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J&Sxx

Cupcake Fun

Last night, we celebrated the upcoming launch of our new website with a cupcake party in Melbourne's CBD. Teaming up with Little Cupcakes, we celebrated our upcoming move as they launched a bunch of new vegan and gluten-free flavours, and they were dee-licious! Pictures of the event are coming on our new website tomorrow, but until then here are a few images of us having some cupcake fun in incredible matching outfits by Alice McCall and Talulah. Don't forget, tomorrow we move to howtwolive.com!!

J&Sxx

Website Preparations

After spending the morning listening to an inspiring talk by marketing guru (and all-round hilarious person) Mary Portas, my shiny new perspex bag and I set off on a serious day of errands and meetings in preparation for the HTL website launch coming up. I was in a bit of a lazy fashion mood and felt like my outfit was pretty low key for HTL standards, although I did get quite a few comments on my new muscle tee from Market HQ! Combine skulls and dip-dye and you just can't go wrong.

Address Melbourne, Australia
Website Going live this Friday!

Wearing...
Top Minkpink
Pants Somedays Loving
Shoes Jeffrey Campbell
Sunglasses House of Holland
Bag Nasty Gal
Wallet Manoush

Sxx

A Summer's Day

I am absolutely loving this extended summer we seem to be experiencing so I decided to take full advantage and had my ultimate summer's day. Started off with a delicious lunch in Hampton at a cute cafe called Sip. This was followed by an afternoon of tanning and swimming at Half Moon Bay - seriously forgot how beautiful that place is! I literally felt like I was back on the beach in Hawaii.... Well, almost.

Address Hampton, Melbourne, Australia

Highlight My stuffed mushrooms at Sip

Wearing...
Top Mink Pink
Skirt Nasty Gal
Shoes Gorman
Hat Country Road
Sunglasses Ray-Ban
Belt Friend Of Mine
Cuff H&M
Bag Nasty Gal

Jxx

Station St Trading Co.

A sunny Saturday morning called for a great breakfast spot with the potential for tanning nearby, so we ventured over to Port Melbourne to give this new(ish) place a try. We weren't surprised to hear that the guys who started Coin Laundry are behind this cafe, as it has that same quaint neighbourhood feel, delicious coffee, and yummy mummies galore. Afterwards ditched the jacket and the shoes and headed to the beach for a solid tanning sesh...summer may be over, but nobody seems to have informed Melbourne!

Address Station St Trading Co.

Bumped Into The chick who used to work at Nicola, working at a similar store on Bay St called Miishu!

Wearing...

Jacket Ragged Priest

Skirt Nasty Gal

Shoes Vans

Socks American Apparel

Sunglasses Dansk

Sxx

Current Obsession

I woke up for uni in a very bad mood at a far too early hour and decided the only thing that would pull me out of this funk was if I were to cover myself in smiling daisies for the day. So that's exactly what I did, and let me tell you it was quite effective! Love that we're clearly both feeling Lazy Oaf at the moment. I also bought Gig a pair of socks and matching note pad from their website the other day. That's right, they match hosiery with stationary - total genius! Note: Fashiondacci loved this post so much that if you enter code howtwolive at checkout on fashion-dacci.com you'll get a discount on the backpack!

Address Melbourne Australia

Smiling Daisy Compliments 6

Wearing...

Jumper Lazy Oaf

Shorts Sportsgirl

Shoes Underground

Sunglasses House Of Holland

Bag Fashiondacci

Jxx

Truman

Headed back to one of our all time favourite lunch spots for the first time in a while! The second I arrived I struggled to remember why I haven't been eating lunch there every single day...the decor is super cute, the food is unbelievable and the sunny terrace is a prime tanning spot. Can't wait till Milou is old enough to be allowed out of the house and I can take him there with me!

Address Truman, 381 Montague Street, Albert Park, Melbourne, Australia

Ate Salad sandwich and a chocolate milkshake.

Wearing...

Top Brandy Melville

Jacket Nasty Gal

Leggings Lazy Oaf

Sunglasses Karen Walker

Bag Wasteland

Sxx

ALWL Day 7

After a chilled out weekend of cervezas and sunshine, here it is, our final instalment of Aussie Labels We Love. Predictable? Perhaps. But this has been one of our favourite labels since we fell in love with a purple patterned pinafore five years ago and it turned out to be fate. From back when it was just some weirdly long brand name we couldn't pronounce to existing as part of our everyday vocabularies, it feels as though these guys read our deepest, darkest fashion fantasies and make them a reality. The perfect end to our week of ALWL!

Address Melbourne, Australia

Label Shakuhachi 

Accessories...

Shoes Jeffrey Campbell

Sunglasses Dansk, Karen Walker

J&Sxx

ALWL Day 6

These guys get it right every single time so we couldn't resist posting about them for our week of Aussie Labels We Love. It should come as no surprise that we're huge fans of this brand, as it's become an absolute must-have in our wardrobes and gets featured on the blog pretty much weekly. Their unique cuts and original prints mean their pieces are always the first items in our outfits to get complimented. So. Much. Love.

Address Melbourne, Australia
Label Cameo

Accessories...
Top American Apparel
Pants Friend Of Mine
Shoes Jeffrey Campbell

J&Sxx

ALWL Day 5

This label is actually by a friend of a friend of ours and we could not be more excited to have discovered them. The coolest part is that the two talented ladies behind the label not only produce seriously awesome fashion items, but the studio also provides services in architecture, graphics, branding and interiors...if only they would create an entire house out of this pink felt for us - we would be in absolute heaven!

Address Melbourne, Australia
Label Every Studio

Accessories...
Tops Nasty Gal, The Kooples
Sunglasses Karen Walker, The Kooples

J&Sxx

ALWL Day 4

These are our first outfits from this Aussie label, and it's a serious case of love at first wear. We've had our eyes on these lamb wool jackets for a while now and are absolutely dying that we can now call them ours - so excited that we have matching shags for winter. After a long day of shooting in Sydney for a label's upcoming campaign (check out insta @HowTwoLive for sneak peek shots), we headed over to Surry Hills in yet another (super comfy) twinspired look to visit some of our favourite PR girls at the Oneteaspoon Homewares Launch. So many skulls and bones everywhere - we want!

Address Surry Hills, Sydney, Australia
Label Lilya

Accessories...
Tops American Apparel (thanks Aimee!), Wildfox
Shoes Miista, Jeffrey Campbell

J&Sxx

ALWL Day 3

Plain blue jeans? Boring. We'd rather be caught in flat shoes (or no shoes). Here's a label - Aussie, of course - that's taken the age-old staple and given it a revamp. Florals, stripes, leopard, studs...these guys seriously know where it's at. And best of all - they're super comfy. Oh and while we're on the topic of Aussie labels we love - these Dansk sunnies, we can't get enough. Note: By total coincidence we've just gone onto the RES Denim website and realised we're on the homepage...cool!

Address Sydney, Australia
Label RES Denim

Accessories...
Tops Shakuhachi, Cameo
Sunglasses Dansk
Clutch Manoush

J&Sxx

P.S - Happy Birthday Kaus!

ALWL Day 2

Okay so day two and we're already stepping slightly outside of Australia, but we figure that if we're free to go between each other's countries as we please, surely the same goes for fashion. We're always on the lookout for quirky prints and this one caught our eye(s), particularly as we were looking for something fun to wear for our visit to MONA, Tasmania's infamously over-the-top art museum - FYI it was epic and so worth a visit. This label is seriously new and they make all their products in limited runs, and we can't wait to see where they go from here!

Address Hobart, Tasmania
Label Make Hearts Race

Accessories...
Top Shakuhachi
Skirt Nasty Gal
Socks Vanishing Elephant, Sportsgirl
Shoes Senso, Soles
Sunglasses ASOS

J&Sxx

ALWL Day 1

Thought we'd kick off the week of Aussie Labels We Love with a serious up-and-comer. We only first found out about this label a couple of months ago, but boy was it life changing. Offering a mix of vintage as well as an in-house label, their pieces feature seriously cool and unique prints, and best of all: they sure know how to work a twosie. We went matching on matching while winery hopping on our trip to Tasmania this weekend - think this foursie is an HTL first!

Address Hobart, Tasmania
Label Lenni

Accessories...
Shoes Jeffrey Campbell
Sunglasses Karen Walker, House of Holland

J&Sxx

Aussie Labels We Love

We love to wear Aussie labels, and we always get excited to hear when we've introduced someone to a label they hadn't heard of before. So we thought we'd dedicate this week to 7 different Aussie Labels We Love. Some you may have heard of, some maybe not, but each has been chosen by us as a genuine label we love, wear, and want to share (not as an ad for the brand!) We hope someone somewhere discovers a new label they love!

J&Sxx

Summer Night

With Gig back in town and summer still very much in the air we decided to hit up the city for some Friday evening fun. Initially swung past Chin Chin in the hope that they could squeeze the two of us in for dinner but when that failed we headed to Pelegrini's for a not so fabulous but equally delicious spag bol...loving having my 24/7 friend back!

Address Flinders Lane, Melbourne, Australia

Loved My butter with a side of bread!

Wearing...

Skirt Nasty Gal

Shoes Jeffrey Campbell

Socks Da Sein

Clutch Sportsgirl

Rings Viktor and Rolf

Jxx

Birthday Picnic

Yes, I am aware that my birthday was on Monday (and sadly I'm not cool enough to be one of those people who requires the entire week to party), but somehow between posts about Milou and Chinese New Year I've had to wait five days to write this. Ciders and sunshine in the park really made for the perfect way to spend my birthday afternoon, particularly with the addition of a killer cheese board, blowing bubbles, and tree climbing - although at least a little of the fun factor was cancelled out by the fact that you had to skip it for Uni. Award for the best birthday presents have to go to me, after I bought myself these killer Karen Walker sunnies and neon yellow/perspex bag - how thoughtful of me!

Address Royal Botanic Gardens, South Yarra, Melbourne, Australia
Food Highlight My favourite tuna sandwich from La Cafe

Wearing...
Playsuit Paper Heart
Sunglasses Karen Walker
Sandals Jeffrey Campbell
Choker Shakuhachi
Ring Yves Saint Laurent
Bag Fashiondacci

Sxx

Chinese New Year

We were super excited to be given the task of going to Melbourne Central to shop for two Chinese New Year inspired outfits... What's a Chinese New Year inspired outfit you ask? Our thoughts exactly! But after madly running around the centre for 2 hours this is what we came up with and we are kind of loving them... particularly not bad for only spending $250! Favourite picks of the day definitely go to these matching bomber jackets we found in Sportsgirl, seriously amazing! Happy Chinese New Year all!

Address Melbourne Central, Melbourne, Australia

Snacks Sushi Sushi and Mrs Fields - YUM!

Wearing...

Jackets Sportsgirl

Pants Sportsgirl

Shoes Valley Girl

Sunglasses Dangerfield

Lipstick Gorgeous

J&Sxx

Wednesday Break

Decided to take full advantage of my new Wednesday off and headed straight from uni to the Yarra Valley for a full 20 hours of bliss before returning back to hectic reality. Stopped off at this beautiful lake to watch the sunset on our way to IB for dinner (I know, typical.. but the food is just too delish!) Not gonna lie I am slightly jealous you got to puppysit Moo all night, seriously missed that boy!

Address Yarra Valley, Australia

Received A Glasshouse candle - so cute

Wearing...

Jacket Topshop

Shorts Mink Pink

Shoes Converse

Sunglasses House Of Holland

Clutch Zara

Socks Ambra

Jxx

Meet Milou

Our dog Bo has made regular guest appearances on the blog...and we've finally just got her a friend. Meet the newest member of the HTL family - Milou aka Moo. We've already discovered that he loves to pull a good pose for the camera, so get used to seeing more of this cute puppy face.

J&Sxx

Steffi Beach

Perfect 30 degree weather? Check. Delicious Mexican spread? Check. DJ Giddy Heine behind the decks? Of course. Seriously couldn't think of a better way to distract myself from the fact that I'm turning a year older than partying at Steffi Beach, aka a beautiful ocean-side pool turned into my very own version of the day club, Nikki Beach. The sign was definitely the coolest part in all of it and I'm hoping that if I leave it on display, the beach's name might somehow catch on with the locals. May have gone a little crazy on all the Missoni get up but it's my birthday and I'll wear top-to-toe Missoni if I want to!

Address Somers, Victoria, Australia
Life of the Party Appel - who would've thought!

Wearing...
Kaftan Missoni
Bikini Missoni
Headband Missoni
Sunglasses Karen Walker
Sandals Soles
Ring Cheap Monday
Cuff With Love Kirsten

Sxx

Somers Time

Had an epic (and very hectic) weekend up at Somers for Steffi Beach. After searching up and down Chapel Street for  the perfect outfit I finally decided on this amazing kaftan from Sass and Bide. Initially I was unsure about the lack of colour but then I realised it just meant I could add some crazy accessories which of course I always love!

Address Somers, Melbourne, Australia

Highlight Chicken pillows!

Wearing...

Kaftan Sass and Bide

Bikinis Batson

Shoes Jeffrey Campbell

Sunglasses House Of Holland

Necklace Sass and Bide

Jxx

Special Deliveries

Had a busy day handing out a few very special packages for an upcoming event we're planning... don't want to give away too much but we will tell you it involved some seriously delicious cupcakes and some very happy tummy's (check insta for more). Seriously cannot get enough of this Cameo print... particularly loving the fact that it comes in two colours so we can wear it together without people thinking we're total freaks!

Address Melbourne Australia

Cupcakes from Little Cupcakes

Wearing...

Jess

Jacket Cameo

Top Sportsgirl

Shorts Cameo

Shoes Jeffrey Campbell

Sunglasses Dansk

Stef 

Top Mink Pink

Skirt Cameo

Shoes Jeffrey Campbell

Sunglasses Dansk

J&Sxx

A New Local

Tried out this new Japanese place for dinner - still in search of a replacement Takara, our Paris favourite (who would've thought my favourite Japanese in the world would be found in France!) While service was a little slow, the food was seriously delicious, and this place just may need to be added to my list of locals. My tastebuds are getting warmed up for our next trip...why can't it be April already!

Address Inkerman Street, St Kilda, Melbourne, Australia
Meal Highlight Agedashi Tofu was out of control

Wearing...
Shirt Ark & Co. 
Shorts Cameo
Shoes Gidget
Bag Nasty Gal
Sunglasses House of Holland

Sxx

Post-Holiday Blues

Threw this adorable outfit on this morning in an attempt to pull myself out of my depressed post-holiday state. First day back at uni in 3 months and I'm already planning our next getaway (you're gonna love this one)! Best part about my day was that I finally got to use my fluoro pink 2013 diary...it kind of makes me feel like Malibu Barbie...and I kind of love it!

Address Melbourne, Australia

Diary $9.95 from Typo...get on it people! (FYI this is not a sponsored post)

Wearing...

Top Shakuhachi

Skirt Nasty Gal

Socks American Apparel

Shoes Robert Clergerie

Sunglasses Rubi Shoes

Bag RES Denim

Jxx

LOOK Magazine

Super excited about our feature in LOOK Magazine UK this week and wanted to share it with everyone. Looks like this twin dressing thing is really taking off!

J&Sxx