Morning walk

From May METRO magazine.

Hilary and Laura Donaldson out for a morning walk together in Parnell. "Hey you're both modeling the black glasses and orange lipstick, " I query. " We're sister’s cant you tell! "They exclaim together. I couldn't, but it's a striking twin look. Laura wears Sabre sunnies and Hilary wears Karen Walker glasses. Both have MAC orange lippy. They have both arrived from 'the Mount' for University.

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Downtown

In Top Man and Lacoste. Mikhail Gherman is an advertising Creative Director (a very good one) and husband to designer Karen Walker. 

Sian & Jeremy

It's her blue fur that had me stop them. A great looking couple.

Fern

Fern, Garrett Street Wellington. Cheap Monday Pants, and Rodd and Gunn coat. 

Old Prada dress

The baby blue dress is simply gorgeous. One of my favourite shades ever. Melissa says it's an 'old Prada dress.' The coat is from Alice Euphemia. Flinders Lane, Melbourne.

Swanndri giveaway

What with the Swanndri messenger bag giveaway being announced in a fortnight, I thought it was timely to re-post a favourite look from 2011. Swanndri bag and Zambesi - two iconic New Zealand labels.

Jervois Road

Claris, a producer who lives in France, just come back to New Zealand for a few weeks. Marc Jacobs top, Workshop jeans, and shoes are Marni. 

Newmarket

Sophie, Nuffield Street Newmarket. Stolen Girlfriends Club jumper, Sass and Bide pants, and a gorgeous shirt by Equipment.

Kirsty

Kirsty, Vivian Street - Sass and Bide pants, Glassons jacket and local jewellery.

Albert Park

Nicole walking through back to varsity through Albert Park. Dress from Witchery, and bag from Forever New. Albert Park is such an asset to the city. When you're not up at varsity, you kind of forget about it...but if you work in town, take a packed lunch and head up! 

Lunch in Parnell

From METRO May issue. Spotted looking at the artist’s easel for a bout of Parnell lunching is Charles Ninow. Shoes this shiny can only be part of a Parnell gentleman's daywear surely. Pants are from new(ish) NZ menswear label I Love Ugly, with Top Man shoes. 

Customs street

Ellie is wearing a very fine top by a label called Fifth Avenue Shoe Repair (there's a trendy utilitarian name if ever I heard one...bought for her in Hong Kong I think, by her boyfriend), pants by Kate Sylvester. The necklace is Karen Walker with a Deadly Ponies bag. That blue colour is really really fab..

Teens in town

Caitlin and Sam downtown, meeting friends and eating McD's. The same mauve colour for both is cool. I wonder if it were co-ordinated...

New Zealand back in fashion #3

Really love this coat. Rainster raincoat for Harris Langton Ltd. Back in the day...

Britomart

Nikki wears Juliette Hogan jacket, Sass and Bide jeans, and Kathryn Wilson shoes. Britomart Auckland.

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James

Actually the the best thing I liked about James was a young man just casually strolling the Sunday streets with a newspaper under his arm. You dont see that so often! High Street Auckland. 

Cool day...Wellington

Zoe & Matt in Garrett street Wellington. Zoe has a Kate Sylvester skirt & Kookai top on, and Matt has Tsubu jeans, and how about those gorgeous Mark McNairy shoes from Melbourne. The problem is, the duty to get the shoes into NZ was about 150-00! Is this always the case?

We all need a good bag...Swanndri giveaway

Post a comment below if you’re in need of a good bag. We all need a good bag. And the great heritage of Swanndri has been, as we know, re-worked, so that us urbanites who may have never seen a hay bale, may have never tried to jump over no 8 wire fence, and who have never worn a pair of gumboots for their proper purposes – well, so that we too can enjoy the swanndri loo, as we sit outside The Chapel drinking a chardy.

The famous Swanndri Red/ Black Check has escaped again from its traditional bush shirt style and has made its way on to the streets of NZ in the form of a messenger bag. It’s practical and functional, it’s big enough to hold your laptop, lunch and extras, it’s outer is made from their 100% wool fabric making it very resistant to your coffee spill or the grime of the pub floor, but it’s also so stylish guaranteed to make a statement wherever you carry it.

Streetandcityphotos is proud to give one away. Oh Lord..Be in because I can’t win it! Valued at $276-00. 

Michael & Lucy

I like how Michael and Lucy have ventured out wearing similar shades - Cool and casual ! Lucy wears an Australian label Something Else. Commerce Street. 

Waiting for the bus

Danielle has it all with these great cream coloured frames. Waiting at the bus stop has never looked cooler.

French Visitor

METRO for May is officially on sale now (it’s a gorgeous issue this one I’ve gotta say) , and each month I’ll be taking to a different suburb of Auckland, and shooting a few people I find on the street. This Month...Parnell.

"Oh you do street photos?” asks Aurelien. "I know Scott from The Sartorialist, through Garance who is French. We email monthly.” I ask him what he’s wearing. “ Oh, don't ask me that,” he says. "This is just too casual. If I were in Paris I'd be wearing a bow tie."  I actually didn’t really photograph Aurelien for his clothes, but for his amazing ever-so-European hairstyle. He bought me a cappuccino.

The winner is...

Thanks all so much for your contributions. Again, it's always hard to choose one winner, but there is always next month, and that promises to be a fantastic prize. A huge thanks to San Francisco based Frieda Sophie jewellery for allowing us the opportunity to showcase her highly original ( yet on-trend!) range. 

Alice from www.catwalkofwords.com writes 'The Herkimer quartz necklace is my favourite- The authentic ancestor name complement these individual quartz designs perfectly! x ' 

By the looks of things Alice will put the quartz necklace to good use. Will go well with those pants actually! She is this month's winner. 

Tyla

Really like Tyla's haircut, and I wish he could remember what was wearing because it's a cool ensemble. Lovin the watch too.

Streetandcityphotos on 95bFM

Firstly, you have about 12 hours left to be in for the Frieda Sophie jewellery giveaway. 

Jessica Whiting is behind an online handmade crafts based store called foxes, (highly recommended) and she also reviews blogs on Charlotte Ryan's excellent Morning Glory show on radio bFM. Listen to the review here, and hey..thankU! 

It's kinda weird listening to a review on a station I know so well. Speaking of which, here's an old b&w film shot at the b circa 2005. Taking a moment out from writing ads. One sales rep said I took more time archiving bFM life on vid and camera than actually writing his fucking scripts. C-lassic.