Month: July 2016

Online Retailer Mode Sportif Opens First Concept Store

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  The athleisure market is booming and nowhere has the movement been more embraced it seems than in Australia, with Sydney-siders at the forefront. For the uninitiated, ‘athleisure’ describes an approach to dressing that mixes fashion forward exercise pieces with more casual resort wear. The look is polished and fashion forward while maintaining a focus on comfort. Deborah Symond embodies this approach to dressing, making her the perfect poster child for her business Mode Sportif. When the athleisure trend was first starting to gain momentum, Symond was quick to capitalise. She launched online destination Mode Sportif in 2013, bringing together… Continue Reading →

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Alexa Chung is set to Launch Her Own Label

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  After a string of successful collaborations with fashion and beauty brands (AG Jeans, Eyeko, Marks and Spencer), British It-girl Alexa Chung is trading on her style icon status to launch her own namesake label. Alexachung will feature denim, daywear, shoes, jewellery, and evening wear at a ready to wear price point. Chung will fill the role of creative director heading up a six-person design team with former head of atelier at Haider Ackerman, Erin Bodson, as managing director. The first collection will be available in May 2017 from a select number of luxury retailers, both brick and mortar and… Continue Reading →

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Spirituality And Our Health And Wellbeing

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  What is spirituality? How is it linked to our health and wellbeing?   Spirituality is commonly misunderstood. Many of us confuse spirituality with religious beliefs. This brings about pre-existing ideas and beliefs about the impact of religion on discussions about spirituality. Whilst spirituality may incorporate aspects of religion, spirituality is a broader concept. It’s important to emphasise that it’s possible to be spiritual without necessarily being part of an organised religion. There are some differences between the two that could change the way we understand spirituality and its benefits for our health and wellbeing. Religion is a specific set… Continue Reading →

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Filmmaker Call Out for Canberra Fashion Festival FASHFEST

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  Canberra fashion festival, FASHFEST, has issued an Australia wide call for filmmakers to produce six original short films celebrating six different themes of the upcoming event in September. As well as promoting local designers in Canberra and the surrounding region, FASHFEST creates opportunities for a whole host of creatives such as hair stylists, makeup artists, production designers, musicians and filmmakers. We went straight to the source, founder and owner of By George studios and creative director of film for FASHFEST, Georgina Jenkins, to find out a little bit more about her and this incredible opportunity for filmmakers.   Leiden:… Continue Reading →

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How To Shop For Makeup When You’re Clueless

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  You walk into your favourite department store. Your first thought is: ‘oh God I’m wearing pink crocs and not a skerrick of makeup on my face. I can’t do this.’ You look around and see pretty products, pretty counters, and pretty people and you feel inspired to walk right back out of those majestic department store doors, but remember what I said a few articles ago? That’s right, we’re paid to look good. You feel overwhelmed and scary feelings start to set in. Everything looks so glamorous and so do the unapproachable looking, makeup-wearing people, who look as though… Continue Reading →

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The Archibald Prize – Marcus Wills Portrait of James Batchelor

Emma Batchelor 1 Comment

    A curious number of finalists have been announced for the prestigious Archibald Prize. Amongst the fifty-one faces portrayed in this years crop of paintings was that of Canberra born dancer and choreographer, James Batchelor, painted by Melbourne artist Marcus Wills. Wills is something of an Archibald veteran having won the prize in 2006 for his painting The Paul Juraszek Monolith as well as making the final in 2015 for El cabeceo. Wills graduated from the Victorian College of the Arts in 1995 with a Bachelor of Fine Arts and was awarded the Brett Whiteley Travelling Art Scholarship in… Continue Reading →

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Dressing for Winter

Bicky Lee 1 Comment

  In March this year I moved from Melbourne — where the average temperature during the day was 30 to 40 degrees celsius — to Wellington, New Zealand. Here it is a national celebration if a day gets hotter than 26 degrees celsius and when I got here in March it was a high of 22. This was considered ‘surprisingly mild’ for locals at that time of year. Now, well into June, we are talking single digits in the morning and non stop rain for days at a time. There is snow on the mountains and ice on the cars.… Continue Reading →

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