That’s right, I now have mens wear available in my vintage shop! I’ve always enjoyed dressing men and I’m very excited that in the last few years men have been putting more thought and effort into the way they present themselves. I’m starting off with some casual fall pieces but, if sales go well, I hope to add some sharp suits and coats.

I was lucky enough to get Alex to model for me, he can make an 88 cent t-shirt look like a million bucks. Check out his incredible music on myspace.

As promised I’ve added even more vintage to my shop! Lots of dresses and some bags! Hopefully i’ll get into the swing of weekly shop updates once summer laziness has worn off! Enjoy!

1. Water Colour Floral Dress
2. 1960s Sun Flower Day Dress
3. Grunge Era Red Floral Mini Dress
4. Quilted Purse with Studs and Tassels
5. Vintage Blue Vinyl Messenger Bag
6. Vegan Brown Vinyl Purse
7. 1960s Yellow Striped Romper
8. Floral Blouse and High Waisted Blue Short
9. 1960s Autumn Floral Day Dress

Woah. I haven’t updated my vintage shop in almost 3 months. Where did that time go? So now I’m doing a massive update of all my summer stuff that I should have added months ago. tisk tisk Lara.

I also just realized I never posted a photo of my new hair colour. To be honest I’m not thrilled with the way it turned out. It’s a little temperamental. In certain lights it’s exactly the colour I wanted it to be, but generally it’s a more natural looking, dull orange.

1. Hippo Romper
2. Collared Floral Dress
3. Green Embroidered Maxi Dress
4. Denim Romper
5. Peach Dress
6. Halter Top and Sarong Set

More to come very soon!

From July 1st to July 4th I’m offering free shipping within Canada on all items in my hand made and vintage etsy shops!!! Convo me before or after purchasing and I’ll adjust shipping!

Ahhhh! I haven’t written a blog post in over a month!!! What have I been doing?

Oh yeah, I was in London for two weeks. That was fun. But for some reason I have no photographic evidence that I was there. I started to make a college of the places and people I visited but it was turning out pretty lame. So, instead, here’s a random technicolour photo of London in the 60s!

So what did I do while I was in London you ask? Well, mostly hang out with my extended family; my wonderful nan and oma and opa. I spent some time with friends, went out to a few clubs, saw the Lion King musical and shopped at Top Shop and Primark. Oh yeah, and there was that interview thing at a theatre design college, the whole reason I went to London in the first place. I haven’t heard back from them yet, I’m getting pretty anxious.

Since getting back I’ve been ultra busy. I remounted a play, we launched Lickety Split (get your copy here!), I sold my hand made clothing at a craft fair, remounted the play again and now I’m gearing up to sell at a week long vintage clothing fair! Even with all this going on I still made sure to find time to photograph my new designs and finally put the up in my etsy shop! I’m going to do a full blown post all about it later this week but for now here’s a sneak peak!

Modelling: Tessa Smith
Photography: *safe solvent™
Clothing: Lalouka Design
Hair and Makeup: Me