Monday, February 28, 2011

V I R R



...never in my life have i fallen in love with a handbag like i did with this particular brand of handbags. the type of love that when showering in the morning i literally am thinking about it, went in to a small shop at least three of four times just to try it on my arm and feel how soft the leather was against my grip and to find out it was all made by a bright young guy right on my street ramsgate avenue, bondi beach, sydney, australia.

"the socrates" - please check out the site

james is the designer and big bro to my friend grace in aussie land... hopefully can help with the promo and just overall quality of these items. everyone should own a little piece made with love from down under. more to come on aussie designers and general style from experience and interesting people along the way...

xx

www.virr.com.au/

Monday, November 15, 2010

bondi 88fm

http://www.bondifm.com.au/

..enjoying a bottle of pinot noir with my good friend alley.. fresh off the plane from new york city ready to embark on australia x






in the midst of moving to an amazing flat off ramsgate ave in bondi beach we have no internet access... boo but we have also fallen in love with a few local gems. you can feel at home and love what you are doing...

at the moment on a monday evening in sydney area we are at bondi fm where tonight of all nights they have live music in the dj booth with a great assortment of entertainment...

all and all great atmosphere a must see when you visit sydney and a local spot that is rather protected x

Monday, October 25, 2010

...bathing beach beauties

...whatever the age whatever the year whatever level of sunscreen protection looking and feeling fabulous on the beach is a past time that is universal... australian summer we are ready for you Xx



















Thursday, October 21, 2010

exhibition a to our right is a group of... oooh my!

this is my friend heather...

"hiiiiiii heather!" you might hear me call her chicken from time to time and that just goes back to some time ago a trip involving 11 fsu girls in amsterdam for four days.. you do the math as it was absolute madness but amazing... such great shopping in amsterdam.. side note as they are quite fashion forward.. anyway.


we were just enjoying a saturday off in sydney and headed to the rocks of north bondi beach to just relax and enjoy a moment...

all of a sudden we literally stumbled upon this group of guys who were all quite fit, hmm hmmm ok EXTREMELY fit and hanging out in their own man zoo... i have never seen anything like this before, truth texas, a wild habitat home to these aussie guys where they would be challenging one another to barbaric acts the most important being a rope climb where one of the blokes literally climbed up and down three times in a row.... never seen anything like it. this also was not your typical rope.. oh no! this was a rope that hung from a cliff overhanging the ocean from north bondi and was probably the size of a two story house.

people joined us in watching these live mammals in action... i felt at one moment we were in that dream of lindsey lohan's in mean girls when she was visualizing all the students in her school as animals from the wild... that's how this group was.. one guy was doing push ups from one set of rocks to another as a different guy lowered himself to take a gulp of water out of a small pool that the rocks collected as the rest of the group was cheering and chanting on the next featured champion of the rope climb...

all and all we were a bit stunned of what we just saw and needed some wine in our lives... champagne on a saturday afternoon.. why not? great little coffee shops and cafe's all through bondi beach primarily favorites are on hall street and north bondi..

this vw bus needs to be in my life as well.. just saying

we found these fabulous ladies having a garage sale that we could not pass up so they sent us to the RSL to use their atm, stopped to get a bloody mary and then we saw austin powers walk by...

how good is this outfit? he looked just out of the film and this particular austin was dressed for his stag do or bachelor party as we call it in the states...



...we also saw pictures of him running down the beach earlier that morning wearing a lime green bathing suit resembling the one from the film borat... no one needs to see that! haha but they were such a funny lovely group of guys... toasting to one another and all the happiness for their groom to be!

chicken and i had quite a silly day to say the least!!! best thing about traveling is that you never know what you are going to get yourself into...

bondi beach cafes/eatery/bar that are a must:

Lorenzo's Hall St.
Blue Orange Hall St.
Organic Food store and cafe Gould St. (literally everything is so good, nicest coffee)
RSL upstairs of North Bondi Italian both on Campbelle Pde
Le Go Paris Cafe Hall St.
Alice and Gertrude Hall St. (not your typical bookstore)
Roys and bar attached Curlewis St
Speak Eeasy Curlewis St.
Brown Sugar Curlewis St.
Bondi Beach Hotel Bar Beach Road
Mocean Campbelle Pde (underground speak easy type bar their desserts are delish)
Skinny Dip Cafe Cox St.
Red Coco Thai Bondi Rd. (must must must get the salt lemon pepper squid)
Katipo Bondi Rd. (daily breakfast specials are to die for)

Monday, October 11, 2010

Bondi Beach Treasure


wow. long time no posting but i have to say that this place has blown my mind and inspired me to get on top of things... loads of photos ahead i have been traveling, living and loving life, working on a film with costume design and pics to come with that, as well as scouting new and innovative people... get excited!

three weeks ago i landed in sydney australia via singapore and now living on bondi beach. we stumbled into this place aqua bumps where heather and i were blown away by the beauty of this photography...

photos are from all over but the heart and home is here in bondi beach so enjoy my new found gold...





see more?

http://www.aquabumps.com/

Monday, May 24, 2010

Happy 1st Birthday Lace



this week that has passed completed the one year anniversary of lace lingerie and vintage boutique in safety harbor, fl

this shop has been my creation, determination, success for the last year and half of my life... so pleased we made it through our first year as seventy percent of businesses do not... i think we owe a big thanks to our customers, family and friends who have spread the word like wild flowers and most of all to each other for sticking though this whole thing together. flo i love you loads and i am so proud of us!!



Raven Reda joined us with her line Dementa now available for sale at Lace



Ben Chmura joined us with his husband Bobby to sell, meet and greet with customer's and pop a couple bottles of champagne as well...



photographer tony firpi got some great shots and posted them on our facebook profile Lace Pinup under Pin Up Bash check out some of his incredible work http://www.modelmayhem.com/portfolio/150492/0



great people surrounding us, fashion forward customers, positive energy circulating and amazing merchandise that is for sale... whether you want 100% cut-and-sew originals by Raven Reda or Ben Chmura to completely comfy unique apparel from Sarah V. to affordable vintage, fabulous intimates and loungewear, great accessories... lace has got you covered


ribbon cutting ceremony on may 20, 2010... the mayor even made it.

thanks to everyone's support and best wishes... cheers to the next year!

Tuesday, April 27, 2010

way to rock vintage

here we have my darling friend laura lee who i often ask to drop by my shop so i can style and get some juices flowing for those who always claim they 'love vintage' but 'don't know how to wear it' ...umm speechless. however i am here to help for those who have this problem and from opening lace (eeeek almost one year) i have met, conversed, and styled those who say they are challenged in this department.

alright, rule number one... just try it on! you never know how it is going to look and it is all so frumpy on the hanger. trust me.. you will be surprised with how all vintage clothing looks and hugs your body.

this purple dress for example is cute while hanging... but once fitted with a belt and a touch of jewelry... just a touch... the outfit is complete. i like to accent the color of the dress and keep everything else quite simple like the gold ball vintage necklace, wicker hand bag and her own wooden sole heels *also vintage from a boutique in orlando.. although these pieces are unique in their own way they do not over bear the ensamble... the best part about this entire look from lace: dress, necklace, handbag, and belt all together under $70

affordable vintage is the way to go because it means you can look fabulous even if on a budget... while remaining completely unique as you know there will certainly not be anyone else rocking your pattern or color.. not to mention

vintage = pre-loved = eco friendly!!!