Photo Shoot

Had a super fun HTL shoot yesterday where we got to work with a great team of people and wear some of our favourite labels which was of course the ultimate! The concept for the shoot was really cool and despite feeling extremely awkward in front of the camera the pics turned out amazing! Very excited to share some outfit photos with everyone over the next week. Also discovered an awesome store based in Melb, Fashiondacci, which we will have to hit up later this week for some major wardrobe updates!

Address Cremorne, Melbourne, Australia

Best Accessory Our lollipops

Wearing...

Jacket ASOS

Top Evil Twin

Pants Sportsgirl

Shoes Jeffrey Campbell

Sunglasses ASOS

Jxx

Top Paddock

While I'd usually make it a rule not to go to a cafe on its opening day, this place was so pumping as I drove by this morning that it caught my eye and lured me in. Turns out its by the owners of Two Birds One Stone which would explain why it was so packed on day one. Meal highlights were polenta porridge (see it on insta @howtwolive) and chocolate milkshake. An outfit change and quick tanning session later, Ro decided he needed to teach me how to ride his fixie...as if I'm not uncoordinated enough on my own two legs. Despite being a disaster it did make for a particularly hilarious afternoon and took me back to Copenhagen days.

Address Melbourne, Australia
Bike Custom built from www.mojobike.com.au

Wearing...
Dress The Cassette Society
Vest Vintage
Shoes Kimchi Blue
Socks American Apparel
Sunglasses Sportsgirl
Watch Sportsgirl

Sxx

Tennis Time

Appel and I have been hitting it up the tennis hard lately. Today we watched our favourite Frenchmen, Tsonga and Gasquet, while snacking on Big Ms and hot chips...took me back to tuckshop days. Was very unimpressed to receive some seriously weird looks and comments from a couple of sleazy men...although I guess it was kind of fair considering my skirt had slits up to my bellybutton. Oh the things we do for fashion.

Address Melbourne Park, Melbourne, Australia

Winner Was Tsonga yay!

Wearing...

Top The Casette Society
Skirt Friend of Mine
Shoes Underground
Belt ASOS
Sunglasses Dansk
Bag Street Level

Sxx

Kings Pond

Thought since my Hawaii getaway is coming to an end I should finally face my fears and go snorkelling in Kings Pond. Was so devo you weren't there to freak out with me! At one point I thought the stingray was swimming towards me so I jumped on top of Debbie and started screaming like a little girl...The 12 year old boy next to me thought it was hilarious. 

Address Kona, Hawaii, USA

Saw THE rainbow fish!!

Wearing...

Top Alice McCall

Pants Toi et Moi

Shoes Soles

Sunglasses Asos

Jxx

Spa Day

We weren't quite feeling relaxed enough after eight days of nothing but tanning by the pool and eating delicious food so decided to head to the spa for an afternoon of R&R. Our amazing massages were followed by a sauna and ended with a dip in the spa and some lychee tea. Seriously best way to spend the afternoon!

Address Kona, Hawaii, USA

Highlight My comfy take-home slippers

Wearing...

Top Eviltwin

Skirt Motel

Shoes Soles

Sunglasses ASOS

Jxx

Beer O'clock

I think one of my favourite things about being on holidays is every afternoon at 5 when it's finally happy hour, or Beer O'clock as we have come to call it. The best thing about yesterday though, other than the edamame that accompanied my delicious mango mai tai, was that I finally got to wear this amazing quilted Topshop twosie. Been waiting for the right moment to steal it off you ever since I saw you take it out of your Paris suitcase.

Address Kona, Hawaii, USA

Drank at Ulu 

Wearing...

Top Topshop

Pants Topshop

Shoes Soles

Sunglasses ASOS

Jxx

Finally Arrived

After a day of travelling, a five hour delay at the airport and ten episodes of Homeland, I have finally arrived in Hawaii! Had the most beautiful first day tanning by the pool and reading my most recent obsession Message From An Unknown Chinese Mother which I'll have to give you when I'm done. Could not be more excited that this is all that's on the agenda for the next two weeks! PS I discovered an epic tuna sanga and hot choc combo at Santos in Sydney airport - Pret has some serious competition here!

Address Kona, Hawaii, United States

Received Best gift from you!!

Wearing..

Top Shakuhachi

Skirts Friend Of Mine

Shoes Soles

Sunglasses ASOS

Jxx

LA Adventure

Having a week off from HTL for the first time since it started has been super weird. I have no idea what you've been doing, what you've been wearing...and even what you did for New Year's! LA has been epic, we've been seriously living it up here. From the incredible SLS hotel to major shopping success, and hitting up midnight Mexican feasts, I am dying for us to come live here. Today was my favourite - we hired a car and drove to Malibu for lunch, then sat on those The OC-style sheds on the beach and had a Sprinkles cupcake sunset picnic. Feeling like it's too soon to leave but very excited to be lying by the beach for the next two weeks...

Address Zuma Beach, Malibu, California, USA

LA Highlight Seeing Chris Brown and Rhianna at Lakers Vs Knicks basketball game.

Wearing...

Jumper Lazy Oaf

Pants Nasty Gal

Shoes Office

Bag Kimski

Sunglasses ASOS

Sxx

How Two Give Day 1

Igniting Change, an organisation which inspires awareness of social issues and encourages people to get involved in community projects, has come out with these super cute bracelets. Not only do they make for an awesome Christmas gift, but you will also be supporting Cambodian artisans who make the bracelets from recycled bullet shells. They come in 3 different colours, each featuring a powerful word that holds a hidden meaning within. Keep your eyes out for more of these guys as they're teaming up with Willow in 2013 to create a limited edition piece of jewellery.

Address Establishment Hotel, Bridge Lane, Sydney, Australia

Give A bracelet as a present!

More (and to buy) www.ignitingchange.org.au/challenge

Wearing...

Stef

Blazer Sportsgirl

Top Melrose Avenue

Shorts The Kooples

Shoes Novo

Sunglasses ASOS

Jess

Top The Kooples

Shorts Sportsgirl

Shoes Rubi Shoes

Sunglasses Dansk

Clutch Sportsgirl

J&Sxx

Vs Shoot: Nasty Gal's UNIF Leopard Platform Boots

When Nasty Gal asked if we would do a Vs shoot in their Leopard Print Hellbound Platform Boots by UNIF, our first reaction was: holy s$%t as if Nasty Gal knows who we are! Our second was that these are some of the most awesome shoes we've ever seen and we couldn't wait to get our hands on them. With Jess up in chilled out Byron and Stef in Melbourne, a city full of cool little laneways, we decided to style two different outfits inspired by our two different settings. Hope you like!

Address Byron Bay & Melbourne, Australia
Get Yours From Nasty Gal

Wearing...

Jess
Top Lenni Vintage
Vest Vintage
Skirt Nasty Gal
Sunglasses A La Poupee Merveilleuse
Bracelet American Apparel

Stef
Top Madlove
Shorts Sportsgirl
Socks ASOS
Sunglasses A La Poupee Merveilleuse
Cuff Sportsgirl
Ring Nasty Gal

J&Sxx

After-Work Shop

Most people head out at the end of a long day for after-work drinks, but today I went into the city to meet Ro for an after-work shop. We headed to one of his favourite stores, Incu, to stock up on supplies for him before our upcoming trip. A couple of Vanishing Elephant purchases later and we were feeling a little hungry, so stopped by Degraves Street for delicious chocolate cupcakes. Seriously fun afternoon, and finally getting to wear this Motel Rocks twosie made it that much better - how could you not be in a good mood wearing this neon number!

Address Degraves Street, Melbourne, Australia
Cupcakes From Little Cupcakes

Wearing...
Top Motel Rocks
Skirt Motel Rocks
Socks American Apparel
Boots Jeffrey Campbell
Sunglasses Sportsgirl
Watch ASOS
Rings Sportsgirl

Sxx

The People's Market

Cracked out the business attire - HTL style of course - and headed over the river for a few meetings. Was so excited to finally be pulling out this rainbow Cameo twinset, which went perfectly with our new Senso shoes. In between playing grown ups I made time to check out this market everyone seems to be talking about. Stalls have been set up out of shipping containers, selling mainly food and other assorted market goods. Our cousin Adam's going to be running a food stall there called Paperboy starting the end of this month, making vietnamese inspired sandwiches (which I've heard from multiple sources are to die for), so we'll definitely have to go back to check that out!

Address 64 - 68 Stanley Street, Collingwood 
Discovered Jonesy's Chocolate Milk...it's seriously delicious (even for those over the age of 5).

Wearing...
Jacket Cameo
Pants Cameo
Belt ASOS
Shoes Senso
Sunglasses Sportsgirl
Bag Shakuhachi
Rings Sass and Bide, House of Harlow

Sxx

Family Reunion

Finally back together again! And what better way to spend our reunion than between the pool and the park with our favourite puppy. The three of us had an epic day of tanning and catching up, and Bo even learnt how to swim. Only just back and we're already busy at work planning what's coming next for HTL...which is starting with a bonus post coming later today!

Address Melbourne, Australia

Learnt Our puppy really knows how to pull an HTL pout.

Wearing...

Jess

Playsuit Shakuhachi

Socks Sportsgirl

Shoes Sportsgirl

Sunglasses ASOS

Stef

Dress Malene Birger

Shoes Miista

Sunglasses Ray-Ban

Bo

Collar Dogue

J&Sxx

Au Revoir Paris

After 5 months spent in my favourite city in the world (or at least one of my top 3!), it's finally time to come home. Despite my hardest efforts to convince myself that I want to be leaving, I've failed to come up with a single thing that I don't like about being here...well aside from the fact that every time I spend more than 2 minutes outside my whole body freezes and I declare that I must be getting pneumonia - although this is likely due to the fact that I choose fashion over warmth every time. So it's with a lot of grief and a knew knowledge of how to ship your entire wardrobe half way across the world that I say: Au revoir Paris. See you soon J!

Address Paris, France
Stay Tuned For Paris recommendations and recap post!

Wearing...
Top Ci Ci
Skirt Topshop
Shoes Office
Sunglasses ASOS

Sxx

Lyon

Jerome and I have come down to Lyon to spend a couple of days with Meme (aka grandma). We decided to head into town for the afternoon, and while on our way to the Metro station we ended up slightly lost and wandered into this incredible secret garden that was complete with an old wooden swing and a chicken coop! Almost found ourselves in trouble when we were discovered by the owners, but played the clueless tourists and pulled out the thick Aussie accents, and we soon had them giving us a tour of the place. Gotta love the Australia card, works every time.

Address Lyon, France
Bought Beaujolais Nouveau as the new vintage was released today

Wearing...
Shirt Minkpink
Jacket Topshop
Pants Topshop
Shoes Office
Sunglasses Vintage
Rings ASOS

Sxx

Topshop Personal Shopping

After a full day spent at Topshop on our last epic spree, I thought it'd be worth booking myself in for a Personal Shopping appointment this time around. It was like a fashion fairytale: upon arrival I was led into a room full of clothing and accessories picked out just for me based on a personal style questionnaire I'd filled out beforehand. I had two personal shoppers, Lauren and Jo, helping me make outfit choices, and walked out in a brand new outfit and a whole lot more in my shopping bags. The best part was it was free (the service, not the clothes unfortunately). Seriously fun day, don't know how we haven't done this before!

Address Topshop Oxford Circus, London, United Kingdom
Favourite Outfit Matching patterned leather dress and jacket - can't wait to show you!

Wearing...
Top Topshop
Pants Topshop
Vest Topshop
Shoes Topshop
Sunglasses ASOS
Ring Nasty Gal

Sxx

Champs-Elysees

Heard Laduree reopened on the Champs so I headed there today for some of their world-famous macarons... their marshmallow filling is to die for, will have to go back with Jerome when he gets here next week. Have been so excited to show you these flares since I bought them! They're so comfy and have joined the velvets and the laces as a major wardrobe staple. Luckily for you they'll be part of your wardrobe too so very soon.

Address Champs-Elysees, Paris, France
Amazed That the 100-person long queue outside Abercrombie & Fitch is still a thing

Wearing...
Jacket ASOS
Flares Sister Jane
Shoes Jeffrey Campbell
Bag Skipping Girl
Sunglasses ASOS
Rings Nasty Gal, Sportsgirl

Sxx

Cafe Hopping

When Appel wore this jumper the other day I fell in love with it and knew I had to steal it for myself! It also provided some much needed warmth for a winter's day spent cafe-hopping around Paris (we knocked 3 cafes off our must-visit-before-leaving-Paris list). Got a little creative with my lipstick and while it seemed like a good idea at first, after about 10 minutes of wearing it the colours started to rub off on each other. The great news is that this lead to the discovery of a new hybrid lipstick colour which I love and will most definitely be wearing again!

Address Rue Charlot, Paris, France
Today's Favourite Discovered a new cafe called Marcovaldo, which is also a bookstore (posted a photo on insta @howtwolive)

Wearing...
Jumper Daniel Palillo
Skirt Evil Twin
Shoes Deena & Ozzy
Bag Sportsgirl
Rings ASOS

Sxx

Paris Masters Day 5

After 4 days of sitting through hours and hours of tennis in my Paris best, I've finally ditched the beautiful attire in favour of something a little more comfortable. And if we're being totally honest here....okay that is my pyjama top. But who doesn't love a little Disney added to an outfit? Before the night session we decided to go for a wander around the area, and ended up joining in a crowd watching some local kids at a skate park. Taking a break from watching sport to watch sport? I think the Paris air is doing something strange to me...

Address Palais Omnisports de Paris-Bercy, Paris, France 
Spotted A weird amount of lookalikes - British Harry, French Jessie Gordon, and French Zuka!

Wearing...
Top ASOS
Knit Shakuhachi
Leggings Arnsdorf
Shoes Sixtyseven
Scarf Urban Outfitters
Sunglasses ASOS

Sxx

Q&A - Where To Shop Online + More

So we put it to you guys to ask us absolutely anything you wanted! Here are our top 5 questions with answers, happy reading...

Lucia M, Australia: Where do you buy your clothes from online? 

Our favourite online stores to get a great variety of brands are My Catwalk which stocks a lot of great Aussie designers, Nasty Gal which sells incredible edgy and fashion-forward pieces, and ASOS because they have a huge variety of brands.

Simone D, NZ: What did you guys study at university?

Stef studied Professional Communication at RMIT in Melbourne, and Jess is currently studying Fashion Textiles and Merchandising, also at RMIT in Melbourne.

Jade C, Australia: How did you get your fashion world started? Do you have any advice for people wanting to get out there themselves? 

We started working in fashion mainly through volunteering and internships with various brands and fashion weeks. There are so many opportunities available, writing to your favourite labels to see if they're interested in taking on interns is a great place to start. Blogging is something we've only stepped into this year as HTL is our first blog, but we've had so much fun doing it and would definitely recommend it. If you're considering starting a blog then the best advice we can give you is to just get out there and start straight away. And use social media to promote it - Facebook, Instagram and ASOS Fashion Finder are all great in helping to get your blog noticed.

Emily C, Australia: Where are the best places to buy great clothes on a budget?

Ebay is still one of the best places to buy affordable clothes, and some of our favourite pieces have been found on Etsy. Other cool online stores with more affordable price points are Beginning Boutique and Karmaloop. We also love checking out vintage and bric a brac markets - finding treasures can be a little bit more of a challenge, but once you do find something you love you'll love it even more after working for it!

Andrea N, UK: If you could have anyone in the world style you who would it be?  

Rachel Zoe, she has the best taste and we'd let her style us in a second.

J&Sxx