cameo lace

Ksubi shirt | Shakuhachi shorts | Alexander Wang 'rocco' bag | Isabel Marant 'zora' wedges 

I think I'm definitely having a shorts phase recently. Whether it's the ubiquitous denim One Teaspoons (here, here & here),

or a fancy silk or printed versions (here, here & here) or just plain ole daisy chain lace. There really is no escaping it on my blog.

I have the most fun with them when I get the chance to mix them with something unusual, like this army print t-shirt

from Ksubi. I love the way it the military print clashes with the much more feminine daisy-chain lace of the shorts. It's also
the most comfortable summer outfit equation; slouchy tee with lots of breathing room for your legs.

x karen

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insta-loving

1/ Spring means finding beautiful flowers on the sidewalk

wearing: one teaspoon shorts & wanted shoes

2/ my version of after work drinks 

i.e. ice coffee- shaken not stirred

3/ working in the city = being dangerously close to all the shoes

one teaspoon knitted shorts (also worn here) and office wear?

4/ homemade french toast made by ze lovely mz lorah

thanks for the special ingredient! :D

5/ contemplating, contemplating, forever contemplating

kind of regretting my decision against this Equipment shirt now, worn with 7FAM jeans (worn here)

6/ pad thai that looked better than it tasted

7/ I kid you not, walked all the way from Paddington to Bondi

wearing: Bassike shirt (worn here & here) Isabel Marant ra-ra skirt, Senso Bertina boots (worn here)

8/ seriously, instagram more like foodstagram- or instafood

ms chu deliciousness (see more here)

9/ feel in love with this michael lo sordo shirt (see behind meeee)

but the collar looked all funny on me, so I decided to take a picture of me and the funky lights in the change room instead

wearing: ksubi tee, isabel marant skirt, topshop shoes

Hope y'all had a lovely weekend!

I know I did, if you haven't- go and watch Hotel Transylvania. Don't underestimate the power of a good kid's movie

x k

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ksubi: start of a new era

I hope my title isn't scaring you; no ksubi isn't closing its doors. But George Gorrow, one of the duo behind the brand, is leaving the brand after 12 years. Now, I can wax on about how Ksubi and it's contemporary brands, such as Sass and Bide have really paved the way for Australian fashion. It brought "Bondi cool" to the world stage etc etc but you can get that from any newspaper article. 

I still remember back in High School where ksubi really was the 'it' brand for denim, and this was back when it was still called tsubi. My mum had bought me a pair of light wash Tsubi skinny-leg jeans with the iconic logo on the back of the leg; I was so in love with these jeans that I, rather ironically, rarely ever wore them and for $300 a pop I shouldn't have ever taken them off. Over the years I've moved onto pretty much exclusively One Teaspoon shorts and J Brand/Current Elliot jeans. But I've still kept my first pair of Tsubi jeans- I'm sentimental like that. 

Truthfully, I'm not a huge fan of the Ksubi denim cutting but I absolutely adore their tees. I recently bought the "BADDIES" tee in black and the grey Chanel tee at the Bondi Beach store and the only thing on my mind is how I can get my hands on the army print tee. It's a sickness really, because I don't think I actually wear t-shirts that often and even then, mainly just my Bassike staples. 

Either way, it'll be interesting to see what direction of the company will go now that Gorrow has left. 

Do you have any interesting Ksubi stories to share?

x k

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