Seeing social change through pages of ‘Vogue’
In its 60 years, “Vogue Australia” has been much more than just a glossy magazine guide to fashion – it’s been a barometer of social change, says arts editor HELEN MUSA in her preview of a new exhibition at the National Portrait Gallery.
Review / Brooches become excitingly fashionable
craft / “Bro.och – an exposition of brooches”, Bilk, Palmerston Lane, Manuka until July 15. Reviewed by MEREDITH HINCHLIFFE.
Scientist Emma says hello fashion!
AFTER realising that a long-planned career in medical science wasn’t for her, Emma Batchelor decided to give in to her love of fashion, follow...
Night lights bring Yumi’s new fashion to life
FASHION designer Yumi Morrissey, of local label Zilpah Tart, inspired by the bright lights of Canberra, has created a new collection based on national...
Talented pool jumps in fashion’s deep end
BIANCA Pavlic’s talent for creating delicate, feminine clothes has seen her designs featured in US fashion magazine “Coco”, following a collaborative shoot that pooled...
Photos / Fashfest 2016 night 1
Photos by Holly Williams.
Canberra Centre keeping mum about what it’s up to
THE Canberra Centre is going through its biggest changes in years with a great many stores turfed out of the wing bordering Petrie Plaza,...
Canberra Centre opens up for new construction
THE Canberra Centre is tight lipped about why they've relocated all their tenants on the Petrie Plaza end of the complex.
But the construction work...
Hat’s off to Cynthia’s ‘Fireworks’
MILLINER Cynthia Jones-Bryson admits that she is still in shock after winning the coveted Crown Oaks Day Millinery Award at Flemington.
The award-winning headpiece...
At the Canberra Centre, water and electricity do mix
AT lunchtime today a brief spot of wet weather had water gushing from the light fittings of a Canberra Centre shoe shop.
Fortunately the staff...
Beat the Ikea opening crush by signing up to their ‘family’
WHILE all of Canberra braces for the Ikea opening on November 16, with vast crowds threatening to bring traffic mayhem to Majura Park, facebook...
Canberra’s Etsy enthusiasts are putting on a market
ETSY, for the uninitiated is the internet's home of handmade wares for sale.
The Canberra Etsy Team (Canetsy) has announced they are putting on an...
Markets to pile up around City Walk over Christmas
THE Canberra City Walk Markets is set to launch this weekend in Petrie Plaza.
Canberra CBD Limited CEO Jane Easthope says the Canberra City Walk...
Fashion / Get the most from Cup day
By Kate Meikle
Fashion / Jade makes spring colour pop!
COMBINING high-vis orange, turquoise-green, lime yellow and rich dark purple isn’t for the faint-hearted, but fashion designer and milliner Jade Sargent’s latest line for...
IKEA sets the date for the grand opening
IKEA has announced that it will open the doors of its new Canberra store on Monday 16 November 2015.
Speaking at Floriade, where the...
Canberra’s Roji Salon takes out top hairdressing awards
WORD reaches us that New Acton's Roji Hair Salon has taken out the Best Salon Design award at the 2015 Hair Expo Awards.
Celebrating a...
Champagne and canapés to mark artistic collaboration
THE Canberra public is invited to a Champagne and canapé event this Friday to mark the closing of the of the Canberra Centre art...
Fashfest 2015, Night One
THE night opened with a stunning collection of resort wear by a fresh graduate from the Canberra Institute of Technology (CIT) that delighted the...
‘Elegant’ outcome for fashion collaboration
“It sounds like a small thing, but I saw designers surrounded by their models last year and thought, I want that to be me. This time round, it will be," says designer Erin Spain.
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Movie review / ‘Baby Done’ (PG)
"Baby Done’s" screenplay squeezes out every possible social, emotional, medical, obstetric and relationship problem that might confront a woman in her first pregnancy, writes movie reviewer DOUGAL MACDONALD.
