Ombre, ombre, yeehaa!

I love ombre and I love statement neckpieces.
These one-off, vintage handmade neckpieces are made from stained wooden "spikes" and arranged in a colour-graduated fashion.
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Curved wooden spikes (between 5cm-8cm), rescued
from a vintage necklace are now fierce ombre beauties. 

Peacock-feather blues, greens and purples make up this  neckpiece.
Plastic discs connect the necklace to a stainless lobster clasp at the back. 

Nailed it!

Ombre nails are it.

They're everywhere.

The best things take a little time.

Now, how do they do this...?

These are courtesy of Door Sixteen's Anna Dorfman.  

From Pinterest, originally from here. 

From Pinterest, originally from here.

Showing off the loot

Seek and ye shall find, that's my picking mantra.
And the most recent looking has unearther some particularly worthy loot.

Finally, the disco ball arrives. I've wanted one for some time - god knows why, but they are the kind of thing that turn up on streets, in rubbish, and in skip bins, and typically, this one (with the motor etc still attached), was rescued from the tip. It was thrown in together with a heap of stuff from the Top of the Town hotel, in Burnie (oh, what has the disco ball been privy to over the years?).  The council workers didn't even bat an eyelid when we asked them to pass it to us, after we spotted it in the land fill about to be smashed up. The Panthers plaque was a recent score, as was the retro dartboard, while the white glass and metal light fixture is pure mid-century gold.

Getting to the garagies a little earlier paid off with a good vinyl loot to take home. "$1 you say?" "Why yes, I will take all of these fine, rare pieces of musical history, thank you."

Kookaburra outside my house is looking retro, new Tony Bianco shoes on old leopard, and a remarkably beautiful full moon.

Look, it's Lonny!

The new issue of Lonny is now online to view. 

Not only does it include a sneak peek into J Crew creative director Jenna Lyons' office (she's a stylish chica that one), it boasts the usual elegant interiors, the ex-Domino staff have become known for.

Jenna Lyons' J Crew office, featuring a lovely big desk.

Hmmm, that's quite an office, Jenna.

A weekend in the garden...?

Shop with the lot

This LA fashion-homewares-accessories shop is just the business!
I discovered Mohawk General Store over at Bri Emery's designlovefest.
It's like the owners took my dream shop out of my head and made it theirs.
Vintage, eclectic, curated, industrial, ornate and minimal all in one retail space, plus little unexpected  surprises everywhere you look.
Nice...

Fashionable insider adviser

I love Style.com's pre-fashion week articles.

The best are those that focus on fashionable types' preparations for the week-long events in New York, London, Paris and Milan.

This one features the eccentric and chic offspring of '90s supermodel Stephanie Seymour and her ex-husband multi-millionaire Peter Brant; shoe designer Nicholas Kirkwood; and swimwear designer Lisa Marie Fernandez among others.  

But it's those Brant boys' advice that takes the cake, additionally, they are so striking and prove that Stephanie sure has some strong genes.