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On Sunburnt Shoulders
I’ve been dying for an occasion to wear this gorgeous silk dress, and tonight it was the perfect fit for the highly anticipated launch of Topshop Australia; least of all because the cut both hides and doesn’t irritate the highly irresponsible sunburn I got on Monday.
It took what felt like forever to acquire this dress — first with difficulties purchasing from the international site, then because after I was finally able to proceed to checkout the parcel disappeared off the face of the earth only to appear in my post box some two months later. I’m so pleased to be able to finally pull it out and give it the love it deserves. Even if it’s on sunburnt shoulders.
Black Dress: WHYRED
Black Belt: ASOS
Black Heels: Zara
Jewellery: Alicia Hannah Naomi
Lip Stain: Covergirl
Cloaked
Last night I attended the launch of SO:ME Space, a new retail concept, bringing together the best emerging and established designers in an innovative environment for the purpose of brand growth, experimentation and development. SO:ME Space is located in the South Melbourne Market. Designers are regularly rotating so it’s worth making trips down regularly to check out what’s new.
I took a chance on the afternoon sun and wore this summer inspired ensemble with a more weather appropriate black jacket for when the temperature dropped back down. After taking to twitter to poll for what colour I should paint my nails I decided to get a little matchy with my lolly pink belt.
Black Jacket: ComplexGeometries
White Tee: ComplexGeometries
Black Bandage Skirt: Supre
Black Boots (not pictured): Rick Owens
Pink Belt: ASOS
Jewellery: All Alicia Hannah Naomi
Manicure: O.P.I Strawberry Margherita
A Perfect Storm
Last night I was invited to the gorgeous Peony Perfumerie for the launch of the fragrance Black Jade. The weather was warm and humid with a thunderstorm forecast for later in the evening, so I decided a maxi dress was the way to go.
This is probably my favourite dress; I bought it from The Outnet a year ago to wear to a friend’s wedding. I don’t wear it enough because it has a “wedding” stigma in my head, but it’s only cotton voile so there’s really no reason to keep saving it for another fancy occasion. The basket weaving of the straps on the bust and across the back is so intricate and yet the dress is perfectly minimal. J’adore.
I was delighted to receive a care package earlier in the afternoon full of lovely cosmetics and nail polishes from the team at Sweaty Betty PR. The lipstick colour is a departure from my normal shades, but I think the warm nutty tone is quite suitable for summer.
Black Maxi Dress: ADAM
Lipstick: Cocoa Rose by Face Of Australia
Rings: Alicia Hannah Naomi
Decay Ring Three
I’ve been receiving a lot of excellent feedback regarding to the new jewellery I’ve been making (for which I am very grateful) and one common query — will they be for sale? The short answer is yes.
At the moment I’m blogging new experiments as I make them. My skills are still very much rudimentary in some areas and don’t feel ready to market my pieces as a range just yet. But for those interested, I am currently accepting custom commissions for pieces in the styles of that which I have made and blogged via e-mail.
This is a new journey for me, one I feel a great personal affinity with. With that in mind I have decided to brand these pieces under my own name, Alicia Hannah Naomi. The best place for updates is right here as I intend to continue blogging all new experiments as I make them; but I will be launching a new website shortly with an online store once I have come up with something cohesive enough to call a collection.
Lately I feel like the only jewellery I ever want to wear is on my hands and wrists. Earrings are dead to me at the moment and there’s something about a bare décolletage on a woman in the warmer months that’s just the sexiest thing in the world. But the other day I felt like I needed something around my neck so I threw the third ring in my Study Of Decay series on a short chain and found it to be a perfectly minimal pendant necklace.
Silver Necklace: Alicia Hannah Naomi
Black Dress: ComplexGeometries
Manicure: NEON Red by American Apparel
Greyscale
A reader recently suggested I introduce more grey into my wardrobe which I thought was an excellent idea, so I took myself down to American Apparel and picked up another of my favourite fisherman knit sweaters in this perfect shade.
Rings by Estelle Dévé, Deadly Ponies, Ithil Metalworks and Alicia Hannah Naomi
