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Rosemount Australian Fashion Week (RAFW)

Putting the smart in casual

May 19, 2011 2011
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Do you work in a casual environment and want to lift your style up a notch? or perhaps you work in a rather sartorially-savvy one but wish to put some chillax into gear? At the business end of RAFW we spotted this gent who provides inspiration for those in either camp. On the casual side [...]

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Cake Face on the streets of Sydney

May 18, 2011 2011
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Have black basics in your workrobe e.g. blazer bottoms, opaque stockings, shoes? For an instant and effective way to make your workwear shine, BusiChic advocates adding prints and colour. Fashion blogger Tania of CakeFace demonstrates this perfectly by incorporating both into her Creative work style. Check out the bold red lippy and those stripes – [...]

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A side of menswear at RAFW

May 17, 2011 2011
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So we are back to RAFW where some have commented on the lack of menswear on the runways. Thankfully for BusiChic, we spotted many a stylish gentleman working it off the runway like today’s spiffy Polished suit. Sharply-tailored for all occasions, it is its styling with a skinny tie that makes this suit “Polished” rather [...]

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Streetpeeper at RAFW

May 13, 2011 2011
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This week’s final spotty of workwear inspiration belongs to Phil Oh – the streetstyle photographer known as Streetpeeper. In Sydney to photograph RAFW streetstyle for Harpers Bazaar, we loved Phil’s creative take on Smart Casual. From his shirt/vest/blazer combo in matchy-match hues but tongue-in-cheek clashing patterns to a pair of red spotted socks peeping out from [...]

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Fourth Daughter made this

May 12, 2011 2011
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Leeyong is the fashion editor of Peppermint magazine and a DIY-fashionista who blogs about the nifty clothes and accessories she crafts herself like the green blazer she sports in today’s RAFW post. We like a lot of things in Leeyong’s ensemble: her showcasing of the maxi-skirt trend; the pairing of detailed prints that work well [...]

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Fashion show business

May 11, 2011 2011
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More of the business chic we spotted at RAFW~ today we feature a gent whose sharp and individual styling captivated us as he went about the fashion show-business. Thanks to Lady Melbourne for the intro so that we could actually  stop him and photograph his workwear style.

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Born in June: she rocks it

May 10, 2011 2011
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Today we feature the style of Born in June jewelry designer, Hao Hao. While she is a Creative, hers is an ensemble that we’d love to see in Contemporary Business Wear environments – get to work in ballet flats then switch to polished heels or pointy flats to add formality to your BusiChic. We love [...]

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Business chic at RAFW

May 9, 2011 2011
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In this week of BusiChic, we bring you the streetstyle we saw working  Rosemount Australian Fashion Week (RAFW). We commence the show with a Creative gentleman who kindly put down his bags so that we could capture the details that make up his workwear, scroll down for the close-ups! Follow my blog with bloglovin

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Michelle Jank at Josh Goot

May 8, 2011 Afterwork
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A little update for those following our attempts to be HP’s Front Row Blogger – BusiChic was accredited to attend Rosemount Australian Fashion Week (RAFW) which fortuitously co-incided with our fortnightly day-off work- hurrah! We made it just in time for the Josh Goot show where we spotted designer/stylist Michelle Jank looking the picture  in [...]

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