Bright primaries in Country Road store
Arrived in Sydney today and the weather is gorgeous. Checked into the Harbour Rocks Hotel on Harrington Street. This place is a find for this neighborhood: it is small, quiet and out of the way…it has all the necessities and is about 10 steps from the Quay with all its shopping, restaurants and sights. From my window I can see the Opera House and part of the Sydney Harbour bridge, leading over the water to the north part of the city.
Resisting the urge to lay down and take a nap after 24 hours of travel, I picked up the camera and went for a hike around Sydney Harbour. The stores in the historic Rocks area are quaint–art galleries, bookstores, cafes, clothing boutiques and gift shops. I stop in an antique jewelry store and marvel over the 19th and 20th C. pieces from England and France. There are several rings in the main case that keep catching my eye. They are styled with finely wrought filigree. A tiny gems circles what appears to be a small clear “window” on the crown of the setting. The shopkeeper tells me these are Victorian “mourning rings.” Widows would wear them, often with a piece of a beloved’s hair ensconced forever in the little window. Suddenly they lost their appeal. I moved on to the bookstore!
White on white at Witchery
The afternoon went something like this: Lunch in one of the little sidewalk cafe’s below the Opera House. A stroll through the botanical gardens. A march down George Street with all its great retail. A stop at Dinosaur Design and Funkis in the fashionable boutiques in The Strand shopping center.
Stores are gearing up for spring this time of year in Australia. The grays and jeweltones of their winter season are being ushered out by the vibrant spring hues in lemon, sapphire and sharp red. Layered whites and off-whites with these classic primaries looked right for the season.
 Jigsaw shows light layered neutrals for spring in Australia |
 High impact colour for youth market. Green statements at Sports Girl |
 Dove gray and orange at Hugo Boss |
 Skelanimals continue the counter culture theme |
