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Wait For It
Apologies for the slow-down in posting…
I’ve got something pretty big happening behind the scenes, and I can’t wait to share it with you.
Wait for it…
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Spectrum Of Shadows
Don’t let the sun fool you; it’s still winter in Melbourne.
Grey is my new favourite sartorial tone. I have enough now to create entire outfits without any other colour.
But who needs colour when the spectrum of shadows never ends?
Yes, there is a touch of pink in my new top.
But don’t hold it against me.
Charcoal Blazer: Wish
Watercolour Top: MinkPink
Black Jeans: Cheap Monday
Grey Scarf: Unknown
Necklaces: Thomas Sabo, Fashionologie, Alegorie
Boots (not pictured): Wittner
Roses In Suburbia
Photos by Mother Ghost
When Sportsgirl offered me a style challenge I accepted it immediately without seeing the garment in question. I suppose it wouldn’t really be a challenge if they’d sent me something I’d actually buy for myself without thinking… so when I unwrapped their brightly coloured parcel to find floral dress without a spot of black on it – I panicked.
Apart from the obvious style clash, the real problem with the dress is that it’s sheer and incredibly lightweight so I didn’t want to stifle it under typical wintry layers. It’s available at Sportsgirl right now and if you’re thinking of buying it don’t hesitate because it is lovely, but tuck it away in your wardrobe for the next few months and pull it out again around December. It’s delicate fabrication will make an ideal wardrobe staple during summer.
Who knows, despite it’s unlikely place in my wardrobe you may just see it making more appearances in the appropriate weather.
Floral Dress: Sportsgirl
Black Slip: Peter Alexander
Grey Belt: Country Road
Grey Wedges: Sportsgirl
If you have a Style Challenge for Sea Of Ghosts, you can get in touch with me using one of the methods to the right under Let’s Engage.
The Becoming
A comparison of one of my favourite Nine Inch Nails tracks; The Becoming, from the studio album The Downward Spiral and again from the remix album Still. I think I developed a better appreciation for The Downward Spiral version after I heard The Becoming on Still.
Which version of The Becoming do you like best?
I’m generally uninterested in remix albums but after copious enthusiastic recommendations I purchased Still and it really blew me away. Not a true remix album; it was produced as an accompaniment to the live album and DVD set And All That Could Have Been.
Maybe it was because the first time I listened to it properly it was on my iPod, at well past midnight in a deathly quiet hostel room halfway around the world – but I realised that sometimes it’s what you don’t hear that makes more of an impact that what you do. Subdued and deconstructed (just how I like my clothes) with only the barest essentials left behind; the guts that remain reveal the most powerful elements of this emotionally wrenching track, naked and beautiful.
Along with similarly deconstructed tracks Something I Can Never Have and The Fragile as well as unreleased tracks such as Adrift And At Peace; Still is a stunning aural experience.
Today I Am…
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