Announcement: Ink & Leathers has moved

After six years of self hosted blogging through Blogger, I have finally purchased a domain name for my blog, and as a result I've moved to Wordpress and to a brand new URL.

You can now reach me at: www.inkandleathers.com

I am still in the process of getting the new site set up, but I will be blogging there from this point forward, and I would love for you to join me there. 

I will keep this Blogger account open for the time being, but I am hoping that those of you who still read this blog, or happen to stumble upon it, will join me in the next exciting incarnation of Ink & Leathers. I am so thankful to each and every person who stops by, and I am determined to continue to bring you new content from my new location.

Thank you for reading, and I hope to see you at www.inkandleathers.com

Daily Outfit: Style Scouting for Hustle & Scout

Today I met up with Jiawa from Closet Voyage, and she kindly too my photo for the Hustle & Scout Twilight Fashion Markets Facebook page, to announce that I will be there on Saturday doing Style Scouting!

I'm really thrilled to be able to take part in the event, and to see who will be there and wearing what. The past two Hustle and Scout events that I have been to have been absolutely phenomenal, and I am really looking forward to this new Spring session in a beautiful new home at Hangar 47 in Fairbairn.

I'm really excited to check out the new location this Saturday, especially with the promise of 2,000 free car parks, ATMs,  and a magnificent view of the runway and lots of aircraft activity. 

Blogging: The first day of the rest of your Blog's life...

Recently, I applied for part-time hours at work, so that I could take one day a fortnight off from my 9-5 Public Service job, to focus on my Blog and to work towards making a career for myself as a professional Blogger.

Today was my first Friday off work.

My plan is to trial this for 3-6 months and to see where I am then, and potentially drop to eight days a fortnight then. Ultimately, I am hoping to leave the Public Service within two years, and to be professionally Blogging and making a decent income. That's my current plan and dream, in any event; and today I've taken my first steps towards realising it.

Daily Outfit: Helsinki

By the time you're all reading this, I am on a plane on my way to Singapore, before reaching my final destination- Helsinki, Finland.

I'm headed to Finland with my younger sister Hollie, and we're meeting up with my best friend Mags. I'll be away for three weeks, in which time we're travelling all over Finland, and venturing to Estonia and Sweden as well.

If you're wondering "Why Finland?", the main reason is that my dad was born and raised in Finland, and as such I am incredibly curious about my heritage.

Announcement: Ink & Leathers Turns Six!

Six years ago today, I decided to start a Fashion Blog.

Six years of this on-again-off-again relationship with my Blog, of taking likely thousands of photos of myself and my clothes, of changing platforms and addresses and templates and learning how to use twitter and instagram and never quite getting the hang of html or my camera or even really how to dress myself...

It has been something of a roller coaster ride, to say the very least.

Fashfest 2014: It's finally time

 

 

It’s finally time Canberra!

70 models

70 makeup artists, led by M:Artistry

30 hair artists from various salons, led by Form Hair

More than 40 individual designers (some participating in collaborations)

850 guests a night

More than 15 Fashfest photographers on deck for all four nights, each with their own assignments

Up to 60 media (including local bloggers: Closet Voyage, Heat Storm, Happy Schnapper, Men Style Manifest, Her Canberra and more) a night covering the event

An army of volunteers—front of house, back stage etc.

40 event partners, making this the biggest joint business venture in the Canberra fashion world

 

In case it isn’t immediadtely apparent – I am pretty excited for Fashfest!

 

I’m attending all four nights, and I’ll be blogging about them mere hours after the shows have finished.

I’ll also be posting my Fashfest outfits daily at 7:00 PM, the time that the doors open.

Finally, I’ll be doing in-depth reviews of each of the Menswear designers’ collections in the week after Fashfest.

 

A red-carpet fashion event like you’ve never experienced before, Welcome to FASHFEST 2014, promising to be the largest fashion event on the capital’s social calendar.

Hopefully I’ll see you there!

Daily Outfit and a return to blogging:

Long time no post eh? Almost 500 days to be exact, since I last updated this Blog. A lot has happened in this time, much has changed, and even more has remained the same. On Wednesday February fifth this year it will be exactly 500 days since my hiatus started, and I've got a post planned that will give you a bit of an idea of what I've been up to. 

Until then, let's just focus on the clothes shall we?

Announcement: AFK - Melbourne Madness

Greetings and salutations delightful readers,

I am leaving for Melbourne relatively shortly for the weekend. I am hoping to update while I am there, but I'm not making any promises.

And I'm getting a new Tattoo.

Xx

Announcement: Worry it Out

Today's post is going out to Claire from Harbour Master, who said I was hilarious and intelligent, and literally made my day.

So, if you've been reading my Blog for a little while, you'll no doubt be aware that A)

Blogging: Ink & Leathers - A return to form

Dear Ink & Leathers,

They say absence makes the heart grow fonder.

How is your heart feeling after this six month absence?

Have you missed me like I've missed you?

Have you yearned for me in the same way that I have yearned for you?

I think we should get back together.

Give it another run for its money?

All my love,

Grant Heino