Camilla Style Guide and Boutique Launch - Paddington - Sydney.

Camilla Style Guide and Boutique Launch - Paddington - Sydney.

Be a Camilla Ringleader!

Yes, there is a beautiful and glorious Camilla tribe and I was in the thick of it with all these beauties for the launch of Camilla's style guide at her new Paddington boutique. The new flagship store is indeed also very beautiful and shares with you the journey that has made Camilla the label and, I think the woman who and what they are today. I will let the pictures tell you the story of this launch; the style guide which I received a print copy of is a fabulous work itself, and it can also be viewed online with illustrations and how to video as well. You will never be at a loss for a new way to wear your Camilla.  Congratulations to Camilla and her Tribe of Camilla Ringleaders!

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DREAM SEQUENCE

DREAM SEQUENCE

The Fifth Dream Sequence bustier / Glassons ribbed top / Bardot denim (similar) / London Rebel boot via Famous Footwear / Vintage coat & scarf / Forever New bag

 / Bad Witch Boutique crystal necklace

This outfit pretty much sums up how to successfully attend up pop-up sale, wear a bustier in Winter, and discover a new kick-ass brand. My trek to The Bowerbird Group's Collingwood showroom included very early rising and driving in circles in the wrong suburb for half an hour because I'd made a wrong turn, but I walked out with a matching bustier and dress from The Fifth label, as well as a backless, printed dress from Finders Keepers that I'd had my eye on for a wedding coming up in October... and the best part is, I spent under $150 and it feels so good. Mission complete ✓✓

Patricia Field Style and the City

Patricia Field Style and the City

Carrie, Samantha, Miranda and Charlotte all had a not-so-secret friend who turned them from women speaking directly into the camera about their dating fiascoes (a rookie season one mistake) into style icons adored the world over. It has been years since the series ended and the last of the films graced the silver screen (breaking box office records) but women all over the world can still not get enough. With this in mind "Style and the City", an exhibition of beautiful gowns and outfits worn by these fictional but very real style icons has been cleverly curated by legendary costume designer Patricia Field and brought to Perth. Launching on Friday morning, the free exhibition will run until May 1st at enex100 and inside Myer at Forrest Chase.

At the launch Patricia shared stories from the set- how she met the actors and how they became family, posed for photos, met and chatted with some 100 women and men all obvious fans of her amazing work. 

Not only is Patricia Field the Emmy Award winning costume designer behind Sex and The City, but Oscar nominated designer behind films like The Devil Wears Prada, Confessions of a Shopaholic, and television series' Ugly Betty, Spin City, Cashmere Mafia, Hope and Faith, Six Degrees and Kath and Kim. Her boutique, which she opened in Greenwich Village in 1966 has been attracting fashion forward locals, internationals and celebrities for fifty years. Named in Time Magazines '100 Most Influential Fashion Icons of All Time', Field is a down to earth and fascinating woman. Her stories brought to life the experiences on set while demonstrating her design process, character analysis and relationship with cast members. 

Costumes from both the HBO television series and both of the Sex and the City films are on display, from the infamous Vivienne Westwood wedding gown (complete with bird!), Zac Posen wedding party gowns (the black worn by Charlotte was Field's pick for Sarah-Jessica Parker to wear in white but Parker chose the Westwood), the Versace ruffled gown Carrie was stood up in by Alexander Petrovsky during that last episode in Paris and a whole lot more. By a whole lot more, I am talking the Carrie necklace, the blue Manolo Blahnick's, that white dress with the gigantic orchid corsage, the Eiffel Tower bag etc etc etc… Patricia Field scoured dresses from across the globe to bring to Perth, just for us. Zac Posen dug into his New Jersey archives for the wedding party dresses, designers and collectors around the world were called, and the results are a stunning collection of 24 colourful, iconic gowns and costume pieces that you just have to see. 

xx Jenelle 

Building A Capsule Wardrobe: The Little Black Dress

Building A Capsule Wardrobe: The Little Black Dress

"When a little black dress is right, there is nothing to wear in it's place." -Edith Piaf

During the 1920s Chanel created a little black dress which popularized black dresses for women. After her lover Boy Capel died in 1919, Chanel wore and made black dresses inspired by the women in mourning she had seen in the French villages as a child. In 1929 Vogue printed an image of one of Chanel's black dresses in their article on Parisian Fashion. Implying the popularity and instant long term appeal of the 'LBD', Vogue dubbed the dress 'the Chanel Ford', linking it with the popularity of Henry Ford's Model-T motor cars. 

Ford was known to have said "any customer can have a car painted in any colour that he wants so long as it is black". 

Practical, flattering and sophisticated, the little black dress could carry women from the afternoon through the popular cocktail hours. Made from crepe de chine, the 'Chanel Ford' dress featured a slashed neckline, a bodice that bloused slightly at the front and sides, a tight bolero at the back and diagonal pin-tucks across the front. It was simple, elegant and very in keeping with the modern way of life. Over time the dress grew to become a staple in the wardrobe, as women heeded Chanel's advice. 

"One is never over nor under dressed in a little black dress."

In 1961 the world went a little mad for the wardrobe of Holly Golightly, elegantly portrayed by Audrey Hepburn, dressed in Givenchy for Breakfast At Tiffany's. Personally this one is my favorite. Adopted each generation in a different way, the little black dress is synonymous as the essential item in a women's wardrobe. Today it can take you across any occasion, it can be styled simply or paired with accessories. I love that a black dress offers a reliable outfit in my wardrobe that I can turn to knowing I will have something to wear, no matter the occasion. Somehow, even wearing the same one again and again, (something a little taboo of a printed or coloured dress) is not an issue. Should you choose to wear a little black dress again and again, it is simple attributed that you have 'style', are 'classic' and elegant. 



Cue The LBD. New to Australia, The LBD is a manufacturer and online retail boutique with a unique concept certain to revolutionize how women source and select their perfect LBD. Finding the perfect LBD until now, could prove to be a challenge. Fit, price, availability and seasonal collection changes all conspire together to make it a challenge to find the right one for each woman. Over the past 12 months, the design team at The LBD have been crafting the capsule collection, built around classic, timeless designs to create a versatile foundation wardrobe. Each LBD is available in styles to enhance the individual customer's assets. These days the average Australian adult female is an average size 14, but the LBD designed to suit body shapes rather than label sizes. Adapting necklines, sleeve and skirt styles and hemlines, there is a whole range of silhouettes to choose from, each dress is made of trans seasonal high quality fabric for year round wear. The site also features a unique Dress My Shape Guide complete with a shape guide and calculator. Each dress has been sized against its counterpart, meaning the sizes remain the same no matter which style of dress you choose. I personally find the unstandardized clothing sizing system in Australia to be extremely frustrating. I am a size 8, no a 6, no a 10... or all three, depending on a garment or brand. Not with The LBD! I calculated my size, and it fit perfectly.   

I will share my outfit post in the dress I chose in the coming days, (below is one of my styling boards I have made up featuring it) but in the mean time, I thought I would share a link to The LBD so you can check it out. I can not stress enough how useful a little black dress is in building your capsule wardrobe! 

If you have missed any of the 'Building A Capsule Wardrobe' series, check out the previous posts here. 

I will be bringing you more of this sort of post in coming weeks, so stay tuned, and please share any comments or ask any questions below. 

Happy Capsule creating! 

xx Jenelle

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Student Runway 2013 Part One

Student Runway 2013 Part One

The Student Runway is always a highlight of the Perth Fashion Festival calendar. 

The show last night was so impressive, I have broken it up into two posts, the first features looks from the Ready To Wear and Evening Wear collections.

Melanie Nicholls, a WAAPA student, took out the RTW Women's prize for the black and cobalt neoprene dress, as seen in the first image. This Dion Lee inspired dress was one of the most interesting I have seen this PFF. The menswear looks were really strong, without leaning too far into the areas of overly camp, flamboyant or dull. The grey wool cape is particularly beautiful, as an androgynous piece.

Part two will be up in the coming days, along with a few other runway posts. Rather than flood the blog with these all at once, tomorrow will mark the beginning of an exciting project we have developed in conjunction with Hatch Boutique, showcasing Perth designers, and our street style takes on them. 

More on that tomorrow. 

xx Jenelle

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Today's Everyday Fashion: Day at the Park

Today's Everyday Fashion: Day at the Park

The scene: it's Sunday afternoon, I'm exhausted from hosting Gainesville Fashion Week the night before, didn't get enough sleep, but the weather is gorgeous and I want to get outside and enjoy the beautiful day. I hit up brunch and coffee and then head to the park to read. (I'm holding "The Sacred Romance" - an old favorite; we are doing the workbook in Bible study right now.) I don't have a blog post planned for tomorrow, so I decide to snap some photos to share. As for my attire? I was exhausted (bags under my eyes and all), but I was feeling girlie and wanted something to pretty that would fit the Florida scenery. A dress and flat sandals was easy, comfortable, and matched my mood. What good books have you read lately? What would you wear to the park to read?

Dress: Francesca's c/o, $44 sold out
Belt: Forever 21, $5 (similar)
Necklace: Red Dress Boutique c/o sold out
Shoes: Diba/Nordstrom Rack, $40 (similar, similar, similar)
Purse: Page 6 Boutique c/o sold out (similar, similar)
Sunglasses: Banana Republic, $26

Forever 21  /  Forever 21  /  Target  /  Old Navy
Tulle  /  BCBG  /  ModCloth  /  Wallis
JcPenney  /  ModCloth  /  ModCloth  /  Kohl's

Today's Everyday Fashion: Minty Fresh

Today's Everyday Fashion: Minty Fresh

Inspiration: Pinterest

My enthusiastic, year-long hunt for the perfect pair of mint jeans is over... and it resulted in me owning not one, but two pairs. (These and the Gap Skimmers.) I normally wouldn't buy two items that are so similar, but lately my shopping planning hasn't been so much planning as winging it. Everybody makes mistakes (if I could go back, I would've held out for the Gap pair), but mistakes that result in twice the minty fresh denim fun can hardly be penalized in my book. ;-) What are your favorite denim colors for spring? Would you wear mint + leopard?

Shirt: Moda c/o MJR Sales, $17 (old)

Jeans: Forever 21, $25

Necklace: Red Dress Boutique  c/o

Shoes: Nine West c/o, $62 (similar, similar)
Watch: Michael Kors, family gift
Rings: My Stella & Dot 1, 2
Bracelets: My Stella & Dot 1, 2, 3

Piperlime / Anne Klein / Charlotte Russe
Victoria's Secret  /  Buffalo  /  Victoria's Secret
Forever 21  /  Rsvp  /  Obey

Today's Everyday Fashion: Favorite Trends

Today's Everyday Fashion: Favorite Trends

Today's look contains so many of my favorite trends - mint, lace, winter white and chunky necklaces, to name a few. It's also a blending of new purchases (jeans and shoes) and old (coat and shirt). What are your favorite trends this winter? Would you wear a lace top?

Coat: Banana Republic, $130 (similar, similar, similar) 

Shirt: Charlotte Russe, $18

Jeans: Forever 21, $25

Shoes: Piperlime, $32

Purse: Calvin Klein/TJ Maxx, $120 (similar)

Necklace: Red Dress Boutique c/o

Bracelets: Ily Couture c/o, My Stella & Dot website 1, 2

Rings: My Stella & Dot website 1, 2

Dillard's / Forever 21 / ASOS
Target / C. Russe / Lucky Brand
Alloy / Lauren Conrad / Forever 21