noot!

that girl in that dress is a good combo.

source - tfs

a thousand words.say no more.

karlie for l'etoffe de la creation.

channy O-O <-- it's in awe guys.

FashionCopious

Yes, I am still obsessed with this collection.

Miu Miu S/S '08

style.com

handmade.

I was digging around in my shelf at home, and found this fluffy old thing. I knitted it in Year 6, when I was eleven, as a personal choice school assignment (we got to choose something to do). I mean, the yarn looked really nice when i bought it, but once it was knitted into a scarf (which was the only thing I could make, and took an aeon because i'd only just learnt how tp knit, and at one stage I dropped six stitches), the colour turned out weird. If you can't tell from the picture, it's just little splotches of pastel colour. I haven't used it yet; it's only a metre and ten centimetres long (which is about three and a half feet). I've been meaning to extend it half a metre, because I have extra yarn. What do you think of it?

Yes, it's shiny :D And those are my bedcovers, very boring.

have fun!

ann xx

happiclippos- no it's not a hippo species _-_

we can all afford to get a bit sidetracked once in a while right? (ehehe...)

i found the cutest blog called JoJo Happiclips.

she makes the sweetest clips and ribbons which make me suddenly majorly wish i was a little kid ==

sort of like those rodarte dresses helen posted =D

yeah, sorry guys (i know they're CLIPS). screw that.

channy :D

knitpicker

hello all! I havent been dead, i've been knitting and knitting and writing crappy stories. :D sorry.
but on the bright side, i have some patterns for those knitters out there to use! some of these will need circular needles, some of them not. also, a great tofu-shaped pincushion which i am currently making myself :D

http://knitting.about.com/od/mittenpatterns/p/fingerless.htm: this is a great one, fingerless mittens knitted with circular needles.

http://thecraptastictruth.blogspot.com/2008/03/little-black-handbag.html: a cute, durable black clutch (i think it's a clutch?). you can knit it it with one strand of yarn, or two.

http://knitting.about.com/od/knittingpatterns/ig/Easy-Knitting-Patterns/easy_wrap.htm: like a shawl/wrap thingg... includes increasing and decreasing stitches, so better learn that :D

http://bittersweetblog.wordpress.com/2006/06/15/tofu-for-you/: this is the very cool tofu pincushion, which even has a little face on it! you can make it whatever expression you like, and it's very easy to make.

http://www.lincraft.com.au/view_project.php?id=251: a pretty bolero knitted with bamboo yarn, for beginners (or so they say).

http://www.knittingpatterncentral.com/patterns/alluring_halter_top.php: halter top :D is cool looking.

have fun knitting, and i will post a picture of my finished tofu pincushion, complete with weird expression, as soon as i finish it! :D oh, and maybe i'll try making those fingerless gloves too.

edit: hey look! what on earth are these? well, they're websites that i found really helpful for expanding my knowledge of knitting. they'll get you started; i suggest you roam around the net for some cool stitches, like moss stitch, and pretty techniques like cabling.

http://www.theyarnco.com/instruction.php: all the basics are here :)

http://www.knittinghelp.com/: a wider range of stuff, complete with videos.

http://knitting.about.com/od/learntoknit/a/begin_knit.htm: some helpful tips and tricks.

byebye!

ann xx

Legs.

Impossibly long and stretch on for miles. Us mortals can only dream...

source: jak&jill

have.it.ALL.

(style.com)

funky hair, cute accessories, fab preppy layering,big bag and snug shoes.

HOW???!!? and in one outfit too. not bad, basso & brooke.

also, i've been looking through my mum's (yes, yes great inspiration etc.etc.) stuff for a sweater.

and guess what? i found one =O

but it's yellow. BRIGHT yellow. any ideas?? i'm scared.

channy (:

The Sun & The Earth

There's something so organic, whimsical and beautiful about Rodarte. Reminds me of being a kid and running around outside with not a care in the world.

source - tfs

snip me, snip me...

pics from style.com

behnaz sarafpour fall 09. simple cutouts do wonders *gazes in awe*

channy :3

P.S also, thanks guys for showering us with all the lovely comments you have been...commenting with! we, the box peoples, appreciate ^^

speakingofchains

• Chain neclace with black fringe
• Chainmail bag with chains
• I found this amazing vintage black dress with a low cut back drapped in delicate chains on some website but I didn't save it and am kicking myself cause I cant remember where it was!
• In an unrelated matter, there is so much beautiful knitwear out there atm (rodarte, missoni etc) I really want to learn how to knit.
  
  Source - bleachblack, TFS

see these shackles...

www.drrtylaundry.blogspot.com

abaete fall 09 (style.com)

chains of all sorts are looking very good to me at the moment.

please tell me what you think.

channy xP

hi my name is...gianfranco.

gianfranco ferre fall 09
pic from style.com

channy ;P

discofever & funnywords

As much as I love Erin, I must say, even she cannot pull of this:

To me looks a bit costum-ey and does anyone else think Christophe Decarnin has used the exact same sillouettes two seasons in a row? What did you guys think of Balmain?

On a side note, the word verifications for blogger.com are very amusing.

funky you say?

waiter: so you would like your ritsuko shirahama to be served "funky", with a side of vegetables?

channy xx

i see...BLACK.

miss sixty fall 09

alessandro dell'acqua fall 09

ADAM fall 09

sophia kokosalaki fall 09

haider ackermann fall 09

hey look i'm haider ackermann! king of all things black!

all pics courtesy of style.com

channy xx

P.S sorry guys i just HAD to put the last pic in ^^ au revoir!

sophia...you're BLOODY BRILLIANT.

pic courtesy of style.com

think i've found a new fave designer. sophia kokosalaki fall 09.
don't let the name put you off.

channy ;)

chip off the old block.

As Helen has told you, we are now on hols! So I went shopping yesterday with some friends, and I got this awesome 4-in-1 nail block from The Body Shop. It has four numbered sides, each with a different function; one for filing, one for removing ridges in the nail, one for smoothing and one for shining the nail. And I must say, my nails are very shiny now. I think it looks different in the US, but here in Australia ours looks like this:

It completely smoothes out the nail surface, as well as leaving it mirror-shiny!

Oh, and I also got this baker boy hat:

Possibly the only non-trucker/baseball cap I look good in *is in love with these items*. And can you believe the hat only cost $2.50 AUD? Wow.

Anyway, have fun!

ann xx.

Anticlimax.

Well its finnaaalllly the holidays so expect more posting in the next two weeks. I was reading back through the archives (that is how much spare time i have now...mwahahahah) and noticed I have yet to comment on Alex Wangs fall collection and I have to say ALEX, YOU HAVE DISAPOINTED ME. Yes, you have let me down. What happened to the good old days? HUH? (ie Fall '08). WHYYYYYY!

Fall 08

Fall 09

I mean, I dont see much of what I liked about Alexander Wang in the first place in his most recent collection. Sure there were a couple of nice dresses, but nothing that really stood out to me. He focussed a lot on cutouts, like sooo many other designers and there wasnt that sort of street influence that came out in his previous collections. Basically, if I hadnt been told it was Wang I wouldn't have known. It wasnt terrible, but could've been so much better

*sad face*