From the category archives:

Polished

Tash of Breakfast with Audrey at MBFWA

May 9, 2012 Australian Fashion Week (MBFWA)
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One of the trends that emerged out of fashion week for Spring/Summer 2012/13 is print. For the uninitiated, this basically means fabric that has patterns on it to make it more interesting. There is a lot that designers can do with print, like using a pattern that will help enhance the figure of the wearer, [...]

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Three piece suit

May 8, 2012 Australian Fashion Week (MBFWA)
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Greetings BusiChic! If you are reading this post in the search for sartorial inspiration for you everyday, you might also share my appreciation for a good suit. Such is the case with Mitchell, whom I photographed at the end of a very long day at Australian Fashion Week. What caught my eye was Mitchell’s commitment [...]

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Melbourne Insights

May 2, 2012 Autumn
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Melbourne. It’s my city and I love sharing it! Something that I don’t believe I’ve shared here on BusiChic before is the freelance work I do holding tours around Melbourne’s fashion precincts. Whenever my clients have visitors in Melbourne, I get a call to conduct a personal tour to help orientate said visitor. I tailor [...]

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Chic Corporate Style at #gstreetlaunch

April 20, 2012 Afterwork
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Happy Friday, BusiChic! What do you have planned for the weekend? Last night I checked out a street photography exhibition that’s on at No Vacancy gallery in the QV complex where I photographed today’s BusiChic! Jeanette wears work dress by Review. A great example of a work dress that is polished enough for the office [...]

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Mad Men and the BusiChic that was Fletcher Jones

April 17, 2012 Autumn
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Greetings BusiChic, are there any fellow Mad Men fans out there among you? I am a fan of the series and have been working my way through Seasons One to Four in anticipation of Season Five which just hit Australian Pay TV this week. As I don’t have Pay TV myself, I still have some [...]

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The blazer

April 13, 2012 Autumn
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It’s (finally) Friday! A day that is typically an opportunity to dress down in the office. Regular BusiChics will know that I like to advocate experimenting with Polished style rather than going super casual, per se. Take for example today’s BusiChic featuree, Troy: What do you think of Troy’s ensemble? Do you smarten up on [...]

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Business man wears an Akubra

March 26, 2012 Autumn
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Greetings BusiChic, Welcome to a new working week – I hope that you’re refreshed and ready for some business chic inspiration! Today’s post is not supposed to be an advert for Akubra but you know, it might as well be. I’m genuinely surprised to find out that the makers of the iconic Crocodile Dundee hat [...]

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Week 12: One way to layer a LBD

March 25, 2012 Autumn
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It’s Week 12 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 showing one way to layer a LBD against the chill of Autumn/Winter. Many thanks to [...]

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LMFF National Graduate Showcase

March 20, 2012 2012
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The National Graduate Showcase is one of the LMFF runway shows that I look most forward to showcasing the work of the top graduating students from around Australia. Presented by Sportsgirl this year, I enjoyed that mini-interviews were filmed with each student to touch on the inspirations for their exploratory and often brave work. There [...]

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[Fashion] Editor style: The Australian

March 12, 2012 2012
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Dearest BusiChic, Melburnians are enjoying a public holiday today, of which I will be spending the early hours cycling in the Moomba parade (more on that later)! Nonetheless, the rest of Australia will be hard at work which is why I’m providing you with some business chic inspiration to kick start the working week. First [...]

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