Trend Alert. Should you get your colours done?

Getting your colours done is trending.  Social media (primarily ‘the ticky tocky’, as I’m inclined to call it when in earshot of my Gen Z offspring) is awash with seasonal colour analysis filters that aim, in principle, to answer conclusively the question of...

How to dodge discount disasters during EOFY sales

It’s that time of year when the shopping gods bless us with the glorious EOFY sales. But hold your horses, my lovely! Amidst the apparent blessings is a fashion frenzy that can have even the most savvy shopper falling over their stilettos and stumbling into some...

New year, new you? Not on my watch!

I’ve got to be honest. The phrase ‘new year, new you’ sets my teeth on edge and leads me to frantically ‘delete delete delete’ anything that references it.   I imagine that you might also be mildly offended by this message fed religiously to us once every 365...

How to fall in love with your wardrobe again

There comes a time in every woman’s life where she simply loses that lovin’ feeling. It’s gone, gone, gone. Whoa-oh. The thrill and the frill, the spark, the butterflies in the lower pit of her tummy. That excitement. That sense of wonder. Instead, there’s drudgery....

A swoon-worthy system for effortless style

A few years back now I hauled my ass off the couch to walk in the Carman’s Women’s 5km Fun Run in support of breast cancer research. Nothing terribly special about that besides the fact that on that morning, I quite literally conquered couch to 5km in one shot by...

Fashion rules are so last season. So, now what?

The good news is fashion and style no longer come with an unyielding set of dos and don’ts. The bad news is fashion and style no longer come with an unyielding set of dos and don’ts. Never before have we been so free to create our ideal visual expression of self...