{Introducing} Illuminati Jewellery

Hello Everyone!
I've been away very  busy! *sigh*
I've been working on my new jewellery line and it seems work is never ending!

This is the lookbook I created recently and my website went live only few days ago.
Please check it out!

www.illuminatijewellery.com

I was inspired by streets of Tokyo, New York underground and emerging fashion subcultures such as 'Nu Goth', 'Soft Grunge' and 'Pastel Goth' and my jewellery is born to feed your inner wickedness with transcending sweetness. I wanted to play on a paradoxical nature, designing innocent candy coloured acrylic elements playfully delivering mystical and devilish wit.

All pieces are handcrafted by me finished with beautiful white gold plated chains and sterling silver components.

The images of this beautiful girl in my look book is Fernanda Ly from Pricillas I shot for a test couple of weeks ago. I used couple of my jewellery in them and went so well with my overall aesthetic! It was great collaborating with Moose and the amazing Make up and Hair Artist Tobi and Venessa.

I would love to do some Blogger Collaboration! If my jewellery channels your vibe, please email me! I'll send you the lookbook and also a free jewellery of your choice. :)

I would love to get some feedback too! I'll be also doing some giveaways so please follow me on

Twitter / Facebook / Instagram

Cheers everyone! Hope everyone's having a great start of the week. x x x

Mercedes Benz Fashion Week Australia SS 2013 RECAP

So my love for futuristic designs continue... And I was glad to come across so many amazing designs from Mercedes Benz Fashion Week Australia. Go Aussies! 

The top runway is from Blesse'd Are The Meek. I'm in total love with their stockings! Hope they bring those out with their fab easy but sharp collection. :D

These are from SUBOO. How beautiful are their print? It's a perfect mix of monochrome and digital psychedelia. I think I'm mildly obsessed. I also love that amazing black and white skirt! Reminds me of Givenchy's ruffle skirts but edgyier! 

Shakuhachi & Watson x Watson. It's great to see that Sporty vibe is still hanging  this fashion week because it's been my favourite in the past seasons! I'm so into silver metallic at the moment, someone foil me up please. I can't wait for these silver pieces to hit stores, wouldn't know which one to get!

Phoenix Keating is probably the most creative, up and coming Australian Designer in the scene. I'm always impressed by his skills and out of this world creativity that actually works in our contemporary  frame. For me, his designs sort of speaks like Mason Martin Magiela where breaking rules are cool and are born to stand for itself. He dressed Lady Gag {surprise} a couple of years back but it's not all for the crazy & whacky celebrities.You could totally mix in his pieces for more interesting outfits.

In Australia, it's so cool to own Emma Muholland right now. Her punky and psychedelic aesthetic has won a lot of hearts. I love it too, totally in the same zone of what I'm channelling right now. 

Last but not least, I'm so glad I found Christina Exie this fashion week. I have never heard of her before probably because I never watched Project Runway. She won the competition last year. I also checked out her C.V. and I gotta say I'm damn impressed. I'm loving everything, how she looks, her name and her punky but super chic vibe. She gained a fan this fashion week. :D 

I'm a Nun from Space!

 SO, I whacked these on this morning to Fashion Week.

 I only had one outfit planned for this week and really had no idea at all! This turned out pretty ok and when I looked at myself in the mirror I reminded of Maria from Sound of Music?!? haha

 So here I am guided by the beautiful Angels of Fra Angelico I give your Space Nun tonight.

 I'm also working on my jewellery collection at the moment so everything I'm wearing here is designed and made by me. *Please tell me what you think!* I'm investing a lot into quality, all components will be Sterling Silver 925 and the chains will be White Gold plated. :)

 { I'm wearing Dion Lee shirt, House of Holland Dress, Prada Denim Bag, Sparkly Sherbet Socks from SHOPwithROMI.com, Vintage brogues and Romi Earrings, Rings, Necklace and Badges. }

Hope everyone's having a mad week!

Sick of Eyeballs? Move onto Mushrooms: Romance Was Born Show 13

Hi Guys!
This happened to me. Do I need to explain myself? :P

I was invited to one of my fav Aussie designers show: Romance Was Born and these are some digis I took for you. I had trouble cutting it down because ALL of their looks were so BEAUTIFUL!

I'm totally channeling their vibe and they had everything I wanted to see this Fashion Week, psychedelic dream, New Age 60's, childhood nostalgia and mushrooms...!! I think this is the motif I'm going to move on to this year. Step aside eyeballs I'm getting sick of you.

I have to go for now and fix my writing up laterz as I'm LATE again but meanwhile, please immerse yourself in these Romance Was Born goodies.

Oh! One more, Ruby Jean opened the show and should check out Rachel Rutt, she looked beyond adorable in this show.

{4 hours later...} Now, I'm back and I've found some Rachel Rutt goodness for you. Isn't she like the cutest martian you could imagine?

 The Installation Artist who collaborated with the show is Tanya Schultz and Nicole Andrijevic of Pip and Pop!  They are one of my favourite artists, I was so stoked to see their artwork LIVE.

Peace!

#mbfwa #rubyjean #rachelrutt #romancewasborn

FW13 RTW Recap: Psychedelia

 We saw some very strong coming back of the 60's Mod at the last Spring Summer Fashion Week. How amazing was Mark Jacob and his LV? They were almost Op Art and I'm sure it hypnotized many many hearts.

 I was glad to see some continuation this Fall Winter RTW 13 Fashion Week, not only in monochrome but in trancing colour.

 So how about move on from 'Colour Blocks' and start mixing, marbling  and churning them up?

I'll soon find out what Australian Designers think starting coming MONDAY!
Stay tuned for my coverage on Australia Fashion Week starting off with a big bang of my favourite designers Anna Plunkett and Luke Sales of Romance was Born on Monday night. I'm so psyched about their show.

Designers from Top:

{ Henry Holland }--{ Comme des Garcons }--{ Etro }

{ Jill Stuart }--{ Anna Sui }

{ Anna Sui }--{ G.V.G.V }--{ Anna Sui }

{ Rodarte }--{ Jeremy Scott }

Star Gazing: Japanese Artist ob for shu uemura

 

 I dream every night. They are sometimes bad and sometimes truly out of this world.... I used to write them down every morning when I wake up from an uber amazing dream or tell someone straight away hoping I will remember it for longer.
 Sometimes they are so beautiful that you don't want to wake up and when you eventually do, hope for a while that if you can EVER revisit them.

 What I get from ob's painting is that faint dejavu that I've been there in my dream. Or maybe it's a desire that I want to be in that dream. The soft landscape full of harmonious colours and friendly monsters seem to slow the time down and take away the gravity... I really like her paintings, the surreal quality played out with a fun, quirky vibe.

 And yes, the latest shu uemura collection features her artworks and how darn cute are they! The four characters they came up with are just super adorable too that you will want to be one of them. haha. How can you not be drawn to either a mermaid, forest witch, space girl or a cherry blossom fairy???

 Just amazing. If you like her art, you should also look up Junko Mizuno, Yoshimoto Nara (of course) and Aya Takano, few of my favourites. You can also find more artists on Kaikai kiki Gallery Japan, the hub of emerging quirky Japanese artists.

Peace!