Introducing you to things i love.

Wednesday, 19 March 2014

Mayde



//For the love of high quality towels//

Where have you been all my life?! I've never been an extravagant towel owner, to be honest i didn't even know there were fancy towels out there, i was used to the normal run of the mill beach towels, a surf branded towel (or bath towel if you had made all your other towels soaking wet in your many adventures to the beach or to go surfing in one day - which was a frequent occurrence in my household). I'm sure you know the towels I'm talking about.. the "i only covers half your body and when you lie down and use me as a barrier from the sand I'm going to let your shins get sandy and when you roll over you'll have sandy calves too". Yeah, not cool. Maybe being a slightly tallish human i experienced the sandy shins thing a little more than others.. but for everyone else out there that hates the fact that you kinda feel like a prawn cutlet cause your towels not doing its job i have a great piece of advice, get a good towel.. its worth it, i promise.

Don't get any fancy towel.. get a Mayde towel (personally for the sandy leg problem the rainbow towel is the best). Actually its just the best towel out, it ticks all the boxes  needed for a great beach towel, and can be used for about anything, picnic rug, car blanket, shawl... look I'm sure you get my drift. Now all you have to do is go and buy one and see for yourself!


About a week after organising to shoot with Mayde products, i got a worried call from my mother asking what in the world id done because there was a huge parcel for me and she had no idea what is was.. she wanted to know how much id spent and whether id used her card.. (i thought mum was being quite unreasonable, seeing though i hardly ever use her credit card.. maybe once or twice, maybe a few more... but I'm sure it was with permission..) I rush home to the most incredible present, 5 Mayde towels all wrapped in adorable packaging with a lovely note. My day really couldn't get any better. I'm finally a fancy towel/(s) owner!

Mayde towels are an Australian owned brand and the towels are made in Istanbul with the best local cotton, with most being hand loomed, creating that unique one of a kind feel to your already perfect towel. From experience i can say the towels are beautifully made, versatile, quick drying, light weight, and are very compact. Best of both worlds or what?

So hey, if you're needed a little loving back from your beach towels and some extra spice about your towel life, get on board the Mayde train, get yourself a towel, treat yourself right!



I feel that this might sound a little bossy, but honestly I'm just trying to help out, so you can stop making the same mistake it did. you're worth it!


Visit Mayde on:

Instagram: @Mayde_Australia or http://instagram.com/mayde_australia
Webpage: http://www.mayde.com.au
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/maydeAUS

Peace and love. x

~ written and modelled by

Kiah Carter






Shown Below:

Rainbow Turkish Towel
Tangalooma Turkish Towel (lime and orange)










Tuesday, 18 March 2014

Ellington



//For the love of local talent//


I first came across the label Ellington as it hung proud in the form of the flamingo patterned shirt off a coat hanger in my mates cupboard as many other shirts lay scattered on the floor around it. It was my first encounter but it definitely wasn't my last.

Ellington seemed to be just about everywhere in Bondi, double up in a shirt and shorts combo, casually styled with a pair of jeans or dressed up to wear to the most prestigious events, everyone was oozing with flamingo radness. I started making friends with randoms just due to them wearing Ellington.. being a small town girl raised along way from Sydney i felt a sense of connection with the brand and the people wearing it. Becky (the mastermind behind Ellington) has managed to not only create a great brand with awesome pieces but a following of legends.



Some of my fondest memories were created wearing Ellington, including the time Grant Treblico (local Bondi Legend) and i dressed up both matching in our Flamingo attire for the Bondi Board riders comp and won the "most stylish" award.. Ive never really known clothes to have such an positive impact on a time in your life, being the "blow in" i finally felt like i belonged. And from then on every time i wore a piece of Ellington i felt as if I was wearing a bad vibe shield, the clothes are an amour to all the negative energy floating around.

I don't think I'm the only person that feels this way, i say this because i know people who have Ellington as their "go to" clothing piece/(s), people who you have to almost peel the shirt of their back just so it can be washed once every month or every three months...

Ellington is for everything and everyone, and I'm hard to please when it comes to clothes.
The garments are fresh and unique, they can be dressed up/down and worn anywhere around town, and more times than not if you wear it out someone will ask you where you got our outfit from or say "Hey that's Ellington".. more than likely it will be me saying that because i like acknowledging the fact that people are wearing the dream and passion of a young beautiful woman with some incredible talent.

I haven't as yet had the pleasure to met Becky, but as we organised to shoot in some of her pieces i was so happy to have been able to cross paths with her, she exudes good vibes and her pieces express that.

Ellington captures a lust for adventure, that glisten in your eyes for all things fun and exciting, maybe a little innocent trouble. A touch of frolicking or some sassy flaunting, how ever you like to show off or keep casual Ellington has you in its best interests.


If you're ever in need of some funk to add to your closet or a chat with a rad human at the Sydney markets, head down and see Becky the chick from Ellington... or check her out on:

Instagram @ellington_world or http://instagram.com/ellington_world/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Ellingtonworld
Webpage: http://www.ellington.com.au
Tumblr: http://ellingtonclothing.tumblr.com

~ Written and Modelled by

Kiah Carter

Photos By Michelle Carter and Craig Andrews.






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