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Fashion Week Stuff from Phone

Fashion Week for me started at the beautiful home of Carla Zampatti for her show The whole house was decked out in white and all furnishing covered in white sheets from memory, the collection was called Into the Light last sunset at Avalon before moving to the city for the week as we leave, looks like I'm not missing out on surf, messy down at the beach today Later that afternoon , the view from our room at shangri-La, much better location than the past few years, as we are now within walking distance of the location for the fashion shows, plus . . .  the view ! A few days later, the view from Akira's suite, here to do a story on Akira with Jacqui, the day before his return to fashion week ( he has been absent from Fashion week since 2008 ) Eddy Ming keep sme company last day at the overseas passenger terminal ( venue for fashion week ) shot with phone after our cruise with Camilla and back to Avalon, lunch with Jacqui, surf getting better again, and some yummy tiger prawns.
So now that all that Fashion is done, I can get back to finish my posts from our road trip to the outback

Destination N.S.W. takes me Bryan, Natalie on a harbour cruise with Camilla Franks

Natalie, fresh from her shoot with me yesterday afternoon great view, shame a bit cloudy but I have a feeling that will clear in about 30 minutes or so Look at those tourists snap away :-)

never got a shot of the bridge and opera from this angle before, love it


next to :una Park now


Affectionatly known as the "Coathanger " in Australia And just as our boat runs in Darling HArbour, I was the right, the sun comes out lovely wind playing havoc with Natalie's scarf, otherwise, great shot, loving the light



as we head back, the sunset dials it up a few notches to . . . spectacular And it's only getting better
woauw, print please amazing colours taken so many photos like we all have,







amazing, thanks for that the boat drops us of at Catalina where Camilla invites us for a cocktail before heading out to dinner and these seaplanes, land at Palm beach, would cut out about 40 min driving in the car :-) Camilla, Bryan and Natalie. They were heading out to have dinner at Otto's as part of Camilla's things to do in Sydney. The NSW tourism matched up international delegates with the different Australian designers to get to share their experience of Sydney, and Bryan got Camilla :-)
While they head off for dinner I head back to Avalon for a nice home cooked meal :-)

End of Sydney Fashion Week, and our last night at the Shangri-La Hotel

View from our room on dusk and look at all those poor suckers in peak hour traffic heading to cross the Harbour Bridge loving the colours reflecting of som eof the surrounding buildings lovin' it

hmm, makes me want to order the cocktail, sunset
but instead we're of to see a band that Burberry has flown out from London to perform at their massive store on George Street.

Parent Teacher meeting

Sitting inside the school hall, waiting to see one of Evan's teachers He started High School this year, so it is our first time meeting some of his teachers
Pretty busy in here with all the parents and the teachers, you had to " pre book " your appointment times with the teacher.
Evan . . ? Teachers say , all good, good student, makes Jacqui proud :-)

Not just a surf movie, a movie about surfing !

Trailer for Jack McCoy latest movie. Saw film maker Jack McCoy at the post office earlier today ( Aloha ) and he told me his movie was extended by a few days at the local cinema at Avalon. So I told him I would pop down later tonight to come see it And I'm glad I did, Jack gaves us a little intro and background information on his movie. ( wouldn't that be nice everytime you go to see a movie you get a little talk before hand from the film maker ) Jack is known for his many surf movies, but this was more a movie about surfing. So if you get the chance to see it , do it, and see how a young hawaiin princess a century or so ago influenced this whole global culture.
Aloha
:-)

 

Just out for a walk

sorry...no posts as I been too busy enjoying being back home

:-)

 

Summer has not finished...yet ..!!

Absolutely awesome, once I have been back for a day or two, to be asked to chop down one of the banana branches, so we can hang it under the verandah where it can ripen more. I mean, after trudging around in the fashion capitals of the northern hemisphere in temperatures equivalent to the Australian ski fields in our winter, it is nice to come back to "having to" cut down the bananas :-) and there's another 2 like this ready to go as well love the new leaves on the tree ferns
and yes, it is still summer in my book if the Frangipani is still flowering in our garden Naturally, stoked to see the kids again, and over the moon to wake up next to Jacqui again, and add to that, happy to be able to make my own coffee's again. :-)

A few random Phone Cam shots from this RTW season

Katlin Aas givng Bette Franke a piggy back during show re-hearsal
The Vuitton Express arrived on track #3 Pretty impressive
And look who's on board, one of my editors, Derek Blasberg ( sorry, Derek, not the best photo of you, I blame the phone cam and dodgy lighting at Vuitton hehehehe :-)
Mr. Cunningham about to be interviewed by Mr. Lau Sean & Anthony
Did some clothes shopping, but also needed to shop for some chocolate for Jacs, she's addicted to banana chocolate
So I cleared the shelf at the supermatket :-) last Belgian meal ( mechelse haantjes ) befor ejumping on the plane down under

I know I know, more photos to come

It just gets very busy for me, and my body screams sleep.
So more photos to come soon, but in the meantime, if you want to see a photo of me in a bath tub, click here