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oh na no no no yeah

2011-07-21T15:58:00.003-07:00

campaign cat

2011-06-30T16:17:00.000-07:00

OMG! I am soooooooo happy right now! Check out Karl and Carine's hot homage to me!!! I was actually supposed to be in this new season campaign, but was stuck due to the volcanic ash cloud - so he had to use Freja instead. She does a good job though, no? Love you Karl! xoxo

Geeeeeeevanchy cat

2011-06-28T02:57:00.000-07:00

And here's another random blog post from yours truly!

Guess what hoes? I have my face immortalised on some Givenchycat couture! look at my sexual fierce head on this couture jumper! Grazie Riccardo! meow.

A day in the life of me!!!!!!

2011-06-25T20:47:00.000-07:00

Some creep whispering sweet nothings in my ear.

Hey bitches!!!!! It's been a while since your last Zumi fix, so I thought I’d give you the scoop on what I gets up to on a regular day.

I’ll start from today - Sunday. You may think that today sounds a little boring because I am practically working in my new Givenchy panther jumper all day (the benefits of working from home) and haven’t had an overly excitable day. But for me it is still FUN!!!!!!!!!!!! I love working on Fashion Loaf in any shape or form and no matter what I seem to be doing, if it is related in any way to the fashion industry I seem to get my kickz out of it.

So…this morning I woke up and minced around the lounge, kitchen and backyard. After reading the gossip pages over breakfast - this is my favourite part about Sunday mornings - I do my teeth (I know you want this much detail) and head upstairs to work from my bedroom on my trusty wee laptop. From time to time I check my email - totally vital to do this on a regular basis otherwise I get lost in the maze of too many emails to remember. I mean, hellooo! It's so hard to remember. I respond to the important ones and then delete the ones from boring people that I can't be bothered replying to.

As you can see, I am like, totally busy with such an interesting life, but when I find some time in my busy schedule you will find me writing articles and doing design layouts. I haven't written any articles this week as off yet, but I have done a lot of design layouts. I ~~rip off~~ find inspiration from old magazines that I have saved up in my closet from back in the day. I worked for ages this morning - from 10 to 12 straight - on designing and layouts, then had a cup of trim milk. And now that it is 3.30pm I am blogging! Exciting!!!! Afternoon tea time sooooooon!!!!

Then tonight at 7pm I am going to do a poo. Yipeeee! Have a choice day!!!

who run diz motha

2011-05-26T02:54:00.000-07:00

Summer love

2010-12-07T18:29:00.000-08:00

My love life's been a bit tumultuous this year. It's hard when a sensual cat like me is raking up the flybys points traveling all over the world for various shoots and events. But for summer, I've met a tomcat called Pepe. Pepe works as a Dj and has his own line of T-shirts and models part-time. We've been going out for a week and already I'm getting bored. Tomcats just can't hold me down. Anways, here's a song ~~I stole from Rihanna~~ I wrote for Pepe.

Hey Pepe I really wanna see if you can go downtown with a cat like me

Hey Pepe, I really wanna be with you

cause your just my type

ooh na na na na

I need a tomcat to take it over

looking for a pussycat to put you over, uh

oooooh, oooooh.

creep cat

2010-12-07T14:29:00.000-08:00

My gurrl Lina being stalked by some creep last night, here's what she pxted today.

United Bamboo

2010-12-07T14:17:00.000-08:00

Just got some images back from the United Bamboo campaign I shot after my Bali sojourn. I felt like the oldest cat in the room with all these young new cat models. Now I know how Naomi feels. I totes looked down on everyone.

Here I am looking a bit bloated (this was straight after my trip to Bali where all I did was eat, sleep and drink and eat) but I managed to work this sexual gown to the hilt. The photographer asked me to do anything that came natural to me, so I did most of the shoot lying down. Here are some pics of the other models:

My gurrl Dina from Melbourne werrking this sequin number over time.

Some mole from Slovakia looking tragic.

Katisa Strauss giving a fierce look, very editorial.

Luca, looking DAYUM FYNE. DAYYYYUMMM!!!!!!!!

Some nasty hoe from EliteCats, forgot her name.

AjakCat with her new frosted paw tips, cutie!

blowdry

2010-12-07T13:06:00.000-08:00

"I'm a chameleon, I got many styles of rhymes

Like a bottle of fine wine I just get better with time

From "Hardcore" to "Notorious" you studied my flow

And still.."

Hey sluts. Just got back from an early morning blow dry at Lucy and La Chowder rooms. Taking some time out for Summer, finally putting paw to paper and writing the beginnning's of my memoirs. Stay tuned... meow. x

Fashion food for thought

2010-12-06T00:43:00.000-08:00

Guys, I've had many sleepless nights recently thinking about fashion and how it relates to my life on an intellectual, spiritual and emotional level. What's it all about? Fashion. That is what we are all chasing isn't it?

But then again maybe not all of us are. For those of us who have "lived life well", there comes a point in our lives where we are not just chasing trends.

We have a fairly full wardrobe, and we know what we like and what suits us. And as trends change each year, we find that for some seasons, there is simply nothing we like - or nothing that suits us. I mean, hello! Not everyone looks fabulous in a maxi dress or a mini skirt. Or cut off denim shorts (you know - the really short ones that only really look good on a really really 16 year old).

Maybe there comes a point where it is not about looking fashionable - but actually just looking really good and dressing really well.

It's food for thought.

The ocean is a creative place

2010-12-05T20:46:00.000-08:00

Some cool models modelling Stolen Kittens Club jewellery at the event.

I thought you might be interested to read my thoughts on the Stolen Kittens Club jewellery event last week. I rolled down on my hip bike from the First Thursdays event not really knowing what to expect. With a seemingly endless supply of beers and Kim Crawford wine being consumed out of jam jars, the venue filled quickly with models, surly fashionistas and the cool guys from Stolen Kittens Club. The party was stoked by strains of the new Kat-nye West album, and The Naked and Famous Cats' 'Old Blood', New Zealand’s latest anthem to youth, and a tune fitting for the angle presented in SKC's new jewellery line.

I met one of the guys from Stolen Kittens Club, and he was, like, SOOOOOOOOOOOO cool! I am also led to believe SKC are surfers originally from Raglan and the Coromandel. Having been a local resident of both places throughout the years, my respect for these boys jumped markedly upon knowing this fact. The ocean is a creative place, its influence quietly reflected in the rise of SKC as a serious fashion contender. Fashion is art, but it is mostly a business. A lived knowledge of both is required to take fashion to the top of its own game. FASHION. ART. LOVE.

News about a plastic bag

2010-11-26T22:33:00.000-08:00

I'm a sucker for a perfectly-wrapped purchase folded up in tissue paper and delivered in a well-designed parcel, but how about a plastic bag that you can use time and time again - it's the gift that keeps giving! White Square boutique is getting in on the reusable packaging game with their new plastic bags, encouraging customers to use them in every situation - clothes, shopping, groceries, picking up dog poo. I reckon they'll make good beach bags too. OMG sometimes there's so much beauty in the world I feel like I can't take it, like my heart's going to cave in. Get in there quick, no doubt they'll be flying out the door!

N'sync day

2010-11-17T01:05:00.000-08:00

I just wanted to post this because Justin is cupping JC's head and having a glorious time.

A letter to Zumi

2010-11-15T22:02:00.000-08:00

Dear Zumi

I just wanted to complain about your blog. You are such a vacuous little cat and i hope you go to hell.

From Annoymous

Dear Annoynmous (what kinda dumb name is that anyways?)

I just wanted to reply and say that I do not like to vacuum cats, so you can go lick my tits.

Love Zumi.

xxx

Only cat in the world

2010-11-15T18:53:00.000-08:00

Oh you make me feel, like i'm the only cat in the world, like i'm the only one that you'll ever love, like i'm the only fuckin' cat in the worrrldd, onnnnly cat in the worrrrld.

xxx

2010-11-15T15:28:00.000-08:00

Zumi's amaze and no amaze

2010-11-14T00:52:00.000-08:00

Hey y'all. I've been neglecting my blog lately only because every other bitch cat out there's started a blog and I'm working on other projects to fulfill my creativity. Anyways, here's a classic haughty bitch pose from yours truly, complete with a black silk Lanvincat collar bought from LuisaViaRomaCat.

...And here's a list of highs and lows from my life of late

AMAZE
1. My black silk Lanvincat collar from LuisaViaRomaCat arrived. I ordered it online, but I wasn't sure when it was going to arrive, I thought it was going to take ages to arrive, because I read online somewhere that it takes ages to arrive, but it didnt!!!!! it finally arrived.
2. I went to the launch of a envelope launch of new envelopes with my friends Trina and Tina where we popped and jived to some old skool hip hop! OMG! HOLLA!

NO AMAZE
1. The front door at my artfully distressed Grey Lynn Selby worthy loft used to rattle, so we got a strip of rubber stuck in the doorway to keep that baby airtight. Now the weather’s warmer, there’s been some expansion in the rubber and the door is near impossible to close and lock. I’m serious. So difficult. Totes murder on my Lucy and la Chowder room manicured O.P.I claws. I now have to enter and exit the house via the laundry room back door on the other side of the house. Bane of my life.
2. Trina got the same Bretton stripe T-shirt as me. Bretton Stripes were my thang, and bitch totally tried to steal my style crown. Poo poo.

an actual story on the front page.

2010-10-30T20:43:00.000-07:00

Hey guys.Whilst lining my kitty litter tray with today's Weekend Herald, I came across this story on the front page. I decided to make some alterations (see red) to this story.

Love Zumi.

Battle of the blondes - jury decides

By Michael Dickison

5:30 AM Saturday Oct 30, 2010

EXPAND

Bridget Masters leaves the Wellington District Court with a friend after being acquitted by a jury yesterday. Photo / Mark Mitchell

A trial about two dumb blondes fighting over who looked ~~better~~ sluttier in a silver dress has been resolved - just in time for the 21st birthday party extravaganzzzzzzzaaaaaaaaaaa! of one of the women.

Bridget Masters a dumb bitch, 20, was yesterday acquitted by a Wellington District Court jury of wounding with intent to injure after smashing a champagne glass on the head of her douche bag ex-boyfriend's new 22-year-old woman.

At the centre of the altercation in the toilets of the Wellington bar Temperance was a slutty silver dress - bought in the United States and brought back for Ms Masters.

But she rejected the dress when she broke up with her boyfriend of 18 months, and it was still in his wardrobe four weeks later.

The man's new girlfriend, Victoria Clapham, saw the dress as they prepared to go out on a Friday night, and he gave it to her with joy.

The man, Matthew Vibert, took Ms Clapham to the bar, where he knew Ms Masters would be.

She was photographing VIPs for a website to take her closer to her dream of becoming New Zealand's next top dumb a television presenter.

At 2.30am, the two ~~women~~ bitches clashed. Ms Masters yelled, "Why are you wearing my cheap and nasty dress?"

Ms Clapham allegedly responded, "Because Matt gave it to me and it looks so much ~~better~~ sexual and glorious on me than it does on you bitch."

Ms Masters' mother, Tracey, said after the verdict that it was unfair her daughter had been dragged through the courts for almost a year.

Ms Masters had not been allowed to drink pina coladas during that time.

"It's been really hard on her, when actually it wasn't even the drinking."

Ms Masters said outside the court yesterday that she would celebrate her acquittal with her family. She turns 21 next week.

"I kind of feel like I'm in ~~heaven~~ ecstasy right now," she said. "I was the victim of this whole ~~incident~~ debacle."

The jury saw diagrams of the alleged crime scene, with arrows marking distances between sinks and toilet stalls and possible trajectories of cocktails. and cum stains.

The case depended less on the women's nasty blonde hair weave , drenched with alcohol and blood and shit stains, than on the angles and speeds at which the two bent their elbows and flicked their wrists to splash cocktails and turds at each other.

Did Ms Clapham extend her right arm in a twisting motion at shoulder height as she flung her drink, or was it a light flick from near her chest? The jury members were asked to consider several other questions. poor them

Could Ms Masters really have forgotten that she was holding her champagne glass, which smashed into her adversary's head, when seconds earlier she had flung its contents at the silver dress? good question

The difficulties were compounded by evidence from five highly inconsistent witness accounts.

Ms Masters and a friend, who had been next to her in the bathroom, gave consistent accounts, but the prosecution suggested they could have arranged to tell the same story at a cake stall.

The friend said they had not had time to collude because they were too quickly whisked out by bouncers to police, and "I was crying, she was crying. Actually, we were all crying like baby unicorns.

Among the contested facts were whether Ms Clapham had screamed at Ms Masters: "I'm going to f***ing smash your head in, f***ing bitch."

The court also heard that the bleeding blonde was aided by a brunette not a redhead, who tried to wipe away the blood with toilet paper.

Ms Clapham allegedly stopped her, saying, "Just leave it. I want the police to see how it is, fool.

The agreed facts were that Ms Masters first yelled at Ms Clapham, then splashed the dress with "bubbly".splash!

Ms Clapham responded with a splash splash splashity splash splash of her own - "the return act", as Judge Andrew Becroft called it. Then Ms Masters allegedly smashed her glass into Ms Clapham's head.

Crown prosecutor Jojo Murdoch argued against self-defence.

"The accused was not hit by a glass or a punch, she was hit by liquid, LIQUID I TELL YOU! " she told the jury. Defence lawyer Mike Antunovic asked the jury, "What can you really be sure about?"

Ms Masters was watery-eyed as she entered the courtroom, sitting in the witness box with tissues. and a pina colada with a little umbrella.

She broke down at Mr Antunovic's defence.

"Your judgment will affect this young woman long after we've packed up our bags and gone home for the weekend to the Bahamas," he told the jury.

After her acquittal, Ms Masters was overwhelmed with emotion and mistakenly walked back into custody like a dumb bitch.

She had about 10 family and friends supporting her and eating cakes.

The complainant, Ms Clapham, had already left for the Bahamas.

The end.

Bitchface

2010-10-26T19:50:00.000-07:00

This is my gurrl Adina. She's here visiting for a few days from Poland en route to a shoot with Zen magazine in Sydney. I managed to capture her raw beauty with my Lomo camera, however she was totally not impressed my unmanicured paws. Here she is giving me her best bitchface ever. BIIIITTTCHHY POO POO.

Another cat has the same jacket as me

2010-10-23T23:11:00.000-07:00

Over the years there have been plenty of ZambesiCat pieces I've really wanted and never bought, usually because of the price being high and my income being, like, low. The handknitted cardigan from Winter 2010 was probably the ZambesiCat thing I've wanted the most. So I got it. Holla! I've been wearing it sooooo much lately. Five of the last six days, to be exact, with a really old Katren Walker Menswear hoodie that my flatmate gave to me and Simon Says Jeans that Fabric gave to me. I only smell a little bit, so it's ok. The more-famous-than-me blogger Suzie Stubble (not to be mistaken for Susie Cubble) has been wearing it too, only she styles it a little differently, with a beaut little ribbon. It's the fanciest thing I've ever owned, and it's a constant source of self-validation. I get compliments whenever I leave the house in it. CPW (cost-per-wear) is an important tool for calculating a garment's worth, but CPW (compliments-per-wear) trumps it every time. I LOVE SU......ZIE!

Spring Alphabet

2010-10-23T04:25:00.000-07:00

So here's my Spring 2011 collection wrap up for ya'll. I picked my favourites. I think this is how I will choose my jobs once I get back into the cat show circuits next season (gotta tone up first), by choosing one show from each letter of the alphabet. Oh and not settling for anything less than 100K per show. That's all.

A: Altuzarra

B: Balenciaga

C: Celine

D: Dries Van Noten

E: Erdem

F: Fendi

G: Givenchy

H: Hussein Chalayan

I: Isabel Marant

J: Jil Sander

K: Karen Walker

L: Loewe

M: Maison Martin Margiela

N: Nina Ricci

O: Ohne Titel

P: Proenza Schouler

R: Rodarte

S: Sonia Rykiel

T: Tori Burch

U: Undercover

V: Versace

W: Willow

Y: Yves Saint Laurent

Z: Zac Posen

HAY HAY Zumi!

2010-10-20T15:51:00.000-07:00

Hay Hay ya'll! It's Prudi herre, just hacking into my gurrl Zumi's blog account! bitch owes me $5 for a mocca latte from DizzyGoff, so ya better pay up gurrl or else i'ma comin' to cut you up hoe.

Get a check up

2010-10-20T02:59:00.000-07:00

Visiting the vet tomorrow...gawd I hate going to the vet, so many other sick looking cats, although it's the perfect opportunity to swipe some Cat NW's and Cat Grazia's into my Deadly Ponies bag.

Smug Bitches

2010-10-20T02:52:00.000-07:00

I know I can be quite a sassy smug cat sometimes. Today I was super smug because I managed to nab the last double pairs of Beau Coops from The Department Store, even though my gurrl Trina had them on hold. Now all of my four paws will look sexual for summer.

Me and my new puuur-chase! watch me mince along to my creative meetings at Dizengoff in these! SMUG!

Me after I bought my Beau Coops. SMUG!

Donatella looking like "I got this and you aint got shit fool." SMUG!

My gurrl Trinna looking like she knows shit about shit. SMUG!

My gurrl Tina looking like she know better than you. SMUG!

Rihanna looking like she better than the whole of Barbados. SMUG!

Hay Hay! Vogue Nippons y'all!

2010-10-19T13:38:00.000-07:00

Hey guys, just got back from Japan! Mama Mia! it's me and mentor #3 extraordinaire Anna Dello Russo for Vogue Cat Nippons... Holla at yo gurrrl! I have been super selective of my jobs lately, but when Anna called me and said, "Zumi, come to Tokyo to shoot Vogue Cat Nippons!" I was like "I bees there bitch!". We had amazing fun, rolling around in the couture and eating fresh sashimi. Sexual!

Spring Smiles

2010-10-19T13:30:00.000-07:00

Hey hoes. Here's some pic-chas of some hot bitches smiling and looking tres sexual.

food for thought

2010-10-15T21:59:00.000-07:00

{insert rant about cat models and nudity and omg grossness here}

It's food for thought.

I LIKE FOOD (for thought)!

Me Love You Long Time: Louis Vuitton Spring 2011

2010-10-15T00:00:00.000-07:00

So I had a skype meeting with Marc poo poo Jacobs who told me about the inpisration behind the OTT Louis Vuitton Spring 2011 collection. "Zumi babsey, it's all about excess and more excess and China dolls".

China Chow

Madame Li Mei

Zebra Coug Kirsten

Here are some other inspirations for the collection:

Christina Milian in Dip it Low

Bai Ling

Those cougars from The Joy Luck Club

meow. x

me in the sun looking like a hot bitch

2010-10-14T23:24:00.000-07:00

Hay sluts. Gosh, what sunny day today, I can just feel those bitch fleas popping all over my body, time for a body scrub at my fave Spa in Rotarua, The Polynesian Cat Spa... I'll be taking a road trip with my gurrls Trina and Tina in Trina's VW Golf. I'm easing back into the swing of things modeling wise (just finished shooting Vogue Cat Australia with Catrine McNeil) for the Cat Couture special this week; as well as putting the final touches to my new magazine- details to be released very very soon! swoony poos!

Jamaican jerk chicken

2010-10-13T03:12:00.000-07:00

Hi bitches, sorry for the slack posting. I'm pretty much posting whenever I feel like it, plus one of my paws is feeling a bit limp, so i've booked a paw massage tomorrow at Lucy and the Chowder Room, can't wait. Anyways, here's a Lutricia Mcneal/Sean Paul/ Blu Cantrall visual sandwich to whet your Zumi appetite. mmmmm sexual. meow...

Chubbs Carey

2010-10-05T21:58:00.000-07:00

My gurrl Pussy Boscono is showing true versatility. From Cat Couture shows and blue chip campaigns, here she is sexing it up with Mariah 'Chubbs' Carey for the singer's new album. This is a good example of a well paid money job.
What's hilarious is that those prudes in Saudi Arabia thought the original image (above) was showing too much flab, I mean skin, so they made Pussy look obese. Now Chubbs Carey looks like she has a massive fat cat growing out of her breasts. The things they do to us cat models can sometimes be totes unfair. boo youse whores!

Drunken night out

2010-10-04T15:11:00.000-07:00

Oh my gawd you guys, I got toally wasted last night and had to be escorted out of Clooney's. I was having the time of my life prancing around and playing with the fringed curtains, then all of a sudden this bitch swoops me up and throws me out. Totally not my style, but when you've been slurrping on Moet and Absolut laced milk all night, it does take its toll. I'm never going to drink again. I look so fat and bloated in this picture.

Outfit Stalker

2010-10-04T14:57:00.000-07:00

Que cutie poos! If only they made this outfit for little bitch cats like me! This is from Christopher Kane Spring 2011, inspired in part by Princess Anne. Here are various angles of this outfit just because.

Blurry Kane: so arty

Style.com Kane: Por la buyers from Bergdoff Goodman

Cropped Style.com: Por la buyers from Barney's

Dark and moody Kane: So London

Waiting for the bus

Book case

2010-10-04T03:28:00.000-07:00

Had the cover art come through today for my autobiography. Haven't actually written anything yet, but the cover is way more important. What do you guys think? actually I don't really care what you think. I usually end up getting my own way anyways. meow. x

We miss you Zumi!

2010-10-03T02:19:00.000-07:00

Riccardo and Maria Carla

Gisele

Hedi and the super fierce Mademoiselle Agnes

My gurrl Tyra

My mentor Carine and Jean Paul

The sexual Anna de la Russo

Franca!

Dianne Von Furstenberg. haha, you bitch! loves it.

Part of my emo state today is because I couldn't celebrate 90 years of Paris Vogue this week. I was miles away from all my mentors, icons and friends who were all enjoying a sexual masquerade ball. Boo! Here they have all signed heart felt messages for me, wishing I was there to celebrate with them... I miss and love you all! meowwwwwwwwwwwww

Icon

2010-10-03T01:31:00.000-07:00

"Imagine if they called me China, the little kids at school would go 'there's China the vagina'"

"I thought modeling underwear in a church was a bit sacrilegious, but then I was like nah, who cares!"

"Whatever Lara, I could see your butt jiggle all the way from the back curtain."

Here are just three fierce quotes from Fashion Loaf's newest icon, NZ's Next Top Model's Dakota Biddle. Bitch is crrrazy! Can't wait til she's eliminated so we can hang out and be nasty about fat people and their jiggly butts.

I was reading all about her on the NZNTM website, and found out that her favourite foods are boil up and curry (my faves!), she wants to own 7 businesses by the time she's 27 (same!), and her favourite designer is "Alexandra McQueen". Babes! Loves it!!

Signature Pose

2010-10-03T01:14:00.000-07:00

I just got off the Skype with Johnny poos and he was kind enough to send through some pictures of himself from some of my favourite Dior collections. I noticed he had a signature pose that is tres cutie poos and fierrrcccee. I just love the way he arches his back and points his foot forward. sexual.

Can't wait to see him again when I go to Paris at the end of the month for a Paris Vogue Cat shoot with Lara Stone. Carine's got us on a killing spree eating raw meat and baguettes, having our sexual way with French Tomcats looking like crazy bitch killers running rampant along the Tuileries and the Champs Elysees in my custom made paw Louboutin's. So edgy. So Fashion forward. Now THAT'S food for thought...

Spring Haute Couture 2006

Fall Haute Couture 2007

Spring 2008

Spring 2009

Fall Haute Couture 2009

Fall 2010

Spring Haute Couture 2010

Resort 2010

Fall 2009

The Dream Team: Lara, Carine, me.

Gloomy poo day

2010-10-02T21:38:00.000-07:00

Hey bitches. Here's a pic of me I took today, taking a break from writing my Cat Wear Daily reviews. I feel kinda sad all of a sudden. Michael Whittakkers nose is broken and it makes my cat heart tremble. In times of woe, I like to pig out on caviar and oreos, watch CatFashion TV and look at pictures on the internet of Elza and Nellie crying.

Elza and Nellie crying.

Some photos of me being goofy!

2010-10-01T23:34:00.000-07:00

Guys I'm soooo sorry for not blogging for two hours but I'm soooo busy! I managed to find some time to do some blogging and take photos of myself looking AWESOME though. Yesterday I spent ages in Kat Sylvester trying on clothes. The weather was super duper rainy - not ideal for getting into the summer-buying mood, but I did my best! These were my favourites!

Michael Whittakkers

2010-09-30T20:55:00.000-07:00

During my Bali sojourn, I had time to think about my obsession with NZ male model Michael Whittakkers. My guru told me "Zumi, it's unhealthy for a cat to be so obsessed with a male model like Michael Whittakers you need to chill out.

So the first thing I did when I got back to my loft apartment, was round up my gurrls and fully dismantle my Michael Whittakkers shrine. However seeing him again at NZFW made my paws quiver. I couldn't help myself. But I need to get over him. Could this be the last time I post anything about Michael Whittakkers? Watch this space.

SHY GUY!

MEANIE POO.

Not the same Trina's

2010-09-30T20:45:00.000-07:00

Hey so the post I put up the other day about my gurl Trina doing the new Barneys campaign with Lindsay Wixson got a lot of people confused. Trina is a friend of mine that used to live with me when we cat modeled together in Paris. She's not to be confused with Trina the rapper. I know the similarites are the same but here are their pictures. Can you spot the differernce? I can't.

This is my gurrl Trina.

And this is Trina the rapper.

The resemblance is uncanny I know.

..and this is me licking myself. Can you handle my hotness? I sure can't. HOLLA!

I designed a cat tee shirt

2010-09-29T18:38:00.000-07:00

Look, I designed a wicked t-shirt! Naturally, I chose a smiling cat (read up on cats, you'll get my deep intellectual reference, because I'm smart, ok?). Support local artists!! Go Kiwi cats!!! xoxo

Trina for La Barneys

2010-09-29T18:11:00.000-07:00

OMG! que cutie! it's my gurl Trina for the new Barney's Catalogue featuring Lindsay Wixson. That's Trina snarling at the camera. What a hottie! Lindsay also looks tres sexual in a laced up Altuzarra dress with all those little bitches in heat around her feet.

I LIKE YEEEW!

Spring 2011 Collection Reviews: From Minimalism to Navajo Sluts

2010-09-28T19:17:00.000-07:00

Hay sexuals, so I've been asked again by Cat Wear Daily to review some of the international collections for Spring/ Summer 2011. Here's my first review.

Roberto Cavalli Spring 2011

For those of you who know me, I have special place in my cat heart for Italian tack. I wouldn't be where I am today without mama Donatella, or the Dolce and Gabbana, so it comes as no surprise then that I love Roberto Cavalli's Spring 2011 collection. There's a feline precision in the way he cuts a flared leather pant. It's the Navajo Slut look that just ticks all my boxes. I had an exclusive Skype session last night with Roberto, and he shared some of his inpsirations with me:

Shakira in Wherever, Whenever

Pussycat Dolls I Hate This Part

Sully from Dr. Quinn Medicine Woman

ZUMI and the fashun week review.

2010-09-28T04:07:00.000-07:00

Hay bitches. It's me, Zumi Reely here. After going to two shows last week at New Zealand Fashion Week, the lovely folks at Cat Wear Daily have asked me to review the week that was.

After slipping back into the country from my one month Bali sojourn and trying to remain incognito, I've already been inundated with people asking me about what my professional opinion was of NZ Fashion Week and how the trends for next season will effect the latest in cat fashun.

Here's are some highlights from the week:

Someone's Puerto Rican maid was flown over.

Stolen Girlfriends Club models getting ready backstage.

Me getting my tail massaged and claws painted at the MAC VIP Lounge.

It's great to be back home. love Zumi. xx

Hola Chicanos

2010-09-25T23:22:00.000-07:00

Hola hola... so i'm here in Bali at the mo just sippin on some vodaka laced milk and feasting on fresh fish everyday, thinking about my life as a fashionable cat and talking to my guru. Here's a pic of my gurl Yolanda mincing it along the beach in her new Celine Poncho from Resort 2011. Bitch is werrrking it overtime here. I'm totally undergoing some transformations here on my sojourn both physically and spiritually...Phase two of Zumi Reeley in effect...

xx meow.

Bye

2010-08-03T03:41:00.000-07:00

This is Zumi Reely, signing off.

What an amazing experience it's been blogging about my fabulous cat life. It goes to show how blogging has become this thing where everyone gets their 15 minutes of fame, on Twitter, or in a magazine. Even a cat.

But the real world awaits, and my life coach is telling me to follow my destiny.

Since talking to my Guru, I have realised blogging is not the answer to fame. The fame is within. So now is the time to explore other areas of my fame, through my lucrative cat modeling contracts and the world of cat shows. Plus blogs are OVAH!!!!

I'm going to leave you with some sexxxual pictures of me from various photo shoots. Feel free to look back on my archives and reminisce about our magical time together - please play the video below while viewing them.

And look out for my yet to be written book 'Memoirs of a cat blogger: Zumi Reely, this is me...then'.

Fashun. Love. Musick. Art.

Zumi Reely

xoxo

Shotgun

2010-08-02T16:56:00.000-07:00

Ruby Boutique (one of my favorite New Zealand brands that sends me free shit) sent over the Wednesday dress from their Bedrock collection. Not sure if it really is named after my favorite Addams family member but the sheer netted sequins and full skirt make for the perfect partay dress. Here I am rolling around with delight at being sent something for free. I accessorized it with Urban Decay liquid liner, tiny vintage Chanel, UO knot headband, and Sam Edelman wedge boots. And a rug, I guess. Meow! Send me FREE STUFFFFFFFF!!!!

Bitch is fuming.

2010-08-02T00:18:00.000-07:00

Having my period today. Well cats don't have periods, but I'm just in a shitty mood today. So here I am in a wicker basket taking time out. I threw my diamond encrusted blackberry at my assistants head and told her to get out of my studio apartment. I better have a some cat nip, some warm milk and a lie down before I get crazy.

Ask Zumi Reely

2010-07-30T21:14:00.000-07:00

My friend Anonymous (above) wants to know, who runs Issacs Likes? I don't know but god damn I wish whoever it is would stop talking about models all the time! xoxo

Capsule Cat Wardrobe

2010-07-30T17:28:00.000-07:00

Net-a-porter's styling of the 3.1 Cats by Phillip Lim collection perfectly highlights the extreme wearability of the pieces. Especially distracted by the double denim, mustard parka, heather grays, and that beautiful blush silk dress I fell in love with in February.

This post is for all the sexy tomcats out there

2010-07-30T04:21:00.000-07:00

I love power mincing to this tune on my diamond encrusted i-pod along Ponsonby Road, checking out my sensual reflection in the Karen Walkers windows. meow meow.

florintina y las machines

2010-07-29T22:03:00.000-07:00

Sepurrated at the births?

Florentina y machines and me, Zumi Reely... you be the judge.

Five O'Clock Light

2010-07-29T15:28:00.000-07:00

A few recent purchases: feathered collar necklace from Forever 21, and a pawful of vintage rings from the Otara flea market. The boots, just out of shot, have snaps that go all the way up but I prefer them floppily folded over. Unfortunately this requires wearing my nerdiest shortest "socks".
I'm in this very specific mood that has me wanting to drive out to the desert...hopefully this weekend.

Blogger slash photographer

2010-07-29T14:47:00.000-07:00

I've started taking photos of my sexual friends! I really like arty, close up shots of creatives that express their inner turmoil. xoxo

Cat Days are Starting

2010-07-29T14:36:00.000-07:00

Florence and the Coffee Machine

Florence and the Sewing Machine

Florence and the Time Machine

Florence and the Washing Machine

OMG! I, like, love Florence and the Machines. Gingers!! Swoon!! Hearts!!! Love!!! The Dog Days Are Over!!!!

Pussy lips

2010-07-28T15:38:00.000-07:00

OMG! I can finally tell you about an uber-exciting new project the Haus of Zumi have been working on with Paulz & Joez for the past few months! They were inspired by me and my face to create these new lipsticks in the shape of my head - so now you can rub Zumi all over your lips! Yay!

speaking of 2 become 1...

2010-07-27T17:19:00.000-07:00

US Vogue January 1998... Anna Wintour rules.

2 become 1

2010-07-27T17:17:00.000-07:00

I started dating this sexy tomcat called Thomas last week. It's been 5 days, the longest relationship I've ever been in. He's a mixed breed black cat, and an artist. I think I've fallen for him, but I don't want to give myself away too easy. Zumi plays hardball when it comes to long term reationships, and trust me, 5 days is long term for me. My cat heart is an ocean of secrets.

Lohanita.

2010-07-27T03:30:00.000-07:00

Her lawyer is thinking "Yes you heard right...you fucked up. Don't be crying all over my shit bitch."

Love Zumi. x

Sunlight on a cold winter day

2010-07-25T19:48:00.000-07:00

A ray of light shone through my studio apartment today as I prepared for my La Perla Cat shoot later in the afternoon. Here I am sitting on my tatami mat, in a moment of peace and tranquility, before I continue with my hectic fashun life. This is Zumi Reeley. Peace, fashun, musik, love, art.

Monday morning lust-have!

2010-07-25T18:34:00.000-07:00

Hey guys, I've decided to start a weekly thing where I write about something I've been given for free, or want PRs or designers to gift me. It's going to be called Lust-Have! Today's Lust-Have? Wawa Diet Iced Tea!!! Delish!!! Beaut!!! Yummy!!! Here I am licking the bottle, and purring.

If you want to send me something to feature in this great new Fashion Loaf segment, the best address would be: Zumi Reely, c/o Dizengoff, 256 Ponsonby Rd. Meow!

How to sell water

2010-07-25T03:26:00.000-07:00

Mince Mince, splash, hair, mince mince, splash, splash.

No fashun gowns were harmed in the making of this commercial.

That's all.

Exclusive: new season Stolen Kittens Club

2010-07-24T23:07:00.000-07:00

I am so proud to be bringing you this exclusive campaign shot from Stolen Kittens Club's new spring/summer 2011 collection. The collection was inspired by ghosts and shit. I adore the new print, plus new face Bambi and the stark aesthetic of the campaign. It's just so, real, y'know?

me in 3d

2010-07-24T22:59:00.000-07:00

3D - it's so hot right now. What with Avatar, Alice in Wonderland, the latest issue of Remixed magazine and about a billion other magazines, I had to jump on the bandwagon and have someone take photos of my sexual self so I could blog about it. Can't remember the photographers name, I was way too wasted. But don't these look, like, totally trippy? So edgy!!!! So hot!!!! I hope y'all still have your 3D glasses!!

I LIKE ME!

Zumi love

2010-07-24T21:59:00.000-07:00

Fall 2006

Fall 2008

Fall 2009

Fall 2010

Mama Donatella, I love you!

So here's another installment of my feline affection for designers at the end of their shows. I've basically trademarked this idea, so no one else can copy it. Sorry! but that's life. meow.

Anyways, I just found out i get more unique hits per month on my blog than Blion Boy! yaaaaaay!!! thank you to everyone for supporting this sexual cat, I couldn't have done it without you x

Wax on

2010-07-24T21:49:00.000-07:00

My girlfriend Tabby took this picture of me today getting a Brazilian wax! ouch! I've just been asked to model in the next catalogue for La Perla Cat lingerie, so had to make sure my sensual dove grey fur was well groomed. Tabby and I then went to pick up a soy latte from Dizengoff and minced our way to the nail bar to get our claws manicured. Can't wait to try on the sexy cat fashun lingerie! sexual!

"It made ma dress create shapes lyke art". bahahaha.

2010-07-24T03:06:00.000-07:00

Hay hay... so you guys already know about my fashun campaigns with Houses of Derayons. I'm the first ever cat to feature in the campaigns. Here's a little insight into the magical fashun world of Derayons. Enjoy. meow.

"bermuda waz one of da mozt exotik places I ever travelled tu...Woodn't it be nyce if every shoot waz lyke diz?...In ma mind, i waz controllin' da wind...I waz just me, and it waz only a fantazy"

Lanvin Cat

2010-07-22T21:46:00.000-07:00

Spring 2009

Fall 2009

Spring 2010

Fall 2010

OMG! Alber Elbaz is such a cutie poos! So lately I've been obsessed with designers at the end of their shows, so I thought I'd put up another post about it before any other blob bitches steal my idea. Isn't he tres cutie poos? I just want to like, hang out with him and eat cakes all day long. I heard he's making a Lanvin cat collection very soon! Hopefully he'll ask me to model it! meow.

Here are the cakes we will be eating together, forever, while we talk about the latest fashun por Lanvin.

Prada peek a boo

2010-07-22T03:24:00.000-07:00

Fall 2006

Fall 2007

Fall 2008

Fall 2009

Spring 2010

Spring 2011 (menswear)

Fall 2005 (menswear)

Spring 2000

Fall 2004

Spring 2005

Spring 2008

I've worked on the Cat shows for Prada Cat and also featured in all the Prada Cat campaigns... I just love Mama Miuccia. She always knows how to make me feel special. She even dedicated her cat print from Miu Miu Spring 2010 to meeeee!!! te quiero Miuccia. xx meow

Radcat Hourani Fall 2010

2010-07-21T17:52:00.000-07:00

OMG! It's Sasha P at the Radcat Hourani show in Paris recently! I just love the drapey scarf/dress/birka thing! tres chic! I haven't seen anything look so amazing on a cat before, I want!
Do you think if I keep blogging about it, they'll get the hint and just give it to me for free?? Maybe I should start going into shops and start styling things on my sensual self and get photos taken of me so that people will take a hint and give me free stuff! amazing!

x

Separated at birth?

2010-07-20T20:00:00.000-07:00

Here is Rachel Glucina from the Heralds On Sundays.

...and here are some porkchops wearing some chic Tom Ford's. The resemblance is uncanny.

Selling out

2010-07-20T19:23:00.000-07:00

People always ask me, "how can you get paid to attend parties? aren't you selling out" and to that I usually reply by scratching their faces with my claws. I'm a brand and I needs to get paid. This is my business, and I'm a successful fashun cat entrepreneur. Unlike these poo poos who are major sell outs:

Derek Blasberg: Fashion writer accused of soliciting nice tweets for nice shoes.

Rihanna: Getting paid to sit front row at a fashuns shows. Here she is werrking the Couture fashun pose 101: Taking a dump with your hands on your hips.

back in the day...

2010-07-20T18:58:00.000-07:00

OMG! I came across this picture of me when I was going through my picture museum at home, I was probably about two years old! such a little gangster! Being fashionable and fabulous now means I can dig these pics out and show you guys without being embarrassed. I used to write rhymes too, and I found one scribbled on the back of this photo! here it is:

"Zu-MAY Reely here, and I'm in effect

Want you to push it, catty
Coolin' by day then at night working up a sweat
C'mon cats!, let's go show the tomcats that we know
How to become number one in a hot cat party show
Now push it
Ah, push it - push it good
Ah, push it - push it real good
Ah, push it - push it good
Ah, push it - p-push it real good
Hey! meeeOw!

Push it good!"

Totally just ripped of my home girls Salt & Peppers, but whatevrrrrr hatterrrrs.

Fashun Pop

2010-07-20T02:25:00.000-07:00

Here are some amazing fashun from some amazing fashun music sensashuns:

Hear'say: Working the sequins and denim with pointless belt combo. I love.

Liberty X: Funky Fashuns. I especially like the funky body art. Just the right touch of funkyness.

S Club 7: Casual and chic, denim turn up and parachute cargo pants, a pre-cursor to the Postie Plus phenomenons.

Zumi Icon

2010-07-20T01:55:00.000-07:00

Houses of Derayon.

2010-07-19T21:58:00.000-07:00

Hey sluts. So, I've been super busy lately..but I have a surrrrprise for yew:

That's right. Youre gurrl Zumi Reely, here with B-doggz and Mama B-doggz werrking those hot fashuns from Derayons. Don't I look so fierrrce sitting there on Beyonce's sexual fashun gown? I love the way she opens the dress ever so slightly. She knows how to sell those Houses of Derayons gowns to full effect. Hey B, if you're reading this, please deposit my money for this job as soon as possible. gracias.

meow meow.

cheeseburger bum

2010-07-16T04:10:00.000-07:00

Hey guys, having a major fat day today. My bum looks like a couple of massive cheeseburgers. This weekend I'll probably be lying underneath my new Hermes blanket (above) and turning my diamond encrusted blackberry off. meow.

showing face

2010-07-16T04:03:00.000-07:00

I don't usually turn up to functions. Sometimes I turn up about an hour late, stay for 15 minutes then gap it. My rates for attending fashion parties have gone down because of the recession ($500 per 2 hours); This is my party face. For $500 per 2 hours, you get me wearing new season Proenza Schouler and Topshops clogs standing in a corner looking like this (saucer of Moet not shown). I change positions every hour. For bookings please contact me on fashionloaf@gmail.com

x

Wonder cat

2010-07-15T02:09:00.000-07:00

OMG! Many thanks FleaO magazine, who just named me Wonder Cat of the Century. Above is a candid photo that some 15-year-old party photographer took of me at the awards ceremony - I was trying to ignore this sleazy fashion designer who is just out of shot.

Anyway, here are some other party photos of the other finalists looking shitty after being told by FleaO that they're not as wonderful as me.

Interviews updates

2010-07-14T02:57:00.000-07:00

So I was being interviewed on the phone today by the new Editor in chief of W magazine Stefano Tonchi today. He asked me about my lucrative cat modeling contracts, my rise to fame and why I still live in New Zealand. He also asked me "If you were human Zumi,who would you be like?"

My reply " Tonchi babes, i'd be a combination of Emma Pillsbury's exterior mixed with the sass and bitchy wit of Sue Sylvester."

that's all. meow meows.

I gotta motor, got an interview at 5am in the morning with Oliver Zahm for Purples magazines in Paris. gotta get my beu-tays sleep on.

Emma Pillsbury +

Sue Sylvester =

Me.

Zumi snob: it's an elitist thing, you wouldn't understand

2010-07-12T21:18:00.000-07:00

So most of you know that I'm a really pretentious fashion cat. Here are some other amazing pictures of some inspirationally pretentious inspirations.

Me looking tres haughty poos mincing on The Herald On Sunday

A pretentious waiter, he looks so cool meow.

Queen snobs Miss Anna Wintourino. Me love her mean poo face.

A bitch poodle snob. Her glasses are Prada Spring 2010.

This puta is saying "hay hay! talk to my ass gurlfriend, cos the face aint looking to you."

Obama snob

oooh! this font is sooo pretentious! Zumi like eh de font!

Daph Guiness front row at the Chanelz Couturez. meow

Bondi bums

2010-07-12T20:22:00.000-07:00

Hay hay sexuals... well i've been to busy to blog lately. Blogging is so lame. but whatevers. i've been too busy working on editorials and making bonfires. My most recent bonfires was a whole bunch of pandora bracelets that you guys sent in, thanks ya'll; and also pre recorded CD's of my debut album which never got released. Anyways, my gurrl Lydia is a Home and Away beach bum from Bondi. She sent me this pic of her and a book on Bondi Style. Bondi Style? gurrl please. I just threw up in my mouf. This book is going to get a bonfire all by itself.

bondi beach bums burn

Meow.
x

Peoples of Porirua

2010-07-07T21:29:00.000-07:00

This is my good friend DJ JD. He's a DJ for Peoples Of Porirua. He plays all the good stuff I love to mince to like S Club 7, East 17, Billie and Cleopatra. Babes!

On locations

2010-07-07T02:01:00.000-07:00

Here I am with Swedish model Katya (left). She's here for a few weeks because she's not getting any work in Sweden so the agency decided to send her to some random country to get some more edgy pictures in her book. This is us today shooting for the next Fashion Catterly. In the freezing cold. Here we are on a lunch break waiting for our tacos to arrive. hungry eyes.

I AM ICON

2010-07-03T23:33:00.000-07:00

Me...

Raquel Zimmerman xox

yawn. soooooooo bored today. When I have nothing to do, I usually just lie around in my bed all day just thinking how awesome I am. You may have noticed i haven't been really blogging much lately. But I think I've realised that I can just blog whenever i feel like it. Much Like Raquel Zimmerman, one of my mentors. She taught me how to catwalk, apply mascara to my eyelashes, how to work a GHD on my whiskers, how to file and manicure my own claws... I love you Raquel. She doesn't have to do so much work these days. Why? cos she's made. She's gone from being number 1 on models.com, to an entirely new list. The ICONS list. And now she can just pick and choose jobs and spend all day in bed counting her money, much like yours truly, Zumi. xx

"Money in a briefcase, who needs a wallet"- Lil Kim

Woman's Day Herald On Sunday

2010-07-03T20:06:00.000-07:00

Cats love to read. I mean, I can't get through my week without my Cat Grazia fix. Here's my girlfriend Eleisha reading the Sunday papers today after a scrumptious brunch at Dizengoff where we sipped on hot chai milk lattes and tucked into some tuna and caviar eggs benedict.

As we were pawing our way through the papers, we decided to analyse todays front page of the Herald On Sunday, which is totally the new Truth combined with Woman's Day and New Idea.

Here are the amazing stories gracing the front page today:

'Joe Cotton throws a bubbly'- story: Joe Cotton 'flicking' champagne at someone at the movies. Wow. Amazing... NOT...hahahaha meow.

'Keisha: I'm Single'- story: Keisha Castle Hughes breaks up with her partner... um, caring factor: ZERO...hahah meow.

'Sally's Week from Hell'- story: Sally Ridge's house didn't sell for the amount she wanted... Boo hoo...um, like, hey Sally, WHATEVVVEEERRRR... hahaa meow meow.

'Cops called on Brooke Sex Claims'- story: Robin Brooke thinking with his dick... New Zealand's very own Jesse James/Tiger Woods. Sex addicts reprezent...UM, like stop being a slutty poo face Robins...hahahaha meow meow meow. I crack myself up. so hard being a funny hot bitch cat...Eleisha took this shot of me rolling around on the floor laughing like a crazy bitch.

Meow x

BLOGGED: The Chanel Diariez

2010-07-03T16:12:00.000-07:00

Oh my gawwwwwwwwwwwwwwd! This arrived for me in the mail yesterday. Here is a look at the front and back of the beautiful invitation to the Chanel show. Did you get one? No? SUCK IT BITCHEZZZ.

xoxo

R.I.P Felicity Ferret

2010-07-03T16:00:00.000-07:00

A bitchy gossip icon who should have started a blog (no one reads magazines anymore or maybe they just don't read Metro). But babezzz! What a way to go! The NZ Herald (does anyone read that either?) says she "sunk beneath a bath filled with Bollinger champagne to die". R.I.P. xoxo

Fashion tunes

2010-06-29T01:43:00.000-07:00

Here are my DJ friends Benny and Sooty, who play hip songs together under the name Kittens of Otara. I like to hoochie dance and prance and mince in front of their DJ booth - you know you want me Sooty. Anyway I told them to make me a mixtape; here's what was on it:

1. Time to Pretend by MGMT
2. Close to Me by The Cure
3. Mr Brightside by The Killers
4. Dog Days Are Over by Florence & the Machine
5. Some generic song by The Strokes
6. Some generic song by Joy Division
7. A Kills song
8. Sunday Girl by Blondie
9. Sexxx on Fire by Kings of Leon
10. Paper Planes by M.I.A
11. Mmmbop by Hanson

Ageless Be-U-Tay

2010-06-28T14:54:00.000-07:00

Look at me. Gosh. I'm just so damn good looking , no? amazing bone structure, whiskers for Africa, piercing eyes... I hope that I will look this beautiful forever. It's the amazing thing about being a cat. Ageless be-U-tay. Much like this sensual and sexual woman below:

This is Briscoes lady. She has ageless be-U-tay. over the years she has become a familiar household face, smiling and beaming from the TV and mail catalogues, advertsing and whoring herself out alongside bedding and kitchen utensils. I hope that my career as a cat model will live on forever, much like Briscoes lady. te quiero Briscoes, te quiero. xx

Check yo weave

2010-06-26T23:55:00.000-07:00

Hey bitches! Have you seen the cover of my gurrl Nicole Richie's new book? The Truth About Diamonds is one of my all time faves, so I'm, like, uber-excited to read this new offering from my idol and good friend. But this bitch on the cover needs to sort out her weave! She looks like a high-class version of Kesha or something. Ew. Sort it out Nicole. Love, Zumi xoxo

Don't Look At Me...

2010-06-24T19:55:00.000-07:00

Here's my cutie poos Frenchie poo poo friend Charlotte Catsbourg. She's so hot. She's a muse to Balenciaga Cat and sings songs about incest on her guitar. Gotta love the French. Love you Charrr gurrrl.

woof!

2010-06-23T18:03:00.000-07:00

A pup with brown bangz

Werrrking her thang

A pair of A.Wangz

Woof! Woof! bang bang. xx

- A poem by Zumi Reeley, fashionable cat.

It's not me , it's you

2010-06-23T03:06:00.000-07:00

I was pawing through my gazillion pictures today and found this one of me and my gurl Lilly Allen stumbling out of a nightclub in London in April. I'm such a party animal! Lily was trying to pick me up after I tripped on my spiky Louboutin for Rodartes. Lilly totally got ash all over her Chanelz pochette bag though. She got a bit upset cos I was slurring things at the paps like "fuck off and die" and "I'm just a cat, fuck off and die"... Look, it's not me, it's you.

Ask Zumi

2010-06-22T16:38:00.000-07:00

Don't get me wrong: I'm still a fan of the streetstyle blog. Jakz & Jillz and The Catorialist will always be favourites for when I want to judge and mock the fashion of others. But there's a new trend emerging in the blogosphere: the ask me anything tumblr. They're fucking ugly but they're a constant stream of dumb questions and brutally honest answers - so I've decided to jump on the bandwagon with Ask Zumi. Because my opinion is more important than yours!

Here are answers to some style questions that I keep being asked by random cats on the street. If you have a question you'd like to Ask Zumi, comment and I'll answer it in my next instalment. Kiss kiss!

Can I be your friend?
If you work in fashion or are important, yes.

I'm starting a new job in two weeks. They've told me the dress code is 'dress casual'. I don't really know what that means, but I've heard dress shirts and dress pants. I haven't got much money to spend on this stuff but need to get enough things to last me at least the first month - where do you recommend I go? What do I buy?! Help!
Are you retarded? Do you really need this much help getting dressed? Stop reading my blog please.

Why are the same people and designers always featured in NZ fashion magazines?
Sigh, I don't know but it's SO BORING!! No wonder no one reads them: they all feature the same crap. Yawn.

Who are your style icons?
Right now, Lil' Kim and Donatella. Next week, who knows?

I see you are a very good trend follower. Have you ever considered forcasting?
Have you ever considered spell check? But yes, it's something I'd love to do.

What other blogs do you read?
I don't read blogs, I am all about paper. Magazines! Newspapers! Blogs suck ass, except mine of course.

How can I become famous and important in Auckland? I want to be front row at fashion week, but I don't actually want to get a job in fashion - help!
Go out lots, befriend a social photographer (my favourite is the sexual Guy Coombes, but Olivia Hemus and Norrie are also good to suck up to), get your photo taken lots. Or just start a blog.

Who is the best-dressed Aucklander?
Definitely not the same people who always turn up in the social pages or Sunday or Metro magazine's best dressed list! I don't really know why humans keep rating in these lists? Yawn! There are so many fabulous and fashionable animals in this town. I like Karen Inderbitzen-Waller's rabbit - so chic! Anna Fitzpatrick's Olly is a babe - and so thin and inspirational - but was a bit overexposed for a while. Oh and Kathryn Wilson's cat is totally edgy. There are so many more but I just can't think of them right now.

Who are you really? Do you work in the fashion industry?
I'm Zumi! Jeez, so many people keep asking me this. Get over it: I am Zumi Reely.

Oh burn

2010-06-22T16:27:00.000-07:00

Here's my friend Scone hiding in a cupboard. That's what she likes to do when she's feeling emo or stressed. You know what I like to do when I'm emo or stressed? Be a bitch and write in my burn book. Are you in my burn book? I've been approached by a few publishing houses who want to turn it into a book - so maybe one day soon you'll find out.

World at my Boo-tay

2010-06-21T03:01:00.000-07:00

Here's a hot picture of my boo-tay. Sometimes, I'll get emails from PR people wanting to get a mention on my blog. I usually like to reply to them with an email saying "Kiss my Boo-tay" and attach this picture to the email. I'm such a bitch. HOLLA!

World at your paws

2010-06-21T02:40:00.000-07:00

Who are you? Zumi Reeley
Occupation? Being a full time fabulous cat
Location? right now? SPQR, Ponsonby Road – Auckland

Your influences past and present? Look, I've said this many times before, a combination of sassy rich black TV girls, and unassuming female characters. Hot bitches like Jem, Mary Cherry from Popular and Lil Kim.

What shoes and clothes are you wearing? I am wearing Karen Walker Sunglasses, Lover dress and Platform clogs from Chanel, bought from a recent trip to Paris to visit Karl

Why have you chosen these shoes + outfit For e.g. Style, Comfort, Fashion? Because its a sexual combination and i'm a sexual cat, so it's a win win situation.

Favourite items or must haves? My diamond encrusted blackberry, a handy bag of catnip for a cat that's always on the go, my MAC kohl eyeliner and MAC nail polish for my claws; and a bottle of evian water.

What was the first pair of shoes you just had to have? My first pair would have had to have been the black Balenciaga wedges from Fall 2007. I asked my dear friend Nicolas to custom make me two pairs (one for each paw) so I could mince around the tuileries and pretend I was late for the cat couture shows. Mary Kate has a lot to answer for.

OMG!

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This is my gurl Caitlan after seeing me in my new Topshops dress. She'd wanted the same dress but it was sold out. Shame bitch.