We are right in the middle of Spring Racing Carnival season and whether styling an eye-catching outfit or something a little more classic, look to this Spring Racing Fashion for immaculate race-day wear that won’t blow the budget.
Fashion Blogger Kate Waterhouse Chasing Style at Chatswood Chase in Sydney
One of Sydney’s leading fashion destinations, Chatswood Chase, has announced prominent fashion blogger and style icon, Kate Waterhouse, as its official style ambassador for its ‘Chasing Style’ Spring/Summer campaign.
Fashion: Save Coin with Prom Dresses for Sale Online
There are ways to save on a prom dress, and the least expensive option is the one often recommended by teen magazines: hit the thrift stores. There’s also the internet where you can find prom dresses on sale.
Fashion: 10 Covetable Coats for Autumn / Winter 2015
Whether you’re choosing a timeless classic or a right-now fashion statement, a coat is an investment piece, so it should always be impeccably cut, perfectly tailored and immaculately finished.
Fashion: ‘Sansa Stark’ featured in Karen Millen Autumn / Winter 2015 campaign
Sophie Turner, who plays ‘Sansa Stark’ on the popular TV series Game of Thrones, is currently featuring in the Autumn/Winter 2015 campaign of international fashion house Karen Millen.
Boardroom To The Bar: Versatile Outfits For The Working Woman
Taking that nine to five outfit out into the evening can be challenging, whether you are dressing for the possibility of spontaneous after-work drinks or for a week where your nights are just as busy as your days.
A History of Heels & How to Survive them in the 21st Century
Melbourne Osteopath and member of Osteopathy Australia, Bill Adamson, wrote this piece on the history of heels and how to make wearing heels bearable and harmless for your health and wellbeing
What to Wear to Work: 5 Office-Friendly Must Haves for Spring
How do you lighten up your work wardrobe and remain professional? Take a cue from the Spring/Summer 2015 runways and integrate these key office-friendly pieces into your wardrobe.
Fashion: Dresses for Spring Racing 2014
Top Tips for Cleaning and Caring for Your Suits
For men and an increasing number of women, a well made suit is an investment in their career. So you will want to keep it looking as good as the day you bought it for as long as possible.
5 TV characters whose style we love
Style isn’t just about fashion – it’s also about personality. With this in mind, there are a few TV characters who scream, ‘look at me’, without even trying, and that’s why we love them.
Perfect Maternity Outfits for the Spring Racing Season
Want to get into racing season but not sure what to put over that baby bump? Just because you’re expecting it doesn’t mean you need to give up your sense of style for a day out at the races!
Fashion: Career Dressing for Spring 2014
Style Guide: How to take your jeans from casual to corporate
It might seem ridiculous wearing your jeans to the office but here’s the twist: you can jazz them up and take them from casual to corporate and it’s easier than you think!
Sportscraft Celebrates 100 Years as an Iconic Australian Fashion Label
Sportscraft has revealed the line-up of eight Iconic Australian personalities who have been enlisted as year-long ambassadors to help celebrate the brand’s 100 Year Anniversary in 2014.
How a farmer’s wife built a National Retail Fashion business online
Jane Cay (aka. Big Bird) explains how finding an online niche helped her business Birdsnest reach new markets and become a fast growing top 20 Australian apparel site.
New online tool helps consumers choose safe sunglasses
The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) has released an online tool to help shoppers choose which pair of sunglasses are safest for their eyes. Under the Australian Consumer Law, sunglasses must not be sold without correct lens category labelling. However, a recent joint product safety survey by the ACCC and state and territory consumer […]
How to Make Work Wear More Glamorous
In fashion terms, the office can be a restrictive environment, we all feel obligated to dress a certain way and to ensure we maintain a conservative appearance to represent our professional attitude within the workplace. A certain level of appropriateness is needed when dressing for the workplace such as no low cut tops, thigh skimming […]
The “Coolest Clothing Store” in South Africa goes global
Voted the “Coolest Clothing Store” in South Africa’s Sunday Times Generation Next survey, Mr Price (MRP) are now delivering a wide range of affordable fashion for women, men and kids to Australia, the United Kingdom and New Zealand, via their online store and brand new mobi site. MRP.com offers the most affordable ladies fashion, along […]
How To Choose The Right Swimwear For Your Body Shape
Swimsuit season is dreaded by women all over the world. The unflattering changing room mirrors, the images of bikini-bearing supermodels and the bright shop lights that highlight every lump and bump on even the most perfect bodies, have made shopping for swimwear a negative experience for many. Katherine Hancock, founder and designer of popular swimwear […]
Christmas Gift Guide and Free Shipping to Australia at J.Crew
New York based clothing label J.Crew is offering FREE Shipping to Australia plus FREE Returns up until 16th December 2013. A favourite of First Lady Michelle Obama, J.Crew has created an online Gift Guide for Christmas which includes gift ideas for women, men, girls and boys. As Christmas falls during winter in the northern hemisphere, […]
Boohoo launches New Plus Size Women’s Clothing Range
We are very excited to announce the launch of the new plus size range at boohoo! Check out the beautiful range of plus size dresses, tops, skirts and more for ladies with curves. The all-new boohoo plus range brings you ultra-flattering, fashion-forward pieces for sizes 16 to 24. The range is an edit of dresses, […]
How Rules for Professional Workplace Dress Codes Have Changed
If you are too young to remember those days long ago when men went to work wearing dark suits, fedoras, white shirts and ties, all you need to do is watch a few old movies from the 1930s all the way to about 1980. Whether spoken or not, people just knew that work attire meant […]
Cate Blanchett becomes the new face of Silhouette eyewear
Silhouette eyewear has chosen actress Cate Blanchett to represent the brand’s new Titan Minimal Art collection. Photographed in black and white by renowned photographer Peter Lindbergh, Silhouette’s new campaign features Cate Blanchett wearing the “Titan Minimal Art – The Icon” frames, which were custom-made for the Australian actress. “Her authenticity and naturalness are both things […]
New York Fashion Week: essential sites and social media
Follow New York’s Mercedes Benz Fashion Week, which runs September 5-12, and get all the lowdown from the runway and behind the scenes with these links below. Bloggers to follow The Styleline – http://thestyleline.tumblr.com/ Founded and curated by Rachel Schwartzmann, The Styleline’s previous New York Fashion Week coverage attracted the attention of numerous media outlets. […]
3D scan reveals what high heels are doing to your feet
Addicted to high heels? British researchers have created a new 3-D scan of the female foot in a high-heel shoe, to see exactly what’s going on — and it’s not too good. Specialists at Royal National Orthopaedic Hospital in North London are using new technology to view the foot and ankle in three dimensions. They […]
Aussie Girl Going Gangbusters in Hawaii
WHEN actress Eva Mendez stops mid interview at the Kahala Resort in Hawaii to point you out in front of a large crowd and demand to have the dress you’ve just designed and worn for the evening, there’s a fair chance you’re onto something good. For former Melbourne girl Deb Mascia, not only was she […]
Workwear Trends for Spring 2013
Work the trend this coming Spring with classic pieces, relaxed styles, or precise tailored items at Australian women’s fashion retailer events. Mix your look with the pictured fully lined Long Sleeve Ponte Jacket in Red and Multi-coloured Print Mesh Skirt. The Spring ponte jacket in long sleeves is a great workwear piece. Roll the sleeve […]
Fashion to Die for: Australian designer creates garments for the grave
Australian fashion designer Pia Interlandi’s career took on a somewhat ghoulish quality, when she began designing burial garments for the recently deceased. Before 21 pigs gave up their lives to test the way different fabrics decompose, Melbourne fashion designer Pia Interlandi became a funeral celebrant. “We couldn’t use humans because the Anatomy Act doesn’t allow […]
Two Aussie Mums and an Op Shop Bus Tour
No longer the realm of vagabonds or pensioners trying to save a buck, op shopping is now decidedly hip. There’s a certain satisfied buzz that comes with rummaging around secondhand stores and discovering pre-loved treasures at bargain prices – but finding the best local shops can be tricky. In South Australia, mums Shelly Chapman and […]
Is Target Australia having an identity crisis?
Target use to occupy the middle space between high end retailers and the lower end of the market. But anyone who has seen their ads on TV lately, could be forgiven for thinking the retailer has gone down market in 2013, with cheaper prices and massive markdowns to rival Big W and Kmart. But then […]
Clothing Styles that make you Look Younger
Did you know the right style of clothes can make you look younger? Most women are unaware of this fact. Here we reveal the styling tips that will help you turn back the clock, without hurting your hip pocket. Pants A boxy, guy shirt style tugged into a pleated khaki, won’t work in your favour. […]
Australian Fashion Label replaces models with real mums
Rather than hire models for the photo shoot, Australian fashion label owner Laila Fernandez (pictured), used real mums to showcase her label i&u’s Spring range. All the models photographed were real mums with real bodies and real babies in tow. Mother and business owner Laila Fernandez created her label i&u after identifying a gap in […]
FASHION GALLERY AT EBAY EXPANDS FOLLOWING MBFWA
Fashion Gallery at eBay has announced the addition of four much-loved Australian designers to the fashion site. Australian designer brands Lisa Ho and Suboo are launching stores at the Fashion Gallery following acclaimed runway appearances at last month’s Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week Australia, with Fleur Wood and Farage rounding out the new line-up. One of the […]
Fashion Gallery at eBay announces MBFWA partnership with Candice Lake
Fashion blogger Candice Lake will capture the hottest street style of Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week Australia (MBFWA) in a partnership with the Fashion Gallery at eBay. Dubbed Vogue Australia’s “shooting star,” the Australian-born, London-based style photographer and model counts the fashion bible among her regular showcases and was recently named by Net-a-Porter as one of the […]
Fashion and Cocktails open L’Oréal Melbourne Fashion Festival 2012
Organisers of this year’s L’Oréal Melbourne Fashion Festival (LMFF) chose International Women’s Day (March 8th) to kick off a week of festivities in Australia’s fashion capital. As some of Australia’s top designers and labels were preparing to send their collections down the runway at the LMFF Opening Event Runway show, guests were treated to complimentary […]
How Do I Look? host Jeannie Mai not your average style guru
She takes women’s style from tragic to magic as host of the Style Network’s ‘How Do I Look?’, but it is Jeannie Mai’s philosophy about fashion that sets the television show apart from the rest. Jeannie Mai admits make-over shows are huge right now, so much so she’s “kind of sick of them” herself. However, […]
Australian Fashion label ‘Aje’ Soars (with a little help from Kate Moss)
If you’re trying to establish a fashion label, it certainly doesn’t hurt to have someone of Kate Moss’ stature, photographed wearing one of your creations. Aje is fast becoming one of Australia’s most coveted fashion brands. Describing themselves as fun-loving, creative perfectionists, this much-loved fashion label which includes designers Edwina Robinson (Eddi) and Adrian Norris […]
Ethical Aussie Fashion from High in the Himalayas
The wonderful thing about the internet is that you can stumble headlong into incredible people doing fascinating and even life-changing things any day of the week. Stumbling over and ‘finding’ wondrous folk is so probable nowadays, it’s as common as picking up a litre of milk from the corner shop. It’s not likely I would […]
Book Review: How to be a Hepburn in a Hilton World
Working as a music publicist in the US, author Jordan Christy has probably witnessed an endless parade of floozy fashion built into the mega marketing machine of music video. Indeed, she could well have had a gut full of tizz, spangles, bling, pimped ensembles and rock chick glam, and if this is sole the reason […]