gold dust woman

Now, I love the music of Fleetwood Mac, deeply. But I have to admit I didn't know the intricacies of their coke-fuelled, cobweb-like incestuousness. Over the weekend, I read Storms, a book by Carol Ann Harris, who spent a good part of the bands heyday as the girlfriend and lover of Lindsay Buckingham. I devoured it in one hungover Sunday. If you love their music, or even just love rock-biographies, then I suggest you track a copy down. I have to admit, the description of the initial stages of their relationship made me cry because it was very strong, romantic and beautiful. The inside view of the terrifying nature of Stevie Nicks and the interaction between the band were fascinating, and if I had a dollar for every time I read the phrase "and then a plate with a mound of cocaine was presented and the band fell upon it..." I would be a far wealthier woman than I am now. Don't you think it's sad that our lives have become so sanitised and controlled these days? I mean, I can't imagine a band living in the way that the Stones or Fleetwood Mac lived - visits to Eric Clapton's unfurnished castle in a snowstorm, Annie Leibowitz shooting them for the cover of Rolling Stone in the tiny spare bedroom...

underpinnings

Miss Crabb Lingerie - old fashioned and delicious. I love that cream slip, I want to wear it while I put my hair in rollers and sip something strong.

Photography : Leilani Heather
Beauty : Katherine Melody Rogers
Hair : Shonal  Healy for Stephen Marr and Kevin Murphy
Model : Jordan of 62 Models

today, this.

we love maximillia and maximillia loves...

Maximillia Cozijn is the director and buyer of the amazing online store, Maximillia. You know when you find something - a magazine, blog, designer, shop - that neatly matches your aesthetic? That's how I feel when I look through Maximillia's store. She chooses sweet and feminine pieces from some of the best New Zealand and Australian designers, like Karen Walker, Twenty-seven Names, Lonely Hearts, Ruby, Arnsdorf and Karla Spetic, as well as two of my favourites, T.B.A. and Sretsis. Here are her 10 favourite things right now...

1. Natalie Wood [especially in Bob & Carol & Ted & Alice]
She is just perfection - all dark doe eyes and masses of chestnut hair. Natalie and Diane Canon's outfits in Bob & Carol & Ted & Alice epitomise the style of the late 60s (my favourite period in fashion!)

2. Valentino
The master has been succeeded by an amazing design team. I'm enamoured with each collection of beautiful, feminine dresses. Fall 2010 was a favourite collection of mine.

3. Jim Morrison and The Doors
My fiance and I share a love of The Doors and dream of living in Venice Beach back in their heyday. Jim was a true poet gone too soon.

4. Margaritas
Woody Creek Tavern, Hunter S. Thompson's old hangout in Aspen makes the best (from freshly squeezed lime juice!) Dangerous...

5. California
Born and raised on the West coast of Australia, California feels like my second home. I know it's strange but I get goosebumps when I see the Spanish style architecture and palm trees of Beverly Hills. The light is just beautiful there.

 

5. Ali MacGraw
After stumbling on it in a second hand bookshop I've read her autobiography Moving Pictures over and over. Ali's wardrobe in Love Story is timeless.

6. My boutique
Maximillia is my namesake and my passion. I run the store myself with help from my wonderful (and fashionable!) mother, Christina so everything about Maximillia is personal.

7. Planning
My guilty pleasure is planning my next holiday whilst I'm still on one. It started early, according to my parents I started carrying a massive leather bound diary around with me in year 1!

9. Forgetting Sarah Marshall
Jason Segel, Jonah Hill and Paul Rudd - how can you go wrong! Closely followed by Superbad, Knocked Up, I Love You Man...

10. Nic
We've been inseparable since the last year of high school - and it was the perfect time for him to propose two weeks ago in Hawaii (ironically at Turtle Bay resort where Forgetting Sarah Marshall is set!) He's my best friend and I can't imagine spending my life with anyone else.

glamour

Vogue Italia / T.B.A / Chairs / Dazed and Confused / Funny Face / Amazing collection of Schiaparelli perfumes

erika wall

I like wearing lots of patterns at the same time - cardigan, liberty, denim, floral, brocade, velvet.

This image makes me want to have a cup of ginger tea.

Image: Backyard Bill.

beauty

Jess Cartner-Morley on Givenchy couture: "The dress has been rubbed so that the pearls and gems begin to show through; Tisci's idea being that as the dress is worn, and as it is passed down through the generations, the fabric will gradually reveal more of the jewels beneath."

geronimo

Jenny Reyes is Jenny Lewis' stylist, and she's recently created Geronimo, a perfectly sixties inspired line of clothing, swimwear and coverups. It's so me I want it all. I especially love this image from a lookbook shot with The Like's Annie Monroe. 

You can buy Geronimo online here.

le femme nikita

These Tom Ford 'Nikita' sunglasses are very good.

all by myself

Solitude... is bliss.

books + records

I have always liked pictures of other pictures. This is a publication called BOOKS + RECORDS by Chris Newmyer and Denise Schatz. 

covet

How did I not know about the wonderful site that is The Coveted? Poking through drawers and wardrobes of very stylish, well-shopped people, it is a delight. Also, you know how usually there are never enough images, or words? And you feel dissatisfied? Well, you don't with this one.

a day on earth

One of my favourite things in my house is a framed illustration of a moody, bespectacled girl called Susan. It's by Kelly Thompson, a New Zealand illustrator and photographer who is now based in Melbourne, and has really cool hair. Like me, she has had the new year work blues - but has found inspiration in an special place...

"I'm not going to lie, I've been a little uninspired so far this year, but it's not the end of January yet so I'm telling myself that it's ok, it's summer time. I think the combination of moving countries and settling in has left me somewhat distracted: instead of checking my emails and cracking into some new work I am a little consumed by how I am going to decorate my new house (previously a gay granny house) and my new goal of having a garden I can eat, which is going quite well so far. Am I getting old? I am also consumed by the urge to shop, which creates quite a viscous cycle of problems due to my lack of work motivation... Consumerism - not working - no money - stressing- but still wanna buy that!

But just as I was considering the downfall of my creative self and transformation into a poor socialite homemaker, something amazing happened. My friend Yuge took me to my new heaven, and I'm not even exaggerating here. "A Day on Earth" is artist David Bromley's studio, although it's not really a studio as he doesn't do his work there - it's basically his own personal museum/my inspiration station, and all I want to do is sit on the floor and hang out there all day. It's like stepping into a movie set full of art and collectibles all arranged against a backdrop of peeling walls, antique rugs and ornate 1800s carpentry; oh how my eyes were popping out of their sockets. If I wasn't scared of ghosts (and I reckon they're guaranteed there), I would totally sneak in during the day and hide so I could live there without anyone knowing, just me and the eye candy ahhhhh.
So I have a fresh burst of inspiration or envy, I can't decide which one yet, but it's so refreshing to see a real life fantasy land, and it reminded me of how much I love being a creative."