48 Hours At Melbourne Fashion Week

For as long as I have remembered, I have loved fashion. Since I first got my Vogue Australia subscription for Christmas when I was 17, I have dreamed of one day attending Fashion Week. This year, I decided to cash in one of my weeks of leave at work and attend Melbourne Fashion Week. After a couple of days of relaxation, because I was taking leave off work for a reason other than MFW, I filled my schedule for a whirlwind to days of events, exhibitions and screenings. 

Wednesday afternoon - Dries screening at ACMI

The New Go-To Cocktail Dress

A couple of weeks ago I attending the wedding of a friend of mine. It was an amazing night and I am so lucky I was able to be there. As it was an evening reception, I decided to dress up a little more than you would for a wedding during the day. 

How To Balance Work And Your Creative Outlets

My friends and I are currently at that point in our lives where we are finishing up with our undergraduate degrees and deciding what to move on to next. Most of my friends, with myself included, have recently completed Arts degrees in creative fields such as art history, cinema studies, and writing. With constant funding cuts to the arts, the creative industries have become more competitive than ever as the number of jobs minimises while uni graduates in those fields increase. This means the reality for a few of us is to find work outside of our chosen industries and work on our creative outlets/passions/side-hustle's outside of work. There is the popular idea at the moment to work towards making your side-hustle your day job. However, in order to do this, you need to cultivate your skills in order to get to the point where you can create a full time career of your creative pursuits.

(Yarlaa manu yapa (left) and Ngapa manu yapa (right) by Yulyurlu Lorna Napurrurla Fencer, 1999)

Favourites | July 2017

June was a bit of a rough month for me, but I really managed to bounce back in July. I have made some changes in my life this month and I am having a great time! Life is good, y'all. So I thought I will do a Favourite's post for July so I can look back and remember the things which have contributed to my changed attitude.