The Nightingale and the Rose, Oscar Wilde and Del Kathryn Barton

Imagine my excitement when I came across a beautifully illustrated edition of Oscar Wilde's tale "The Nightingale and the Rose"- illustrated by none other than the ridiculously talented Del Kathryn Barton 

Oh Oscar! your words are brought to life beautifully in song, art, audiobook and of course, trusted dusty dog-eared tomes of your beautiful prose

Here is a beautiful reading, for if you are pottering away...

What a wonderful idea come to life, Wilde's words with Barton's mind-blowing art.

Enjoy!

All pictures courtesy of Pinterest

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Diamonds are for boring people

Why not try some awesome pieces like the Iosselliani skull earrings 

or this WICKED Medusa necklace by Aesa, it's only just over a thousand buckaroos! Pffffft!

Available from here

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Classical art

Pan by Edward Burne Jones

Orpheus by Jean-Baptiste-Camille Corot

John William Waterhouse Sleeping Beauty

Classical art, how I love thee! the literature, mythology and history that springs to mind makes me feel magical just by glimpsing at your beautiful productions by numerous talents over the decades. You make me want to run to the hills and never return!

But there are bills to pay and assignments to do, reality bites.

Pics from Pinterest

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Return to Wonderland

Alice pillowcases, my beautiful friend Jenny has these

Cut out Alice book art

Above is Tove Jansson's artwork, author of the Moomins, her illustrations for Alice and The Hobbit are beautiful

The above thumbnails are all the work of the mega talented Arthur Rackham

In the Alice tag, I will have different Wonderland bits and bobs I find in my travels on the internet

Assorted picture origins, Tumblr, Pinterest mainly

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Christopher Kane Burberry Resort 2011

These will always be a pivotal moment in wardrobe history, from the runway to the, well,

everywhere

Tumblr

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CatRabbit

Melbourne based crafters CatRabbit make the most sensational little figures EVER, so much lust. Yet another job interview next week, if I get it, one of these guys is top of my list :D

Above guy is my favourite, so smooshie!

Mesmerising colours, I spy a Moomin....

so much cute!

link to their Etsy store here

All pics from the CatRabbit fakebook page

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2014 Screen actors guild awards favourite dresses

Mayim Bialik in Rachel Livingston, I don't know why she copped a lot of flack for this, it's a beautiful colour and the lace overlay is pretty, a nice slightly romantic gown.

Claire Danes in Vionnet, the internet is a cruel place some times, I can't help but think how about you promote what you like instead of bash what you dislike, everyone's a hero behind a keyboard. I thought her hair and make up was stunning, and the dress incredible, a nice change to the sparkled polished boring carbon copies...yawn! Well done Miss Danes, though I still don't know how Homeland will recover from its season 3 finale!

Cate Blanchett in Givenchy, LOVE a sparkly high neck, contrasting panels, but nice and subtle.

Laura Carmichael in Vionnet. The cut is wicked, hair up looks great!

Juliette Lewis in Vivienne Westwood, this rose print is so beautiful

All my favourites ended up on 'worst dressed' lists somewhere, goes to show that one man's trash is another man's treasure

pics from Daily Mail and Tumblr

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Modcloth dresses

Receiving Line dress by Modcloth, available here quite possibly the only red dress I've ever likes as it is understated but still sparkles.

 The other half is in work where I have to go to a lot of BS fancy functions and 9 out of 10 ladies always rock a red dress, I guess the cat is out of the bag that it's a 'staple classic' same goes for black too. 

The sounds of soul dress available here which I think is well named, detail without being garish. So many dresses should come with 'DANGER: hazardous to eyes' labels

I love this dress! The only thing wrong with it is the name they picked? 'Born to Runway' maybe they meant born to runaway? And hide in graveyards and be friends with Lydia Deetz?

 Surely not up on the runway with the Moss-er, Claudia and Christy around you dancing in their spangly glory while you feel an out of place emo kid?

But yeah, Modcloth always have a gigantic difference of styles available, and that is something of a relief.

Lydia pic from Tumblr, rest from Modcloth

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Matina Amanita/Sretsis- first of many posts

One of the 3 talented Sisters behind the label Sretsis, Matina, designs the jewellery, and the results are fairytale-esque, out of this world and most of all, charmingly refreshing!! regular jewellery is BoRiNg!! Tatty Devine or Matina Amanita anyday

Time capsule

Unicorn ring above left remains a firm place holder on the wishlist. 

Pics taken from Tumblr and their Fakebook page

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Miu Miu Spring 2014

I really like Miu Miu's latest print ads. The pieces they chose are nice, the colours subtle

Elle Fanning (shoes shoes shoes!)

Elizabeth Olsen. Just LOOK at those SHOES!

Bella Heathcote

Lupita Nyong'o

Miu Miu have some fun with their adverts. The people in them don't look stoned or bored for a change

I thought the 2011 Hailee Steinfeld ones were adorable, more of them to see here

Sparkly shoes...Wahoo

All pics from Tumblr

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