Thakoon are perfection and I love, love, love this Equipment shirt, it has such a great cut and the fabric is perfect, and I have yet to own a poncho but this is such a great print and colour combo it’s hard not to fall in love with it.. What’s on your wishlist?
Thayer braid and chain bikini
Zadig et Voltaire Zoe bag
Equipment signature washed silk shirt
Thakoon pleat front shorts
Opening Ceremony x Pendelton cropped poncho
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1. Dries Van Noten washed leather tote 2. Jack Spade mill leather dopp kit 3. Sonos Play 3 4. Tiffany & Co. silver men’s I.D. bracelet 5. Style Zeitgiest Vol. 1 6. Diesel DZ1496 Watch in Army 7. Comme des Garçons Homme belt 8. Kiehl’s Ultimate Man Collection 9. Field Candy tents 10. Creed Silver Mountain Water
By popular demand, a men’s version of my gift guide! I put this together without consulting my gay best friends, hopefully they approve :P I think that men can be both the easiest and hardest people to shop for.. so I hope this list would help spark an idea or two! I still haven’t figured out what to get for my man but I have some ideas that I can’t share because he reads my blog :P
#10 is a personal favourite of mine, it was something that perfumer Olivier Creed of House of Creed had created for himself that was inspired by “the exhilarating crispness of mountain air and the purity of cascading alpine streams” hence the name Silver Mountain Water. This is my all-time favourite scent because it is so crisp and clean and smells like Spring, and I’ve been using it for almost 10 years now. I tend to wear a lot of men’s perfumes – does anyone else do this? Be careful if you buy this online though, there seem to be a lot of counterfeit versions of Creed.
Please share your ideas with me if you have any! x
Just some picks of festive bling I’m crushing on right now. Well, it doesn’t completely scream festive but it’s during this time of the year that I think more about jewellery than any other time plus there always seem to be more excuses to dress up a little more, right? I love love love Marni accessories for always being so different. This brass and resin necklace is a total statement piece, and in this season’s colour of the moment and so beautifully photographed too. What a stunner! Etsy fave Five and Two does some amazing pieces with natural crystal so every piece is slightly different and in a myriad of rainbow colours. I am completely enamoured with this ring as with the handcuff bracelets with the spikes.. can you imagine? It will toughen up any outfit in an instant! The ASOS page has it worn on both wrists, which would be a little restrictive and a little suggestive (!).. Mmm.. spikes.. how would you wear it?
ASOS Collar necklace
Five and Two Luna Aura crystal ring
Roberto Cavalli Gold-plated Swarovski crystal ring
Marni Brass and resin necklace
ASOS Rhinestone & chain handcuff bracelets
Last year I put together a list of gift ideas as well as a ‘how to’ shop guide, I think it’s worth a read if you are stuck on what to get a certain someone for Christmas - you can read the post here: Christmas Gift Shopping 101.
I don’t want to repeat myself this year, so here are some ideas that might hopefully help with your holiday shopping! If you do it online, just make sure you double check the shipping cut-off dates, postal service gets massively bogged down towards the end of the year and you want to get your stuff on time :)
#1 For the Fashionista
1. Dannijo Frances II Bracelet 2. DL & Co Naughty / Nice Journal 3. Diana Vreeland The Eye has to Travel 4. Day Birger et Mikkelsen Acapulco bangles 5. Carine Riotfeld: Irreverent 6. Alexander McQueen Elaphe and brass wrap bracelet 7. Alexander Wang Kirsten Satchel 8. See by Chloe Nutter squirrel key fob 9. Cire Trudon Nazareth scented candle 10. Zara City bag
#2 For the home
1. Future Perfect Shell round plates 2. Kate Spade Live Colorfully gift set 3. Wool and the Gang Snood Dogg DIY wool scarf kit 4. Missoni Home Kew embroidered cushion 5. Future Perfect DIY Coil Lamp kit 6. Modcloth delectable duo tiffin box 7. Future Perfect Mad Hatter set 8. Jil Sander Square leather cosmetics case 9. Design*Sponge at Home 10. Custom Cover Cook’s Books Set (includes - The Essential New York Times Cookbook: Classic Recipes for a New Century by Amanda Hesser; James Beard’s American Cookery; The Joy of Cooking, 75th Anniversary Edition; La Cuisine: Everyday French Home Cooking Everyday French Home Cooking by Francoise Bernard; French Feasts: 299 Traditional Recipes for Family Meals and Gatherings by Stephane Reynaud)
#3 For the tech savvy
1. Postalco Document Case 2. Lytro Camera 3. Alaia Perforated leather cell phone case 4. Arnsdorf SS11 Crystal Pattern iPhone Case 5. Helmut Newton Polaroids 6. Geneva Lab Sound System XS 7. Kenton Sorenson iPad Portfolio 8. Photo Fabric light-sensitive dye kit 9. Nikon 1 Camera 10. Marc by Marc Jacobs Supersonic python-print iPhone case
Happy shopping!
Soooo crushing on these adorable 3.1 Phillip Lim lapel pins right now..
Available here and here.
