“Please help I have a blind date and it has been ages between dates. A friend told me how clever you were with putting budget looks together, I don’t want to look cheap and nasty, it’s just that I am not working at the moment. I am looking for inspiration for an outfit for a lunch date. I am 35 years of age, have an OK figure, size 14, dark red hair, brown eyes and am about 5′ 5”. Can you point me in the right direction with any fashion styling advice”
- Cheryl L. Highett.
Your feet are very important. As we move away from the fluff of fashion magazines and more into the practicalities of day to day taking care of business we realise how hard it is to cross the bridge between comfort and style for your feet. Many women tell me how they no longer can wear a heel. To many years of torturing our feet in seven inch heels has put us in the cross trainer camp. Well save those for the days you actually do some cross training and check out some practical but stylish solutions for your feet. Continue reading
A recent article by Cameron Houston of the Age ‘Zara chases Chapel Street presence’ has led me in need of a rant. Houston outlines that Zara is hunting for more retail space and is planning to open trade in Chapel street and possibly some of our larger retail centres. As a frustrated Fashion Stylist I ask you do we really need more fashion delivered to us sheep style? Continue reading
When a potential customer tells me “I have never worn jeans because they just do not look any good on me”. I know I have a tall order to fill. As a Personal Shopper I take the task of finding this lady a great pair of jeans very seriously. Believe me when I say that I have been there. Standing in the change rooms of David Jones trying on over 14 pairs of jeans looking for the perfect fitting jean for myself was very disheartening. Knowing the right style to try on is half the battle, finding a label that works on you can be liberating. Levi’s -thank you. Continue reading
when it is to hot to sleep in and you can hear the heat searing in the garden you know its going to be a scorcher. Finding the confidence to participate in the cooling pool frolics can be fun for some and tedious for the rest of us. Not so in your new Betty Diamond retro swimsuit range, these bathers are designed for real women. Continue reading
Boutique of the week aims to bring you my top picks of fashions for all generations. Rant has to be one on my favourite finds. I am ready to rant because I really want this label in my closet. I get asked daily when I take ladies on personal shopping trips ‘what labels would work on me?’ In one simple honest answer try ‘Rant.’ Continue reading
I do love a scarf. May by it has something to do with the fact that I always have a cold neck, and yes I have been known to wear a cotton scarf in the middle of summer. But for me scarves are the perfect fashion accessory. They offer a quick, fuss free, stylish solution for any simple monochromatic outfit. And when you start collecting scarves that fit in with your own colours – (See how quick and affordable an online colour analysis can be) you can really harness your features. Continue reading
