Ruby Rabbit club faceliftWalk into boutique club Ruby Rabbit and you’ll think you’re on another planet. The recently refurbished Level 1 has transformed into a changeable six cube panorama with a lunar theme literally covering floor to ceiling. Stars, planets and moons feature on a custom-made canvas constructed of thousands of A3-sized tiles wrapped around...
Category: Fashion
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Heels under the hammer
Fashion Auction Day It started six months ago, as a conversation with a friend and a belief that there’s “no reason why we can’t auction anything”. And now Lisa Watson, a real estate auctioneer is boasting a healthy 80% clearance rate, having introduced Fashion Auction Day where you can make a bid for designer shoes...
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Weekend spent a la mode
Sydney Fashion Weekend Spotted: you and your best friend sitting front row at Ginger & Smart, Shakuhachiand Nicola Finetti catwalk shows. Overheard: fashionista in a fluster “I’ve called in a sick day, but my boss is here”. Backstage: models in metallics and monochromes, statement jewellery pieces and lofty heels. Party pics: you and your crew sipping black raspberry liqueur and Champagne at the Chambord...
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Markets in the square
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...
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All that glitters
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...
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the secret path
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...
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clever swap-style shopping
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...
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one stop man’s shop
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...
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it’s vintage darling
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...
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zac posen on target
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...