NYFW Favourites (Part 1).

Since I haven't posted anything in ages (matric has been a little crazy in terms of work and applying for varsities and stuff), this is a quick (or maybe not so quick) update on my main source of procrastination during mocks: New York, London, Milan and Paris Fashion Weeks. Starting off with NY as part 1.

ALICE & OLIVIA Spring 2014

TOMMY HILFIGER Spring 2014 (my ultimate favourite)

OSCAR DE LA RENTA Spring 2014

NAEEM KHAN Spring 2014

J. MENDEL Spring 2014

MARCHESA Spring 2014

Pips x

Something to think about.

Please be warned that this is a rant. I have never ranted on here about anything before, but I think this is quite relevant. However, if you are not in the mood for reading someone's angry blogpost, leave now. Thank you kindly.

It's nothing unusual that school girls borrow clothes and other items from each other all the time; no one really bats an eyelid at that fact any more. Why shouldn't we? Borrowing saves us from having to buy a new dress every time we go to a dance, or new shoes every time we go to someone's birthday tea (especially on our limited budgets).
It has recently come to my attention though, that whenever one girl brings a bag of clothes or shoes to school to give to another, a Pick 'n Pay or Woolworths bag won't suffice; the goods have to come in a Country Road, La Senza or Zara shopping bag (etc, etc). And I have picked this up on multiple occasions; it is a pattern. It's as though friends try to subconsciously outdo or one-up each other every time they bring a new shopping bag of an even more prolific brand to school.
Why? Why is that necessary? I quite honestly could not care less about how fancy you think you are with your little bag. I'll compliment you on your clothes if I like them, but there is not a chance in hell that you bringing your fancy shopping bag to school will make me think more of you, make me envy you, or even make me think about complimenting you on your superior taste in brands. Clothes are clothes. If they're nice, they just are and it doesn't matter WHERE they come from...cause if there's one thing I hate, it has to be snobs.
There we go. You don't have to agree with me, just something to think about.

On a lighter note, here's some good old King Charles to hopefully put a smile on some faces in this awful exam-time weather.

- Pips x

Cause South Africa is awesome #4.

#5: Desmond and the Tutus

 

Would upload 'Car Guard Tan' cause it's my favourite, but I can't seem to find it.

Aaaaand it's just 5 DAYS until England :D

 

- Pips xx





Cause South Africa is awesome #3.

#3: Holiday Murray

#4: Jeremy Loops

AND because I leave for England in 6 DAYS, I thought I'd better start a countdown.

- Pips xx

Cause South Africa is awesome #2.

#2: The Plastics

- Pips x

Cause South Africa is awesome.

My next few posts are going to be featuring up and coming South African musicians who I think are super cool.

#1: Al Bairre
Basically - my favourites. They're from CT as well, which is fantastic.

- Pips x

Why in the night sky are the lights hung?

Why in the night sky are the lights hung?
Why is the earth moving round the sun?
Floating in the vacuum with no purpose, not a one
Why in the night sky are the lights hung?

Why is life made only for to end?
Why do I do all this waiting then?
Why this frightened part of me that's fated to pretend?
Why is life made only for to end?

In the city only for a while
Here to face the fortune and the bile
I heard you on the radio, I couldn't help but smile
In the city only for a while

Why in the night sky are the lights hung?
Why is the earth moving round the sun?
Floating in the vacuum with no purpose, not a one
Why in the night sky are the lights hung?

Flaws.

Now THIS is music.

Give it a listen, guaranteed you'll love it. This version is miles better than the studio version (no electronics and whatnot).

- Pips xx

Home is whenever i'm with you.

So I thought I might post some art.
This was my 3rd term art prac, and we were given the theme of 'family'.
I used acrylic paint and incorporated embroidery.

This is my family crest. The latin phrase means 'with courage and faith'. This was a pencil sketch that I enlarged and printed onto canvas, thereafter painting the background and adding the embroidery detail.

Hi World.

I've decided that I pretty much suck at this blogging thing because I'm so inconsistent with my posting.
I have had no time whatsoever recently though...so that's some sort of excuse, right?
I need to start looking for inspiration again cause I've been so busy with the non-inspiring world of...well...school, that any kind of cool creative flow that I had going on a while ago is gone.

So for now, I'll leave y'all with another cool music video (that's all I seem to do these days...) and will hopefully have some fashiony posts up soon.
Fingers crossed.

This is quite a cool song, and I think these guys are going to make it big pretty soon.

And may I just say that it's SO TYPICAL that I would be posting now since I have a rather large physics test tomorrow. WHY.

Aaaand I'll leave you on that happy note - hopefully by now you're just listening to the music, and not my rant.

Bye for now, Pips x

Hopeless Wanderer

Mumford & Sons at their best. 
This is taken from their new album Babel (coming on the 24th of September...come to me) 
This is only an audio video (with lyrics cause I'm fancy like that) but was performed LIVE at Bonnaroo in 2011.
Woah, right?

These guys continue to be my heroes. 
- Pips x

Take A Walk

A tres cool new song by Passion Pit.

- Pips x

All I want for Christmas is...a Diana Mini.

But seriously, I don't think I can wait that long.

I would like this white one, please.

That is all.

- Pips x

Ralph Lauren Spring 2012

1920s pastel glamour. Enough said.

Beyond stunning. Camilla Belle wore this to the Met Ball this year. 

All I can say is...Ralph Lauren, why so amazing?

- Pips x