Sarah Mason
Handmade revolutionaries
I am awed by the way my female forebears can rustle up any outfit from scratch. I grew up with store-bought clothes and negligible sewing skills. But lately, I have longed for the rumble of the sewing machine and the smell of home-baked cookies. The Handmade Market is being held at Kamberra Winery this Saturday [...]
Love me, love my ugly. The case for bad fashion.
It might seem extreme to think of clothing as a relationship barometer. But there are some instances when a book’s cover is the only way to judge. Far from being a benign and superficial part of life, fashion can be a far truer expression of your happiness than anything you’d whisper to your girlfriends over [...]
The answer is never spanx: a guide to occasion dressing
Next to ‘do I look fat in this?’ there is a question that every man dreads, or if he doesn’t he should. No matter how creative, considerate, intelligent or brave… he will never have the right answer to ‘what should I wear?’ Don’t get me wrong, I sympathise with the dilemma. I have many times [...]
When in Rome… white pants and summertime
Ah, white pants and espadrilles… well, when in Rome… but I wouldn’t dream of it anywhere else. Let’s face it, white pants are unforgiving, or at the least, see through, and espadrilles… well, I wouldn’t even know where to buy a pair outside of Italy. The gloom and doom of winter has made me crave [...]
These boots weren’t made for walking: fashion as art
Like Prince, Michael and Britney, fashion designer Valentino has surpassed his surname. The notorious orange-toned Italian designer is synonymous with high glamour and commands a following to rival any pop-star. This August, the Queensland Gallery of Modern Art will open Valentino: Retrospective: Past, Present Future, a collection of the fashion house’s garments from 1959 – [...]
Heels and your inner dwarf: the balancing act
I had a heated discussion with my boyfriend the other day. It started with me asking him to ‘walk slower’. To be clear, I am not one of those sidewalk hogging, stop-to-smell-the roses, dawdling-all-over-the-footpath-driving-everyone-nuts types. I like to move with purpose and as quickly as my fairly short legs will allow. On this occasion, however, [...]
A label by any other name
Labels have a bad reputation. As the oversized shiny manifestations of our oh-so-insatiable consumer appetites, they reek of the fashion depraved. Metallic slogans slapped on buttocks, plastic rip-offs on Bangkok sidewalks and horror of horrors, the corruption of real design aesthetics. All this and more is implied beneath many a fashionista’s breath as he/she announces [...]
fashion rules – are there any?
Fashion is a flippable feast. It offers its avid worshippers a new definition of beautiful more often than the seasons change, such is the moody beast. But in a world where colour can be the new black, are there any absolutes we can rely on? That depends who you listen to. There’s no shortage of [...]
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