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Liptrick

When it comes to makeup, I like to break all the rules. I use blush on my eyes, eye shadows on my brows or bridge, eyeliner on my lips. I find dark lipsticks especially drying (if you can recommend...

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Esber²

The skirt came first, then I bought the top. It didn’t occur to me that these two Christopher Esber pieces were made for each other until I threw them on in a serendipitous rush. There’s a nice...

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Soft serve

Minutes into the Maticevski presentation, with the inevitable peplum dresses out of the way, something washed over the audience. There were audible gasps, the buyer next to me started clapping...

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Sunrise to shade

It started with a beam of light that grew like a sunrise. Day broke with all-white followed by sharp all-black, then fringe tassels, sheer, paisley, a red wilting sunflower print on denim and a...

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Boy meets world

Menswear doesn’t mess around. A monolithic white arch dominates the space. The boys march and criss-cross through the four-way portal, flanking it for the final walk. Done. Riding high on their...

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Remember the show

While others nabbed gift bags, I collected show cards. These graphic pieces are my favourites from the Australian Fashion Week (MBFWA) Spring Summer 2013/14 presentations. The purpose of a fashion...

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Minimum

A new design. White leather has a certain innate luxury. It requires more care and its starkness is unkind to flaws. White seems to call for simplicity. I’ve had this leather since I bought my...

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Into the wilderness

A week or so back I slipped away to Tasmania, Australia’s southernmost state. I lost myself in enchanted rainforest, temperate grasslands and craggy mountains. I walked kilometres everyday. I only...

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Ice

I flirt with gold but silver knows he has my heart. It never occurred to me to extend my jewellery preference to clothing until I spied this sample piece by An Ode To No One. The panelled side...

Mar 9, 2013 Like 2 people like this

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Focus

I served up super spicy mole, she asked all the hard questions and we both got windswept on my rooftop in search of the perfect shot. Nevertheless I always thoroughly enjoy hanging out with...

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Different black

Christian Wijnants may have pipped Dion Lee to the International Woolmark Prize but the real discovery for me was another finalist, Tokyo-based DressedUndressed by DJ turned design duo Takeshi...

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Fit

Several months ago I had a sudden sensation: I was satisfied with my wardrobe. I could add more pieces but I didn’t need them. This feeling changed recently when I discovered that over half of this...

Feb 20, 2013 Like 1 person likes this

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Arc

The summer sales have been especially good to me. My reparation, I feel, for having resisted clothes shopping when I was overseas. Not only a wise purchase as summer fades and winter beckons, the...

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Flesh

While bonded neoprene is nothing new, the adherence to a pastel palette in Minette Shuen’s graduate collection dis/sect allows an alternative reading of the material well removed from its...

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Refresh

Time to refresh. Starting the new year in a new colour. If black dresses are the essential of my wardrobe, then t-shirts are my staple. My favourites are by Josh Goot: high-necked, fitted and made...

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Crying Feather

When I decided to visit Japan, I knew I wanted to get in touch with Crying Feather. I can’t recall how I found their website but I’ve been following since its inception as a sparse photography blog...

Dec 12, 2012 Like

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Alone in Kyoto

If I had to sum up my experience of Japan in a word, it would be a colour: vermillion. From the torii gates of the Shinto shrines to the changing miniature maple leaves. Even the sky as I flew into...

Nov 30, 2012 Like

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Change

In Mayan culture, white is the colour of change. For me I also attach the meaning of absence, a blank canvas and promise, of what will be. For a while my life has been transitioning regrettably but...

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Cylindrical function

The cylinder revisited. In its previous execution I gradually realised that I’d gone for form over function in some aspects of the design. A day/work bag requires a certain ease of use, determined...

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Nexus

After sharing my ambivalence my ‘slow love’ prediction came true. This Zambesi ‘Nexus’ dress has shifted from being worn once a year to once a month. I wanted to find more ways of playing with the...

Oct 24, 2012 Like

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Paper weight

Ostensibly a menswear label, Song for the Mute take a stride towards androgyny with their Autumn Winter 2012 collection Paper Hands. The season feels trans-seasonal too, exploring mohair and...

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Soft pleats

There’s something undeniably ‘evening’ about floor-length pleated satin. While I still love this piece and the visual trickery of the pleats make me feel impossibly tall, this skirt has rarely seen...

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Leather anniversary

When I found out that traditionally third anniversaries are celebrated with a gift of leather, I knew I had to do something a little special as this blog turns three. To celebrate I’m giving away a...

Sep 21, 2012 Like

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Liptrick

Esber²

Soft serve

Sunrise to shade

Boy meets world

Remember the show

Minimum

Into the wilderness

Ice

Focus

Different black

Fit

Arc

Flesh

Refresh

Crying Feather

Alone in Kyoto

Change

Cylindrical function

Nexus

Paper weight

Soft pleats

Leather anniversary

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