Ramona Flowers Wannabe

Ever since I first saw Scott Pilgrim and later read the comics [I admit I came late to the Bryan Lee O'Malley game] I just wanted to be Ramona Flowers. And Kim Pine. They are both two super cool ladies who are unapologetically themselves. I aspire to be both/either of them. Yes, Ramona is a manic pixie dream girl who lives in Scott's fictional world and I should have more realistic goals but she is awesome and I want to be like her. 

Besides being hilarious, resilient and physically tough, Ramona and Kim also rock amazing outfits. Occasionally I dress similarly and want to go to Toronto where my outfits will be more weather appropriate. 

Ramona's most memorable attribute, besides her subspace bag, is her hair. Constantly moving between different hues and styles, it has a life of its own. Unfortunately I don't own and haven't read any of the colour editions of Scott Pilgrim, so my knowledge of her comic book mane is from internet pictures...

The reason for my Ramona Flowers rant is that I put a pink rinse through my hair and felt a bit like her whilst it lasted. Unsurprisingly, I am about to bombard you with photos...

That's enough gratuitous self portraits for now...

- Isabella

PS: Here are two songs with lyrics that reminds me of Ramona Flowers, perhaps you'll hear it too :)

This is a song by one of my favourite bands, Deep Sea Arcade. 'Saw her in a dream, place I've never been, face just seemed familiar, when she turned she's facing me'... This song is one of my all time favourites and the entire album, 'Outlands' is worth checking out!

The lyrics, 'I know a girl who's a puzzle of a thousand pieces... I know a girl who'll get inside your head and find the creases' just make me think of Ramona.

Metallic Rainbows

This week has been a good one, fewer classes, my assessments are finished for the week and I'm enjoying a day off. I'm also still riding on a positivity wave from my lovely weekend, all is well.

Here is an outfit from last week. I really like how light and bright it is and this metallic skirt always cheers me up. Can we just pretend the first photo is artistic, and that in reality I did not get the framing wrong? I kinda like it in all honesty...

Outfit Details

Shirt - Vintage

Skirt - Asos

Cardigan - Table Eight

Tights - Myer

Boots - Dr Martens, customised

Nail Polish - Scarab, Sally Hansen

I don't know what Blogger is doing to my photos but they're RAW files that become much lower in quality here for some reason, I'll investigate other uploading options. 

Thank you for reading!

- Isabella

Fashion is Danger

The hilarious title of my post is a reference to a song by the wonderful Bret and Jemaine from Flight of the Conchords. I haven't documented my everyday dressing style here. I wear band t shirts most days [unless I'm wearing a dress] and then pair it with shorts or a miniskirt. 
I own many band t shirts, it's a compulsion.
I just love proclaiming my music taste on my chest and I also like when people positively comment about the band in question. There is however the 'danger' of someone being a dick about one of my favourite bands. 
This particular outfit is an example of my standard. It's so easy for me to put together, no effort required and not terribly inventive. This is a t shirt I bought at the Flight of the Conchords concert I went to with friends two years ago. I love its sparkles and that it's made of such soft fabric.

Outfit details

Top - Flight of the Conchords

Shorts - Urban Outfitters

Fishnets - eBay

Here is the link to the song 'Fashion is Danger' by the aforementioned musicians, I hope you enjoy it.

Isabella

Fragments

I really liked how the different aspects of this outfit came together when I wore it. This was what I dressed in about a week ago, I just hadn't gotten a chance to put it up here yet. 

My course is crazy in the best possible way. I'm constantly busy in all aspects of my life and, though exhausted at the end of each day, I love the satisfaction from being able to say I achieved something. 

Outfit details:

Dress - Vintage

Purple fishnets - eBay

Necklace - Paua shell on a chain

By the way, I still haven't repeated an outfit yet, resolution upheld so far! 

Isabella

And so it begins...

Three weeks ago I began a new course. It's an intensive course so finding the time to blog will be difficult but I'm up for the challenge.

As I do at the start of each year, I make an effort not to repeat the same outfit. It's a strange resolution I give to myself.
Here is one of the outfits I wore on my first week. It's summer and instead of buying sandals which are far more appropriate, I wear my comfortable Converses despite the heat. The bright colours in this outfit helped lift my spirits despite having to leave so early that morning, don't you love how clothing can have a restorative effect on your mood?

Outfit details

Hoodie - Handmade from a market

Dress - Princess Highway

Necklace - Ishka

Socks - Esprit

Shoes - Converse

Nail polish - 'Carnivale' by Face of Australia

Behind the blog

Hey, 

So I thought I might tell you a bit about myself. I'm Isabella, I recently turned eighteen, I enjoy sky gazing, taking photos, dressing up, listening to music, sewing, learning new things and day dreaming. I'm a creative person by nature who is constantly imagining what to make next and which outfit I should wear. Yes, I'm vain... whatever...

Blogging is something I've wanted to do for a while, a visual and written record of things I'm doing, my interests, my clothes and probably my face [sorry folks]

Anyhow, that is a very brief summary of me and what you might expect from this blog. Now to show you what I look like...

Okay, that's enough gratuitous self portraits for now. 

Isabella

Tentative Beginnings

Hey, hi, hello,

So I have a thing I should admit, straight off, right now: I'm nervous about starting a blog.

I read blogs all the time and they're so well established. That's great. I just need to get there. And if that means my blog starts off as a number of 'I don't know what I'm doing yet?!' posts, I apologise.

I have the best of intentions for this place on the internet. A place to document my photography, thoughts and projects. I just don't know exactly where to begin. If I shove some photos on here one day and then post a 500 word rant about how much I love Dr Martens the next, will it be any good?

This is an experiment, it may not work out. I don't want to set myself up for failure but the facts are these: I have two other blogs fading into obscurity that I abandoned this time last year. The format of the blogs lost their appeal because I'd attempted to create some kind of structure. Maybe this will be different, I hope this will be different.

As I ramble on, it is always in the back of my mind that people may read this. They may like it or not. The lack of direction for this blog confuses me at this point so if anyone is up for this rollercoaster this blog may take them on... You receive my genuine gratitude.

Will she be back soon? What will be on the blog next? Is the suspense going to wound anyone reading this? 

Stay tuned to find out,

Isabella

Welcome

Hello internet dwellers,

My name is Isabella and I'm a peculiar human being. I'm quite comfortable with this description, it has not been inflicted upon me but embraced.

I'm Australian, a student, an adult [yikes] and a dreamer.

I'm not entirely sure what this blog will become, I [like many humans] have a variety of interests and I'm sure many of them will feature here. 

Anyhow, that's plenty for now. I'm sure there'll be enough of my ramblings here soon enough...

Farewell for now,

Isabella