Love

Alright folks, as I promised in my last post this one will be about 'love'. Love is present in all relationships - be it platonic or not. And during this festive season, as people get together to celebrate, love should be manifesting itself in every home. 

New Year's resolutions? I urge you to love more, give more, stop existing and start living! 

Wish you all a fashionably great 2012!

Leaving you, dear reader, with a piece of wisdom:

"What gets you to the altar is likely to be quite different than what keeps you married in the long-term. Not recognizing this transition and adapting with different practices will also get you in trouble."

Until next year-ly yours,

Miranda x

Life on a Cloud

I have just come to realise that lately I've been focusing mostly on fashion and forgetting about the other two topics of my blog - life and love. To be honest, sometimes it is difficult to come up with something interesting to write about. After all, what's interesting for me might not be interesting for you.

However, today I did come across something quite intriguing. Considering that in the past month I have spent over 28 hours on planes, I was pleasantly surprised when I read about something called a 'social seating initiative'. This refers to the use of social media to select your 'seatmate' before your flight (yay!). Now passengers of certain airlines can link their Facebook and LinkedIn profiles to their booking and check out others that have done so. Meaning you can check out other passengers' profiles and choose to sit next to someone you think will make that long flight bearable.

Who says you can't party on a plane?

What's even better than that? It's the ability to get your very own in-flight 'CloudStream', which allows you to access your own selection of pre-loaded online content. Think watching Lady Gaga's latest video or reading the online version of your favourite magazine (How cool is that?).

There is something even more exciting. Imagine browsing on your laptop, reading your text messages and listening to the latest news on live TV whilst you are flying over some magnificent clouds. How does that sound? Pretty amazing, at least for me. I'm tired of switching off 'all electronic devices with active connections'. Even the best in-flight entertainment can make one restless on a 20 hour journey. And as it seems in the near future I will continue to fly, I truly cannot wait to become a social high-flyer!

So, who's ready to select a seatmate online?

Hopefully the next post should be something about 'love'. What does love mean to you? Think about it.

Until next time post!

xo

A Tribute to Australia

G'day mates!

First off I would like to apologise for the prolonged absence of posts on my blog. You see, for the past 3 weeks I've been travelling quite a lot, trying to experience the wonders of Oz as much as possible. And I can't deny it - I have, indeed, fallen in love with the country. Unfortunately, my time here has come to an end and hence the title of this post.

When I started this blog I wrote a post about my experiences at University of Technology, Sydney (UTS). Well, needless to say the university is great! Among its students' many achievements is the popular fashion label bec & bridge. It all started in 2001, when 2nd year fashion design students & best mates Bridget Yorston and Becky Cooper started altering their friends' jeans which led to their first order of 200 pairs of jeans from a shop on the Gold Coast.

Fast forward to 2011 and the label has clocked up some pretty impressive achievements. With a solid base of celebrity followers, including Miranda Kerr, the bec & bridge collections are stocked in David Jones stores (the Australian version of Harrods or  Bloomingsdales) Australia-wide. The label also opened the 2011 Australian Fashion week and has just started selling in Europe and Asia due to an increased demand from international buyers.

This being said, I would like to conclude my post with a salute to fellow Aussie bloggers Margaret Zhang from Shine by Three and Maria from Crashing Red who encouraged me to start my own blog several months ago.

Thank you Australia! You shall be missed greatly!

xo