8 PAGE FEATURE IN COSMOPOLITAN

I can't explain how excited I was to see this month's Cosmopolitan Australia  - which includes an 8 page spread of a pair & a spare DIY projects, many of which are exclusive to the magazine. Admittedly I almost fell over when I got hold of my copy and saw my feet on the front cover - right next to Scarlett's boobies no less!

For those of you in Australia, run, don't walk, to your local newsagent to snag yourself a copy and get amongst twelve fun and simple projects.  For those of you in other parts of the world, I'll be publishing a few selected projects here so you don't miss out so stay tuned this month.

Massive thanks to the team at Cosmopolitan - you truly have your finger on the blogging world pulse and it was a pleasure working with you. Thanks also to Free People for contributing one of their guest projects to the spread. I've got so much love for your studded denim cut offs - so happy that Cosmo does too!

FEATURED IN NET-A-PORTER MAGAZINE

A momentous occasion for a pair & a spare ... was recently featured in  my style bible, the NET-A-PORTER magazine (which I read weekly, if not daily). They've listed apaas as one of the top ten blogs to bookmark in 2012 - alongside absolute favorites Vanessa Jackman, Frou Frou and Candice Lake.  Who would have thought that the queens of luxury and style over at net-a-porter HQ would also have a penchant for reworking, studding, glitter-izing and generally mess-making DIY projects? Once again, DIY proves to have zero limitations in its appeal. So happy to share half a page with friend and fellow Aussie Vanessa Jackman - who snapped me a few years ago at LFW when I had only just started my blog and was a complete newbie. 

In the magazine you can shop my style too - lets just say I'm drooling over all the the neon and tribal inspired pieces and only wish that I could afford to shop my own look... In the meantime, I've got my sewing machine at the ready!

In other news, picked up the lifestyle section of the South China Morning Post today to be greeted by my cheesy grin and an article about my addiction to DIY and the contents of my closet. Set in the corner of the smallest apartment in the world, you can read the article here (you may have to log in which I think you can do for free). These are a few of the pics taken by the talented Carmen Chan.

Just wanted to say thanks to all of you for tuning in to read my ramblings here - you guys inspire me to do more and better projects all the time and I'm so happy to be part of such a creative community of DIYers. I have heaps of fun projects in the works so stay tuned!

(Ok so horn tooting is over and done with - normal DIY content to resume shortly!)

Written press

My apologizes for the lack of outfitposts in the last three days; I promise I'll post one ASAP (let's say: tomorrow). For now, I want to show you a feature in written press from last weekend. It's the first time seeing myself on two whole pages in a magazine, so I confess I was really excited when I saw it for the first time. Have a nice weekend and make sure you won't miss the outfitpost tomorrow! ;-)

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HAPPY CHINESE NEW YEAR & TORY BURCH BLOG

The lovely team over at Tory Burch recently asked me to describe a typical day in Hong Kong during Chinese New Year - always a mix of traditional and modern festivities. You can check out my post at the Tory Burch blog here. In the image below I'm wearing the neon lace embellished jeans I made for J Brand, the tutorial for which you can find here.

I want to wish you all a very happy Chinese New Year - I hope the year of the Dragon will be a  prosperous and successful one for all of you. Kung Hei Fat Choy!

DIY GOES CELEBRITY

Thrilled to see this recreation of my neon necklace DIY project - done by none other than Monica Rose, stylist to the stars including the Kardashians. Once again DIY projects prove they can blend with and complement traditional high fashion! You can check out her blog post here.

Top image via Monica Rose

PEOPLE STYLE WATCH MAGAZINE

Whoa - totally surprised to be referenced in the November issue of People Stylewatch. Once again so happy to see the DIY movement is where it's at! Thanks Jenni for the heads up.

#DIYweekTODAY

 

As you may know from the frenzy on twitter (#DIYweekTODAY) - yesterday kicked off the TODAY Show's DIY Style Week. All week they'll be showcasing DIY style including projects from DIY fashionistas (including yours truly).

I'm so incredibly happy that DIY fashion is being given the recognition it deserves and couldn't agree more that DIY is a movement rather than a simple hobby. The fact that it's all I can think about morning, noon and night is a testament to that. I've even started joking with fellow DIYers that we need to go to DIY Rehab... Glitter, glue and ribbons strictly banned!

Check out the TODAY Show's write up here (ahem, couldn't have said it better myself), enter the DIY Style contest here, and keep an eye out for my project on Wednesday (hint: leopard print arm party!).

A Pair & A Spare Spotted at Boohoo.com

The lovely Katey tweeted to me recently saying that she had spotted me in the recent boohoo.com style newsletter. How funny. This photo was taken by Wayne Tippetts at London Fashion Week last September, feels like a million years ago!

Wearing: Thrifted beaded jacket (possibly my favourite piece of clothing ever), vintage dior mens shirt, alexander mcqueen leather bustier, DIY camel shorts, thrifted envelope clutch, asos floppy fedora.

Hope you like the somewhat sour expression on my face, ha.