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Creative

My idea of a perfect dress

March 27, 2012 Contemporary business wear
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Now some of you will know that I’m partial to a classic LBD. However there are times when I like a different kind of dress, one that’s still super versatile but less polished and more stretchy so that I can do things on the run like bend over so that I can photograph strangers (more [...]

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Streetstyle at LMFF: Business Woman in a Print Skirt

March 23, 2012 2012
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Print. I still remember the first report I ever wrote at work and the excitement of seeing it bound and in print. True story. My penchant for print extends past words and into the type found in clothing. I particularly appreciate it when designers create collections around a print that they have designed themselves as [...]

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Streetstyle at LMFF: In full colour

March 21, 2012 2012
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How do you feel about colour, BusiChic? Today’s BusiChic is colour fantastic with not a skerrick of Melbourne’s safety shade of black – I know that I’m inspired, what do you think? I photographed today’s Creative lady prior to a LMFF runway parade and thought she did a fabulous job of looking work-appropriate but fabulously [...]

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Streetstyle at LMFF: classic black & white plus

March 19, 2012 2012
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Good morning BusiChic, Welcome to a brand new week of workwear inspiration! This week I’ll be sharing the work-appropriate looks that I spied during L’Oreal Melbourne Fashion Festival (LMFF) whether it was after work attendee streetstyle or on the runway. Today’s post is the former; a creative take on the fail-safe combination of black & [...]

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Editor at LMFF: Style Melbourne

March 15, 2012 2012
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LMFF is on this week and I’m sharing the styles of editors I’ve come across working the festival. So what does a fashion editor wear when asked to pose with a glittery pink tram to celebrate Barbie’s birthday? Sarah Willcocks who runs Style Melbourne – the blog with original words and content about fashion and [...]

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[Deputy] Editor at LMFF: Peppermint Magazine

March 14, 2012 2012
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In this BusinessChic series, I share the style of the editors whose ensembles I’ve photographed as they get about their business at LMFF 2012. Tess Curran is the Deputy Editor of Peppermint Magazine – a publication that I cannot speak highly enough about. Jam-packed with beautiful stories and the kind of fashion coverage that doesn’t [...]

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Editor Style: The Vine

March 13, 2012 Autumn
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Today I’m featuring the workwear style of Alyx Gorman, editor of The Vine. It’s a shame that my photos do not do full justice to Alyx’ ensemble as she was in a rush out the door. Nonetheless, lots of inspiration here for ladies in workplaces that have either Creative, Smart Casual or Contemporary Business Wear [...]

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Leeyong Soo and Naked Fashion

March 8, 2012 Creative
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Today another sustainable fashion writer whose uber-fabulous creative workwear I have featured here before but who I simply had to feature again because she wears a top that she made out of car seat material. That’s right people, car seat material. Leeyong blogs her outfits made entirely out of items she’s made herself and paired [...]

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Lady in the ruby shoes

March 6, 2012 Creative
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Today’s BusiChic demonstrates how much fun self-employed folks can have with what they wear to work. While some may opt to dress down; fearless and Creative Iolanthe goes to town with a quirky and cute ensemble. Iolanthe works across a few industries and on this day had some fashion client commitments which makes her workwear [...]

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The magic of colourful pants

February 22, 2012 Autumn
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Colourful pants. I was having a chat with a friend on the weekend who wondered aloud how the young people in her conservative workplace could think that bright red pants were appropriate. Sure, I hadn’t seen the offender myself but I insisted that colourful pants can be work-appropriate if styled properly – and today’s BusiChic [...]

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