♡ SECLUDED SUNLIT PICNICS

HERES TO THE CRAZY ONES

HERE’S TO THE CRAZY ONES. THE MISFITS. THE REBELS. THE TROUBLEMAKERS. THE ROUND PEGS IN THE SQUARE HOLES. THE ONES WHO SEE THINGS DIFFERENTLY. THEY’RE NOT FOND OF RULES. AND THEY HAVE NO RESPECT FOR THE STATUS QUO. YOU CAN QUOTE THEM, DISAGREE WITH THEM, GLORIFY OR VILIFY THEM. ABOUT THE ONLY THING YOU CAN’T DO IS IGNORE THEM. BECAUSE THEY CHANGE THINGS. THEY PUSH THE HUMAN RACE FORWARD. AND WHILE SOME MAY SEE THEM AS THE CRAZY ONES, WE SEE GENIUS. BECAUSE THE PEOPLE WHO ARE CRAZY ENOUGH TO THINK THEY CAN CHANGE THE WORLD, ARE THE ONES WHO DO.

– STEVE JOBS

1955 - 2011

ONE FINE NOVEMBER DAY IN 1980

I ABSOLUTELY LOVE THESE PHOTOGRAPHS OF MY MUM & DAD FROM THEIR GARDEN WEDDING IN SHOAL BAY, NOVEMBER 1ST, 1980. MY MUM LOOKS SO BEAUTIFUL & MY DAD SO HANDSOME. I LOVE THAT THESE ORIGINAL FILM PHOTOS (TAKEN BY GUESTS BECAUSE THE 14 ROLLS OF FILM THE OFFICIAL PHOTOGRAPHER TOOK WHERE NOT LOADED INTO HIS CAMERA PROPERLY, SO THE ONLY PICS THEY GOT WERE FROM GUESTS!) LOOK LIKE THE INSTAGRAM EFFECT THAT WE - THE PICTURE TAKERS IN THE DIGITAL AGE, SO FREQUENTLY APPLY TO OUR PHOTOGRAPHS. IN HONOUR OF MY MUM & DADS 31ST WEDDING ANNIVERSARY, I HAVE DECIDED TO MAKE NOVEMBER 1ST, 2011 THE OFFICIAL LAUNCH DATE OF OUR MUCH AWAITED SAMANTHA WILLS BRIDAL COLLECTION. TO MY BEAUTIFUL MUM & HANDSOME DADDY - I LOVE YOU ALWAYS. - SWxx

LA BELLE PIECE DE POUDRE

INSPIRED BY NEW YORK CITY, THROUGH WINDOWS.

THE AVENUE PROJECT; NYC

IT LABOUR DAY LONG WEEKEND HERE IN THE USA. WHICH MEANS, IT IS UN-OFFICALLY THE 'LAST' WEEKEND OF SUMMER, SO AS MOST FLOCK OUT TO THE HAMPTONS, I PREFER TO STAY IN THE CITY & ENJOY NEW YORK WITHOUT THE MASSES (OK, THAT IS NOT EVER THE CASE, BUT IN NYC MASSES SENSE, THIS WEEKEND IS PRETTY QUIET). I WAS DOING AN AT HOME DIY PROJECT & NEEDED TO POP OUT TO STAPLE (OFFICE WORKS EQUIVALENT FOR AUS READERS) & DECIDED TO WALK FROM MY PLACE IN MEATPACKING, ALONG 13TH ST, STOPPING AT EVERY AVENUE I CROSSED & CAPTURING A PIC UPTOWN. WHEREVER I AM OFF TO, I ALWAYS HAVE MY IPOD IN. IT GIVES NEW YORK A DIFFERENT SOUNDTRACK EVERYDAY & THRU THE POWER OF MUSIC, DEPENDING ON WHAT I AM LISTENING TO, I HONESTLY SEE THE CITY DIFFERENTLY EACH TIME. TODAY I WAS LISTENING TO GOTYES NEW ALBUM. BELOW ARE MY PHOTOGRAPHS - I LOVE LOOKING UPTOWN & DO S EVERY TIME I CROSS AN AVENUE. THE AVE'S LITERALLY DISAPPEAR INTO NOTHING-NESS, SUCH IS THE GRID & THE STRAIGHT LINE OF NYC AVENUES. NEXT TIME I WILL WALK UPTOWN TO SHOOT DOWN DOWN ANGLES. WITH LOVE FROM NYC - SW

INSPIRED BY

THE SUNSET NOIR OF NEW YORK AT DUSK.

FASHION EXHIBITION; SELFRIDGES LONDON

CREATIVE GENIUS

THIS IS THE RESULT OF AMAZING PEOPLE. OUR NEW LOOK BOOK 'PORTRAITS OF DUSK' SHOT IN NEW YORK CITY. IT IS AN HONOUR TO WORK WITH AN AMAZING TEAM, SPECIFICALLY FABIO ONGARATO OF [FABIO ONGARATO DESIGN]. A TRUE CREATIVE GENIUS - SW

[INSPIRATION] 'UNWRITTEN' LYRICS - NATASHA BEDINGFIELD

I am unwritten,
Can't read my mind.
I'm undefined.

I'm just beginning,
The pen's in my hand.
Ending unplanned.

Staring at the blank page before you,

Open up the dirty window,

Let the sun illuminate the words

That you could not find



Reaching for something in the distance


So close you can almost taste it


Release your inhibitions


Feel the rain on your skin



No one else can feel it for you


Only you can let it in


No one else, no one else


Can speak the words on your lips



Drench yourself in words unspoken


Live your life with arms wide open


Today is where your book begins


The rest is still unwritten

.

I break tradition


Sometimes my tries


Are outside the lines



We've been conditioned


To not make mistakes


But I can't live that way, no



Staring at the blank page before you


Open up the dirty window


Let the sun illuminate the words


That you could not find



Reaching for something in the distance


So close you can almost taste it


Release your inhibitions


Feel the rain on your skin



No one else can feel it for you




Drench yourself in words unspoken


Live your life with arms wide open


To the years where your book begins


The rest is still unwritten



The rest is still unwritten


[INSPIRATION] MOSAIC

To me mosaics are more then just decorative art displayed through a plethora of tesserae stuck to a wall. Each time I travel I am incoherently drawn to the cultural and spiritual significance behind each design and often stand in wonder at the capabilities of how a simple tile display can enrich its surroundings in living ceramic colour. Nothing has quite taken my breath away like the mosaics in the Basilica of Santa Maria Maggiore in Rome but my favourite is the subway station of the Museum of Natural History in New York which covers the stairs and platforms. I love how the creatures of the design are evoked in vignettes that punctuate the stretches of the white tiled wall that millions of people rush through each day, probably only just entering their subconscious - SW

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