Take Ivy, by Shosuke Ishizu, Toshiyuki Kurosu, Hajime Hasegawa, and Teruyoshi Hayashida

This is the kind of book that makes me want to have a coffee table.

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Unfortunately I only drink coffee at cafes, as my skills as a barista are limited to the extent my Mother won't even let me create her one teaspoon instant, one tsp sugar and a third of hot water and fill with milk; that and despite being in an excellent inner city location, I have usually knocked back my latte before I walk into the door.

Essentially this book is filled with young American men who attend Ivy League Schools in America. So my guess is that they are rather intelligent. These young men are also the type who are impeccably dressed in a style that is distinctive enough to have set thousands of young Japanese baby boomers into imitating "prep" that the original publication of this book is not only referred to as a fashion "bible" by some, but has also collected over $2000 on ebay sales!

Hopefully those people that paid $2000 preferred the Japanese version over English, otherwise when it gets re-released onto Amazon for $30 at the end of the month- they are going to regret not purchasing their Burberry Plaid.

Dapper and Delayed

Ohhhhh my..... It's been a while.

But I'm meant to be studying so instead I'm shopping; and I think everyone should buy anything from Gary Pepper Vintage on ebay just like I am intending to. There is a pretty obvious case for it, and I am just going to emphasise how silly it would even be to question NOT popping down a fresh fifty (or less) for nearly everything and anything these vintage bad boys have to offer*.

*As long as it fits you. I'm not buying any size 6 items, unless I'm planning on wearing them atop my head like some weird Gaga'esque statement. Save that for the mid-semester exam where I start cracking a little.

Carbs, Cash and Clothes

This is the skirt I had been lusting over for the last four weeks.
I've been stuck in an ocean of auteur theory and propaganda models; keeping afloat with extra large cafe lattes and then probably submerging myself deeper as I wolf down the most delicious White Chocolate and Raspberry muffins from my ever university cafe. I have emerged with a birds nest head of hair- from hours of running distressed hands through it to find solace, computer destroyed eyes that squint in terror of any direct sunlight and a suffering a brain meltdown in which you can find me akin to a zombie in front of any situation that required human interaction.

And because of all these wonderful experiences that are supposed to be contributing to my "mental advancement" as my Father so lovingly calls it, I haven't been able to work as much as I wish to fulfil my current desire to go out and spend, spend spend! I want to have my eyebrows done, I want to have my hair dyed crimson and I want to buy an amazing pair of ankle boots. Instead I negotiated with myself- one amazing piece of clothing, as oppose to five crap things. One item worthy of a sea of female admiration rather than three flimsily made dresses worthy of male pity.

After my whole essay debacle (which is actually still in progress but I am giving myself the weekend off) I, in essence... Look like cat vomit. This skirt was the only thing I thought could get me through. It is by SHAKUHACHI and I've been viewing it at http://www.mycatwalk.com.au/. It is perfect and if I had been working full time this year, I wouldn't have even considered it not buying it. Look at it! It will be one of those staples your daughter will eventually wear because it's "vintage" and "so hawt" when vintage is trendy in 2030. But it's $340 dollars. And you had to pre order it.


My issues? I don't really have $340 to spend right now; and I also HATE WAITING! I was rather despondent yesterday. Fortunately, thanks to Gidget at Camberwell; which I always peep into on my walk down to work- I was suddenly thrown this skirt by some kind of merciful entity that was pitying my so last season outfit fail. It's by the ever reliable Minty Meets Munt label from Sydney, who for those of you who don't know... make on trend pieces that are budget bang for your buck. This bad boy cost me $90 and I'm buzzing today. I've even held off pairing it up with some boots and leather today and am instead holding off for the right event. Luckily I'll have appropriate events on this weekend... what a surprise.


Updated 6th October
As I predicted... while I rarely say this...
It looked amazing.