Romance Was Born: AW 12

 

While aimlessly searching for archives of the Alice Euphemia blog in the hopes of finding something good, I struck gold. There was some of the more recent Romance was Born collection posted in November so within the last month. I may be lucky in still finding some of the treasures in their stor! I was captivated by the embroidered detail on the jeans shown above- when I had been taking Textiles as a class I had tried to do something similar to a pair of jeans I bought cheap but it didn't end that spectacularly and I only wore them once. Where I failed Romance was Born has succeeded, I love the pairing of the casual pieces of the jeans with the black knitted jumper but there's a touch of glamor with the metallic gold heels on the model. The clouds are stitched in a sort of oriental style with rounded edges mimicking scales and I like the rays of the sun across the legs and the stars near the waist of the jeans. I should save up for a pair of these, I only have two pairs of jeans that I use these days and I could be in the market for a third pair if I was swayed...

 

Romance was Born is known for using lots of bold and bright colour as well as strange geometric patterns and I was glad to see the trademark pieces that this Australian label is known for included in some of the pieces shown on the Alice Euphemia website. I like the coupling of the tights with the firmly structured bright fuschia blouse as well as the skirt thrown in the mix for variation in colour and breaking apart the ensemble.

 

My second favourite piece of what's shown here and what first caught my eyes was this brightly coloured smock dress featuring an owl motif over a bright purple background. I'm very comfortable in dresses of this structure, they're a good height and I own a few so seeing Romance was Born make one in such a cool and kooky print made my heart leap. I love the styling here as well, it's very plain I suppose in one way with black tights, gold heels and a milkmaid braid over the front but you could easily dress up an outfit like this using a black evening jacket. If I won a small lottery certainly I'd be after this piece but I may choose the jeans first shown in this post over this owl dress if it all came down to it. Also there's a few pre-loved Romance was Born goodies on eBay, I've seen a circular sort of tent shaped ying yang dress go for a bit so I guess I'll just play it by ear for now.

Gold Leaf Makeup

It's extraordinary, breath-taking and I didn't even dream that this effect could be used as a runway look. It's so modern, isn't it? That mild metallic infection hinting at the developments in terms of technology made by society... although that really has little to do with the overall runway look or application of this technique.

It may not be much, but for what it's worth I still think that the use of gold foil as eyeshadow in the modelling world is wild and fantastic. Of course it looks brilliant when teamed up with blue or green eyes, just about anything would look great with lustrous eyes like that. I myself prefer my boys to be blue eyed.

If the tin man had a sexy wife, I'm sure she'd have gold foil over her eyelids and eyebrows too.


Those poor models though! It must be dizzying and disorientating even to have the slightest weight on your eyelid. I shudder at the thought of having to play dolly and sit patiently while the preparation takes place to apply those tiny sheets of foil... it's hard enough when I try to apply fake eyelashes, but then again I do it myself and without any one's help. I'm guessing that's not a usual thing to do when getting dolled up.

The use of thick eyeliner adder for dramatic effect and theatrics only makes the gold foil look even more dazzling and pure. I can't think of a better use for such a precious elemental material, that is if it is real gold used.

Taë Schmeisser

 

My last panic attack (and I mean an actual physical panic attack in which I was curled in the foetal position) came from my mother deciding it was a good time to yell at my for not taking the bins to the curb during a the first night of a three day period in which I had an exam each day. Well maybe I would have had better luck remembering to do my task if I had a cute little reminder around my neck, such as the the necklaces from Taë Schmeisser for Edition X? I like the black wheelie bin with fluorescent green on the inside- that's exactly how my bin smell like... that is if smelly things could be represented with colour. 

 

You could even store little messages for yourself inside the wheelie bin- like a post modern and sort of depressing locket... I really wouldn't read too much into that for meaning or something. You'll only make yourself feel sad.

Take out the trash with Taë Schmeisser's brilliant little 'Trash and Treasure' wheelie bin lockets. Made in sterling silver, they are hand finished with a splash of fluro paint. Hinged lid, rotating wheels, colour: green.