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Karen Walkers new range of eyewear indulges in the divine, reflecting the rays of the sun in new glorious ways. She has channeled the celestial presence of the Sun Gods creating powerful shades that are unopposed by the heavenly spotlight.

In its fifth year, Karen Walker’s eyewear is growing to new aesthetic heights, whilst remaining true to its style ethos of effortless simplicity, just as her clothing label has done. The new thirty five-piece collection of statement sunnies will be launched on the New York Fashion Week runways adding that extra touch of sartorial bliss to her clothing.

Karen Walker certainly knows how to frame a face. Her bold frames and colour palette ensure that our eyes are always in fashion focus. Last seasons favourites, the Prisoner, Escape and Agent return with glass lenses that maximize clarity, whilst charismatic styles such as The Village, Rover and Number Six are armed with handmade acetate frames, that reflect Karen’s attention to detail and quality in design.

The arrows of the Sun Gods spur the traditional sunglasses shapes to new angular heights.  The T-bar frame is also a popular choice. Hints of gold, oranges and blue pay tribute to the landscape of the gods and penetrate the collection with a compelling sense of warmth.

The Sun God’s are looking down on us and casting new style shadows with their magnificently overstated proportions and thick frames. Their vivacious spirit of splendor infiltrates the earth below empowering us mortals with immortal sunglasses of grandeur.

Karen Walker’s new eyewear is certainly worthy of wardrobe worship, transforming us all into gods of accessorized style.

SYDNEY:
Grab SENSO shoes at below retail prices this Friday and Saturday. Heels, flats and sandals in all sizes. Prices start from just $30!

When: Friday 5th & Saturday 6th of February 2010
Where: 20 Hutchinson Street, Surry Hills
Doors Open: Friday 5th: 8am - 7pm
Saturday 9am - 5pm

MELBOURNE:
There's nothing over $20 at this Melbourne shoe sale. Labels include Gamins.....of course, Top End, Django & Juliette, I love Billy and many more...

When: Friday 5th and Saturday 6th February
Where: 100 Cromwell Street, Collingwood
Doors Open: 9 am to 5 pm Friday and Saturday.

There is nothing more sumptuous than a big knit to swathe ourselves in during those cold winter months. Jenny Kee’s electric kints and Stella McCartney’s more recent runway revolutions have cast knit wear as the statement making winter essential. We have revived our grandpa’s old wooley button up cardigans and our granny’s crochet bolero’s and now a new label is re-reviving them in an entirely new fashionable quality. Standard Issue are the latest New Zealand cult label to cross the seas and hit our shores bringing nothing but their finest wool offerings with them. Designer, Laura Ellery, has created individual yarns that mix soft merino and coarser alpaca yarns to create warm woollies with an effortless nonchalance. An innovative lace hole texture gives traditional crochet a makeover whilst fine Italian cashmere ensures we feel as good as we look!

Each traditional piece is spliced with a touch of the unconventional and finished with a stitch of individuality. This is knitwear, literally at it’s finest. Standard Issue is the type of wardrobe staple you want to live in and with its natural ethics you actually could, all their fibres and dyes are one hundred percent natural, ensuring that comfort is at a premium.

Their Winter 2010 collection, which will be stocked in selected boutiques including Ruby & Min, Tuchuzy, is made up of charcoals, blacks and creams and spliced with a touch of royal red that will have us looking classically chic.

Standard Issue are certainly a stitch above the rest when it comes to savvy knitwear that will outlast the cold and the trends for winters to come. So combat the cold in one of these woolly warmers and radiate your inner warmth in style.

http://www.standardissue.co.nz

Those who have entered the underwater inspired cavern that is Romance Was Born's concept store and fallen in love with the seafaring realm can now proceed to stampede down Glenmore Road in Paddington. Stepping into the oceanic dream world created by the creative duo Luke Sales and Anna Plunkett was nothing short of experiencing your very own underwater fable. Beautifully named "Pearl's Dream", the concept store was sure to make lovers of deep sea treasures and haute couture pine for the shell embellished heels amongst an underwater garden of other numerous gems. Yet hefty price tags shall no longer impede our aquatic treasure hunt! The collection at 'Pearl's Dream' is now retailing at a 50% markdown.
Sale lasts until 31st January when King Triton reclaims his jewels...

2a Glenmore Rd, Paddington

Over a century ago a little known British author rowed up the river Thames with three young girls and was so delighted by one of them, he wrote a book about her. The story included waist-coated rabbits, tyrant monarchs and smoking caterpillars, and has been printed and adapted to film more times than the Queen of Hearts herself felt the need to behead small blonde children. And now, Lewis Carrol’s Alice in Wonderland is inspiring two fantastical and wonderfully decadent lines of jewellery to coincide with the release of Tim Burton’s adaptation.

Former Disney animator turned jewellery designer Tom Binns is releasing two collections which revolve around embodying the stunningly over-the-top realm of Wonderland. Inspired by the “weird little story� and Carrol’s surrealism, the CDFA honourary has collaborated with Disney to release six high-end luxury pieces for fine boutiques including Bergdorf’s and Barney’s in the US. Innovative and daring, Tom Binn’s creativity signals a perfect fashion interpretation of both Carrol’s and Burton’s aesthetic.

The pieces are inspired by the story’s characters, including the Red Queen, the White Queen, Alice and the Mad Hatter. It’s not too hard to imagine the Alice bracelet as a mish-mash of treasures strung together whilst falling down a rabbit hole. Staying true to his signature mix and match of different materials, an abundance of charms, chain and leather make up this covetable piece.


The equally embellished Queen necklace evokes an air of vicious royalty with its predominant red beading, safety pins and interlocking horns. Only for those who wish to rule by making a sharp statement!

The high-fashion ‘Tom Binns for Walt Disney Signature’ line will retail from $1000 to $2000, whilst the more affordable ‘Tom Binns for Disney Couture’ collection will be available in department stores and speciality boutiques. The 35-piece line, designed in collaboration with Lucas Design International, will retail from $100-$500.

No word on when they’ll be available down under, but lucky US folk can get their mitts on them come March 2010.

Strap one of these pretties by Little Doe on your noggin and watch all the boyz come to the yard.

  

The BAFTA award winning Bristol-based teen drama Skins has, since its inception, shamelessly dabbled in once taboo issues of homosexuality, eating and personality disorders, post traumatic stress, substance abuse and the odd dash of narcissism (make that a generous dashing). Sometimes though, all you want to do is a bit of oggling. For me, it's mostly directed at Season 1 and 2's resident psycho-come-darling Cassie. After every episode (watched at least twice) I pause for a moment to bask in my very genuine obsession with the show and think, man, where did she get those pale pink glitter stockings / jewelled tuxedo / ankle fitted wrist watch?