No dress rehearsal.

I have loved seeing the proliferation of midlife women in fashion imagery and runways over the past couple of years.

While major luxury brands like Celine, Dolce and Gabbana and Saint Laurent made massive waves in 2015 by casting iconic older women in their 70s and 80s like Joan Didion, Joni Mitche...

Last weekend I spent the day with a friend of mine. We don’t get a chance to catch up very often so when we do, we TALK. During the course of the conversation we were reflecting on how much anxiety, shame and embarrassment we felt managing our periods when we were teenagers. Me in the early 90’s, he...

Jane Campion’s film ‘Holy Smoke’ starring Kate Winslet and Harvey Keitel was released in 1999. The film depicts an American exit counsellor (Keitel) who attempts to deprogram a young Australian woman (Winslet) who has been indoctrinated into a new age cult in India.  

When I saw the film, as a stro...

Kylie Minogue recently joined Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds on stage in England, performing their 1995 hit duet ‘Where the wild roses grow’. The following day, Minogue joined Madonna onstage in Amsterdam for an energetic WorldPride performance.

Having grown up with all three of these performers, seei...

British Prime Minister Andy Burnham and his wife Marie-France Van Heel were photographed on the steps outside 10 Downing Street last week as he entered office.

Social media was ablaze with commentary about Van Heel’s dress and her body. Comments were dissecting her shape and size, pointing out the ...

I am having a serious love affair with elastic waistbands. If it doesn’t have elastic in some part of the waistband, I’m sorry but I’m not interested. In addition to that, I don’t want the elastic to actually engage. I just want it to sit there gently and only stretch if absolutely necessary. 

The ...

The word uniform conjures up images of school assemblies and military dress codes. Literally meaning one form, a uniform is a prescribed set of clothing worn by a group of people to signal their identity.

Standardised and regulated.

When we think of personal style, a uniform is the last thing we t...

Last week, while out on an early morning walk, the sound of ‘Helplessly Hoping', the Crosby, Stills and Nash classic, made its way into my ear buds.

It's hard to think of a more beautiful example of harmonising voices. Their vocals seem to weave around each other, part ways, dance, then come back t...

Once upon a time, in a land far far away, there lived an evil sorcerer. Unlike other sorcerers who protected the land, this one only wanted one thing - to steal your style. 

This evil entity is known as The Frump.

The Frump is feared.

And with good reason.

It creeps up on you slowly, without war...

Last weekend I ran into a friend on the street. As she walked towards me, I was hit with how fabulous she looked. We greeted each other with a hug, ‘You look beautiful!’, I exclaimed. ‘So do you, as always’, she replied. ‘You don’t have to return the compliment’ I added, a little too hastily. ‘Why n...

Last weekend my mum returned home from an overseas holiday. As we sat together looking through her photos, she paused on one. She had captured a woman passing by on the footpath, her back to the camera, dressed in a long bright turquoise coat with large black cuffs and collar. She had a black beret ...

Last week an article from Hello! magazine stopped me mid scroll. The article was titled ‘VOTE: Is Princess Kate's hair unprofessional?’ With a subtitle ‘The Princess of Wales' hair looked longer than ever this week, but comments suggest her long hair impacts her ability to do her job’.

I’m not sure...