Bag Review – Classic Horizonal Celine Cabas
Friday, 16 January 2015
My choice of handbags has progressively tended towards the plain and minimal in recent years – smooth leathers, simple shapes, and minimal, if any, branding – and my obsession with the simple horizontal Celine Cabas tote in black nappa leather is probably the pinnacle of that aesthetic evolution.
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The Little Black Dress with Decjuba Canberra
Monday, 20 October 2014
As I put fingers to key board to open with a cliché ‘everyone needs them a little black dress’, I gave myself a metaphorical slap on the wrist – you deserve more from me than a sartorial pickup line. So instead, a question for you: is the little black dress still so prolific these days that
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MAD LOVE the label drop crotch jeans
Sunday, 17 August 2014
Recently, a piece I just can’t resist wearing all the time is my distressed drop crotch jeans by Australian brand MAD LOVE the label (their ‘Clique Low Slung’ pant). Comfort is a major factor, but it’s definitely that carefully engineered loose vs tight fit that I’m completely obsessed with. This perfect drop crotch execution is also incorporated in
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Thrift of the Week – Breton Stripes and White Trousers
Monday, 14 July 2014
Thrifting is all about the thrill of the hunt. You never know what you’ll find, or if you’ll find anything at all. Some days I do my rounds at two or three different op-shops and come home with nothing but a couple of novelty mugs. Other days I find so many amazing things that I
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Breton Chic
Sunday, 08 June 2014
What is it with everyone wanting to go to France, dressing like a Parisian and coveting French designers? Oh, did that sound like a criticism? Absolument pas! <!–more–>After all, I happen to be one of said ‘everyone’, and I like that I’m your run-of-the-mill French fangirl. Since I was a wee teen all I wanted was to be
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FASHFEST News: Who is Belinda Riding?
Tuesday, 25 February 2014
In 1986, Belinda Riding was just a Canberra Girls Grammar student when she was discovered as a model by choreographer Ken Moncrief. Her international modeling career taking off from there, she moved to beautiful Paris and went on to grace the cover of French Elle, Marie Claire, Cosmopolitan, German Vogue and Grazia, just to
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