Bianco in the Spring

Spent most of the afternoon attached to the outside window of Shoe Connection staring at these:

Tony Bianco Fairlie wedges (Aus $179)

Tony Bianco Fairfax (Aus $179)

Tony Bianco Kortina (Aus $189)

I simply love these wedges. If you have slightly larger ankles like me then the Fairlie are the better style (comes in a cobalt blue colour as well) as ankle straps only accentuate. 

Weekend Couture

My favourite show of Fall 2011 Couture in Paris - Giambattista Valli (his first couture show) - classics worked into modern luxury with fur, feathers, embroidery and plenty of details:

Braving the winter cold...

There are some gorgeous anoraks on sale at Witchery right now. Perfect for braving the wind and cold. Looks chic worn casually with jeans but can you can dress it up a bit with black jeans and ankle boots for the evening.

Witchery utility anorak (Aus $129.95) and longline utility parka (Aus $99.95)

Spring Sailor Ahoy!

Saw a friend try on this dress the other day, it is a more elegant way of doing the Spring nautical/rivera themed dressing. A simple platform heel like the No1 Shoes Onyx heel or an open-toe in black or red would look good with this one:

Portmans Bold Stripe Dress $110

P.S. This would make an excellent races dress with a red or hot pink fascinator.  Just think about it, when you see a patterned shift or three-quarter sleeved dress, what would Pippa Middleton do? WWPM (putting this on wristbands as I write this post...)

Maxi Skirts for Spring

Love this look for Spring, long black sheer or nude pleated maxi skirts worn with a tank top or white t-shirt with a cropped black tux blazer

Glassons sheer maxi skirt $60 (I also spied a pleated one in black and nude colour in the stores yesterday)

Pleated Maxi Skirt $169 @ Country Road

While we are shopping at Country Road let's give this skirt a very Prada shout-out, a great skirt for weekend casual wear worn with a t-shirt tucked in and styled with a statement necklace

Jersey Stripe Pencil Skirt $89.90 @ Country Road

Inspiration...

Prada Spring 2011 RTW courtesy of Style.com

Abbey Lee Kershaw courtesy of Altamira

Defaulting times call for desperate measures...

Popped into No 1 Shoes today and loved for $60 and under...

This one below comes in grey which gives it a bit more oomph than the black

Witty wedge in black, City wedge in black (both $59.99) and Onyx Court in Black ($39.99) all from No 1 shoe warehouse


If the U.S. defaults, we will be prepared.

Hats + Leather

Inspiration

Image courtesy of Fashionfame.com

Image courtesy of Jak & Jil Blog

Madison wide brim hat and Medina leather jacket from Max, Asos leather biker jacket with quilted shoulders