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Ben Buckler (North Bondi) sunrise 6.18am by Eugene Tan

Bondi 'swimmercam' 7.00am by Eugene Tan

When we want to know what the sunrise looks like at Bondi any day of the week, or are on the lookout for some beach-side inspiration our first port of call is photographer and surf obsessive Eugene Tan's website, Aquabumps. For a sample of early morning beach life on one of Australia's busiest stretches of coastline, Ug (as he's known) offers up smart, and often entertaining commentary, and beautiful, beautiful photography. Pictured is a taste of what Bondi looked like this morning. Thanks Eugene for making our day that much better.

Chanel spring/summer 2013

Lutz spring/summer 2013

Marni spring/summer 2013

Stella McCartney spring/summer 2013

We’ve been loving the oceans of green tones hitting the catwalks for spring/summer 2013, especially as it’s one of our key colours in the current Tluxe summer collection, which you can wear now! Above is just a few of our favourite looks from the past few weeks, direct from the world’s catwalks... and below, a few choice new season Tluxe pieces, so you can enjoy the goodness of green right now. But be quick, these little numbers won’t be around forever.

Tluxe Bondi maxi dress spring/summer 2012

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Tluxe Sienna stripe top spring/summer 2012 

Tluxe Sandy Lane harem trousers spring/summer 2012

Balmy spring evenings, strolling home with the doors to people's homes open, the scent of barbeques in the air, and the sound of music escaping onto the tree-lined streets. Ahh, it's been a magic long weekend here in Sydney hasn't it? As we prepare for the week ahead we're watching the sun set, that incredible full moon rise, and listening to the sounds of The Cinematic Orchestra. Have a lovely evening friends, and a fantastic week ahead. Much love, Tluxe. 

Green accessories: Paul Smith spring/summer 2013

Cuffs and anything bright yellow: Lauren Moffatt spring/summer 2013

Retro handbags: Vivienne Westwood Red Label spring/summer 2013

The Gladiator sandal returns: Anna Sui spring/summer 2013

We’ve been watching the spring 2013 catwalk shows avidly this past few weeks and are loving the accessories for next summer. Above is our pick of the hottest looks from New York and London (Milan starts this week), which we thought we’d share with you. These are pieces that also happen to sit perfectly with some of the key looks from our new Tluxe summer collection, By the Ocean. 

Why wait for next season? Show your fashion smarts by sporting your own version of the hottest trends now. It’s just one more reason to love the Australian summer.

A quick look at the names of the individual pieces in our new summer collection and you may or may not have noticed that this season we’ve been inspired by classic beaches from around the world. Malibu, La Croissette, St Malo…

Yes we’re based in a country with some of the best coastline on the planet but it doesn’t stop us fantasizing about the beaches we’d love to go to in our dreams. It’s inspired many a water-cooler conversation this past few weeks, which we thought we’d share with you. So here we have it. Our top three best beaches we’ve ever been to:

Perhentian Islands, South China Sea, Malaysia. ‘The beaches are magical but it’s more about the lack of people… and that you can see some pretty amazing turtles.’ Rebecca Powell, creative director.

Trancoso, Bahia, Brazil. ‘Epic. I wish I was there now.’ Suzie Q, production manager extraordinaire.

Whitehaven, Whitsundays, Australia. ‘I pretty much traveled the entire southern coastline of Europe only to discover that the best beaches were at home. Whitehaven was one of my first trips to a tropical beach.’ Verity Magdalino, digital editor.