about the mannikin:
My name is Kailee Heerema - I am a fashion blogger and freelance stylist based in Perth, Australia. the mannikin is a blog dedicated to all things that inspire me in fashion, my personal style, street style and the latest trends. Feel free to leave your comments below or contact me by e-mail at kailee@themannikin.com for more info! Enjoy!
xKx
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It was another hot Sunday (beautiful temperatures around 30 degrees), so a light sundress was definitely my first choice yesterday. This dress was a thrift pick-up from last year (originally from Just Jeans), and I love how it falls nicely over my baby bump 
I accented with gold accessories, 3 of which are my favourites at the moment actually… (more…)
Here is another Sunday look, featuring my beautiful Zara heels which were a 21st birthday gift from my dear little sister Taylor (from this past April). When she gave them to me I was so excited, I’d been looking for heels with a metallic heel for ages already and was still searching for the perfect ones when these came along! They are a gorgeous grass green colour and the concealed platform makes them nice and high, but so comfortable! Of course, I love the gold as it’s pretty much all I wear. Thanks again little sis, your taste is impeccable 
As you probably gathered from the post title, this outfit is basically a concoction of some of my favourite trends these days (minus pastels). Usually when I get dressed in the morning, I start with (more…)
I’ve recently entered a fashion blogger contest hosted by the ladies at Indulge Clothing. The idea is that each entrant is sent a mysterious item in the mail and we need to style an outfit around it, getting our readers to vote for us so that we can continue into the next week!
The competition runs for 4 weeks, each week the bottom three are out of the competition, and at the end of that time frame whoever is at the top becomes the official blogger for Indulge Clothing. And as if that’s not cool enough, they win (more…)
Once I started editing this post I realised this outfit is almost all about thrifted or DIY’ed items. Well, if you know me well enough, you will know that I love (more…)
On day two of Savoir Faire Perth Fashion Week 2012 (view my outfit post here), I attended the New Gen show (well the last half of it anyways, thanks to an oversized truck tripling my travel time on the way up) and Ready to Wear.
These first three photos are the designs of Jonté, part of the New Gen show. As you can see, there were embellishments in all the right places.
