Gentleman overheard saying: “Go ahead darling, you deserve your facials … in fact, make them monthly.” It’s an endearing invitation being heard all over town now that The Facial Club’s taking new members. The Club’s free membership certainly has its privileges, and here it takes the form of indulgent, one hour-long facials for $29. Each...
New Darlinghurst street markets Making highlights, adding embellishments – if anyone can do it spectacularly, the folks around Darlinghurst can. The most recent addition is a new Taylor Square Community Market; and a prelude to welcome this year’s Mardi Gras parade. All day footpath trading along Oxford Street and a transformed Taylor Square will see local retailers...
Your appetite for stocks and property? Shaky. For precious gems and ‘best friends’? Perpetual. Just ask Bonhams & Goodman’s fine auction house. Results of their fine jewellery December auction showed no signs of a downturn, making more than $2 million and setting an Australian jewellery record with the help of a rare set of Argyle...
Skip this week’s celebrity antics and ‘am I too skinny to strut?’ dilemmas. You’re just interested in praiseworthy fashion, and pieces in your wardrobe that have substance. Urban Walkabout Tours now take the guess work out of where the vogue-elite go with a masterfully abridged circuit of Paddington’s top fashion and style destinations. Operator Victoria...
Please, no more appointments. You have them during work days and lunches; with bosses, clients, doctors and dentists. Making another one with a beautician is not high on the priority list. With your spare (and rare) 15 minutes, just walk in to Benefit’s new Paddington-based Boutique. No appointment necessary. Founded by San Franciscan twin sisters Jean...
Statement 1: A favourite but you can’t get away with wearing it again. Statement 2: You got caught up in ‘shopping frenzy’ (a state of buying, knowing that you don’t really need it and are compelled to buy anyway – happens to the best of us, we know). Statement 3: The intent was to drop an unrealistic dress...
The ‘smart casual’ dress code can still cause a wave of angst in so many wardrobes. Although conveniently not so for the style-savvy guys who get their threads from INCU. Their city store has just expanded with a new site entirely devoted to menswear. For designer street couture or work gear that sits somewhere between Armani...
Looking to wear a piece of the past? Vintage clothing can give you that nostalgic link. Not the ‘vintage’ from two seasons ago, we’re talking fashionable statements that are quality, desired and typically older than a good whisky. A piece that you can pick up later this week at the Sydney Vintage Clothing, Jewellery & Textiles...
Free Zac Posen designer dress for every lady … sorry, April Fool’s. Wait until Thursday though and you really can get your Zac piece at a surprisingly un-international designer-like price. No stranger to collaborations (back in 2004 he cut a deal making the Nokia 7200 as ‘the’ handset for Manhattan’s urban hip), Zac has partnered with old...
There are certain events coming up that need to be diarised. You’ll have to help yourself on personal anniversaries and birthdays, but here’s three to lock in your calendar; Formula 1 Australian Grand Prix 13 March, Mother’s Day falls on 11 May, and Sex and the City the movie, is out in cinemas on 5...
