A Face That Will Transcend Time...

I have always, ALWAYS loved Audrey Hepburn. Seriously... I just see her face and can't help but stare. And I love her movies... clearly. Paris When it Sizzles and Funny Face = all time favourites!! I came across this image this morning and melted into its simplicity and innocence. She exudes a subtle, unfussy-ness that I feel so inspired by and I know will continue to be inspired by for a very long time...

img. via Natalie Off Duty

 I have no doubt that I have an epic girl crush on Natalie Portman for the aforementioned reasons why I love Audrey Hepburn...

img. via Intimaci

There's an element of melancholy...

Stumbled across a few images that I found genuinely beautiful in their colourful darkness... 

http://www.myspace.com_urmaworld

Mad Butt Tumblr

Oracle Fox Blog - artist unknown

Mad Butt Tumblr

Oracle Fox - David Bailey (i think??)

 There's a subtle sadness that I keep finding myself drawn to... is that odd... Or am I simply developing a new perspective on beauty???

Oh beauty, have I found thee?

Whilst conducting my daily blog read through Style Bubble has once again introduced me to a link of undeniable visual feast-y-ness!!! Yves Marchand and Romain Meffre have a site that documents ruins through photography and I couldn't not share these even if I wanted to!! The photos are clearly serving as some kind of historical documentation, story telling time capsule. I was in such awe of their beauty that I found myself - not 10mins ago now - clicking through each reel of photographs over and over again each time discovering new details, another piece of the puzzle, more depth in the story. I have considered going on and on about these delicious pieces of art but I have decided to let the photos speak for themselves... All photos are taken in Detroit, Michigan USA

18th floor dentist cabinet, David Broderick Tower

Bagley-Clifford Office of the National Bank of Detroit

Ballroom, American Hotel

Ballroom, Lee Plaza Hotel

Classroom, St Margaret Mary School

Fisher Body 21 Plant

Melted clock, Cass Technical High School

Packard Motors Plant

Piano, Saint Albertus School

Room 1504, Lee Plaza Hotel

United Artists Theater

William Livingston House (the image featured on Stylebubble.typepad)

Woodward Avenue

If Money Grew on Trees...

I did a bad thing... I set up a Boutiques.com account after seeing it mentioned once or twice on a few of my favourite blogs. This is NOT a good idea!! I basically spend too much time (even more than what I do on Facebook if you can believe it) trawling through images of clothes that as of this moment I am no where near being able to afford... Anywho, you will find below the beginnings of a rather long list of favourites - ones which I would gladly stuff into my already overflowing suitcase if I could only win the lottery...

Dress: Vivienne Westwood Anglomania; Dress: Preen; Wedges: Viktor and Rolf; Draped dress: Preen Line; Grey Wedges: Acne; Skirt: Rick Owens

Coat: 3.1 Phillip Lim; Hat: Anthropologie; Top: Miu Miu; Wedges: Acne

Dress: Winter Kate; Top and Pants: The Row; Leopard Lace-ups: 3.1 Phillip Lim; Coat: Balenciaga; Studded Boots: Proenza Schouler; Boots: Elizabeth and James

Cardigan: Jil Sander; Hat: Barneys New York; Sandals: Marni; Bag: Lanvin; Coat: Asos; Wedge Boots: Robert Clergerie

Coat: 3.1 Phillip Lim; Dress: Stella McCartney; Skirt: Dries Van Noten

The things I have learnt...

Chasing the sunshine...

Earlier in December I was lucky enough to hop a quick plane ride to LA... and boy was I pleasantly surprised!! I was aware that winter barely happens over in ol' California but I wasn't at all prepared for the love in which I fell with this often (internationally) under appreciated city. I had heard about LA's penchant for false friendlyness and what have you and thus went into the trip with my guard up and preconceptions safely in place. However I have to say that the people I met there are some of the most interesting, welcoming, hospitable and genuinely enjoyable bunch of boys and girls I have met in a while - aside from my own flock of interesting, welcoming, hospitable and genuinely enjoyable friends in Melbourne xox.

Champas in a can + straw = thirst quenching AND classy!

Personal tour Guide and A+ host Shannon on her birthday! (img. http://toashessaysso.wordpress.com)

During my four days between Las Vegas and LA the bf and I were treated to a personal tour of all things delicious and worthy of purchase. M Cafe on Melrose is 100% the yummiest place on the planet, on par with Real Food Daily on La Cienega Boulevard and Wasteland (quality vintage shop also on Melrose) offered up some pretty epic spending ops. We had vegan friendly gelato and 20inch faux meat sandwichs and I even managed to win $180 from 25c on an old school slot machine which spewed out a copious amount of coins on my first try!! Unfortunately for my gambling career, that is where my luck began and ended. 

Wasteland

M Cafe - Melrose (img. http://toashessaysso.wordpress.com)

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Getty Museum gardens (img. http://toashessaysso.wordpress.com)

Getty Museum (img. http://toashessaysso.wordpress.com)

Art in the Getty Museum (img. http://toashessaysso.wordpress.com)

Sunset from the Getty Museum (img. http://toashessaysso.wordpress.com)

Capriotti's 20inch sandwich = YUM!

With all the eating that we did it seemed more than appropriate to take a leisurely walk through Runyon Canyon on our final day... Admittedly I was hoping for a celebrity sighting of The Hills variety but was instead left to marvel at the miniature stature of the guy from 8 Rules of Dating My Teenage Daughter while trying not to squeal over every cute dog that wandered past. Despite the rather obvious layer of smog that covered the city, the view from the top was really quite beautiful. While admiring the view I resolved my self to the idea that I would one day live in LA and thus be standing atop that canyon regularly. Here's hoping....

Anticipating the after to my before...

Before I get into anything I feel the odd desire to say Happy Christmas and Merry New Year to my 3 followers!!! (I am aware that those sayings are somewhat backwards - I like them better this way!)I genuinely hope that everyone enjoyed copious amounts of festive fun!!

Moving on... This year I have decided to participate in the Leukemia Foundations World's Greatest Shave's 'Shave for a Cure' event. In all honesty I have wanted to shave my head for years. Not for any particular reason; mostly just to see what I look like and how it feels to have very little hair to do anything to in the mornings. If the sudden to desire to donate to this extraordinarily important event washes over you please visit my page on the Leukemia Foundation's website: http://my.leukaemiafoundation.org.au/amoye?SID=138873&Lang=en-CA and GIVE ME YOUR MONEY!!!! I am hoping to raise at least $5,000 so many donations are required. I am also hoping to have a little head shaving event of my own where whoever is interested can come along, have a beverage and watch the spectacle that will be me loosing an awful lot of hair! Until then.... here are some fun facts care of the Leukemia Foundation website.... 

Did you know?
- Every hour of every day, at least one person in Australia is diagnosed with leukaemia, lymphoma or myeloma.
- Every two hours, someone loses their life to blood cancer.
- $26 can provide emotional support to help someone overcome the shock of being diagnosed
- $40 can help improve treatments and find cures by funding a PhD student's laboratory costs for a day
- $57 can support patients who are too ill to drive by providing a day's transport to and from treatment
- $80 can give a regional family who've had to move closer to treatment, a place to call home for a night

For more information about the Leukaemia Foundation visit their website: http://www.leukaemia.org.au