“Go ahead and be wildly improbable and unrealistic with the life you want to create”. – Aimee Mullins Look up the bio of Aimee Mullins and you’ll discover some truly remarkable achievements by the American: the youngest person to hold a top-secret security clearance at the Pentagon (aged 17), Olympic athlete, TED speaker, Alexander McQueen...
Month: March 2012
Cult Coffee in Cronulla
If you’ve ever had coffee in the Shire, chances are you already know about Grind. A Cronulla institution, this cult following espresso bar has been keeping the Shire’s sun-kissed surfer crowds happy for ten years. And now, after a decade of pumping out the best brews south of the Bra Boys, Grind’s said goodbye to...
RUNWAY WRAP: Alex Perry LMFF 2012
For every Belle of the Ball – Alex Perry Spring Summer 2012/13
You had us at CHISWICK
It’s here. The most anticipated restaurant of 2012 has arrived and it has more potential than a Miranda Kerr/Orlando Bloom gene pool. Chiswick, the love child of Matt Moran and Peter Sullivan, isn’t just a pretty face though. It’s got brains too. Not to mention a humdinger custom wood fire oven and purpose built 150...
Daily Addict Guide to the LMFF
LMFF Business Seminar It’s pretty, it’s now and it’s frivolous too. But don’t be mistaken that it’s all light and love. Fashion is a serious business – a global goldmine of negotiation. How to succeed in the fashion world. Sharpening those stilettos may be a good start but grounding yourself in the logistical basics is...
L’Oreal Melbourne Fashion Festival Opening and International Women’s Day
Strength, solidarity and style. That’s what I see when I look at this runway photo from the L’Oreal Melbourne Fashion Festival Opening. This year LMFF launch coincided with International Women’s Day – a day celebrated across the world on March 8th each year acknowledging the vital role women play in enhancing economic security for their families,...
ELLERY has landed
Are you one? A devotee? Then immerse yourself in the quaint and fashionable surrounds of Paddington’s Intersection. Try not to swoon – ELLERY has officially landed. Fashion icon, Kim Ellery, has swung open uber-stylish doors at her first flagship boutique paying homage to the modern and refined femme fatal with aplomb. Nestled in none other...
Wild times
Welcome to Bedrock in the heart of Melbourne. The Carlton, being slap-bang in the centre of the city, has always been a favourite with after-work drinkers, travellers who notice the stairs and late-night revellers. Sometimes, however, friends were freaked by the taxidermy animals of the first floor and lacked the motivation to climb the five...
Fashion Festival essentials
Huge love to the divine teams at DVF, Christian Louboutin and Bijoux Box for helping us with our fashion festival outfits. Here are 5 of handy packing tips: 1. Take phone / polaroid pics of you standing tall in your outfits. Spend time trying on each, take a snap and see if it all works...
If shoes could kill..
These certainly would. #Fierce #NSFW #OHShazard *Christian Louboutin SS’12 VIP preivew