Miss SY isn’t a girly girl. Don’t get me wrong, she loves clothes, wears some makeup and likes to spray on some perfume every day but generally she’s not about the frou frou. Thank goodness. We’re just on the other side of The School Formal and I don’t think I would have coped “working” with… Continue Reading
I got what I wished for Mother’s Day … a sleep-in till 9am; a minor fuss made over me with pressies and a light breakfast in bed; lunch at one of my fave restaurants; and an afternoon chilling at home, while giving another mum doing it solo yesterday a small break. Mr SY is whipping… Continue Reading
It’s been a crazy old weekend around these parts. Ups and downs if you like. For starters, today has been a public holiday for as long as I can remember but as Queenslanders we’ve moved it to October to so we too can recover from the footy final, which of course I’ll be watching with… Continue Reading
The nights have started to cool down where I live. A little sign. A little indication that the change of seasons is actually happening. I can wear cropped jeans and not feel like I’m in a sauna suit. I’m filled with nostalgia for winter and ready to put on my long, soft pants and ugg… Continue Reading
Just when you get to the part of fashion week* when you should be slipping on your soft pants and kicking off your heels, they go and throw a big launch party at you for a new magazine, don’t they? Yes, Elle Magazine Australia re-launched last night as part of the final show at Mercedes-Benz… Continue Reading
Ponte and I have been firm friends for quite some time now. And I do use the word firm appropriately here. Ponte is one of those special fabrications that comes with equal parts comfort and “firmness”. The firmness works its magic by keeping any wobbly bits in place but not at the expense of little… Continue Reading
You know that thing when you decide on a new car model you’d like to buy? The thing where you start seeing that very same make and model EVERYWHERE? Well, it’s happening with me and leather. I mentioned it yesterday but today it happened again. Fashion week outfits based around a leather garment dominated. Everywhere I… Continue Reading
If there is one fashion garment that is very thick on the ground (or should that be the legs) this week at Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week*, it is the leather or leatherette pant. Leather or leatherette skirts are running a close second. Yes, in case you’ve been hiding under a fashion rock, all things leather or… Continue Reading
Day 1 of Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week Australia* and I’d been given the heads up that my first assignment would be meeting Barbie. Yes, as in the doll. We shall not speak of my childhood without her in my life but we shall speak lots of my meeting her. Yes, we will. She was frocked up… Continue Reading
Hello Tuesday after an Easter getaway. You’re looking not so fresh from where I’m sitting. I can see the souvenirs you have left me in the form of a mountain of washing. And if I do not see a glass of Villa Maria sav blanc again, well at least until Friday, it will not be… Continue Reading
Let me just say at the outset that I never, EVER thought I’d be encasing my legs in floral anything. Never, ever. I thought I just wasn’t the floral jeans type. But then again, never thought I’d be wearing coloured jeans either. But we all know that thought only sparked an obsession. Now, there are… Continue Reading
