“I can see you Your brown skin shining in the sun, You’ve got you hair combed back and Your sunglasses on baby…”* Don Henley and Mike Campbell evoke images of a summer of love and loss in the lyrics of their 1984 classic “Boys of Summer”. Most of us have…
Australia, a crucible for change a multicultural land of opportunity where birds laugh mammals lay eggs and floods and fire fashion and fortune go hand in hand
It is usually about now that I start to get a feeling of up and coming trends. There is no rhyme or reason to it, just a vibe. This year my radar is pointing firmly in two major directions, Baroque and Gothic. Baroque being rich and resonate, Gothic dark and…
I’m loving accessories! I have found myself mad for a statement necklace or a fabulous cuff. Right now on my lust list is a fantastic faux tortoise shell resin and crystal cuff by Oroton. Actually I’d like two! They would look great with one on each wrist. Perfect! Fashion is…
When the cultured house of Hermes announced it is creating it’s first pop up store, the fashion world listened. To then discover it would be located within Melbourne’s famed “Le Louvre” boutique, it caused hearts of Australian fashionistas to flutter. From the 2nd to the 14th of November, these two…
On a clear June winter’s day , we met Suzie O’Shea. Mud covering her apron, a mass of dark curls atop of her head, and a mischievous glint in her eye, she is a character borne from delicious imagination. After experiencing her salon in Bendigo filled with clay dresses of…
This is THE next big thing in nails!! Forget shellac forever, here is a professional product that also has home kits to make life easy. Most of us love being pampered, and one of the best ways to do this is to have a manicure. Celebrity manicurist Fiona Hay of…
Sydney January 2012 Hi Fashionistas I am so excited about my new column, Fashion Elixir, being launched on Wednesday 1st of Feb 2012, through The Culture Concept Circle. I hope that you will join me every week for tantalizing tales of style, travel and fashion, here in Australia, and the…
Fillies in fabulous frocks showing off their festival form and fine fetlocks usually happens at Melbourne in November at the horse racing event of the Australian calendar, the Melbourne Cup. But even the fastest of them would not finish ahead of the ferocious fashionista’s all clad in fantastic finery competing, clamouring and cramming into celebratory events all over the city during L’Oreal Melbourne Fashion Festival Week March 14 – 20, 2011.
