Ermm… did you have tea or coffee yesterday? Did you buy it? Did you throw your cup away afterwards?! I hope not. In this day and age it’s all about drinking responsibly:  your skinny long black and your carbon footprint. How can you recycle all your scrap paper and numerous receipts and continue...

If you don’t want to spend all your hard-earned money on a new wardrobe this season, then it’s time to think about pepping up your clothes with some fancy bling and trinkets instead of always immediately going for le dernier. Glamming up your wardrobe can be done quite easily and you don’t have...

Verity Gray reveals the hidden role women have played in making horse-racing a multi-billion-dollar industry The Melbourne Cup may have already been run for this year, but ‘the sport of kings’ is still attracting thousands of race-goers, many of them women, to meets all over the country. Getting...

“Get yourself some friggin’ lulus!” – thats what it read on the gift voucher my boyfriend sent me a couple of days ago. Lulus? I was confused. On the back of the voucher it read “lululemon – yoga-inspired apparel for healthy living”. What? He wants me to buy some sweatpants?! What’s...

Over the past few years, leggings have taken off as a wardrobe ‘must.’ They have made the wardrobe transition between seasons almost seamless. Dresses are now able to be worn across all seasons, regardless of dropping temps outside. It seems this trend has evolved once more in crossing over...

Sass & Bide, Lisa Ho and Peter Alexander. What do these designers have in common? They’re Australian multi-million dollar designer brands whose outfits are renowned and sold internationally. But they all had to have started somewhere and were once young, budding designers like yourselves. Lisa...

After almost having a heart attack from my recent credit card bill I have officially banned myself from all Westfields and shopping malls in general. I’m not sure whether it is the temperature controlled, standard fluorescent lighting and confusing maze and layouts of shopping malls, but I find them...

Put on your best designer outfit and pop open a bottle of champagne because we’re in the middle of the  L’Oreal Fashion Week in Melbourne! Melbourne is definitely Australia’s Milan or Paris -fashion capital. The city streets are lined with designer stores and boutiques where local designers...

It takes a lot to survive a cut-throat industry that is dependant on the gratification of fickle consumers. Perseverance, dedication, passion, creativity, and of course talent, are just some of the characteristics that define fashion designers. When considering the stories behind the labels you really...

If you love fashion and creating it yourself, why not start selling the stuff that you make? It’s not as difficult and as time-consuming as it may seem. Two of my friends are currently full-time university students but they manage to have time for their own little business on side called Aishii Designs...