Father's Day Lunch & Alena Akhmadullina Trench

Last Sunday was Father's Day here Down Under, and it was Mr Brigs' first as a dad...We celebrated at our favourite restaurant:


I wore my trusty Alena Akhmadullina trench coat I absolutely love..

Mr Brigs' favourite: Mini Wagyu Burger

King prawns, crisp garlic & sage

Hervey Bay Scallop with basil polenta & guanciale

Rabbit ballantine, jamon, pickled sultanas and toasted brioche

Paella!

Passionfruit ice cream white chocolate cone with pistachio

Gingerbread ice cream macaron with a vial of rhubarb, ginger & grapefruit (so refreshing!)

No plans for this weekend...how about you all?

Hope it is fabulous whatever you do!

xx

Alena Akhmadullina Spring/Summer '09

Last year I posted on the 10 reasons why I love this Alena Akhmadullina trench coat. Well, the love is still going strong...

Alena Akhamadullina dusky pink trench coat with polka dot lining (the colour is washed out in this pic due to the

sun/lighting that day, for truer colour & close-ups check out this post)

Ilana Moses purple silk dress (not shown)

Leona Edmiston Pins leggings in onyx

Chanel ballerina pumps (with the metallic laces removed)

Alena Akhmadullina's Spring Summer 2009 Collection

I love Russian designer Alena Akhmadullina's feminine yet strong designs, mixing 'Russian audacity with Parisian sense of style'. She presented her latest Spring/Summer collection in Paris late last year, and there were plenty of floaty floral designs, juxtaposed with amazing crochet harnesses, that I'm sure Susie of Style Bubble or Queen Michelle at Kingdom of Style could pull off effortlessly (I wouldn't mind giving it a try either), flowy silk pants, and gorgeous drapeing...Beautiful yet easy-to-use pieces that I wouldn't mind having in my wardrobe:

www.alenaakhmadullina.com

10 reasons why I love this Alena Akhmadullina Trench

Worn with Marc Jacobs ruffled bow flats, Chloe Silverado bag & leggings

Let me count the ways:

1. I purchased this Alena Akhmadullina moments after purchasing my Akira Isowaga wedding dress at Melbourne's GPO (2 years ago - which is when this photo was taken)
2. I purchased it on sale (heavily reduced from $1600, yikes! Couldn't believe my luck...)
3. I love the gorgeous oversized wooden buttons
4. The over-puffy sleeves (which at first made me apprehensive about purchasing the coat)
5. The polka-dot lining that peaks at the back (and I'm not usually a polka-dot kinda gal)
6. The lining is removable! And can be worn as a long vest (not that I've ever done it, but the option's there)
7. The leather buckles on the belt and sleeves.
8. The dusky rose colour - transports me to a wooden porch on a rocking chair overlooking a field of wild flowers
9. This picture was taken minutes before I entered the Victorian Museum, and spotted the wedding dress I had just purchased, as part of the exhibition (as mentioned and pictured in this earlier post - Akira: My wedding dress) .
10. Ok, another reason not coat-related, but the Marc Jacobs green bow flats I'm wearing (R.I.P)...how I miss them! I wore them (literally) to death (wore a hole through the sole, teaches me to re-sole my favourite shoes earlier). They have since been replaced with MJ's more recent gold version, but sadly, they're not the same (nor as comfy)

(ooh, very bad lighting, the lining is actually white!)

I don't like how the sleeves look so baggy, so I always push mine up. Thank goodness it didn't come with that 'wolf' head (or what is that animal?) as shown on the runway.

Alena Akhmadullina is a Russian fashion designer from St Petersburg, and showed her first seasonal pret-a-porter collection during the Paris Fashion Week in Autumn 2005. She has since shown her collections in Paris every season, combining Russian audacity with a Paris sense of style. This trench is from one of her first collections shown in Paris, and I was incredibly lucky to get my hands on it, as the store I bought it from was shutting down that same day.