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Creative

Backstage at MBFWA with Styling You

May 11, 2012 Australian Fashion Week (MBFWA)
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The greatest thing about fashion week is the opportunity to meet and catch up with other bloggers as I’ve already shown here and here. Nikki from Styling You is another blogger who I was lucky enough to get to spend some time with during the week and so naturally I had to photograph her stylin’ [...]

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MBFWA with Lady Melbourne

May 7, 2012 Australian Fashion Week (MBFWA)
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In May of each year, Australian designers offer up their bounty of Spring & Summer fashions at Australian Fashion Week, now sponsored by Mercedes-Benz (aka #MBFWA for those following on Twitter). Buyers from across the nation and beyond attend to peruse and determine which pieces they will order to stock their stores at the end [...]

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Week 18: LBD with neon, leopard print and an umbrella

May 6, 2012 Autumn
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It’s Week 18 of the BusiChic Little Black Dress (LBD) Project where I’m wearing a LBD to work once a week for the whole year to share 52 different ways of styling this staple for the office. This week, I’m bringing colour into the workplace. One of my favourite runway shows at L’Oreal Melbourne Fashion [...]

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How to add interest to your business suit

April 26, 2012 Autumn
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Greetings BusiChic, I hope that you had a restful ANZAC Day. We’re back today with a creative take on the women’s business suit. Ladies, if you’re looking for a simple way to bling up your business suit, I advocate doing as Lou Pardi does and opting for interesting tops. Lou’s also gone a few steps [...]

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Dr Froth, Bubbleologist

April 19, 2012 Afterwork
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I have some interesting friends like bubbleologist, Andrew Suttar, who goes by the stage name of “Dr Froth.” Andrew brings out the inner child in his audience by his mesmerising work with bubbles. Truly. Self-employed, he also has a particular way of dressing for his Creative work that is equal parts charming, creative and quirky.   If [...]

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Week 15: LBD and the oriental cardigan

April 15, 2012 Autumn
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It’s Week 15 of the BusiChic Little Black Dress (LBD) Project where I’m wearing a LBD to work once a week for the whole year to share 52 different ways of styling this staple for the office. This week, I look at the oriental fashion trend by pairing my LBD with a kimono-shaped cardigan. The [...]

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Print

April 12, 2012 Autumn
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So did you have a good long weekend, BusiChic? I still can’t believe that it has already been and gone. However by my workload, well I’m certainly feeling the loss of that one work day! As such, I’m going to be in some comfortable workwear myself today, much like today’s BusiChic! I am inspired by [...]

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Shopgirl: Queen

April 4, 2012 Creative
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The series that I did last Christmas on stylish shop assistants, Shopgirl, was rather popular so I’m pretty stoked to add the cycle-stylish Julia of Queen.   Julia wears pieces from Queen – a great store on Smith Street, Fitzroy that stocks local designers and a timeless range that includes fabulously flattering work pants. Win. What [...]

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Melbourne Tweed Ride ~ Little Rose

April 2, 2012 Creative
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Greetings BusiChic! I hope that yours was a great weekend too! I’m easing into this new week with my images from the Summer Melbourne Tweed Ride. This gathering of folk bring style back into cycling simply by putting in the effort to not wear lycra. Here are three key trends that BusiChics might like to [...]

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Can women wear bow ties?

March 30, 2012 Creative
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Can women wear bow ties? I was in a store once; one that caters to both business men and women. I was admiring the bow ties that were in such lovely materials and colours that I started thinking about whether I could incorporate a green gingham one into my own workwear. The salesperson would have none of it and [...]

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