My latest love!

Ok, given it is a darker shade for the spring season but what corporate bimbo could walk past this etheral dress without thinking of the work Christmas party?

Zimmermann - Noir Copper Plate Maxi $430

Keep tuned bimbos, the rest of my spring lust list is coming soon.

Enjoy your day.

Bimbo Blogger xx

Rosie Huntington-Whiteley ..... sigh

Yes, she is Beautiful, talented and stylish....  here is my little attempt at mimicking her effortlessly cool look

Fashion. A dangerous obsession?

Happy Friday my Bimbo Besties.

It seems to me that today is a good day to be thankful. The weather is heating up, the birds are chirping, new season is out and this morning I spotted an Alexander Wang bag so beautiful I openly quivered with excitement. The uber cool Alexa Chung look alike who sported the lust worthy bucket bag and possibly noticed me drooling gave me a smirk that said “if this was a fashion battle I would blue steel all over your 5 year old Oroton tote.” And you know what? I can graciously say that what her smirk inferred was 100% correct.

It was only when I shaked off my feelings of inadequacy and got the movement back in my legs whilst shamefully obscuring my bag from vision did I think; is it wrong to feel such bone crippling emotion when I see such a beautiful object? This is not a one off instance demonstrating my clothing obsession either, I often try to supress memories of pretending to trip on the bus earlier this year so that I could feel the leather of the studded jacket that a fantastically grunged up uni student was sporting. On reflection maybe my “accidental” trip was a little too obvious as I promptly received a “Hey. Do you mind?” from the girl.  How is it that I can be so utterly enthralled by an item of clothing that I feel it is perfectly alright to grope a stylish stranger? Has fashion become an unhealthy obsession?

My faith warns me that such an obsession with material possessions can be dangerous and misplaced. Although I am not the most religious of people I can’t help ponder this point. I recall a time a few years back when a young man sat next to me in a food court clearly there to sway me towards “finding the light”. “What do you do for a living?” he asked, “I am studying to work in the fashion industry” I replied. He seemed quite taken aback by this and proceeded to ask me how I could have such a desire to work with material possessions when there are millions of people all over the world that live in utter poverty. This is a conversation that I often think about, and although it sometimes makes me feel uncomfortable, it is a justified point.

The reality is that clothing and fashion are, put simply, material possessions. We obsess over what to wear because we are a vain society and often place value on ourselves through the parading of objects and personal style, but is that wrong? I don’t believe it is. it is merely the fulfilment of a basic human instinct. Belonging. As I have mentioned in my previous posts, fashion is a mechanism of which can set you apart as a leader or as an indication of the belonging to a group. It is a survival instinct which is present in every culture, country and era in history. Even the poorest and most detached of communities such as the Sara people of central Africa follow a common trend or fashion by its women wearing a plate in their lower lip. The bigger the lip plates the higher the economic status of both her and her family. It may be a fashion in its simplest and cheapest form but if the Sara people suddenly found themselves in the midst of big city living, it is almost a certainty that instead of lip plates they would use Gucci as an indicator of social status.

So is fashion a dangerous obsession or powerful tool? Fashion is what you make it but it will always be inescapable.  

The White Shirt

It is a core staple of our wardrobe. Like any old faithful we take it for granted, we use and abuse it until one day we are suddenly struck by the sheer versatility of the thing.

Here is my tribute to the white shirt. It will never stop being so damn sexy!


The mission: 3 looks around one white shirt.
The shirt in question: Country Road - Long Sleeve Silk Shirt $99

Look 1 - so casually sexy it hurts 



Look 2 - Midnight Mania

Look 3 - Suit and Armour

M.I.A

Hello my clever Bimbos,

OK, so it has been a while since my last post. My apologies. I have been fighting corporate incarceration in recent weeks, but I have kicked on in my new season bally shoes and am back on track.

 My recent corporate battles have made apparent to me just how important an escape in to a world of expression through fashion can be. As my days at work got more intense I found that my chosen apparel started to resemble the threads of a warrior. The tailoring got sharper, the shades more serious and the heels higher. My clothes became my armour whilst facing the corporate battle ground. My bag was my ever trusty shield and i wielded my light blue Smiggle pen like I would a sword. Only when the dust had settled would I dare to put aside the eyeliner and Zac Posen (for Target) blazer and don a softer look.

If my corporate battle ground has instilled on me one thing, it is that the world is a tough place. Clothes are your armour, they can help you fit in or set you apart but it is the emotions they stir in you that make them a powerful weapon.

This Bimbo is back!

x

Fierce and fantastic. Jackets with a edge.

1.Burberry Prorsum, Gabardine peplum jacket with studs $3,575

Possibly one of the most beautiful things I have seen. Studalicious!

http://www.polyvore.com/jackets/shop?category_id=25

2. ASOS, Belted Leopard Coat £75.00

Definitely fierce!

http://www.asos.com/Asos/Asos-Belted-Leopard-Coat/Prod/pgeproduct.aspx?iid

3. Camilla and Marc, Chase jacket $990

Love the soft look fur. Wear with anything.

http://www.mycatwalk.com/

Women and business. The facts about Women in Australia.

1. Women Own almost 30% of the small businesses that operate out of Australia.
2. A business owned by a Woman is less likely to have external debt
3. Just under half of women who are small business owners run their business from home (business run from home is quickly becoming the fastest growing sector of our economy)
4. Australian women are influences or DMs in 80% of purchasing decisions
5. Statistics from the ABS in 2008, show an increase in the amount of women who are self employed by over 30% (from 1992 - 2007)

Hey hey, clever lady!

Carolyn Creswell - Owner of Carmen's Fine Foods

Purchased the Muesli business for $1000 at the age of 18. It is now available in 15 countries and has an annual turn over of over $10million.