You're a virgin who can't drive.

Night all, ♡

I watched Clueless for the first time in what feels like ages and it reminded me of all the things that I loved about growing up in the 90's. I had a massive nostalgia attack over the film and this post will include my never ending love and dedication to this classic piece of 90's, captured on film. The frequency of plaids, florals, tartan, stripes and mary-jane shoes in Clueless are quintessentially 90's, as is the use of the grungy tie-dye and checked shirts of the skater group. Also as a side-note, I wish I had Cher's virtual wardrobe matcher to help me choose my daily outfits, getting ready for uni would be so much easier! I actually only discovered that the film went onto become a running TV series, airing from 1996 to 1999. I found majority of the episodes on Youtube and I'm planning on watching them sometime soon while I still have free time. Not sure if it will be as good as the film but I'll see!

❀ Collage inspiration. ❀

Clueless also takes me back to the days of the original Beverly Hills 90210 which was of course paramount in regards to early to mid 90's fashion. It seems that hardly anything has changed between the trends of today compared to the trends of the 90's, particularly in the resurgence of crop tops circa 2010 and all things floral printed.

❀ TOO MANY AMAZING 90'S CLOTHES. ❀

❀ Donna's body-con daisy print dress is perfect! ❀

❀ I love the over sized orange chiffon shirt and the white t-shirt + red polka-dot skirt ensemble. ❀

❀ Those orange red pants! LOVE. ❀

❀ This lips printed skater dress is equally perfect! Totally wish I could find something like this in an op-shop! ❀

❀ Stripes and high-waisted shorts, super modern. ❀

❀ L-R: Minkpink ballet school dress, Minkpink all sorts dress, Minkpink blossom dress, Minkpink copacabana dress ❀

Much of Minkpink's collections feature 90's inspired pieces, which is one of the reasons why I love this brand so much! I particularly love the last dress, it has a feel of tropical beaches and hot summer nights dancing the tango at a beach party.

Here are a few snapshots of things that have related to my life at this present moment. (From L-R, top to bottom):
1. Love this dress by Minkpink, it has a really nice 50's vibe about it and it looks so flattering, I can't wait to wear it for my graduation ceremony!
2. Trying out the dutch crown braid/milkmaid braid, but it never works on freshly cleaned hair (has to be at least 2 days old I think) and I also have so much excess hair left over!
3. An authentic Egyptian painting, painted on papyrus from Egypt. I really want to visit Egypt in my lifetime
4. A collection of random pastel objects I love - pink lipstick, Mason Pearson hairbrush, antique gold bobby pins and combs.
5. One of my regular backyard visitors. ♡
6. Affirmation for 2013.

Jill Sobule - Supermodel

That's all for this week my dears, I hope all of your new year's eve's were filled with wonderful things. Until next time,

Lilt

Hello! ♡

I have been eating lots of lovely fruits and vegetables now that it is summer, and I love eating porridge with blueberries and strawberries, especially now because they are in season and when fruits are in season they always taste amazing. I really want to have a little garden filled with forest fruits and then I would be very happy come summer, to pick them and make lovely pies and tarts with them for high teas.

❀ My favourite breakfast spread. ❀

I've having a bit of a nostalgic week, reminiscing about TV series and books I was surrounded and immersed in as a child. When I was growing up, I loved Brambly Hedge, Beatrix Potter and Animals of Farthing Wood. All of these books and series has captured my imagination and held it as I grew older.

❀ Brambly Hedge

I absolutely adore the illustrations of Brambly Hedge, they are so beautifully produced. I have watched the animated TV production but not recently, so I shall have to re-watch it soon!

❀ Beatrix Potter
She has always been one of my favorite illustrators and story-tellers, I now own the complete collection of her works and they are among my prized possessions. Mrs. Tiggy-Winkle was one of my favourite characters from her books! I always watched the tv adaptation that was produced, it was one of my favorite TV series at the time and I still continue to love it today.

❀ Animals of Farthing Wood
This was quite a dark TV series for children, but was nonetheless great to watch. I think is is good that children could experience darker and more dramatic themes, we were quite hardy in the 90's!

Here are a few snapshots of things that have related to my life at this present moment. (From L-R, top to bottom):
1. Working on a new illustration, just to relax and get into my Zen mode of drawing. There have been many dandelions in my garden too, which I love to pick and blow out all the little spores to let they fly and create a cloud of feathery dust.
2. This used to be a dress that I had cut up and transformed into a skirt, as the top part was far too big but the skirt fit perfectly. It is spotted with lovely little black velvet dots which are so cute and remind me of Marc Jacob's Dot perfume!
3. Found my old jewelry box, which is filled with heaps of jewelry I remember from my childhood dress up days.
4. This kitty comes to our door frequently and always rubs itself on everything, it is quite strange for a cat but it is really friendly and so cute! I gave it some milk here as I just could not resist the cute mewing noises it made.
5. Some sandals I found that remind me of space travel. The galaxy pattern is on a Mink pink dress I have - both of these items paired together make me feel like I want to take a trip to the moon. :)
6. went to a friend's 21st recently which was enchanted forest themed, so I dressed as a Dryad (forest nymph). My makeup consisted of various shades of green eye shadow, glitter and a green medieval themed dress. I topped it off with a flower crown which evoked ideas of a Midsummer Night's Dream.

❄ I hope everyone has a lovely Christmas. ❅

Panache - Kinderwhore

The kinderwhore style movement is one that is particularly influencing my fashion choices of late. This year I have seen so many detachable collars and lacey, flowy pastel coloured fabrics on the runway and then translated to the chain stores. These trends have been reminding me so much of this particular "fashion movement", if it can be identified as such. The style was sweet but in a decayed, de-constructed and disturbed way - sort of like a child pretending to dress up in her mother's clothing and make-up - the messier the better. The juxtaposition of the two elements - sweet and demented - is what gives this style such appeal, both in a nostalgic, child-like sense and a sexualised, adapted-for-adult kind of way. Some of those who adapted and utilised this style are notables such as Courtney Love and Kat Bjelland, but the style is evident in aspects of dress by D'Arcy Wretzky and Wednesday Addams. I like the girly sweetness that it evokes but it becomes more interesting with the darker edge added. I'm always coming across various items in op shops that frequently remind me of the era of this style reigned in (which was the very late 80's and early 90's up until the mid 90's) - particularly dresses with sweet lace peter pan collars or the squared collars, but also through mary jane flat shoes, frilled lace socks and hair bows.

Until next time ♡

Hole - Doll Parts

Incipient

Hello! ♡

So it's official - I am finished with my degree! I managed to pass everything well and I am super happy with how everything turned out! Now it is just time to play the waiting game to see if I am accepted to do the masters degree and be prepared for the graduation ceremony next year! Very excited but also a little nervous. :) Three years have flown by so quickly and I feel I've learnt a lot about design and where my skills lie, but of course there is much life-long learning to be continued.

I have started working on those personal illustrations that I have sorely neglected during this year (now that I have my holiday time), but I will finish them soon, otherwise I'll feel unfulfilled as I always feel when I haven't finished something I've started. (I have too many notes all over my phone and computer of things to complete!)

This work is just a little amalgamation of all the things at the current time I find comforting and pretty, just a little illustration to pass the time.

This is titled Winter Harvest and relates to the season of Winter, the notion of cycles, seasonal vegetables, fruits and herbs and protectors of the forests and their respective wildlife. I have entered this into the Yen Young Female Art Awards, which you can check out here.

My illustration of Boudicca is quite close to its final stage, however I still have to work on perfecting certain elements, but I have left it at home as it is too hard to safely cart around watercolour paper on airplanes. This was the last photographed stage it was at.

Here are a few snapshots of things that have related to my life at this present moment. (From L-R, top to bottom):
1. Photo editing and in a current phase of loving white and roses. Plus, these sunglasses are so perfect for summer.
2. Finding nostalgic childhood books that are so wonderfully illustrated.
3. Setting up the Christmas tree, it looks so magical.
4. Starting the first in what I want to be a series of small portraits of women I find intriguing and inspiring, This initial sketch is of Virginia Woolf. It doesn't resemble her greatly; it is funny how the simple stroke of a pencil can dramatically alter the expressions within a drawing, something so tiny can have such a great impact on the resemblance of the subject.
5. My cockatiel Buzz, a strange parrot indeed - she only likes one person in my family and it isn't me!
6. One of my 21st birthday presents, a gold diamond ring from my grandmother. ♡

My holiday afternoons will consist of reading the newest Frankie and Lula magazines, and drinking plenty of tea.

I have been listening to a lot of soundtracks from some of my favourite films of late, this one has been permeating my mind for quote some time now. It is the Love Theme and Finale by Ennio Morricone from the 1997 version of Lolita. So beautiful and peaceful. ♡



That is all for now, until next time,

Rad Times

Morning all! ♡

For some reason, I always find guys of the 80's, 90's and earlier extremely attractive in comparison to some of the male celebrities of today. I'm not quite sure why, but it could be due to nostalgia, but in general there have been some seriously attractive male celebrities in the decades gone past! Of course, it's not just about the exterior, but their talents and personalities too.

Johnny Depp - Still amazing today! I've always loved his acting and the way he can shift characters with such ease.

Kyle Mclaughlinn

Cary Elwes

Zack Morris from Saved By the Bell aka Mark-Paul Gosselaar

Alain Delon

River Phoenix (R.I.P.) - Forever beautiful and talented, he is an inspiration to me.

Morrissey - I just love The Smiths.

Brad Renfro (R.I.P.) - Taken too soon, but so lovely.

Leonardo Dicaprio - So beautiful in the 90's, especially with his performances in Romeo + Juliet and Titanic - I was and still am in love with him.

David Bowie - So talented and did you see him in the Labyrinth?! ;)

Colin Firth - He's still perfect today.

Rob Lowe

Michael J. Fox - I loved him in Family Ties.

Honathan Brandis (R.I.P.) - Sadly passed away in 2003, he was beautiful in the short life he had/

James Dean (R.I.P.) - Lovely.

Edward Furlong

ZCorey Haim (R.I.P.) - Another to leave this world too soon.

Andrew Mccarthy

Jeff Buckley (R.I.P.) - A lovely soul.

I am going back to uni soon, and I might start looking to get work experience to see what others in the industry do and how everything operates. I think it'll be great and after all, the more contacts the better likelihood I have of securing a job after graduating. However, I am considering taking either another year, 1.5 years or 2 years of a separate degree (diploma, honours or master) as it may benefit me for the future. But as of now that is only a interest, I may not need any more qualifications.

I've begun watching Twin Peaks just recently and I really like it so far. I had heard of it before but I'd never actually watched it, so because David Lynch is such an amazing person I decided to watch it. I really love Special Agent Dale Cooper, he's hilarious! I'm thinking f designing a portrait of him soon in dedication to the character. I also link Audrey Horne, she's quirky but is also independent and knows what she wants.

That's all from me today, see you next time! ♥♥♥

Angelo Badalamenti - Twin Peaks Theme