the sunday session 14 - a spin the pin first

ooh la la, this week on my sunday session i'm posting about my take on the icurvy spin the pin challenge. a total first for me. even though i look on each month to see what the challenge is, i have never for one reason or another been able to get on board, but this month, the fashion spin the pin gods said "get it together girl - it's your time to spin the pin". never argue with the gods of fashion.

and on day 2 of this weeks fashion looks, a spin the pin was born.

and here's how it went down.... i was getting ready for work last tuesday and i saw the prompt come through my feed and even though it was a few day's early (like 3) i just went for it and tarted it up.  oops, i mean tartaned it up. I know Jo said she wasn't one for the mini, but i say own it girlfriend, just like you owned the spanx revolution. it's just a moment in time.

so here is my spin on the pin....

first up, it was a bloody cold morning in melbourne.  i had eye spied the construction site across the road for a while as a potential backdrop (nothing to do with the sweaty guys) but rather a different place to take a pic and i rocked up with my spin the pin and a corduroy coat i picked up in canberra way back in 2003.

and then i did the big reveal - amidst waiting taxis and passers by - just me and my remote control and selfie stick/come tripod - transeasonal tartan, janijans style.

it was a literal take on the challenge, with red on red, but sans mini and jumper.

both pieces were made by me. the red top was made a couple years ago with fabric from spotlight and the skirt was just made recently with left over fabric that i had purchased from spotlight a couple of years ago as well.  the shoes are new from django and juliette. i will always be someone who just wants to express my looks and style in my own way and that makes me feel happy and content regardless of what any fashion rules dicate.

so my first spin the pin in done and i hope that at some point the pins will align and another outfit will present.  thanks icurvy, for sending the pin at the right time and the right space.

going it on my own

holy moly, today i stepped into the world of the super selfie - the selfie that required me to use an apparatus to take a photo of said self - well i can't just go around asking random people if they would take my photo - cause A, it could get awkward and B, someone could run off with my phone and quite frankly i don't care for running if i am in heels.

i have for the past 4 and a bit years been a blogger and i have blogged about all manner of things, but not in a way that i have promoted to the point i have now - instagram, my own facebook page, which i shall leave it to each individual to determine whether it's worthy of a like and i think what i have to offer in the sense of style is worth sharing.

so after reading the blog of icurvy about how to use instagram for style inspiration i thought about her tips for taking the best style photo and decided to take action. i am more than happy to pull some silly poses in front of the camera, but if you need to take these photos yourself, then it's likely that you need to embrace your inner showoff and snap away.

i headed to the city yesterday with the intention of buying a contraption that would assist me to take the perfect fashion selfie.  i really only needed a bluetooth remote - which i appear to have lost already, and a long tripod (which i don't have) but no, i came back with the SUPER SELFIE STICK which I attached to my mini tripod. and, after a bit of fumbling, i had success - kind of....probably just like a teenage boy at his first school dance. but better.

  

and after having a bit of a play, i ventured out in my finery and got down to business.  i took a photo of my new shoes - sans selfie stick

I worked that little remote control, all while hoping the contraption didn't fall over as i clicked away.

                

i could barely crack a smile until i had finished my multi-tasking, but i clicked away

and when my time to shine shine shine had passed, i turned the spotlight onto the selfie stick - my new best friend. same time tomorrow, hey!

 the result hit instgram pretty quickly and i deemed the project a success.

dress made by me
shoes from whittner (on sale)
necklace by robert kennedy fiji
the pink lipstick is cherries in the snow by revlon - as worn to perfection by tigalil.
selfie stick - a girls best friend