08/05/2012
HYPERFUSE!
I am such s sucker for an AM 90, athough I haven't actually copped a new pair in ages. These new hyperfuse are pretty crazy. They kinda remind me of the South African flag...
Kinda? No doubt these are Olympics inspired.
I usually enjoy a block colour but I could fuck with these guys. Every 5 seconds I make a stand 'no more trainers Tammy, you're 5 foot nothing and 30, more heels!' but God dammit, there is something to be said for not wanting to saw your feet off at the ankles on a night out. What do you guys think of them? Yay or nay or mabes?
Watch this vid...I like where Nike are going with this whole 'Tales from the Kitchen' 'ting. Good looks!
18/03/2012
What’s in the OWL nest?
LUNARECLIPSE+2
Those who follow me on all the platforms the internet provides will know that me, I, myself have joined the mother fucking gym. And you know what? I don't hate it. Those who have met me and know me in person will know that I am on the chubby side which is all fine and dandy but the next step from chubs is fat. And seeing that I am now 30 years of age, I can't put getting fit and healthy on hold for much longer. So yes, before I knew it, I was down Fitness First on a Saturday morning and signing my life away...or is it signing up? That's for you to decide. I have a bunch of kicks yet none to train in, funny that. So Nike sent me these LUNARECLIPSE bad boys. Oh my Gawd. Amazing. Seriously. It's like you have nothing on your feet and also, when you are unfit and you hit the gym hard, you are prone to shin splints which I am yet to suffer from and I recks these guys need a pat on the back for that. They look good too, almost too good for the gym...almost. I'm telling ya, I am a lot more tempted to slam that treadmill when I know I get to put these on. Big Nike swoosh tick from me!
NIKE DRI FIT SPORTS BRA
Yes so I have tits. Huge ones actually. Whilst they have er...served me well, they have also been a major excuse used by myself for putting exercise on the back burner. 'It hurts when I run!' and it did BUT I actually have no excuse now. I go HAM on the treadmill and my boobies stay put. I love this bra! My only advice would be not to go the white route (thanks Nike for sending me this, I'm not hating) but yeah, sweat/fake tan/make up - yeah....you wanna go black or another dark colour. But still, white at least looks fresh AGAINST the fake tan yeah? I am in love with all my new workout gear, it certainly makes working out that much easier. Don't worry everyone I haven't gone boring, I just think I got to get off my ass. Saying that, I am blogging about a sports bra while my friend Alex is texting me to come down and drink beer and eat jerk chicken burgers in the city. I need a happy medium here people!
BELVITA BREAKFAST BISCUITS
First I bought these because they were on special, now I buy them because they're fucking delicious. I have cut out most carbs from my diet...mainly just the white stuff (white potatoes/white bread/white pasta) but I do need something crunchy and carby in the mornings. So I do this thing where I put some kind of berries in a bowl (blueberries and blackberries are my favourite), put some yogurt on top and then crumble one of these over it, washed down with a triple shot, skim milk cappuccino. Low GI (apparently) and come in convenient little packs so you can pop them in your bag and take it to work. God this is a boring post.
AVOCADOS.
Yes. Avocados. Aren't they just wonderful at the moment?
THE PHARCYDE - LABCABINCALIFORNIA
I've been on the nostalgia tip of late. Been going in on Fleetwood Mac, The Beatles and The Pharcyde. Yes quite the mix. I can't believe I have never downloaded this album before but it's been on repeat in my car/office/abode. Fuck they're cool.
VANITY FAIR
I recently did some travel for work, and one of my favourite parts of flying is loading up on reading material at the airport. I copped the latest issue of Vanity Fair and was mighty impressed with the articles. There is a great one about how we are living in neutral and still parting like it's 1999 - I don't want to go too much into it because it inspired me to write something but yeah, it's good ok? And Lady GAGA, love her or hate her, she looks FIRE in this issue. If you hate her, then at least get it for Annie Leibovitz who shot it. It's really quite something.
Hmmmm, I might go bake some banana muffins now using the weed butter in the fridge to save what's left of my street cred after this post.
Later x
15/12/2011
I’ve gone heels cray cray
PS, I give it a week.
03/11/2011
The Obnoxious Owl Experience – LDN Edition
This is me in a hotel room in Korea. Yes, I purposely have my tits out. I wish I had a white dressing gown. I was so tempted to roll this from the hotel hey...but I'll be damned if I go to a Korean prison for a terry cloth robe.
*sigh* London gives me the same butterflies you get before a date with a boy you really like. But then hate the city the same way you hate the boy when you're waiting for his call. I didn't do much on this trip other than catch up with friends, eat Doritos Cool Original and buy jackets. I bought 4 jackets...who the fuck needs 4 jackets? Not me, that's who. Some girls like shoes, I'm a jacket girl. Saying that, how swaggy do my purple AM's look hey?
I styled the female grime mc LIONESS in Landan Town...look at her rocking the BUTCHDIVA! Hot damn I can't wait to show you the whole shoot. Pity photographers don't know what deadline means. Are you a photographer and offended? Don't care.
This is me after I got my first WAH mani and I got a fringe trim. I never in a million years thought I would be the kind of girl that takes photos of herself and put them on the internet...WELL I AM. Can you tell I'm grumpy? I just flew back into Aus this morning....I want to kill everyone.
Art on Brick Lane. Art Art Art Art Art Art .... it's everywhere.
And so is INSA
Me and my friend Kara, the designer of Y'OH. Check it out...it will make you excited. She was so fucking busy with the launch yet she found so much time to hang out and listen to all my boy trouble. LET'S KILL ALL THE BOYS! Haha, I kid. Anyway, Kara is a gem...one for the BFF book.
God I miss these already. I had like 27 packets while I was there. They are little light cheesy 'tings. I drank 4 quid wine and munched on these. Cheese and wine innit.
What do you want me to say about these exactly?
I took her photograph on the bus...her jacket is fucking baller!
This is Dalston, where I stayed for the full 3 weeks. I took this when I was on my way home from spending 24 hours with someone really special...well to me anyway. He actually isn't that special in general haha. I love East London...I think I left it like 3 times. I seriously need to get out more.
So after 3 weeks I'm back in Melbourne. I went to London to consider moving there again...and I think I will...but not just yet. It was weird, near the end I kind of couldn't wait to leave. It really IS weird because London is my most favorite place on earth. I don't know what it is though, recession, maybe post riot come down, I dunno...but there is an air of misery in the air over in England at the moment. My folk who are holding it down there at the moment have so much respect from me, it's hard city man. But when it's good, it's just magical. My love affair with that place is directly linked to my taste in men. I love to be treated mean and kept keen but its becoming exhausting as I get older. If anything came out of this trip, it's that I am going to get a hustle on the book I have been writing for the last 5 years. Thank you London for inspiring me yet again x
MORE PHOTO'S AND EXPERIENCES CAN BE FOUND ON THE OWL TUMBLR HERE - Follow, don't follow...whatever, I'm going to go and try and shake this jet lag xx
03/10/2011
ADIDAS ORIGINAILS (see what I did there?)
I was just saying to my friend Alex this weekend that whilst I love Nike for shoes, I think Adidas kill it in the garment game. I personally rock my 3 stripe trackie with confidence and have been known to pair it with heels in past. Now these Adidas cats are becoming quite trend savy and entering the world of 'nails did'.
From the 10 October if you spend over $50 - easily done - then you cop a free nails kit complete with buffer, file and scissors. They come in the form of those nail foil thingo's, but if you aren't confident in doing them yourself, then you can get them done did by a pro on any Saturday in the month of October in participating stores...Rundle Mall (SA), the QVB, Westfield Sydney City (NSW), Chadstone (VIC) or Cavill Ave (QLD).
If I were around this month (I'm going to London - fucking YES) then I would be slamming that iconic 3 stripe steeze...RETRO!
Read more about it on their facebook page
24/09/2011
ellesse heritage FAB Five Collaboration
colette – Paris, France reworking the Assist 1 They based their redesign on their signature ‘colette blue’ color blocking, contrasting it with polka dot laces. A ‘colette blue’ basketball is the gift that accompanies the sneaker.
24 Kilates – Barcelona, Spain reworking the 117 24 Kilates based their design on marinas and yachting due to an amigo of the store getting prepped to embark on a yacht race starting in Barcelona. The sneaker is sold with a 24 Kilates Yacht squadron 5 panel cap, providing a squadron package.
Harvey Nichols – London, UK reworking the Marathon The Marathon 1984 was reworked by Harvey Nichols based on the concept “Harvey Nichols is watching you” inspired by George Orwell’s seminal novel 1984. To suitably complement the concept we are giving away a Lomography camera.
Sneakersnstuff – Stockholm, Sweden reworking the Poli Painted in the SNS red the sneaker color reflects the red that the Swedes use to paint their wooden summer houses, the ampt gift being a paint brush!
Grand Boutique – Zurich, Switzerland reworking the Levanto Based in Zurich and its mountain-esque locale, Grand used a hiking theme for the Levanto shoe. Influences can be seen in details such as the d-rings and ski hook fastening. The gift to accompany the sneaker is a pair of hiking socks.
THE EXTREMELY INNOVATIVE POS DISPLAYS WERE CREATED BY THE SHOE WHISPERER NASH MONEY
ALL FAB 5 SHOES ARE AVAILABLE ONLINE
14/09/2011
THE OBNOXIOUS OWL EXPERIENCE
This is Jules with Theophilus London. I took the snap and about 20 seconds later Jules went ever so slightly mad. Well not MAD per say but I just couldn't really pull her away from him. He was loving it though and his hand made a sneaky mission to her thigh as well. Although I struggle to think whether homeboy can get hard by anything else other than his own reflection. He does have some moves though and I do love a man that loves the jewelry.
My office is over in North Melbourne and the shops round here are a little 'farm style' and when I say 'farm style' I mean 'random' and 'shit' but then when I stumble across some blowing bubbles in the shape of an ice cream cone for $2 whilst buying my lunch time protein bar I suddenly realize that life ain't that bad.
Last Sunday I went to my friend Sarah's drum for a bit of a girly hang out and business talks (check her youtube vids 'all dolled up') Anyhow, THIS is just one corner of her crazy ass apartment. She wears those wigs like you and I wear clean knickers. The girl is mental but I love her.
Whomever tells you you can't wash trainers in the washing machine needs to get over it. They are probably the same people who buy kicks to keep them in a box which they only open to look at while they have a wank. These two pairs of 90s are my babies. My absolute favorites! They have seen the washing machine more times than I have seen hot dinners...and some of you have seen my ass...I've had a few. Here they are drying out after a spin looking fresh and and undamaged. Just remember to put it on delicate cycle and SLOW spin and knock them in with some towels or sheets so they don't get knocked about too much.
Actually. I put them in the washing machine and this is what happened. LOL JKS. Nah, these are little plastic dolls that I always cop when I go home to Cape Town. They are what the kids in the township play with. Talk about humble! Apparently I like yellow and purple hmmmm...I'm not even a Lakers fan
My mum and dad came to visit from Perth over the weekend and they bought me this jumper. Mum knows me so well....
They also got me this smurf night light (I chose it) can you believe it was only $19.95 from Myer? Small price to pay to keep the bogey man away.
I also managed to wangle these leggings out of them. HAHA! I am in no way spoilt at all hey, this shit usually never happens. I think mum is tryna bribe me to stop swearing on the internetz. Also, it would have taken a lot for her to part cash for such 'wild' adornments considering it would make her day if I arrived at her doorstep in a nice twin set and plastic surgeon husband. Nah, my folks are cool. I don't see them much these days but when I do I am always stoked. You certainly begin to become more understanding towards the 'ol parents as you come of age as I have discovered.
STICKERS! Yup, Owlly has different colour love hearts now. There is also something else exciting happening in the nest...over the course of the next few weeks you will see a few new writers round the traps. I will still be here EDITOR AT LARGE and the advice posts will continue, but I thought it would be nice to get a bit of variation happening ya know? So we have home girls coming from Brooklyn, London, Bristol, Sydney and Cape Town. Mama OWL gots babies now ya hear! Oh and if you want stickerz, hit me with your addy owl@obnoxiousowl.com and I'll fly one over. HOOTIE HOOT! xx
31/08/2011
SILVER FEET FOR OWL
When it comes to bling I strictly worship at the temple of gold. But when browsing SNF I found myself mindlessly grabbing my visa and blowing 104 euro on these pretty ladies. I even went half a size up 'cause they didn't have my size. Whatevs. I'll wear thicker socks. I actually felt a bit sick afterwards to be fair because I've been acting completely out of character and been saving my clams however I have not copped any newness in the way of trainers in yonks so fuck it. Welcome to the family my babies!
01/03/2011
NASH MONEY loud and clear
