As part of embracing circularity and extending the life of discarded materials, a growing number of brands are creating new products from recycled goods. Continue Reading
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How working from home changed my style
Due to a change in my work arrangements I have found myself working mostly from home and this has had a curious impact on my style Continue Reading
CARDIF Collective in Liquidation – What it means for Canberra’s Designers and Makers
On the 15th of May 2019 CARDIF Collective, a Canberra based retail and workspace for local designers and makers, went into liquidation. What does this mean? Continue Reading
Meraki – A New Fashion Event in Canberra
There is a growing appetite for intimacy, authenticity and diversity in fashion. Enter Meraki, a new Canberra fashion event born from and made for Instagram Continue Reading
Australian Circular Fashion Conference 2019
The Australian Circular Fashion Conference 2019 is fast approaching. Join industry experts in Melbourne to learn more about sustainability in fashion Continue Reading
(Almost) Everything I wore in 2018
All the way back in January 2018 I set myself the challenge of taking a mirror selfie every day. Initially, I wanted to hold myself accountable to my new year’s style resolutions — making better use of the clothes I already owned, styling them more flamboyantly and actually doing something with my hair. However, as January drew to an end, thirty days of mirror selfies later, I knew I hadn’t finished playing sartorial anthropologist. For an entire year taking a photograph of myself after getting dressed became as integral a part of my morning routine as brushing my teeth or… Continue Reading
Rethinking the Black Friday Sales
Fresh off the heels of Singles Day in China, comes Black Friday and Cyber Monday, days of massive sales. But are we buying stuff we actually need? Continue Reading
Understanding Camp – A Deep dive on the 2019 Met Gala theme
‘The ultimate Camp statement: it’s good because it’s awful.’ – Susan Sontag, 1964 Each year, on the first Monday in May, the Met Gala raises money for The Costume Institute while launching a new blockbuster exhibition at the Metropolitan Museum in New York with a sumptuous model and celebrity filled extravaganza. The theme of the 2019 Met Gala has been announced and it’s an interesting one. Unlike previous themes such as an investigation of the intersection between fashion and Catholicism, or China through the looking glass, this year’s theme of ‘camp’ is far more open to interpretation. What… Continue Reading