Superbowl Sunday in the City

The past week was rather trying so a relatively quiet weekend was welcome with open arms. 

We caught up with old friends, spent a lot of time in the sunshine and attempted to hit up City Bakery's hot chocolate month specials. We ended up sticking with the original once we discovered this weekend's flavours were Banana Peel and a Super Bowl special - I can not stand bananas in anything but bananas; whilst the latter was a beer-chocolate mix. Just because it contains Sixpoints doesn't make it any less unappealing. 

Zara coat; Ferragamo bag; H&M denim; Anthropologie top

Prada Baroque sunglasses, J Crew necklace and Nars Funny Face lipstick 

DIY glitter boots

The Anthropologie Flourishing Hem Tee is my new favourite. It may be unassuming from the front but the back is an absolute party! Anthropologie sure does hit it out of the ball park sometimes. 

Hope y'all have a great rest of the weekend. I don't care much for the Superbowl but I hope the Giants win nonetheless!  

Maurizio Cattelan at the Guggenheim

This weekend was filled with museum visits, commencing on Friday evening with a visit to the museum of the FIT for the Daphne Guinness showcase. This was a remarkable display of a small collection of her garments, so beautifully curated, I have no doubt it would have given Alexander McQueen's Savage Beauty a run for its money. 

Then on Saturday arvo, we saw ourselves at the Guggenheim for a viewing of the Maurizio Cattelan's exhibition. A truly bizarre collection of artwork, I thought it was absolute rubbish at first. Walking down the spiraling walkway seeing the dangling objects at various angles though, some allure seemed to shine through. 

Cattelan seems to be the jack of all material (master of none?), working with taxidermy, plaster, print, wood... Whatever your views are on the artwork, I, for one, am in complete agreement with Vanessa - the vast Guggenheim space was most apt for this unusual display.  

The Guggenheim was also a fitting opportunity to bust out the DIY glitter boots from the day before:

Zara striped top, AG Stevie ankle jeans in Kelly Green,  Cartonier (Anthropologie) draped leather jacket

I am in love with how these boots turned out. It is a great pity that such shoes are highly inappropriate for my workplace.

Glitter boots DIY

I first considered the idea of DIY glitter boots upon seeing it here and here. I am pretty awful at crafting but this has been one of the easiest projects I have tackled. In all honesty, it took me greater effort locating supplies than it did painting on the glitter. 

What I used:

• Cheap pair of booties (mine are a faux leather pair from Old Navy for $18)
• Martha Stewart glittering glue
• Loose chunky glitter (I found the larger pieces sparkle more and is much easier to sweep off the floor after)
• Cheap paint brush (a flat style will make it easier to reach corners precisely)
• Sandpaper 
• Hairspray to set the glitter
• Newspaper to cover the work surface

Steps:

1. Sandpaper the surface of the area to be glittered so that the glue and glitter will adhere better

2. Use the flat brush to evenly and precisely coat the boots in glue - taking care to wipe any glue off areas where you don't want glitter to land. 

 3. Sprinkle the glitter all over the glue-coated area

 

Go crazy with the glitter to compensate for a bit of fall out during wear. 

4. Wait a few minutes and spray hairspray over the glittered area to set. 


5. Leave it to dry overnight and in the morning, scrape off any glitter that's not where it should be. 


Voila!