I can’t tell you how excited I was when I received this email from Styling You reader Paula. Paula not only shared photos from a recent family wedding but showed how her whole family had …
Wardrobe boot camp: post maternity clothes
Editor’s note: Welcome to the first of a series in which I help Styling You readers solve a particular wardrobe or clothing crisis with a little advice and some shopping suggestions. If you think you’d …
Keeping it Real: the high summer school-run outfit
Ahh, how about this heat? Well, maybe it’s not so hot where you are but I tell you here in Queensland it feels like I’m still in Bali … except without the private pool, air-con …
Who am I to be fabulous? One reader’s Unlock Your Style journey
Editor’s note: I was completely blown away by the passion of the beautiful women not only coming to my blog for the Unlock Your Style series in January but with the way they embraced the …
Unlock your style in 14 days: Forget the rules. Write your own
I’m a little bit emotional. We’re here. It’s the final day at the Styling You Unlock Your Style Holiday Camp and I’m a bit overwhelmed at how many of you have joined in this journey, …
Unlock your style in 14 days: Your style will change
My dad has retired. Fully as of 12 months ago. With my step-mum still working, that’s left a whole lot of time for him to tinker. It’s just that he’s not a shed tinker-er. He’s …
Unlock your style in 14 days: Accessories are the icing on your outfit cake
You know I’m accessories obsessed, don’t you? Too many big cocktail rings, statement necklaces or chandelier earrings are never enough. My shoe collection almost needs its own room. And I can always justify a new bag …
Unlock your style in 14 days: Do wear colour but don’t let it wear you
If you had snuck a little peek into my wardrobe about two years ago you would have found a very different wardrobe from that of today. I didn’t do colour. Yes, that’s right. The chick …
Unlock your style in 14 days: Try on something you normally wouldn’t. Just because
I remember visiting – not long after it opened – what was to become one of my favourite boutiques. It’s a boutique that is small in size but big in ideas and just perfectly suited …
Unlock your Style in 14 days: Make an appointment with yourself to go shopping
We’re all guilty of it. I think it’s in our genetic makeup. To place the least amount of priority on ourselves. We’ll put partners, kids, friends and work above our own needs. Unless. Unless we make …
Unlock your style in 14 days: Sprinkle your wardrobe with seasonal show ponies
Ah, the Wardrobe Show Ponies. They are definitely key players in the quest to unlock your style but they can make your wardrobe life oh, so difficult. See, the wardrobe pieces are the pieces that …
Unlock your style in 14 days: Build your wardrobe on basics
It’s Day 3 of the Styling You Holiday Style Camp. I’m here to help you unlock your style – not in a scream-at-you-bootcamp kind of way – more in a gently-nudge-you-in-your-own-direction kind of way. Now, …