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excitement colours part 2: tickle me pink

houseofturtle — Mon, 16 Jan 2012 11:07:48 +0000

Part two in my series on Edith Head’s aptly termed Excitement Colours, from her world-renowned book, How to Dress For Success. This post, Shocking Pink, which Edith calls “Schiaperelli’s gift to fashion excitement”.

Tickle Me Pink!

Shocking pink is not for everyone… yet this bold and intense colour is bound to capture everyone’s attention. Best suited to cooler skin tones (blue or pink undertones, pale white, yellowish or dark, brunettes and deep coloured eyes). So, if it’s not your shade… be the exception and accessorise!

sass & bide Five Minutes Later pants – super comfy, super H-O-T

Bobbi Brown Citrus, Cosmic Girl & Ultra Violet Lip Glosses
Neon & Nudes Collection launching February 2012

The evian collaboration with Courrèges has produced a striking limited edition glass bottle for evian’s pure still water. Available exclusively from selected five star hotels and restaurants across Australia from the beginning of February. Also available from King & Godfree in Melbourne and Moncur Cellars Woollahra Hotel in Sydney.

Emilio Pucci Neon Python iPad case

Tickle yourself pink this Summer… Oh so very cruise collection.

Turtle xox

Check out Excitement Colours Part 1: Purple Patch

Images sourced from the web.
Evian Courrèges image courtesy of PPR.
Bobbi Brown images courtesy of Bobbi Brown Australia.

Filed under: Colour, Inspiration, Spring/ Summer Tagged: Accessories, Australian Designers, Beauty, Books, crystals, designer, edith head, Headwear, inspiration, shocking pink, success, Summer

The World is Awake this Autumn

houseofturtle — Mon, 16 Jan 2012 10:00:12 +0000

Can’t wait for the ‘The World Awake’ AW12 Collection from LIFEwithBIRD. And, you can pre-order your favourites now! Great video too.

Turtle xox

Video from Tracey Lee Hayes on Vimeo

Filed under: Australian Designers, Autumn/Winter Tagged: Australian Designers, autumn/ winter, AW12, Fashion, LIFEwithBIRD, video, vimeo

excitement colours part 1: purple patch

houseofturtle — Tue, 10 Jan 2012 13:05:57 +0000

In How to Dress for Success Edith Head eloquently enlightens us on ways we can… well… dress for success. In chapter seven of this popular book, Edith talks about the colours we can wear to suit our complexion and how we need to understand our colour aura (the colour of our eyes, complexion and hair). She also defines a range of colour groups, including, The Elegant Colours, The Young Colours, The Slimming Colours, The Excitement Colours, The Man-Pleasing Colours (men might be immediately attracted to red but they all wear blue. Single ladies, opt for blue), and The You Colours.

‘The Excitement Colours’ caught my attention because they’re fun and so very on trend right now! Edith says that they “never fail to get a second look.”

So with that in mind, I thought I’d do a series of posts on each of Edith’s excitement colours. Starting with purple in honour of Edith’s book.

Hope you enjoy!

Purple Patch!

Shades of purple, violet and lavender suit most colour auras – in particular fair to medium skin, blondes and brunettes.

Bec & Bridge: The Bianca Adventurer Fedora
Chosen by The Grand Social as the Most Wanted Accessory for Summer

Bobbi Brown Ultra Violet Shimmer Wash Eyeshadow
Neon & Nudes Collection launching February 2012

Edith Head’s How to Dress for Success

Amethysts are said to be an extremely powerful and protective stone with strong healing, cleansing and spiritual powers. (The Crystal Bible, Judy Hall). They’re pretty too!

Turtle xox

Images sourced from the web.

Bobbi Brown images courtesy of Bobbi Brown Australia

Filed under: Colour, Inspiration, Spring/ Summer Tagged: Accessories, Australian Designers, Beauty, Books, crystals, designer, edith head, Headwear, inspiration, purple, success, Summer

instagram recap: november/ december 2011

houseofturtle — Wed, 04 Jan 2012 13:01:55 +0000

Maidenlove shoes at SO:ME Space launch at South Melbourne Market

Window display at The Works, Hawthorn

Every little princess’ Christmas dream at Petit Et Grand, Hawthorn

Circular Quay, Sydney

Christmas lunch at Donovans, St Kilda

Chocolate goodness from Xocolat, Mailing Road, Canterbury

Sara Phillips gum notes at Hokey Curator, Hawthorn

Turtle xox

Images by House of Turtle

Filed under: blogs, Instagram Tagged: blogs, Christmas, events, Food, Hawthorn, House of Turtle, Instagram, Melbourne, Photography, Sydney

Instagram Recap: September/ October 2011

houseofturtle — Sun, 06 Nov 2011 11:59:20 +0000

As some of you would know, I’m a little bit in love with Instagram.

For those of you not familiar with Instagram, it’s a fun way to share photos from your iPhone with a wider social network. It also has great photo filters, like buttons and commenting to make it interactive. Here are a few of my fave pics from the couple of months.

Lou Pardi‘s super H-O-T shoes from Habbot Studios

My little Fashion Ave

Cry for help from Down Yonder

Me dressed up as Zorro

Bonne Maman, cream and scones from Porgie & Mr Jones

Warning… Instagram is addictive!

Turtle xox

Images by House of Turtle

Filed under: blogs, Fun, Melbourne Tagged: Accessories, blogs, Fun, instragram, lou pardi, Melbourne, Photography, shoes, Social Media

Adrian Grenier announced as special guest of Lavazza at Melbourne Cup

houseofturtle — Mon, 31 Oct 2011 14:22:21 +0000

Popular Entourage actor, Adrian Grenier was has just been announced as the exclusive special guest of the Lavazza and Valmorbida families at the Melbourne Cup 2011.

The popular and very handsome star will arrive at the Lavazza Bar at 12.15pm… I know where I’ll be!

Turtle xox

Image sourced from the web

Filed under: celebrity, Spring Racing Tagged: 2011, adrian grenier, celebrity, entourage, lavazza, melbourne cup, spring racing, the bird cage, vinny chase

Craving chocolate?

houseofturtle — Mon, 31 Oct 2011 14:10:29 +0000

I’ve got the munchies! Time for some Cadbury Bubbly. Nom nom

Turtle xox

Filed under: Fun Tagged: Cadbury, chocolate, Food

Spring Carnival is nearly here…

houseofturtle — Thu, 27 Oct 2011 13:04:49 +0000

Derby Day 2010 in LIFEwithBIRD and Hunter boots

Hoping to avoid this fashion moment at the races this year… so I’m praying to anyone who’ll listen that the forecast improves!

Happy racing all… pick a winner. Look and be your fabulous self. And be prepared for all seasons.

Turtle xox

Filed under: Spring Racing Tagged: Accessories, Australian Designers, derby day, Headwear, Hunter, life with bird, spring racing, weather

Erin Wasson for Zadig & Voltaire at Net-A-Porter

houseofturtle — Mon, 24 Oct 2011 13:11:25 +0000

“There is an air of something very classic and French yet the mentality is rock and roll, which speaks to me.” says Erin Wasson of French label, Zadig & Voltaire in this week’s Editors Picks on Net-A-Porter.

Make sure you check out the superbly relaxed Erin Wasson for Zadig & Voltaire capsule collection on Net-A-Porter, including a video of the shoot.

Turtle xox

Image – screen shot from Net-A-Porter Magazine 19 October 2011

Filed under: celebrity, Magazines Tagged: collaboration, designer, erin wasson, International designers, low luv, Magazines, models, Net-A-Porter, Photography, Styling, zadig & voltaire

SS12 Goes to New Lengths

houseofturtle — Mon, 17 Oct 2011 11:24:23 +0000

Dresses, skirts, tops and jackets explore new lengths for the Spring/ Summer collections. Here are a few favourites I’ve spotted so far…

Friend of Mine Mr Chow Kimono and Teen Spirit Dress

Friend of Mine Tarzan Silk Skirt Water Leopard

sass & bide Exit to Freedom dress

Lover® the Label dress

Therese Rawsthorne Biker Trench

Tallulah Castle in the Sky top from Suede Online

Have you spotted a favourite?

Turtle xox

Images sourced from the web

Filed under: Australian Designers, Spring/ Summer Tagged: down yonder, Dresses, Fashion, Friend of Mine, Jackets, lover the label, Melbourne, sass & bide, Spring, spring/summer, Sydney, therese rawsthorne, tops, trench