Following on from Sydney's pioneering Grazia Up Late at the Intersection Paddington, the buzz surrounding the Brisbane event could be felt city wide weeks prior to last month's night on James Street.
We hobbled over to the store facade (yes, our platform heels prevented us from dropping everything and running) and proceeded to fog up the glass leaving sticky nose smudges, only to realise that the door was a few meters to our left and we were infact permitted to enter this shopper's dream. Tossing asside our wet umbrellas as if they were as out the LV Monochrome, we entered the room and immediately spotted Frockshop PR girl
Jessy Cameron of
Wide Awake Thoughts in the middle of interviewing Camilla Freeman-Topper of camilla&marc (OMG) before being tapped on the shoulder by a handsome gentleman asking if I would like a champagne. Pol Roger? Why, thank you.
A few air kisses, customised FS cupcakes, battles in the changrooms and a limited edition
Kelly Smith x Frock Shop totebag later, I walked out with the
much blogged about Arnsdorf Jersey Strap Skirt in Nude. Holy crap. This was lit-er-ally the first time I'd worn a skirt since high school - even if this one does just cover my derriere
. To combat my fear of skankiness, I have since teamed it with my grey suede
wedges from Aldo, a luxuriously soft model cotton loose fitting grey tank and a grey/blue silk Country Road blazer. Since dying my hair I've really been getting into grey. But I'll leave that for another post, another day.
Where was I? Oh yeah. Heidi Middleton was rumoured to be mingling in Sass & Bide, so we trotted over and traipsed through the store, noting all the pieces I'd seen around and a few others I hadn't. I was pleasently surprised. Immediately we spotted the taller than expected one half of Sass & Bide. More than anything I was looking for the star tattoo that my thirteen-year-old self had so unapologetically admired. And there it was, in the flesh - not to mention the amazonian woman in an amazingly styled outfit.
Oh, I also bumped into
Tom from Felix&Slink - all the while making a total ass out of myself on my way back to the car (instert stammering and stumbling here) from the Calexico opening after three too many Veuves and french martinis.
The result? See for your self...
some of the FrockShop staffers and the delicious customised cup cakes
Camilla of Camilla and Marc with FrockShop Director Marnie Goss
Lauren of Vogue Contradicion and myself
To top it all off, yesterday I was notified by
@bdashing that one of my drunken tweets had made it into the pages of this weeks Grazia magazine. Woohooo!!
If you follow me on twitter you would have gotten a glimpse of the massive shoot we worked on last Thursday for Beginning Boutique, one of our newest clients at Jesselle PR. We are working on a total overhaul for their website, taking a more direcitional and stream lined approach, so naturally the first step was shooting the spring/summer range and lookbook. Taking influence from Nasty Gal, Gerry Pepper Vintage and a little bit of Erin Wasson the shoot was a total success - not to mention the styling was ah-mazing Seriously. The models, stylists and the assistants all brought along pieces from our personal wardrobes, enough to fill an entire dressing room and all the tables in the studio. The amount of collective junk we had was intense. There were suitcases filled to the brim with hats, props, toy cameras, accessories, shoes, handbags, jewellry, makeup, books, and other trinkets - all of which you will note once the shoot is released. But for now you can catch varying glimpses of it here, here and here. 
inspiring office images: gary pepper vintage
