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Monthly Archives: November 2014

Manic Weekends

30 Sunday Nov 2014

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Alt Fashion, alternative, Alternative Fashion, Blouse, bow, casual, Classic, colourful, design, Fashion, Fashion Design, kei, knee high socks, Music, nautical, otome kei, pleats, socks, Vintage

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This weekend hes been slightly manic. It started friday when I attended my friends bands album launch (They’re called Valko http://valkoband.com/, and if they keep heading the way they are, they could find themselves with a spot in “Jen’s top 10 favourite bands of all time” list.

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On Saturday I found myself faced with two long gigs with two different Orchestras: The New Empire Ballroom Ragtime Dance Orchestra, and the Central Coast Symphony Orchestra (Which will be called “Symphony Central Coast” from next year) Both gigs were so much fun, but today I found myself feeling quite dead.

Unfortunately I didn’t get to relax. I had my music schools end of year concert. Although it was very long (5 hours D: ) It was lovely to see so many children (and a few adults) enjoying music so much.

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The summer conspiracy

29 Saturday Nov 2014

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For the last 3 or 4 years summer has been cloudy and overcast.

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It usually starts with a few hot days in November, then progresses to weeks of overcast days split up by an incredibly hot day here and there.

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Last year it was to the point where I hardly went to the beach. Not because I didn’t have the time, but because it was overcast, cold and wet.

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I was hoping that this year would be different, but the last few days have shown the characteristics of the summer weather conspiracy.

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Tulle and polka dots.

27 Thursday Nov 2014

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Alt Fashion, alternative, alternativefashion, Blouse, Blue, bow, Classic, classy, Coffee, cute, design, forest, home Made, nature, polka dots, thrift, tights

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So this is actually the outfit I wore on Tuesday (I was going to post it yesterday, but the woy woy idiots made me too angry).

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It was super hard to shoot this space the way I wanted to because the sun was constantly peeping in and out of the clouds. If only artificial light wasn’t so blah.

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I think I’m starting to get the hang of this loose chiffon blouse thing as well! I’m glad I’ve worked it out in time for summer, because it means I might have a fighting chance at maintaining my style without feeling too hot!

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Misogynist teenage bogans: AKA Why I maintain tunnel vision while in public

26 Wednesday Nov 2014

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Alt Fashion, alternative, alternativefashion, apple, beach, Blouse, Cape, casual, classy, Coffee, colourful, Dr Martins, feminism, I won't stay silent, kei, lace, layers, otome kei, socks, tights, womens rights

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Please excuse this pathetic shoe shot. It was taken during my rehearsal tonight.

Today was quite an eventful day. It started out with having coffee with Ro and Adam, which was very lovely, then followed by an awful afternoon full of teenage misogynist bogans, and then topped off by an Orchestral rehearsal which left me tired and Hangry.

I was verbally assalted by 3 separate packs of teenage boys this afternoon within the space of an hour. The first event was when I was getting out of my car to take outfit photos. Two boys no older than 14 yelled out various versions of “hey sexy” and “nice ass”

The second event was at a local Mc Donalds, where I was greeted with more “hey sexy” and variations thereof by slightly older boys.

The third was when I was buying a drink from the servo. This bogan was probably about 17ish 18 ish. He was wearing shorts, and one of those racerback singlets with the huge armholes and low neckwhich shows off all the “alpha male muscles bro ha ha footy”ness of their physique.

Finally, to top off these three events, I was told that I was asking for it because of the way I had dressed that day. I can 100% guarantee had I been male, wearing shorts and nothing else , I wouldn’t have heard a peep from the young lads in woy woy.

So, After that word vomit, this is what I wore today.

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This outfit may be unusual, but in no way is it provocative. I’m wearing long sleeves for goodness sake! My shorts may be short, but the length still has a good 5 cm’s on the current lengths of store bought short shorts.

I don’t even know why I’m trying to justify why my outfit shouldn’t be commented on in such an inappropriate way. I am not an object. I am human and should be treated as such. The behavior displayed by the bogans this afternoon is inappropriate and dehumanizing. Their behaviour aims to not only put me down, but to make me feel less than, and to make my gender feel less than.

I suppose I just can’t believe that such uncivilized people still exist in today’s society. I think the saddest thing is that these boys will probably have children one day, and these children will be taught that this behaviour is ok. The only way for these children to ever have a chance at not continuing the sexism cycle is for people (especially women) to come out and talk about these experiences.

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The next time you experience sexist behaviour, I emplor you to speak out publicly against it. It’s the only way to create a safe an equal enviroment for ourselves, and our future generation.

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Rain Rain Go Away.

25 Tuesday Nov 2014

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Alannah Hill, Alt Fashion, alternative, alternativefashion, Classic, cute, Dress, Fashion, perfume, polka dots, Red

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Yesterday was quite a busy day. It started with a rehearsal for the school band I take Monday’s, then finished with a heavy rainstorm, which I got drenched in. In between these events, I started the new pokemon game, Alpha Sapphire, and played in Jake’s end of Bachelor exam (Jake is the awesome guitarist in my Band Vanishing Shapes!)

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The storm was quite quick, lasting a grand total of 20 mins. After the storm had finished, the sun came out, allowing me to take outfit photo’s in front of this awesome backdrop!

Alannah Hill dress, from before she started Louise Love.

Dress: Alannah Hill, Belt: Alannah Hill, Tights: Coles, Shoes: I ❤ Billy

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Some perfume I ordered ages ago finally arrived in the mail yesterday as well!

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I ordered both perfumes from a small company called Firebird Bath and Body: https://www.etsy.com/shop/FirebirdBathBody. The two scents I ordered were black cocoa (which smells like a rich dark chocolate, with a slightly smoky tang) and macaroon (Which smells like coconut vanilla icecream)

Ordering from this company was a breeze, and everything was packaged really well, and there was great communication from the seller.

Basically from now on I’m going to smell like a dessert!

Out with a tiny fizzle

24 Monday Nov 2014

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I handed in my last bachelors assessment last week. I’ve had 4 “Last day of this education thingy ever” days. This was by far the least significant educational ending that I’ve ever experienced.

The first time I finished an education stage was year 6. The end of year 6 at my primary school was marked by a big sendoff from all the teachers and students. The next one was my final music diploma day. It was marked by a huge recital which many friends and relatives attended. The third was my last day of high school, which was marked by “year 12 muckup day”

This time around my course fizzled out, instead of ending with a bang. It’s not necessarily a bad thing, its just another one of those weirdly adult moments.

Anyway, lets catch up on my weekend!

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This is the outfit I wore for friday’s gig. I made the dress a couple of weeks ago, but wasn’t game to wear it out straight away.

I had quite an eventful weekend, starting Friday night with a Vanishing Shapes Gig. We opened for the second annual “Crooked Fiddle does Newcastle with the Main Guy and the Other Guys and V’Shapes” The concert went right off (which is always the best way for a concert to go)

Saturday I had a photoshoot with my friends James and Caroline. James did the photo thing, while Caroline attempted to blind me with the reflector (and make sure that my costume sat correctly, which was quite a task!) Hopefully I’ll have those photo’s up soon :3 (Shameless promotion of James’s Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/JamesTheEnthusiast)

Sunday I had a gig with The New Empire Ballroom Ragtime Dance Orchestra. It was long and exhausting, but it was super fun. We’re like a big jazzy family 😀

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So yeah, that’s why my blog has been quiet over the weekend!

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I found an interesting fence

22 Saturday Nov 2014

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Alt Fashion, Alternative Fashion, Fashion, Fashion Design, Flowers, Green, nature, roses pixi, sewing

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I’m actively keeping an eye out for awesome places to shoot outfits in my local area. One of my searches lead me to this fence, which is right where I Park my car when I catch the train to uni.

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I love the way the ivy sits on the fence. It reminds me of a river.

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Hidden gems

20 Thursday Nov 2014

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Alt Fashion, alternative, Alternative Fashion, Beret, bow, classy, cute, Fashion, lady petrova, Skirt, Vintage

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I learnt yet another very valuable camera lesson on Tuesday. That lesson was ‘always make sure your camera is charged’. Oh well, at least I got to use my phone camera’s funky external fish eye lens!

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I found yet another Park I didn’t know existed this week.

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I’m not sure what this one is called, but it has some very very pretty spots.

For example this spot here:

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This was the only picture I got on my camera before it died and I switched to mobile. 😦

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Beret : thrifted, shirt : lady Petrova, belt : shop 55, Skirt : home made, socks: Alannah Hill, shoes: kmart.

Everything about this tiny part of the park was absolutely perfect in a forest fairy type of way.

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Fish eye fun times

As I mentioned earlier in the post, I snapped a few shots using my external fish eye lens. About 5 years ago I bought some teeny tiny little phone lenses to make taking photos on my ipod tough easier. I have a wide angle, a macro, a telephoto and the fish eye. Unfortunately I don’t get to play much with them any more, but it’s still very fun when I do get a chance to use them.

Pioneer Park

18 Tuesday Nov 2014

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I found a “new” park is Gosford yesterday.  It’s a small park called Pioneer Park. As well as being a beautiful park, it also houses some really old graves (Mostly from the mid 1800’s) I didn’t take any photo’s of the graves. (It felt a little disrespectful. Also, what if there was a ghost!?)

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Anyway, this is what I wore. I whipped up this fox pleated skirt Sunday afternoon because that’s the way I roll. I was going to use the fabric for some shorts, but I decided last minute that shorts were too much of a hassle to make on a Sunday afternoon.

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Cardigan – Hell Bunny, Shirt: Thrifted, Belt: Alannah Hill, Skirt: Home made, Stockings: Coles, Socks: Ebay.

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It amazes me that one can live in an area for so long (I’ve been in the same house for 19 years) and still not know all of its secrets.

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You could say this is a foxy skirt (ha. ha. ha. I would make a great father)

Asymetrical Colours

17 Monday Nov 2014

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So recently I fell in love with wearing chiffon shirts under dresses.

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That’s how this outfit came about

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So yeah. Words and things.

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