the eBay edit... CELEBRIFIED.

So how would we like to play a game?  A game you say? OH yes I do say - a game.  This game is called SPOTTED: Celebrity style the eBay way; or, to be more specific it could also be very aptly called 'here are some key outfit pieces as seen on celebrities that I have stumbled upon in one of my hourly eBay perusal missions that you can buy from eBay and save yourself heaps of dosh whilst looking just as super stylish as said celebrity in which the item was first spotted on'.

My kind of game.

Please note there is absolutely no theme, trend, reasoning or even thought behind the items that are featured below.  If you can find a connection then that is fabulous for you, but really there is no need to as they are simply a collection of items that celebrities are wearing and I like said items and I can sit here on my couch in regional Victoria and snap up all these items and hen they would be mine and we would have the same items and that would make me just like them.

Exactly.

Ready? Here we go:

SO first up - Mischa Barton.  Hmm.  Not that I am totally loving this outfit - but we know she hasn't really done all that much of note since she finished up *almost ten years ago!!!* on the OC - except for yoyo dieting and hit and miss fashion.  But still - I think this fabulous faux fur coat from Topshop Premium has tons of potential; what if we swapped the 'leggings as pants' (Mischa? Do we even need to go there?), unflattering black shoes complete with contrasting socks and a rather dull grey marle tank for ripped boyfriend jeans, a mint silk cami and beige suede ankle boots - and woot.  Looking good.

Snap that bad boy up here:

Topshop Premium Faux Fur coat.  Starting price $100 - or buy me now $150 - eBay.

Grab me here.

NEXT:

Okay so this is Megan Fox.  Not another one of my go-to celebs when I need a style pick me up; but this skirt is super cute.  You can't go past metallics for a night out; but instead of that blah printed tee I would have teamed with a loose fitting oversized black silk camp, and thrown a leather biker jacket over the top.  Hot.

Interested?

Isabel Marant silver Gia skirt. Starting price $150 - or buy it now $225 - eBay.

Snap up this beauty here.

Next on the SPOTTED radar is:

Fashion blogger Francesca Gutteres from fashion blog Opinion Slave (visit her site here).  So I guess I have cheated and have stalked down fashion blogger outfits as well and cheekily classed it under the 'celebrity' fashion banner.  Are fashion bloggers celebrities?  What defines a celebrity? To me - a celebrity is classed as 'anyone who has been anywhere where I could have seen them along with other people also seeing them at the same time that is not including seeing them walking down the street'.  So this rather broad (and ridiculously non-sensical) definition of celebrity rally encompasses anyone who has ever been on tv, on a website, in a magazine or even in those nightclub pictures they feature in the middle of Beat magazine.  If I have seen you somewhere - there you go, you are famous.  

Regardless of whether she is a celeb or not - she looks fabulous and it is making me want that top. Like - desperately.  She totally deserves not one, but two whole images.  HOT.

SO....

Ellery Chantays Armout top.  BNWT - current bid is $155.  Don't let this one get away girls - find me here.

Just think if you bought the above top you could team it with these babies:

So these guys are from legendary denim label J Brand.  I do partake in a little J Brand indulging, owning four pairs of their fabulous skinnies and wear them to death (well this is a lie as I only wear them on weekends and with weekends only making up 104 days a year and me owning around 45 pairs of jeans that is almost a different pari of jeans for each weekend so they are certainly not going to be worn out anytime soon); but I do not own a pair with such an extreme wide leg or high waist.  I thought I had been there and done that around five years ago with the whole Lee supatube high rise thing but maybe it is back.  And with the widest possible leg.  The look super comfy, and are perfect for teaming with an oh so cas white tee and leopard flats BUT I just don't know if I can pull it off.

BUT I know you can - so snap these babies up here:

J Brand 'Kass' wide leg high waisted jeans.  Buy them now for $50 (NO I am not kidding - they are only $50.  You can have them RIGHT NOW.  So - no wonder I am tempted.....) - eBay here.

And then.....

And then lastly we have Vanessa Hudgens in a black leather Acne biker jacket.  Okay - I am officially changing the name of this game to 'SPOTTED: Celebrities whom I would never look to for fashion advise but suddenly own something I want even though I mostly don't like how they are wearing said item'.  In this case - I think the hat is cute and I like the grey tee but I am hating the what looks to be some sort of a quartz rock crystal acting as an oversized belt buckle.  I just don't get it.  Minus the belt, and some wet look jeans, heels and then this look would become winner winner chicken dinner.  A statement necklace wouldn't go astray in this instance either.

Want the jacket? It can be yours to own...

Acne cropped leather biker jacket.  Starting bid - $300 eBay.  Check it out here.

So there.  That was a wonderful segment that I may (may not) choose to repeat in the near future.

Just further highlighting the amount of fashion bargains that are to be had in the eBaysphere. Like this beauty - that I snapped up for myself not ten minutes ago:

OH yes - say hello to my new Marc by Marc Jacobs Icon Stripe watch.  Isn't she pretty? And only $145 brand new; throw in a little bit of FREE POSTAGE and I am a happy camper.  FAB.

Hmm deliveries so far this week have been:

CONTAINED: 1x Sass and Bide cotton/denim spliced shirt ($50 eBay NEW) and 1x Witchery striped silk blouse ($46.50 eBay NEW).  Neither have made onto outfit rotation as yet, thanks to one small problem known as IRONING.  But when they do - OH findettes you will be the first to know.

Thats about it. Hope you all had a lovely time with today's game.

Coming soon to a checkout near you...

FFIFYxxxx

peachy keen lickitty jean - be mine.

So a girlfriend told me the other day that she snapped up some peach jeans from the David Jones website on sale for $65.   One of the downsides of being a compulsive shopping sale addict is that everyone loves to tell me about their bargain finds.  Not that I mind of course, in fact OH yes I totally encourage it; but it means that I am then compelled to check out said bargain.. which usually ends in the good old 'add to cart'.  WAH.  Not in this case - as unfortunately these peach babies are sold out in my size (although ladies still available in 11, 12 and 13 if you are interested..... here).  

But, this has now meant that I am absolutely obsessed with peach jeans.  And not just any peach jeans - as there are J Brands, Current Elliotts and even some Sass and Bide varieties in which to tempt me - but these very extra special Lee Jetts Peach capri for their fabulous nude pale peach colour, their super cute cropped length and super skinny fit.  Here is some peach jean inspiration I have complied just to make myself feel even worse about the fact that my size is unavailable:

WAH.  Yes I have stalked eBay to no avail - I can only locate these babies for $169 from Gluestore website (full price I think not).  Think a trip to the city to physically hunt them down in the racks of DJ Bourke St is most certainly called for.

Now - I would wear them with the following fabulous eBay finds:

Sambag 'Helena' beige silk shirt - starting bid $45 eBay here.  Beige and nude is the perfect neutral combination for a gloomy winter's day - add a coral lip and pastel flats

Ellery lavender Pod coat - current bid $71 eBay here.  Lavender and peach together - all I can see are macaroons..

Sretsis 'Ashwin' blazer in shell blue - starting bid $99 eBay here.  Pop a mint silk camp underneath and a neon yellow statement necklace and OH love.

Sass and bide 'Bring it home' neon yellow heels - starting bid $99 eBay here.  These babies are still retailing on the S+B site, and would clearly top off any of the about outfits.  Bang.

As you could very well guess I am totally and whole heartedly jumping on the pastel on pastel bandwagon.  Bye bye POP colour blocking and hello fruit tingle tones.  There is something so sweet and nostalgic about head to toe pastel - and totally YUM.

Right.  So that clearly helped my 'I don't need to buy some peach jeans' mantra that I have been chanting to myself for the entire duration of this post.  Who am I kidding? Glue Store - where is your add to cart?

Let's not forget today's outfit:

outfit includes: Zara cream boyfriend blazer - eBay | Asos swan print nude oversized shirt - eBay | Levi black wet-look skinnies - Myer | Trenery tan two tone leather wedges - eBay

After looking at my reflection in the bathroom numerous times (I was aiming for three litres of water today if that explains anything) I have decided the jacket didn't go with the either the shirt or the shoes.  I don't like this jacket at all.  Bye bye blazer.

That's about it folks.  OH - did anyone catch Being Lara Bingle?  Distressed boyfriend jeans be aware - I am COMING TO GET YOU!

FFIFY xxxx

15000 views! MILESTONE.

hey HEY - just noticed the blog has hit (and PASSED!!!) 15,000 page views.  AMAZING.  Still blows my mind (and the bf let me tell you) that anyone is even remotely interested in my fashion finding spending ramblings - but I know you must be out there as it cannot just be my darling MA clicking on the page a few hundred times a day (please tell me this isn't so Mother!??).  I just wanted to say a MASSIVE THANK YOU to all my findettes - this is just fabulous.

AND if there is any feedback, thoughts, suggestions, comments etc that you feel would enhance, improve anything to make the blog better and more interesting and more relevant and more whatever - please let me know.  I would love all feedback (positive and negative :) so comment below or email me directly at fashionfinditforyou@gmail.com.

Thanks guys - I am blown away xxxxxxxx

Think I need to be something amazing to commemorate such a special occasion...... hehe

a looong weekend, brunching, karaoke, faux fur and a little bit of gold panning for good measure.

Well there goes another weekend; and a long one at that.  It seems the longer the weekends are – the quicker they seem to go; as I swear it really should be Saturday arvo right now.  Or at least I wish it was; as then I would still be at Sovereign Hill right now probably partaking in a gold mine tour instead of sitting here putting off determining the shopping list for the week ahead.  I hate the supermarket.  Strange, as I love all forms of shopping but the supermarket absolutely does not do it for me.  I hate the list where I always forget to write down one important ingredient and then forget to look at said list whilst in the store, the car park with the psycho drivers and pot holes in which psycho drivers speed through said potholes and spray me with dirty water, the trolley which will always have a bung wheel that wants to steer me directly into other people’s ankles or the delicately balanced tinned tomato display at the end of the aisle., the fact that they NEVER have any broccolini or red delicious apples left in the fruit and veg department, the never ending queue for the deli where they make you take a ticket and then start serving people regardless of ticket number or not, and even to the fake conversation you have with the hungover 14 year old at the counter who is looking (judging/smirking)through every single item in your trolley.  WAH.  Obviously I put this off for as long as physically possible; only the prospect of missing The Block spurs me into action and into the car.

So back to the weekend – it was super fab.  Friday night we checked out a new pub; and found a little piece of Northcote in our fair town.  Fab.  Saturday we met up with some Perth pals in Daylesford.  As usual,  the weather knew we were having visitors and turned on the charm just to showcase how wonderful life is up here – 7 degrees and misty rain it was.  Lovely.  We brunched at Cliffy’s (my new brekky fave – no skinny, no chai, no soy, no worries) – I did book; thinking that with a long weekend the town would be chockers.  SO lucky I did, we were the only table.  Oh.

we totally had pick of the tables

super eclectic and cute

view of daylesford from wombat hill botanic gardens

close up of the convent - amazing building

saturdays outfit: striped knit - Jeanswest | dark washed skinnies - Nudie | oversized faux fur vest - Alice + Olivia | black leather ankle boots - Seed Heritage.  dressed for WARMTH (whilst still looking cool :)

It is such a cute cafe - I can totally recommend.  Complete with grocer, so you can totally stock up on local jams and cheeses whilst you eat.  Perfect.

Next we perused up and down the main street of Daylesford – popping into this store and that.  Collective group purchases included a mustard pom pom scarf (friend) and a sachet of homemade spiced Chai tea (mine). Exciting times huh.

Next on the tour was Sovereign Hill.  Yes.  I know you have all been there for a school excursion long long ago; walking in it was like I had never left.  From the super long bowling alley that sounds like a plane landing with the wooden balls, to the ye olde hard boiled lolly shop (peanut toffee flavor - hello), to the Clydesdale–drawn wagon tours and even the bonnet-donned ladies working in the candle making factory everything is exactly the same.  There is a new mine ride – it involves mine carts and underground and fun and was one of the main reasons we wanted to go as we saw it on the block and were super excited but was completely booked out.  Bummer.  Instead we went goldpanning in the creek – not quite as exciting but I did manage to uncover a speck in my pan.  Would have cashed in for around five cents I am assuming; not exactly worth the freezing hands and damp feet that went hand in hand with said panning.

Action shots:

made it - oh yeah

lets get gold panning!

uh yes there was a pig there.  two of them actually.  not really sure why - but they were super cute

main street. check that gorgeous weather out.

this was the sold out tour.  next time

streetscape. its all very authentic

the camp. good to see the gold miners recycled.

A quick trip to the adjoining gold museum ensued; not so much for our interest in the museum content itself but more because entry was part of the overall ticket price and we wanted maximum bang for our $45 pop.  It was actually rather interesting; people are still finding nuggets out there today.  Was visualising investing in a metal detector and getting my gold prospecting on – bf was not quite as keen.

Next up was dinner at a local bar/lounge; the best mixed tapas share plate in town.  The boys located a pub playing the footy (and irish pub nonetheless).. one coverband song lead to another and the next thing I know we were at a dive singing karaoke – Empire State of Mind anyone? Right – time to get to bed.

The next day was rather quiet mostly due to aforementioned karaoke slash irish pub.  Involved copious amounts of heater laying, eBay shopping and Masterchef encore reruns.  Just what I needed.  Dinner was out at a new find; Kambei banquet with sashimi, tempura, miso soup, grilled kingfish and rice, washed down with Yuzu squash.  NOM.

And then we come to today.  BF is in the midst of buying a new car so a trip to Elwood was on the cards.  The sun was shining – so out came the sandals.  A little overexcited I must admit – I was freezing for most of the day.  This was today’s outfit:

jacket - Zara | raffia trimmed embroidered neck tee - Sass and Bide | ripped and patched jeans - Lee | washed blue leather sandals - Sportsgirl

BF loved the car so the deal was done.  Squeezed in a quick city trip – tucked into some yum cha, shopped for new Nudies for the bf (this really should win me an award in patience and virtue.  He is possibly the absolute worst clothes tryer onerer – especially when it comes to jeans.  Those are too tight, these have weird zips, these are a funny colour etc etc.  WAHHHHHH.  As payback for enduring this torture I headed over to Zara; another uneventful occasion.  Thanks to having just over $60 in the bank my options were limited; I found this woven casual crewneck with yoke detail – at $59.95 it can in right on budget.  And was the only one around.  Fab.  I was chuffed and lined up to pay – when I noticed red lipstick smudged all over the collar.  Bah – back to the shelf for you.  I left; empty handed.

So that was it.  The weekend.  I have endured the supermarket, cooked up a strifry, baked some muffins and am now keeping the couch, heater and the Voice company.

Not many purchases occurred over the weekend.  Only snapped up:

Seed Heritage fur covered leopard print ballet flats - $30.99 eBay.

Witchery latte striped silk blouse - $46 eBay. 

Whilst putting that pic of the shirt on – I stole it from the Witchery website.   Just noticed that it is now on sale for $39.95 – a whole $6 LESS than the price I paid.  Bummer.  Hate it when that happens.

Sold most of my eBay items - YAHHH.  There are still a couple to go.. if you are interested check them out HERE.  There are Acne pants people - ACNE PANTS!  Have almost raised enough to snap up this Catherine Leon jacket as seen in fashion blog 'What would Karl do' here:

She looks amazing.  Hunted it down - and here it is below.  $450 - can't go wrong.

LOVE it.

That’s about it findettes.  Weekend done.

FFIFY xxx

Now I know my blog is about fashion finding.. and sometimes (like right now) I do deviate from this to reminisce about my weekend, my own purchases, basically any aspect of my freezing cold life but this blog IS (meant to be) ALL ABOUT fashion finds.. so if there is anything you want hunted down shoot me a pic and ill do all the hard work for you.. all wrapped up in a gorgeous personalized style finding package.  Hit me up – I am ready and waiting!!! And hopefully it will prevent me conducting my own fashion finds and ending up with an entire room full of clothes.  OH not that I am complaining...

I am too cold and deliveries and outfits and OH thats about it.

Okay so I have decided I am going away.  FAR FAR AWAY - anywhere to escape this god AWFUL Ballarat weather.  Seriously.  Each morning I head out to my car only to be confronted with a frost-covered Citroen; one day I am certain I will find the doors frozen shut.  I eat breakfast at the kitchen table alternating between eating and blowing condensation.   I wear my dressing gown until the minute I have to leave the house, and take exactly 2.5 seconds to get dressed in order to prevent frostbite.  OH the joy.

Instead - I wish for here:

Or here:

Or even here:

Move over pooch - give me some of that sun.  Basically my wish is for anywhere where the mercury ISN'T dipping below zero.  WAH.

SOOO exciting news.  Today, deliveries arrived.  WOOT:

Three in one hit - must be my lucky day.  Contained:

1x Asos swan print short (eeep it is super cute and cannot wait to wear this guy!); 1x Topshop black and white chunky knit cropped jumper (super warm, snuggly and just PERFECT for this freezing weather) and to top it all off 1x AMAZING Tato + Memi boucle sleeve silk blazer.  LOVE.

And - this delivery came in a special beige packing, akin to an online order.  Interesting I thought - I have not placed an online order of late (although I do have three 'bags' ready to go at this point in time - hello The Iconic, Surf Stitch and Asos). Hmmm.  On closer inspection - there was a 'Grazia' logo on said bag.  Postage paid Grazia Product Department? UH wtf? Has someone accidentally sent me a PR sample?  There was a sender's name on the bag.  Opening the bag... it was the Tato and Memi blazer.  SO - someone at Grazia once owned this fabulous jacket - which has made me love it so much more.  In a surprising bout of quick thinking - I remembered an old copy of Grazia I had left in the lunch room.  Raced out and opened to the staff listing, and there was my seller.  Rather close to the top of the listing might I add.  WOOT.  Maybe I could get her to read my blog...? EXPOSURE!

Cant WAIT to wear it now - it is almost like someone famous has touched it.  Almost.

Close enough for me!

OH.  Started my new job yesterday, so I redid my desk.  New job, new stationary.  Here:

Going for a bronze, cream and black theme.. OOH lala. I do love stationary.

So totally missed yesterdays outfit post.  Not super interesting but really cannot buck tradition - as basically if you have been on board you have viewed my every outfit for the last seven months.  So you would know that I often repeat myself, have a growing penchant for black wet look jeans, wear way too much beige and did I mention the black wet look jeans?  Oh right - of course I did.  I think I dream about them.

yesterday:

star print jacket - Zara (eBay) / leopard print tee - Sass and Bide (eBay) / felt fedora (Mimco) / black wet look skinnies - Neon Blonde (eBay) / tan wedge heels - Tony Bianco (eBay)

today:

black grosgrain blazer - Sussan (Sussan on sale) / bat print tee - Zoe Karssner (eBay) / felt fedora (Mimco) / taupe canvas skinnies - Bettina Liano (eBay) / tan spliced wedge heels - Country Road (eBay)

I should so be sponsored by eBay; I am a walking advertisement.  Totes.

Sometimes OH findettes I do wish I had more interesting outfits to show you.  I know my week day smart business casual attire often lacks inspiration is is totally not utilising my love of clothes, my passion for styling or even the full extent of my wardrobe - but my hands are tied.  This is as good as I can get it - without looking like a complete freak in the office.  I do have a whole lot more to give - just don't expect it anytime soon.

Better get back to work... lunch time has gone on for way too long.

FFIFY xxxxx

PS - my toe hurts.