Jerome's Birthday

Today I managed a break between Aus Open and Aus Open to go shopping for our brother Jerome's birthday. Among other things I found a really cool book on growing your own veggie patch, which I thought would be a great addition to his bachelor pad - right along with his new jacuzzi. Get in there girls!

Address Chapel Street, South Yarra, Melbourne, Australia
Birthday Dinner At Baby in Richmond

Wearing...
Top Motel Rocks
Pants Topshop
Blazer The Kooples
Shoes Gidget
Sunglasses Sportsgirl

Sxx

Rainbow Bright

Pulled out a seriously bright and colourful outfit for today's beach session. Fell in love with these shorts when I found them in a store in LA and was so excited to find out they were Shakuhachi. Loving that a few of our fave Aussie labels are making it big in the US at the moment. FYI have since found out there are bathers that come in the same print which I'm dying for...in case you're starting to brainstorm for my birthday present!

Address Kona, Hawaii, USA

Discovered The local surf shack sells the most delicious soft serve ice creams (kills that I didn't find them earlier on in the holiday).

Wearing...

Top Topshop

Shorts Shakuhachi

Shoes Senso

Bag Kimski

Sunglasses Dansk

Sxx

Hello Kitty Shoes

After a week in this routine consisting of nothing but eating, sleeping, tanning and relaxing, decided to change it up today - if only very slightly - and visit the pond to watch the sharks being fed. The 3 baby sharks have become like our pets while we've been here, earning the nicknames Carrie, Charlotte and Samantha (we never cared too much for Miranda). Dying to take Samantha the hamerhead home for Bo to play with! 

Address Kona, Hawaii, USA
Bought These awesome Hello Kitty Vans for under $30 in Honolulu.

Wearing...
Top Vintage from Wasteland
Shorts Minkpink
Shoes Vans x Hello Kitty
Bag Street Level
Sunglasses House of Holland

Sxx

Hitting Up Honolulu

It might look a little sunny in the picture, but don't be fooled - this is the third straight day of clouds and rain getting in the way of our summer holiday. So today with tanning off the cards we decided to hit the streets of Honolulu for a bit of a tour. Pulled out my walking gear (or the closest thing I have to it) which included these awesome new Converse platforms which are one of my favourite LA purchases. Exploring the town by foot turned out to be a slight struggle so we ended up renting a Mustang convertible and driving to the North shore to watch people surfing the infamous huge waves of Pipeline (rain prevented me getting any cool shots but check out insta @howtwolive for a pic of the waves).

Address Honolulu, Hawaii, USA
Waiting For you to get here!

Wearing...
Top Wildfox
Shorts Minty Meets Munt
Shoes Converse
Sunglasses Sportsgirl
Bag Stussy x Love+Made

Sxx

Matching Pants

While apart from each other we obviously managed to end up with the same pair of pants, so thought we'd throw in a bonus post for the day and style them in two different ways. While we sometimes get comments on our different styles, the truth is we share absolutely everything and when not on the blog we wear each other's outfits....so these outfits were styled together, Stef's a little more on the rock chick side, and Jess's showing off our crazy and colourful signature style.

Address Melbourne, Australia

Realised Pants were probably not the best call in 30 degree heat!

Wearing...

Jess

Top Sportsgirl

Pants RES Denim

Shoes Jeffrey Campbell

Sunglasses House of Holland

Stef

Top Truly Madly Deeply

Pants RES Denim

Shoes Office
Hat Zadig and Voltaire
Sunglasses Vintage
Bracelet Disney Couture
Cuff Topshop

J&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

Matching Print

Gig and I felt like something a little different so we decided to go to the Cross for some delicious porridge and people watching. Surprisingly blended in with all the crazies in this matching bag and shirt combo - I picked these up from the same place I got my glasses (a new store in Surry Hills you'll love). What you actually can't see behind the jumbo sized sunnies is the epic burn I am now sporting after 2 days of solid tanning. Major ouch!

Address Llankelly Place, Kings Cross, Sydney, Australia  

Store Estate Of Mind

Wearing...

Top Lazy Oaf

Pants Sportsgirl

Shoes Shakuhachi

Sunglasses House Of Holland

Bag Lazy Oaf

Watch Sportsgirl

Rings With Love Kirsten

Jxx

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 Time

We've been doing lots of Q&As lately for other websites and magazines, so this week we thought: why not do our own HTL Q&A? If you have a question for us about absolutely anything - our style, our backgrounds, our personal lives, or even something ridiculous, then ask us! We'll post our 5 favourite questions here with our answers this Friday. We'll even name the askers and post your blog/website address if you have one. 

Send us your questions via:
Email: howtwolive@gmail.com
Facebook: facebook.com/howtwolive
Twitter: twitter.com/how_two_live
Insta: @howtwolive (comment on our Q&A pic)

Can't wait to hear what you come up with!

J&Sxx

Weekend in Brussels

We decided to spend the weekend in Brussels for some sightseeing and shopping. After stepping out into 5 degree weather our big plans for the day quickly turned into an afternoon spent in a beer bar with a giant food platter and board games. At least the cold meant it was finally time to pull out the winter knits, and of course the incredible bright pink earmuffs...FYI Appel has matching green ones - can you handle!

Address Moeder Lambic, 68 Rue de Savoie, Bruxelles, Belgium

Staying At a really cool hotel called The Dominican

Wearing...

Knit Minkpink

Skirt Sparkle & Fade

Shoes Sixtyseven 

Scarf Urban Outfitters

Earmuffs Essentiel

Sxx

Coutume Part 1

Headed across the river to check out this cafe we've heard has killer coffee and is meant to be a taste of Melbourne in Paris. We only made it as far as the front door when an Aussie guy came out and informed us that they were closed, as apparently "Monday is Paris' Sunday". Not sure how it's taken us 4 months to figure that out, but stay tuned for Coutume Part 2 as we'll definitely be heading back soon. At least the outfit killed!

Address Rue de Babylone, Paris, France
Wore My new ring - a present from Dean!

Wearing...
Top Lalalove
Skirt Nasty Gal
Socks ASOS
Shoes Jeffrey Campbell
Bag White Rabbit Gallery
Sunglasses Sportsgirl
Rings Topshop, Nasty Gal

Sxx

Twosie Week Day 3

I didn't have school today but couldn't resist accompanying Appel just to stop by Bagels and Brownies for lunch. Just as good as it's tasted in my dreams for the past year! Seeing as my cameraman was with me in the photo today, this is officially the first HTL I've taken on self-timer...rather happy with how it turned out, although we had to endure many a stare and giggle from passers-by to get it to this point. The things we do for a good style snap.

Address 12 Rue Notre-Dame des Champs, Paris, France
Twosies by KIDDA Christopher Shannon, Topshop

Accessories...
Shoes Y-3, Jeffrey Campbell
Sunglasses Yves Saint Laurent, Le Specs 
Bracelet Disney Couture

Sxx

Back in Paris

24 hours, a few unnecessary duty free purchases, and a whole lot of movies later...and here we are back in Paris! The new apartment is out of control, I don't know how I'm ever going to want to go out. But with fashion shows starting tomorrow I think I may happen to find a way...

Address Paris, France

Bought A Canon EOS 600D...HTL photos just got a whole lot better!

Wearing...

Shirt Neuw

Pants Shakuhachi

Jacket Sportsgirl

Shoes Jeffrey Campbell

Turban Sportsgirl

Sunglasses Ray-Ban

Sxx

Partying in Phuket

Had the most hilarious time in Patong Beach last night! Started off quite tame at a beautiful (yet very boring) rooftop bar called Factory. Eventually we stumbled across this street which was lined with stripper bars, ping-pong shows and ladyboys - basically everything we could possibly want from a night out in Phuket! Quality night.

Address Soi Sea Dragon, Patong Beach, Phuket, Thailand

Drank Way too many buckets!

Wearing...
Top H&M
Pants Sportsgirl
Shoes Salt Waters 

Jxx