Mother/Daughter

 

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Dress: Anthea Crawford silk crepe

Heels: Kitten D'Amour vegan leather

Bag: Cotton On quilted recycled polyester

Bangle Stack: Gift, vintage Mexican silver

Bangle: Gift, 20th Century Antiques & Collectibles vintage silver

Bracelet: Gift, Kellie's Antiques Victorian silver, filigree

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I'm so delighted to share all the pictures from a mother/daughter morning of shopping at Indooroopilly Shoppingtown followed by a leisurely bistro lunch at the Pig & Whistle where we enjoyed some traditional British pub fare. For the occasion, I wore a gorgeous carnation print silk crepe fit-to-flare midi dress from Anthea Crawford, styled up with a pair of red vegan leather dual strap heels from Kitten D'Amour for a modicum of height & a recycled quilted polyester crossbody bag in a matching vivid shade of red from Cotton On to carry all the essentials while keeping my hands free. When it came to jewellery, I chose some beloved silver pieces - a stack of vintage Mexican bangles that some dear friends brought back from a trip overseas, a chunky Victorian bracelet with oversized filigree heart locket & teeny tiny key from Kellie's Antiques & a single thicker bangle from 20th Century Antiques & Collectibles that my younger brother gave me as a birthday gift a few years ago.

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Lady of the Camellias

 

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Dress: Sacha Drake jacquard

Heels: Wittner leather, elastic

Bag: Cotton On woven paper

Hinged Bangle: Oxfam silver

Cuff: Gift, Gian Paolo Maria via Lannah Dunn pewter, beads, Swarovski crystals

Ring: Gift, Swarovski crystals, beads, silver

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The older I've gotten, the more I've come to appreciate what people often refer to as the more "feminine" things in life - the colour pink, florals, dresses - despite still being the grunge-loving, Daria-obsessed, Nirvana-worshipping teenager I once was underneath it all. There are so many different facets of anyone's personality & I intend to learn wholeheartedly into all of them. Case in poing: the utterly divine pink floral jacquard bias-cut midi dress with large floral corsage from Australian designer Sacha Drake that I wore to a recent ballet performance of "Lady of the Camellias" with a dear friend. I've styled it up for QPAC with a pair of beige leather & elastic stiletto gladiator heels from Wittner for a modicum of height, a natural woven paper slouch bag (there's that grunge aesthetic rearing its head...) from Cotton On for that insouciant little nod to Queensland in the summertime, a silver hinged bangle that I picked up from the Oxfam Shop that used to be at Indooroopilly & wore to my high school formal many, many years ago & that I still cherish, a handmade pewter, Swarovski crystal & beaded cuff from Gian Paolo Maria in Paris via the amazing Lannah Dunn jewellery store & matching silver & crystal cocktail ring from Swarovski that my family gave me as 30th birthday presents for that extra special finishing touch.