GYABO! Noda Megumi “Nodame” style

It’s been so long since the last post I nearly forgot the login password!

WordPress says a secure password is where there is more than 8 characters in the password and they have to be a combination of symbols, letters and numbers. So I made this supernova password and I just remember my password by the way it is typed, if you asked me what my password was and there’s no QWERTY keyboard in front of me and it has been more than a month since I last logged in then zilch, no password

If you’re wondering how this relates to the title of the post well it does not ha ha ha! It is just some useless banter to excuse myself for deserting the blog for a while

Noda Megume or Nodame in short is a character in a Japanese classical music drama called Nodame Cantabile

The drama centres around the lives of a messy, unorganised girl with a natural talent for piano called Nodame and a neat perfectionist, who is also the number 1 student (and popular) at Momogaoka music academy called  Chiaki Shinichi (Chiaki-Senpai in short, Senpai is upper classman, Japanese use surnames/first names interchangeably)

Nodame and Chiaki-senpai are both in the piano performance division, Nodame plays the piano and dreams to be a piano teacher. Chiaki is a piano playing aspiring conductor, the two meet by chance when Chiaki-senpai gets wasted and passes out in front of his dorm room so Nodame lets him stay in her messy room overnight

Chiaki-senpai wakes up to Nodame playing a beautiful Beethoven amidst a mountain of rubbish. Chiaki-senpai freaks out, calls Nodame a garbage woman (LOL) and flees. He opens the front door and realises his room is right next door (even more LOL)

Chiaki and Nodame soon meet again when he was chosen to help Nodame with her piano (peer support program or something). Nodame falls in ‘love’ with Chiaki-senpai, he still calls her a garbage woman, but lets her hang around him anyway because they are next door neighbours. Little does he know through his uncaring behaviour that he is nurturing Nodame’s piano

Anyway I think Nodame’s clothes are incredibly cute

<Image source: http://www.designchronicle.com/memento&gt;

Pocketto Magazine Issue 3 out

A huge thank you to the stylish girls passing on Pitt Street and Victoria Avenue a few weeks ago who agreed to have their photo taken to appear on Pocketto Issue 3.. you know who you are!!!

Do not forget to check out Pocketto if you’re into illustration/photography/fashion. The amount of creativity, passion and effort in Pocketto really speaks for itself and every issue gets even better than its last. See page 26 & 27 and 64 & 65 for my bits =P

http://www.pockettozine.com

http://ausstyle.blogspot.com – Creator of Pocketto

Click! click! click! <33

stylish pair

Simple but nice, the outfit on the right is an example of when an accessory.. the belt literally makes the outfit

anatomy of a boot

Wishing everyone a wonderful festive season 

In Australia the few days after Christmas in the retail industry only means one thing: sale

The greatest bargains in this period are from the premier designers such as Chanel, Chloe and Burberry etc. Their products can take you much further than some of the more shabby designers for just a hundred or more dollars extra. Even though the premier designers are a hundred times more consistent in delivering quality products in aesthetics and workmanship that doesn’t mean you have to give up looking for the other designer’s products, I actually found a fantastic pair of peridot green boots by Diana Ferrari.

With the quality aspect sorted out, I’d like to point out that the actual product you decide to buy determine’s its worth too. I personally think I’m better off buying lasting coats, shoes, hats, gloves, glasses and bags rather than the blouse I simply cannot live without at the moment.

Anyway… sorry for going off track a bit here. I just wanted to write something about the sales since it’s made quite a big deal out of itself

A boot (noun) is defined as a covering of leather, rubber, or the like, for the foot and all or part of the leg (bought to you from dictionary.com). More specifically like many objects a boot has many of its own characteristics, variations occur in its length, fabric, fitting, stitching, embellishments, heel and colour. A subtle change in one or more of these characteristics change the way a boot matches the wearer’s age, clothing, use and attitude.

Some styles do carry an air of youth or maturity to them by a certain extent so just be careful with your styling. Other than that, in my opinion, the style of the boot and age are no longer strongly correlated, if you know how to work the outfit with the boot, go for it. In general, knee length boots are traditionally seen as a more mature style and suede boots are traditionally burdened with the image of athleticism (some painful generalisations here)

Ankle boots

Worn by itself is the only rule. Best worn with anything without a hemline covering it in other words the only no-no is pants

Quarter calf boots

 There is no hope of creating a look of sophistication out of this length so it looks best on anyone under 60 unless you want to look old and trashy. Great with leg warmers, it looks great and is in in FW08 = the perfect combination

Lace ups/Doc Martin style

This style is more versatile than I thought. Looks really great with wide-hemmed cropped pants and over pants. It is feminine if you want it to be and it can also be extremely masculine.. if you want it to be, your imagination and creativity is the only limit here

Half calf boots

Tricky length and with this shoe in particular, tricky fabric. Traditionally not to be seen with skirts but I say try it out. Always looks great with jeans

Knee high

Men say no other shoe beats the knee length boots paired with a coat leaving just a hint of bare skin between the knee and hemline. What do you think?

Unique styles

Quite limited to a high budget as the makers are usually premier designers. Generally, style is less versatile with mix and matching but again, if you’ve got a sharp sense of style and work clothes with flair, it is possible to find a loophole

My last piece of advice with boots is if you would like something different, try out an outrageous colour. Because I’ve come across too many playing it safe, outrageous actually means a colour like moss green or even lilac. But if you’re absolutely crazy and so are the shoe manufacturers, I guess there’s a pair of fluoro pink boots lying somewhere in the world..