cinematic style - Jake Gyllenhaal in Brokeback Mountain

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So you know how you know who your first crush was? The one whose poster you plastered all over your walls, the one you fell asleep looking at, the one you secretly (or not so secretly) planned to marry. 'My future husband' you would say. It almost doesn't matter who it is. It could be Leo, it could be a Backstreet Boy, it could be Seth Cohen (a thousand teenage girls of the noughties sigh). Well, for me, that first crush, last crush, always crush was Jake Gyllenhaal. Oh Jake. You have no idea how bad it gets. I wish I knew how to quit you. Not even when my friends tell me that his eyes are too close together (on the weekend, while in an absolute dive bar, my oldest bud said to me 'look I'm not saying that if he took his clothes off in front of me I'd say no, but seriously, on a scale of one to cyclops he's like a 7, maybe 7.5'). Not ever. I have loved him since Donnie Darko. I saw Prince of Persia three times in the cinema. And don't even get me started on Love and Other Drugs...

I remember seeing Brokeback Mountain. I remember falling in love. I remember double denim. I remember crying so hard I thought people might ask me to leave. At the 2006 Oscars I remember wanting so bad for Brokeback to win the best picture award. I remember feeling gutted when it didn't. But there was Heath and Michelle (in that dress!) and Ang's speech and Jake being hilarious. My sixteen year old self wondered how such a beautiful, haunting, overwhelming film could miss out on the top honour. A slave to awards shows even then, I had not yet realised how political they could be. I still had stars in my eyes. I'm lucky that that first realisation didn't kill the whole enterprise. I laughed along with the rest of them at 36mafia 1, Scorsese 0. I hoped, rather than knew, Ang Lee's (and Heath's and Jake's) time would come. I remember crying like a baby when Heath died, thinking the whole time of this.

What's so good about this wardrobe? it's the cowboy thing, firstly. I've always been drawn to a good felt hat and have recently adopted double denim as my unofficial wardrobe of spring. Shearling I know well. But what I am drawn to at the moment is the whole 70s vibe. I have recently watched a few movies set in the 70s (Rush, Jobs), and god, it was a sexy era. The open shirts, the tight jeans, the big belts, the big hair.  Men looked masculine. They acted masculine too - rode horses, smoked cigarettes, punched things - but most of all they looked the part in their denim and shearling and shirts. I think the normalcy of the wardrobe in this does much to advance character development. The torment of the Ennis and Jack is only heightened by their relative anonymity. They look the part, they just can't act it. That tension between reality and fiction, the tension of living a lie, is always the major theme I take away from the film. I think the costumes express that tension so, so admirably.

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toasty mach 7 billion

Same same but different. Well, just with a different scarf. Keeping warm, keeping dry and all that. I love having a shearling collar poking out from under an oversized parka jacket with elbow patches (more clothes should have elbow patches!), I love having a massive cashmere scarf that you can wrap around your neck like maybe 3 times for extra warmth (this one is the perfect shade of Olive Green Benah), I love being able to wear track pants in the day time with the cuffs rolled up with anklets and ballet flats, I love being ridiculously warm and feeling smug as I see people struggling with bags with their big coats (with pockets like these who needs bags?). Oh, and I got my hair cut. Short. Well, short-ER. I'm not sure that I love it yet, but it's growing on me. After I faffed about for ages and ages and ages I finally did it. It's a long-ish bob that's longer on one side and pretty choppy and it's just so easy. My hair feels super healthy, which it hasn't in a long time, and all of the colour has gone, which was a shock, but I'm getting more and more used to it as it goes on. Some of my friends had quite spectacular reactions - I've gone from quite long to quite short with very little warning - but I think it's good! I think?? I don't know?? ahhh.. If only all things in life were as easy as layering shearling and jackets and scarves in winter.

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ps. Speaking of Benah, I made them a little guide to Hong Kong, which they put up on their blog. If you like outlet shopping, muesli and ramen (who doesn't, am I right?) then check it out!

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keeping cosy

I don't know how these slipped through the net but I just rediscovered these pictures that Vanessa took of me in New York. There's been this crazy cold snap in Sydney at the moment. When the sun is high in the sky it's okay, but as soon as it turns dark there is a chill in the air that you just can't quite get rid of. And - shock of all shocks - I went to Messina just now and there was no-one there. That, surely, is a sign that winter is coming. It probably won't get so cold to as necessitate shearling under tweedy woollen coats as well as cashmere scarves - not like this bitter day in New York on the fifth day of fashion week. But even looking at this picture is making me feel all warm and toasty while I sit, rugged up on my couch watching re-runs of The Voice. Excellent.

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ps. for anyone mulling over an impulse ice cream choice - ice cream and movies about cold weather climes are the only thing you should be doing in the cold. it's completely necessary - I recommend Messina's pavlova. Pannacotta ice cream, meringue bits, strawberry coulis and passionfruit puree. Totally delicious. And better than my other favourite - salty nuts (peanut butter with salted caramel flecks).

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sneak peek: hunting

A brief, cursory glance over this blog and it's pretty clear that I am hopelessly, desperately in love with my Carly Hunter shearling vest. I wore it all last year. Almost every day. I spent most of last year rubbing my belly because this vest is so beautiful and soft. My friend has the sweatshirt from last season with the shearling patches and me and her used to sit in tutes, rubbing our bellies and not paying attention to anything. Oh. I miss third year. Anyway Carly Hunter is back and so are the vests - they've just dropped into the Corner Shop along with the shearling coat I cooed over at Under The Wing. They're pretty amazing, and what's even better is that Carly herself gave me five minutes of her time to answer a couple of questions about inspirations, autumn and how fantastic shearling is.

Check out the whole of this post over on The Corner Shop blog.

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mood

fancy oats made by Siri on the Benah blog // symmetrical gardens in Paris as seen by Talisa and Rohan // all the beautiful shades of beige on cubical refugee // If the rain keeps coming down I'm going to need me a yellow fisherman's jacket like CBK (source unknown) // 3.1 Philip Lim 31 hour day bag (this shit never gets old) // and Columbine Smile's perfect, perfect, perfect teddy bear coat.

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shearling beloved

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Oh GOD I just love shearling so much. I love to wear my little Carly Hunter shearling vest, I love to layer it under coats and over jackets, I love to wear it on its own and just surreptitiously rub my belly during class, comforted by its soft folds. And you know what the best thing is? Shearling has actually become a classic. Once a fickle trend, now a wardrobe staple. Don't you love it when that happens? When something so simple yet so wonderful traverses that tricky canyon between a one-season-wonder and true wardrobe-staying power, which shearling has done with marvelous aplomb and, it must be said, warmth. There's nothing better to brave that icy, bone-chilling New York chill - enough to make even me, a cold-weather-phile, break down into tears of despair - than a little shearling something. A burnt ochre suede and shearling coat perhaps, or even a full blown black number with fuzzy sleeves and a boxy cut. All fashion week I've been keeping my eye out for shearling with the vague intentions of putting a post together of my favourite looks, but Tommy just shoots so much better than anyone else I can't help but use his pictures. These were some of my favourite shearling moments, but another was Candice's amazing shearling-lined coat, which kept her snug and warm with only the briefest glimpse of shearling poking out. 

One of the interesting things about shearling is how both a little and a lot create a lasting impression. I love to wear my vest in all its drapey, oversized glory over sweaters and with big scarves, but I equally enjoy just the hint of it underneath another jacket. The third picture above is a perfect example of this - she's only got a tiny little shearling collar, barely even that, a little shearling puff - but it makes such a huge impact. It has me dreaming again of that shearling coat from Carly Hunter's new winter collection which Talisa and I previewed way back in October or something. I've seen a lot of those coats on the streets of New York - wool sleeves and a shearling body or vice versa - and they are so incredible in real life. With a pair of straight-leg jeans, an oatmeal-coloured tee shirt and a pair of anklets there could be no more perfect outfit. I might have to have another look at that coat when it drops in-store at The Corner Shop. Until then, I'll be satisfied with my little vest and playing with ways to layer it. Let's hear it for shearling!

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ps. don't you just love stevie's hat? I still love hats, and there's good news on that front. All I can say now is thank god for New York.

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toasty, mach 3

So I'm doing this. Again. For the second time... you know what I mean. I took a nice woolen Isabel coat, and then I added my Carly Hunter shearling vest and my Benah cashmere scarf that's longer than a metre ruler (always the stock standard WOAH measurement when you were a kid with vegemite teeth and bruised elbows and you wanted to impress, not much has changed, eh?) and I'm all wrapped up and ready to go. I think this is my favourite of all the toasty variations, but it's definitely too warm for Sydney weather (unless we have a cold snap this winter, fingers crossed please please PLEASE!). This is a dress rehearsal for New York, where I fear sub-zero temperatures are going to force the shearling layer out almost every day. Hey, I'm not complaining. I love the cold, remember? And I love the shearling (happy Austraya day, didn't you know we antipodeans love our sheep?). Another thing I love? The bay window in my hotel room. When I'm not at my grandparents I've been sitting on it and reading, drinking green tea and watching that Hong Kong bustle go by. It's nice.

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chilly

garance dore

GOD how excited am I to dress like this in a mere 6 days! In 6 days I'll be able to get out my ankle boots and woollen coats, my shearling vest and oversized parkas, my cashmere scarves and knitted gloves, my cosy sweaters and thick jeans, my long sleeve shirts and warm toppers. GOD how excited am I to be in New York? Seriously if I don't stop thinking about it, and about wearing winter clothes, and about being cold, and about drinking so much coffee, and eating so many steaming bowls of soups, I think I'm going to explode. 

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