Jackie & Her Children









I was recently asked 91 questions in an interview for an exciting thing I will be involved in later this year. One of the questions I was asked was;

Who, in your opinion is/was the best dressed woman?

I answered Jacqueline Kennedy. I googled images of her recently and became instantly obsessed with the images of her and her beautiful children. It must be my current nesting instincts which drew me to these photos. I thought I'd share a few here today. Aren't they beautiful...

Happy Holiday!!

I hope everyone is enjoying Memorial Day. Have a great day and fabulous week.

Flaming on Photoshop...

Flaming... on... photoshop....? Hm, that doesn't exactly come across right for some reason cool, but I figured if there was any one individual to flame for, it might as well be for this veritable 'Mr. Universe' basking in his hotness...
King Universe
As you can tell, apparently I've had too much time on my hands mrgreen... I've finally decided to get myself a copy of the latest Photoshop CS5 (or perhaps more accurately,upgrade to it)... and figured I might as well give it a test run by putting my 'far-less-than-perfect-yet-moderately-skilled' photoshopping skills on display. The end result thus far apparently is this...
He's on Fire
Something tells me I might've over done it confused... But yeah, my goal is basically to work on manipulating lighting, numerous blending techniques, and ultimately perhaps 'slightly' accentuating the gorgeousness of an already-superhot models mrgreen. It's really a lot more fun than I might've anticipated, plus I suppose a little practice might go a long way towards complementing a future endeavor I've been thinking of 'embarking' upon...

What do you guys think, is this a good start? Or should I just quit while I'm... well, not really ahead or behind?
cool...

Questions and Dilemmas

To purchase the box set DVDs, or not to purchase the box set DVDs; that is the question...
Or at least one of dozens upon dozens (upon dozens) of questions I've been left with following last weekends... let's say interesting finale twist? I'm assuming most of you should have seen it by now, but for the sake of those who haven't had a chance to watch it and/or the series in general, I hold off on spoiling anything cool. Suffice to say, I had a love/hate opinion on the finale (and perhaps the final season as whole itself looking back now)... But I think this video probably articulates my lingering sentiments better than I ever could...
Question, question, and more questions that ultimately will never get answered nor resolved in any way, shape or form whatsoever now. Which of course gets me back wondering whether it's even worth it purchasing the entire box set... (*sigh*)... Dilemmas, dilemmas...

Robert James Hoffman III Spoofs Abercrombie

New fragrance fans rejoice! Apparently at long last Abercrombie and Fitch have joined forces with prolific dancer/choreographer/actor/urban ninja? Robert James Hoffman III to unveil their latest line of men's cologne...

I assume the goal here was going for ultra-masculine with a slight tinge of chic? Seeing as it comes 100% fully endorsed by Robert himself and bares his personal seal of approval, I'd imagine this line should be flying off the shelves in a couple months or so cool when it fully debuts...
On a more serious note though... This is perhaps the second video I've come across where we catch a glimpse of Robert in his shower... And I'd just like to say that's enough to get my seal approval mrgreen... (Being both funny and hot accounts for something I guess cool)...

Nick Ayler heats up Spring

Focused, out-going, determined, friendly, and ambitious are but only a few characteristics some would use to describe this gorgeous up-and-coming (and at the moment, highly sought after) model cool...
Nick+Ayler+(13)
Ok, who am I kidding cool... those were actually a couple adjectives 23 year-old model/DJ/recording artist Nick Ayler used to describe himself mrgreen... and more or less his drive to be the best at whatever he does, whenever he takes it upon himself to do 'it'...
With of course the proverbial 'it' in this case amounting to simply lighting up a camera every - chance - he - gets cool.
Considering Nick happened to have recently made his way before pro-amongst-pros, Florida-based photographer Michael Anthony Downs' lens, I'm sure as some of you can tell from these shots the ultimate results are nothing short of soaring high into the stratosphere of Just Beautiful photography.

And did I mention along with another follow-up shoot to complement this one, Nick here is already slated as one amongst twelve for the soon to be released 2011 MASCULINE calendar by Michael Downs? Sounds... well, let's just say a couple summer months flash across my mind when I get a mental image of this guy cool.

Pure, pure stunning... And definitely a face to keep an eye out for in the upcoming months/year(s) to come cool.

Masculine Beauty: Part Deux

I posted this model about a couple days ago (perhaps it was a week or two?... Lol, time flies confused). Anyhow yeah, so I posted this model a little while back now... and was planning on moving on...
Andrew (1)
And yet lo and behold in my time away from the blog, a kind reader by the name of Eileen took it upon herself to do a little sleuthing of her own regarding the identity of this mystery man. Subsequently she wound up discovering his name's Andrew... (granted he has a last name of course, but apparently he uses/used solely his first name to do a little modeling cool).
Andrew (3)
Seeing how Eileen was kind enough to track down this information, I figured I might as well return the favor and featuring a couple more shots I've been sitting regarding this stunning mystery man.... (As the story goes, apparently these were the only shots he's ever taken professionally... and he's since vanished from the scene). How unfortunate really, but at least he's left behind a rather stunning trail...

Thanks Eileen for the I.D. on this one smile...

Out & About: SGAR Opening

Renai Grace & Paul Spiro stand in front of one of the paintings we purchased last night by artist Simone Louise Gillespie




This is the other Simone Louise Gillespie painting we purchased


It was so nice to get out of the tracksuit pants I've been sporting all week and into some proper clothes with make-up on last night to head out to the opening of Spiro Grace Art Rooms in Spring Hill.

Brad, Harry & I decided we needed some adult time out so we decided to leave Max with his gorgeous Nanny Rhonda for a few hours whilst we attended the gallery opening. I had my first glass of French champagne in 9 months upon arriving at the gallery. It went straight to my head of course. We ended up purchasing 2 paintings by emerging artist Simone Louise Gillespie. I was so thrilled we decided on them straight away as every painting I looked at as the night progressed had a sold sticker.

Gallery owners Paul Spiro {yes he is related to me - he is my uncle} and Renai Grace will be showcasing emerging {and therefore quite reasonably priced} artists in their space on a quarterly basis. I for one can't wait for their next exhibition.

For all enquiries or to be added to SGAR's mailing list email Renai renai@sgar.com.au

An Update

Max


The shop renovation in progress


A snippet of one of the rooms in our new Design Studio



Last week we welcomed our second son, Max into the world. He is perfect in every way. Thank you for all your lovely emails and comments.

Our shop renovation is proceeding very well...still lots of work to be done. Our Design Studio is now in full swing upstairs. The girls and I are enjoying having a very special space just for our clients. Some photos are above for your viewing pleasure. I'll be back soon with some more news and posts. Just enjoying my newborn for the moment. Hope you are all well.


xo
Anna

Sandria Washington

Sandria Washington is one of the models featured on the front page of my Naturally Beautiful Hair Website. Sandria took some amazing photos for Entwine Couture ad campaign. Beautifully done Sandria! You continue to be one of my natural hair inspirations!


Check out another model featured for the same campaign ad. I love this look too!