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Sandra Backlund

If you have been on my blog for a while now, then you will now the history I have with Sandra. We met , thanks to Ben ( the perfume man ) who insisted to Diane , when we were in Stockholm, that she needed to meet one of his friends, Sandra Backlund. Ben was taking Diane to a few of the showrooms during the stockholm fashion week, and Sandra was not on any of the official lists of showrooms to visit, but we had the time, and Ben got us intrigued,well cut a long story short, Diane instantly thought she was amazing, and I was spellbound as well. Diane suggest she enters Hyers, and well the rest is history.
And now, the latest collection from Sandra Backlund, which , again, has just blown me out of the water, this is so good, Sandra just get better and better, and I am honoured to know her, as not only is she incredibly talented, but one of the most charming and friendly people you will ever meet.
Ok, enough chit chat, just check out her latest collection. oh, and thanks Ben for introducing us

Diesel aka Dion

Another day in Paradise, but no waves, and instead a big hand paint bus in the car park
It's the surfing brand Insight's bus
and who do I find insight inside, mi mate Dion of course. I had no idea he was looking after this bus.
Cool bus, Dion is up this way as he is building Zimmermann's pop up store for summer.
It's where the famous whale beach burger cafe used to be. And should be open for summer starting in the next day or so

Danielle Wallace Pop up Opening

Mark Cavanagh and Daniell Wallace
Mark I bump into sporadically, but Danielle I have not seen in a long time, always with a smile, and the girl to see for ties, without a doubt.
We are here for the opening of her pop up store, right on Macquarie & Bent Streets in Sydney, perfect location. I was just in my t-short so felt a bit under dressed when I walked to the corner of Bent street, with all the suits and ties around, but as always, Danielle makes you feel right at home and welcomed
of course some of the fashion set is here this evening as well
location , location
She's the queen of ties, and Toby Osmond has some of shirts on sale here as well
how awesome are these umbrellas, just think how good you would look with one of these crossing the street on a grey rainy day
game of pool while you decide which shirt and tie to buy, oh, and don't forget that umbrella for that rainy day
the bar is stocked up as well, so a refreshment with your tie ?
as you look around plenty of things to discover

a book perhaps, chrissy pressie
must be Toby's
we're all travellers
Love this image
Danielle and Alex Zabotto-Bentley
Peter McMenamin and Viva Vayspap.

Lutz Lookbook

Klara just sent me the latest lookbook from Lutz, and they are using some of my pics, one for the cover and backcover
great collection

Oyster Magazine

Meeting up with Jonathan Morris today, it's a nostalgia week, as again, I'm about to type, that I've known Jonathan for a long time, back in the days of Stiletto Magazine, even before Stiletto went glossy ( and then it went glossy and then it became Oyster ) Anyway, we are meeting up to talk about a re design for Oyster and the future of Oyster, as you can imagine, it is getting tough for magazines out there, but I personally feel it is the time for independent magazines to shine, as opposed to the monthly fodder from the big publishing companies. But as you can see, Jonathan is pretty busy, getting calls from the printers to approve the final proofs for example
Just had to share you this no smoking sign with you on the way back up to the office

Michael Azzolini + Josh Goot Shop opening

Marian, Michael & Jacqui, at Michael's shop opening
So all you Bondi gals can get yourself a fresh bikini on your way down the parade
After Azzo's gig , it's back to Paddo for Josh Goot's opening, where I get to see one of my best mates Dion  Lee, who I have not seen in ages, I've known Dion well before he started even contemplating about growing a beard
Let's do another shot in front of the new shop, which was Mary Shackmann's gallery up until now I guess.
The party now, is in Mary's courtyard which runsnext to the shop
So might as well get a quick party portrait of Mary
got to love her ! Check out her work
The Ginger & Smart sisters are here as well, Alexandra and Genevieve, and of course, see-ing Matt is with me,we just had to check out the shoes she had ( her own range ) and killer heels
A true shoe lover get's down on his knees

Spirit Of Youth Awards aka SOYA

Back in Sydney, and straight for a night of awards and shop openings, first on the list , the Qantas sponsored SOYA. Great initiative for young emerging talent to get some cash, free qantas flights, which no doubt will give them a leg up in their career
2007 SOYA fashion winner, Ben Pollock, tells us a bit how the mentoring programme that comes with the awards has helped him, he now has a succesfull label called Friedrich Gray ( click here to see my shots backstage from his last show back in May )
The Zimmerman sisters announce the winner of this years award
But first, the candidates, Romance Was Born, Gary Bigini and Arnsdorf
And the winner is Anna and Luke from Romance Was Born, congrats guys, now look out for the next issue of KAREN magazine ( out end this week ) with a shoot I did with Rachael Rutt and clothes from their latest collection ( here's another look at their 2008 collection )
Rachel Ward announces the winner of short film, Kasimir Burgess
And Nirrimi Hakanson wins the fashion photo prize ( how good is this photo, check out her other work -only 17y.o. ! )

Vanessa + Wish Lookbook

Shooting with the lovely Vanessa Milde today, Vanessa is from Adelaide , and we first met her back in Jan 2007 when she was this fresh faced 15 y.o. from Adelaide. We spent the afternoon at B.L.'s place with Katie Lee taking photos.
So have a look at those links above, to see if Vanessa has changed much at all
Shooting with Wish, there's always yummy lunch come lunchtime
plenty to choose from
but always leave a little spot for desert
then, of course, make up touch up


loving the belt
and it was all about who could blow the biggest bubbles
Hubba bubba

Just found a pic of me

It was taken back in August at Jayson Brunsdon shop opening and I found on this Australian site called Kluster. Aaaah, it's when my G10 was still working

Wish Look Book

One thing I don't like when I arrive somewhere is to be sitting around waiting for the next job come in. So after a good day's rest and catching up on Australian time ( as opposed to northern hemisphere time ) I am glad to be back at the Wish studio to shoot a lookbook with Todd and Jay. And Brazillian Barbara Di Creddo is our model du jour
And Barbara is addicted to those banana lollies ( so am I - Jacqui just happens to have a bag inthe kitchen at home, I don't think she realizes I nearly ate the whole bag )
We are see-ing those shoulders everywhere, I'm only showing you one of the pics from today's lookbook, as this is still not ready to go out yet, this is one of the more casual outfits. There were some nice pieces in this collection I would have liked to take home for Jacs
Hair change
love a girl that pulls a face

touch up after lunch
me :-)

Everyone loves my Goorin hat.