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When I worked in fashion retail, there was a common phrase used. I'm sure you've heard it - 'The husband chair'. The husband chair is a chair located close to the fitting room for husbands to sit in while their wives browse and try on clothes.
The chair was in fact used by many people. Partners of ...
I currently have a stunning Stine Goya dress sitting in my wardrobe. A gorgeous iridescent piece with giant puffed sleeves that would make Anne of Green Gables green with envy. I adore it.
Yet it has been hanging there like a beautiful shimmering ghost for two years, unworn.
I still remember the m...
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I have styled many women for special events over the years. Weddings, birthdays, engagements, graduations, charity balls, all of it. One of the most common things a woman would say when trying on an outfit for such an occasion is 'I'll have to buy the suck me in undies'. By which she means shapew...
As a teenager in the 90's, it was cool to wear Doc Martens. Except it wasn't cool if they looked new. They had to look scuffed and worn, like you had been wearing them all your life. Which is weird given we hadn't been alive long.
The whole concept of looking cool was looking like you didn't care. ...
A couple of years ago, a woman wandered into the shop I was working in. After a few minutes of browsing, she paused and picked up a coffee cup, gently moving it around in her hands while she admired it. 'I wish I was the kind of woman who drank her coffee from a beautiful cup', she stated.
My inter...
With the film industry awards in full swing, I hoped I would find myself intrigued, captivated or in the very least, interested in the red carpet.
But the truth is, I'm not.
I'm annoyed.
With countless celebrities locked into long term deals with luxury design houses, they present more as walking...
When I was in my late 30's I worked in retail sales for a major Australian fashion brand. You learn a lot about women when you work with them in a fashion retail environment. Although the store itself is a public space, the changeroom is intimate. A place where our deepest insecurities come out to p...
