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
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
The Australian Circular Fashion Conference 2019 is fast approaching. Join industry experts in Melbourne to learn more about sustainability in fashion Continue Reading
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
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
It’s National Recycling Week so what better excuse to celebrate fashion and accessories labels who are making products from recycled materials. Continue Reading
‘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
I have always been exceptionally lazy when it comes to my hair; it either hangs long and lank when I am out and about or is piled up on top of my head when I am at the gym or going to sleep. Given this sad state of things, one of my New Year resolutions was to make more of an effort with my hair. Rather than opting for more extravagant hairstyles (or any hairstyle for that matter), this resolution has instead translated into me sticking a whole bunch of accouterments atop my head, one such being the humble… Continue Reading