Now what? To style or design?

So lately I've been doing a lot of thinking about what my next move should be.. career wise that is! Since I discovered that being an architect is not really for me I've been contemplating weather I should pursue a career as a stylist or a designer! I am a creative person and I don't think I've found my medium yet! Maybe fashion design is that medium. I've studied Graphic design and Interior Architecture, and I think I I'm ready for the next step... FASHION design, So I'm thinking about enrolling in fashion course next semester. This is really exciting... eeeeeeeeeeeee! 
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whale vomit is the new scent!

I came across this article this morning on style.com...

Another 13 is a new fragrance made for Another magazine. This eau de parfum includes a particularly unusual ingredient, a sweet-smelling and quite pricey extract from the vomit of sperm whales! ... they wanted fruity notes mixed with “something dirty”

You have got to go  read the article, its actually quite interesting...

On ANOTHER note I think the bottle and the packaging is genius, then again I'm a sucker for typography on cardboard.
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Safari colours? Could they be any sexier?

Lanvin Ready-To-Wear Spring/Summer 2011

What a beautiful collection, with some wonderful pieces, a beautiful colour pallet, exquisite accessories and shoes... oh the shoes! 
These 2 dresses tell a complicated story of feminine vs masculine, dominance and objectification, power and seduction... oh I'm in love.

Images via Vogue and Style

Snap Snap!

I've been wanting a good camera for a while now... there is a lot of inspirations around and I just wish I could snap it all in time. So today I will be researching Digital camera's to try and make a decision.... I'm hoping I can afford to get one soon.


My beautiful city was hit by a magnitude 7.1 earthquake 7 week ago which resulted in the loss of many of the character buildings around town. I drive around and see piles of rubble and kinda struggle to remember what once stood there!However, that earthquake and the subsequent few hundred aftershocks resulted in some new activity around town, heavy machinery, signs, workmen, there is actually plenty inspirations out there, colours, textures, emotions.

There will be plenty for me to do when I get that camera...

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Check out the latest loss due to that earthquake http://democam.iopen.co.nz/ipcam/manchester/ it is sad this was the first high rise commercial building in town!

A little rambling!

Last year I finished studying Architecture, and so far no luck on the job front. A couple of month ago after contacting a couple dozen firms volunteering my work in exchange of experience, I manged to score myself a place. Today tho after spending all morning working on a set of plans for a poorly designed 1920's cottage it dawned on me... I do not want to be doing this!

I dont want to slave away infront of a computer screen drawing black and white plans... I want to be in a creative environment surrounded by beautiful things, colours, materials, fabrics. I want to be making things, designing, working on prototypes.

Today's accomplishment tho was my outfit :) but what a waste it was hidden away in that office.

Time's flying by!

Its been two whole weeks since my last post... it feels like that creative wave that hit me popped and fizzled away!

I said in my last post that I will start painting my Blue series... two weeks later... haven't done any of it y, BUT, I have managed to complete a couple more paintings in my Earth series.

It feels like time is flying by and there's so much I want to do and start doing but I just don't seem to manage the start part.

Maybe this week would be a little more productive.

Blues are happy colours

Two years ago I painted this canvas, my first large canvas, I'm not entirely happy with it, there are a few areas which I would like to go back and revise but I'm scared of ruining it! so I'm learning to love it as it is.

Melancholy

I particularly like the colors in this corner of the painting, and ever since I finished this painting I intended to start a series of paintings based on the colors in this corner, which would include some stylised form of the  human figure in its composition.

Bottom right corner

Last week I came across an editorial that ignited this urge to paint in blue. The article featured on Financial Times: How to spend it  included an editorial for 'Global Gathering' and it was my perfect muse. As you can see its got those gorgeous blues and that amazing model, what an inspiration! So now I'm thinking of introducing some other contrasting and complimentary colors to the palette.

Editorial Global Gathering
Fashion Editor: Damian Foxe
Model: AleK Wek

It was quite amazing to see what I was imagining for my series and so much more done in photography, makes it easy for me to add it to my inspirations folder! Cant wait to start those Paintings.