Ethnic Shift Dress

On Saturday I spent the day in Bendigo for Groovin the Moo, a music festival here in Aus. Country Victoria gets pretty chilly this time of year so I chose this long sleeved ethnic print shift dress. I'm loving bold prints and colours at the moment.

Here I'm wearing head to toe Sportsgirl. I took these quick snaps with my new SLR camera before I left, I didn't want to risk having it at a festival before my camera bag comes in the mail from ebay! it should be here soon so lots of photos to come. The festival was amazing, really enjoyed City and Colour, 360, Kimbra and Hilltop hoods.

Festival Style - Coachella

All the images from Coachella circling the web in the past week have been inspiring my festival style. I'm getting pretty pumped for Groovin the Moo in a few weeks, a festival held in Bendigo a small town a couple of hours out of Melbourne.

If only I could pull off gumboots like Kate Bosworth.

All images photographed by Mark Iantosca

Classic festival style: florals, touches of lace, boots, sheer skirts, denim and of course a pair of cool sunnies

Now I hope Groovin the Moo won't be too freezing. Bendigo in May...Cold times.

 

Vintage Day

Today was a big shopping day for me, with a couple of clearance vintage pop up sales on. Amazing pieces at unbelievable prices, what's not to love.

These racks of sequin pieces were the first to catch my eye. This meant I had to carry the heavy sequins around for the next hour while I looked at the many other racks. My arms are so sore...this was my workout for the week!

 

For crazy sales like this, it's good to wear comfortable clothes. I wore this Asos top which was delivered earlier in the week, nice and light weight silk. Worn with my Sportsgirl skirt, gold collar and Forever New sling.

I ended up buying 18 dresses, including 5 sequin ones! I'll share the items I bought with you later on but for now here's a sneak peek at some of the vintage glitter goodness.

Chadstone Runway

On Wednesday as part of LMFF, the fashion capital held one of their great VIP days with lots of special offers. The night included two runway parades showcasing various brands from Chadstone which I happily sat to watch after spending hours working and shopping. I think all up I spent around 11 hours at Chadstone!

Key trends from the two runway shows.

Bold prints

 1) Camilla and Marc dress, Tony Bianco from Santini shoes 2) Romance was Born from David Jones dress 3) Thurley dress, Aldo shoes 4) Nicola Finetti from Myer dress, Aldo shoes 5) Country Road dress, Steve Madden shoes

I love the Camilla and Marc kinda fruity/floral shift dress, the same print as the one from my last post at LMFF opening night runway. I also mentioned in that post I loved the Romance was Born collection which included this second dress pictured. Prints like this work great with blocks of colour, for the runway show the prints were paired with bright coloured coats, clutches, shoes, even a touch of bright lipstick or nails can finish the look. Continue reading to see these looks.