Archive for the ‘Soundtrack to my Life’ Category

Highway to the Danger-Zone

May 16, 2010

I have been so lazy this week. It’s partly the cold, but mainly it’s because I broke my headphones, so I have nothing to listen to when I go running.

My favourite song to hit the pavement to is Danger Zone:

Listening to this song makes even the most everyday activity feel exciting. The bus ride to work is so much more thrilling! You yield so much energy when washing the dishes! Picking out your outfit in the morning turns into an 80s fashion montage! And so on and so forth…

What I think will inspire me to get back into my exercise routine (besides buying a new pair of headphones) is to dress a little bit more athletic this week. I’m thinking Hervé Léger by Max Azria. The type of stuff you simply cannot wear unless you’re a person who works out.

The rules:

  1. Tight & stretchy
  2. Texture: perforated, stitching, lacing (like shoe laces), leather, jersey, netting, elastic, zippers
  3. Light & bright

Clockwise from left: Hervé Léger dress, MMM top, Audio Technica headphones, Casio Baby G digital watch, American Apparel high waisted stretch denim skirt

Now setting my alarm as Danger Zone… Hopefully it’ll inspire a morning jog…

What’s your favourite jogging song?

Purple Rain

May 2, 2010

It’s Autumn now, and as much as I hate the transition into the cooler months, there is something nice about an Autumnal Sydney. Probably because the city looks so pretty!

Jacarandas (Source: australiantraveler.com)

I do love all things purple for Autumn. Purple shoes, purple lipstick, purple velvet, purple lace, purple knits…

Clockwise from left: Minimum knit dress, Natalie Encarnita cape, Peeptoe heel, Mimco comb, MAC lipstick in Cyber

lockwise from left: Minimum knit dress, Natalie Encarnita cape, Peep Toe Shoes suede heel, Mimco comb, MAC lipstick in Cyber

Purple anything? Purple everything!

Cherry Blossom Girl

April 26, 2010

I’m dying to visit Japan during cherry blossom season (April/May). Can you imagine anything more awesome than a temple tea ceremony surrounded by fluffy pink trees? That would be my dream come true!

Source: regex.info/blog

I’ve promised myself that in a year from now I’ll be  shopping on Omotesando & then catching the bullet train to Kyoto. In the meantime, I’ve bought some Japanese organic green tea from T2 in anticipation.

Also in anticipation, I’m channeling a Japanese vibe for work:

  1. Colour palette – pinks, greys & beiges
  2. Structure – origami pleats
  3. Mixed textures – silk, knits

Clockwise from top left: Maurie & Eve top, Alice McCall knit dress, Nylon Flocks skirt, Dion Lee dress, Gemma Degara flower bag, Wanted pink heel, Wanted beige heel, Alain buckle wedge

As for my top 3 songs about Japan? They’re all by Air:

  1. Alone in Kyoto
  2. Cherry Blossom Girl
  3. Mer du Japon

People are afraid to merge on the freeways…

April 23, 2010

I’m convinced I’m living in the wrong decade. I should’ve been living out my twenties during the 80s. I feel like I really got a raw deal. There are a few reasons:

  1. I have 80s curves (none of this stick-thin business)
  2. I have that frizzy/curly 80s hair (like Jami Gertz in Lost Boys)
  3. My favourite music artists include Phil Collins, Billy Ocean, Hall & Oates & Icehouse
  4. My favourite literature is from the 80s (Bret Easton Ellis, Jay McInerney)
  5. I think guys were way hotter in the 80s (James Spader, Andrew McCarthy, RDJ)

Clockwise from left: 80s curves, RDJ *sigh*, Jami Gertz's hair, Hall & Oates, J.Spade *swoon*

So here’s my super minimalistic style guide for 80s in the office (which might not actually be very appropriate for the office at all, but happens to be similar to what I’m wearing today):

  1. Primary colours + Black & white – I love this simple formula… It always works!
  2. Tight minidresses – American Apparel has everything you could possibly need
  3. Wayfarers – if you’ve ever read Less Than Zero, you’ll know you’re nothing without your Wayfarers
  4. Low heels with a rounded point – super comfy, try & get them in snakeskin
  5. Matte red lippy – I love MAC in Lady Danger

Clockwise from top left: American Apparel Stretch Velvet Dress, Custom Shoes from Shoes of Prey, MAC Lipstick in Lady Danger, Two-Tone Wayfarers

So tease your hair out, slap on your Casio digital watch & rock out to Electric Blue on your way into work (preferably on your walkman).

Which decade do you wish you were living in now?

Discuss, discuss, discourage.

March 30, 2010

I’ve recently become obsessed with Phoenix’s latest album, Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix. I realise I’m quite the laggard as it’s been out for about a year now. And even though I’ve seen them live (twice) since in came out, I never bothered to listen to it until now.

These guys love it too…

Awww… Cute!

You see, I was clinging to the past, trying to be an old school fan. I loved their early stuff so much, I really didn’t want to give their new stuff a chance.

But I digress. What I really mean to say is that this new album is so beautiful & it’s making me nostalgic for the past. A time early in the last decade when I was a mere  corporate  fledgling & French pop music was the soundtrack to my new skyscraper life.

Those were the days… We used to listen to Daft Punk, Air, Sebastien Tellier & Phoenix, I was a small town gal, living it up in the big smoke & I fell in love with the boy on the 13th floor mezzanine.

Back then, my interpretation of corporate style was decidedly preppy. colourful argyle knit vests worn over shirts & jeans, pastel blazers, pleated skirts & lace. It was a little bit Cher Horowitz (but that’s a whole other post in itself)…

My work outfit from 2004

French music kills me. It’s so unashamedly romantic. And that’s what this time in my life reminds me of… There was a childlike innocence to these outfits. Really soft colours, lots of greys & delicate fabrics like velvet & lace.

So I think I’m going to wear this outfit to work tomorrow & thoroughly enjoy walking to the office, listening to Rome by Phoenix on repeat :)


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