Antique Crawl

 

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Dress: Portmans ramie

Cardigan: Kitten D'Amour silk, knit

Heels: Kitten D'Amour vegan leather

Bag: Cotton On upcycled polyester quilting

Bangle Stack: Gift, vintage Mexican silver

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

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Finally sharing all of the gorgeous pictures from a Saturday spent browsing around some of my favourite River City antique stores & enjoying a leisurely lunch at one of my favourite riverside spots - Aji Spice House - with my younger brother as a belated birthday treat. For the occasion, I donned a gorgeous monochrome polka dot printed ramie midi dress with belt from Portmans, bright red silk knitted cropped cardigan with bow neckline & matching vegan leather wedge sandals with white stitching from "retro girly" cult label Kitten D'Amour, upcycled red quilted polyester crossbody bag from Cotton On to carry all the essentials while keeping my hands free for picking up vintage & antique treasures & finally, some of my most beloved silver pieces - a single vintage bangle from 20th Century Antiques & Collectibles as well as a stack of vintage Mexican silver bangles that some dear friends brought back from an overseas trip a few years ago - to complete the look.

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Corn Fritters with Haloumi, Egg, Avocado & Tomato Salsa

Split Pea Dhal with Eggs & Warm Paratha

Washing it all down with the famous "Bananarama" Smoothie

Antiquing in the Rain

 

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Dress: The Pretty Dress Company via That Shop cotton

Cardigan: Ginger Tree mesh

Loafers: Pitillos via Obsession Shoes patent leather, matte leather, tassle

Bag: Pigeonhole leather

Bangle Stack: Gift, vintage Mexican silver

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

Cuff: Gift, Wallace Bishop brushed silver

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Finally sharing all the pictures from a recent antiquing trip with my younger brother, hitting up some of our all-time favourite places to rummage around in Brisbane - Empire Antiques & Relove Oxley, respectively - & enjoying a leisurely lunch at the delightful Farm House Kedron while the rain set in around us! For the occasion, I'm wearing a retro-inspired black & pink rose print cotton 50s midi dress from British label The Pretty Dress Company that I picked up a few years ago from That Shop, a bright pink mesh tie-front cropped cardigan from Ginger Tree that I've had for at least ten years & is still going strong, a pair of black patent & matte leather heeled loafers with tassles from a label called Pitillos that I discovered at the amazing Obesssion Shoes at the "top of town" in Ipswich for that modicum of height my five foot frame desperately needs & a black leather shoulder bag from funky boutique Pigeonhole to carry all the essentials. When it came to jewellery, I couldn't resist some of my most beloved silver pieces - a stack of vintage Mexican bangles from dear friends, a single vintage silver bangle from 20th Century Antiques & Collectibles that my younger brother gave me for a birthday gift & a brushed silver cuff from Wallace Bishop to bring all the daytime shine.

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Can't resist the call of the potato rosti wherever I go...