"OFF THE WALL"

NOW I FEEL A LITTLE BIT SAD SAYING THIS, BUT FOR A GIRL, I'M NOT A VERY BIG FAN OF SHOES. I KNOW, THERE ARE SOME WOMEN WITH HUNDREDS OF PAIRS, WHO FALL IN LOVE WITH THEM AT FIRST SIGHT, AND WILL DEDICATE THEIR ENTIRE OUTFIT EACH DAY TO MATCH THEIR BELOVED SHOES OF CHOICE. BUT I'M JUST NOT ONE OF THEM. IN FACT, I ALMOST GOT SACKED FROM A JOB FOR WEARING FLIP FLOPS IN NOVEMBER WHEN THERE WAS SNOW OUTSIDE. IF I HAD IT MY WAY, I'D WEAR MY SNOWBOARD BOOTS TO THE BARS IN MERIBEL WHEN GETTING MY APRES SKI DRINK ON. 

BASICALLY, I DON'T NORMALLY GET EXCITED BY WHAT I PUT ON MY FEET. THESE LOVELY PUMPS FROM VANS, HOWEVER, HAVE GOT ME GIDDY. I LOVE THE TIE-DYE EFFECT, THE BLEACHED & WASHED OUT LOOK, AND RETRO FEEL TO THEM. DEFINITELY A SPRING/SUMMER STAPLE... CHECK THEM OUT HERE!

FLORE-ING IT!

WHEN IT COMES TO INSPIRATION & MOTIVATION TO GET US OUT ONTO THE MOUNTAINS & TRYING NEW THINGS, THERE ARE A FARE FEW GIRLS TO GIVE US THAT PUSH. PERSONALLY ANNE-FLORE MARXER IS RIGHT UP THERE, CONSTANTLY CHALLENGING THE INDUSTRY. HERE'S A LITTLE 'WEBISODE' FROM STANDARD FILMS TEASER "2112" FEATURING ANNE-FLORE SHREDDING HARD.

ROXY OUTDOOR FITNESS RANGE

BEING A BIT OF AN OUTDOOR FITNESS FREAK, I WAS SUPER EXCITED TO SEE THE LAUNCH OF ROXY'S OUTDOOR FITNESS RANGE A FEW DAYS AGO. WITH CLEAN CUT LINES & VIBRANT EYE CATCHING MATERIALS, NOT ONLY ARE THEY SUITED FOR ALL OUTDOOR SPORTS, THEY ALSO LOOK AMAZING TOO. AND WHO BETTER TO MODEL THEM THAN SOUTH AFRICAN SURFER ROSY HODGE ACTING AMBASSADOR ALONG SIDE STAND UP PADDLE BOARD YOGA INSTRUCTOR GILLIAN GIBREE. 

TO SEE SOMEONE LIKE ROSY HODGE, WHO IS FIT & ATHLETIC & COMPLETELY RELEVANT TO THE PRODUCTS PURPOSE, IS AN ADDED BONUS!

A COUPLE OF PERSONAL FAVOURITES ARE THE 'SEA BLAZER NEOPRENE HOODIE' DESIGNED WITH AMPHIBIOUS LAYERING TO KEEP YOU WARM & DRY FROM THE ELEMENTS. IT ALSO LOOKS PRETTY COOL WITH ITS FLATTERING FIT & BRIGHT YELLOW TOUCHES UNDER THE ARMS & WAIST.

THE 'UP WIND CAPRI PANTS' TO MATCH ARE ALSO A WINNER, MADE FROM 1MM NEOPRENE OUTFITTED WITH UPF 50, THEY GIVE QUICK DRYING COMFORT & SUN PROTECTION. I LOVE THE YELLOW WAIST BAND & SLIM FIT LOOK ABOUT THEM, I'D WANT TO WEAR THEM ALL DAY, EVERY DAY - FOR YOGA, PADDLE BOARDING, RUNNING & SO ON.

THE ONLY DOWNSIDE TO ROXYS NEW LINE? IT'S ONLY AVAILABLE IN THE U.S, WHICH MEANS ALL OF US ELSEWHERE WILL JUST HAVE TO SIT TIGHT & HOPE IT COMES OUR WAY SOON. 

BALI BLUES

A PHOTO JOURNAL OF MY TRAVELS AROUND BALI

DOING THE REIDT THING

I CAME ACROSS BROOKE REIDT WHEN FLICKING THROUGH THE ELEMENT EDEN WEBSITE ABOUT 3 YEARS AGO. BROOKE WAS THE FIRST EVER ADVOCATE FOR THE BRAND & I'VE BEEN ADMIRING HER CREATIONS EVER SINCE. REIDTS WORK CAN BE SEEN ON T-SHIRTS, WALL MURUALS, PLANT POTS & SO ON,  WITH EACH PIECE EXPRESSING ENERGY & INDIVIDUALITY. 

THROUGH MY COLLEGE PROJECTS I LOOKED TO BROOKE'S ART FOR INSPIRATION, PICKING OUT CERTAIN COLOUR THEMES, THE DETAILS & LAYERING OF MATERIALS, THE USE OF VARIED MEDIUMS & THE QUIRKY DOODLES WHICH ARE INCREDIBLY IMAGINATIVE. THE SUBJECTS INCLUDE GIRLS BLOWING FLOWERS, OWL-MERMAIDS, BRIGHTLY COLOURED BIRDS & WALES PAINTED IN AZTEC PRINTS. HER MORE RECENT WORK, HOWEVER, IS A LITTLE MORE EDGY. WITH A TITLE ON BROOKE'S WEBSITE CALLED 'PATTERNS' IT REVEALS BOLD, BEAUTIFUL & BRIGHTLY COLOURED PATTERNS, WHICH TO MY KNOWLEDGE SHE HAS STARTED TO TURN INTO FABRIC PRINTS. 

HERE IS A STATEMENT FROM BROOKE ABOUT HER WORK:

     " ASPHYXIATION HAS TAUGHT ME THE ART OF EFFUSION. I AM A METOPOLITAN MERMAID WITH A MOXIE TO LIVE THROUGH CONSTANT MIGRATION. MY PAINTINGS ARE MEMORIES,MARKS AND MAPS TO DOCUMENT MY SALVATION FROM ARTERIOSCLEROSIS CAUSED BY OXIDIZATION. MY DESTINATION IS TO CREATE A CONTAGION OF DEMIURGE THROUGH APOSTROPHE AND SWELL ABOVE THE CATASTROPHE CAUSED BY MODERN DAY MIASMA. THAT IS MY BIO. "

WHEN I WAS IN BALI LAST MONTH, I SAW THE PAINTING ABOVE BEFORE SURFING AT ULUWATU. I WAS SO EXCITED TO SEE IT THERE AFTER I HAD FOLLOWED HER WORK FOR SO LONG. EVERY TIME I LOOK AT A PAINTING BY REIDT I FEEL A SENSE OF ENERGY, FOR ME HER WORK IS TRUELY INSPIRING.