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Week 12: One way to layer a LBD

March 25, 2012 Autumn

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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Week 3: LBD & the Art of Furoshiki

January 22, 2012 Black Dress Project

It’s week 3 of the BusiChic Black Dress Project and I accessorise my Bento Ruby Little Black Dress (LBD) with a colourful and multi-functional lightweight scarf and handbag. It’s the height of Summer here in Australia so I need to accessorise my LBD cleverly. This means finding the right amount of layering; not too much that [...]

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Creative in caramel

March 9, 2011 Creative

Today’s Creative, Elle, sports a polished workwear ensemble that manages to use only the lightest touch of Melbourne noir – nice work Elle! earrings Topshop blazer One Teaspoon top Gorman belt, pants & shoes Zara bag from a second-hand shop in London watch Casio Work lunch – Elle likes the organic food & wine deli [...]

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Style in a Melbourne laneway

March 4, 2011 2011

We close this week of BusiChic with the uber-stylish, Tess, whose avant-garde Creative ensemble I spied whilst cycling down one of Melbourne’s blue-stone laneways. glasses & jacket Alphaville top, shoes and ring second-hand leather pants I got these from a friend bag Mum’s! Clockwise from left: Tess’ bold lip colour is made possible by NARS; I [...]

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A Polished Peplum

February 28, 2011 BusinessChicTV

Business Chic is a big fan of peplum; detail which adds flair to workwear. Don’t forget to check out today’s episode of BusinessChicTV where today’s featuree shares her summer chic on the last day of Summer here in Melbourne!

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A Series of Shades

September 1, 2010 BusinessChic on the street

Back in April, Business Chic was a bi-weekly post consisting of at least one batch of workwear inspiration plus other things which were keeping me inspired…like Destination 90s, a show on Channel 31 for which I was stylist and a segment presenter… It was under the influence of my family and friends that after April, the focus was only on workwear. It was per the [...]

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Time After Time

August 30, 2010 Melbourne

Business Chic launched on March 1, 2010 with this photograph of one of my work besties, Janie. Much has happened in the months since Janie lent me her camera to take this picture on a transeasonal day in February. For instance, the era of the iconic Melbourne store, Le Louvre (in the background), has since passed [...]

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My friend, the artist

August 25, 2010 Creative

This is my friend Liyen. We met five years ago at Art Basel. Liyen is now an artist. I can google her first name and the auto-thing-thing brings up her website. Great SEO or great Art~ you be the judge! While I do have a bias (the latter of course!) I know that I also love the full volumes [...]

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