Style Files

Hoorah for the bra!

Wed, 08 May 2013 12:56:23 GMT

In the one hundred years since its invention the bra has had many incarnations. Shaping, lifting, flattening and enhancing its way into fashions history books. From humble beginnings to ...

A weighty issue?

Thu, 28 Mar 2013 22:28:48 GMT

I bumped into an old colleague Lucy* a couple of weeks ago and she looked fantastic. Her skin was glowing, her eyes were clear - she was a shinier, happier, twenty-eight kilograms lighter version ...

The Kate Effect

Tue, 26 Mar 2013 12:08:19 GMT

In 2010 Kate Middleton slipped into a simple jersey dress by little known Brazilian designer Daniella Issa Helayel to announce her engagement to Prince William. Three years later, the Issa ...

Dress Like The Duchess.

Tue, 26 Mar 2013 12:08:19 GMT

In 2010 Kate Middleton slipped into a simple jersey dress by little known Brazilian designer Daniella Issa Helayel to announce her engagement to Prince William. Three years later, the Issa label ...

Racewear Dos and Don'ts

Thu, 14 Mar 2013 20:32:21 GMT

Myer and David Jones launched their track-side fashion trends for Autumn/Winter 2013 this week with a heavy emphasis on elegance and colour. "The most important thing when choosing an outfit for ...

What's happened to festival fashion?

Tue, 12 Mar 2013 22:47:49 GMT

On the weekend I turned into a Muppet.

Not one of the cute, fluffy monsters. I became Statler and Waldorf - the grumpy, old dudes who heckled Kermit and Fozzie from their seats on the ...

Best of Paris Fashion Week

Sun, 10 Mar 2013 23:47:44 GMT

Best Front Row Look

Nicole Richie is ...

Why size doesn't matter

Tue, 05 Mar 2013 21:18:30 GMT

I was in the change room of a well-known chain store last week and couldn’t help listen to the exchanges between customers and sales assistants going on in the cubicles around me. It struck ...

'I was an oddity at school'

Thu, 28 Feb 2013 03:24:53 GMT

Kimora Lee Simmons is larger than life.

Standing at over six-foot four in sky-scraper heels there’s nothing subtle about this model-turned-mogul. Big hair, husky voice she has the ...

What's with the outfits Kim?

Thu, 21 Feb 2013 22:56:16 GMT

I’ve been sitting on my hands trying not to write this one. Predominantly because I believe we/me/society should leave pregnancy and pregnant women alone. Give them a break.

When ...

Raising girls is hard

Tue, 12 Feb 2013 22:21:35 GMT

Walking past a group of young girls on the weekend my 11-year-old daughter asked: “Mummy, do all teenagers dress like that?”

I hadn’t really noticed the group, so I ...

How to: make a fashion mood board

Tue, 12 Feb 2013 01:49:56 GMT

New Year. New You.

I hate that cliché almost as much as I hate peppermint in chocolate - a great idea that’s never executed quite as you imagine it. Whilst I'm a total believer ...

What would Beyonce do?

Tue, 05 Feb 2013 00:11:13 GMT

Now put your hands up… did you watch Beyonce’s halftime show at the Super Bowl? Even if you don’t like music, football or America, you need to down tools and hightail it to ...

Why the beach is good for body image

Tue, 29 Jan 2013 20:32:21 GMT

Over summer, I fall off the grid. I take a big break from my day-to-day. Thongs replace heels, sunscreen replaces bronzer, swimsuit replaces clothes, sleep-ins replace the school run. A big part ...

Lessons from the Ghost of Fashion Past

Fri, 21 Dec 2012 00:49:32 GMT

It’s slightly disconcerting when you’re visited by a woman dressed in colonial clothing in the middle of the night. Why do ghosts always look like they’ve just walked off a ...

The best and worst red carpet looks of 2012

Wed, 19 Dec 2012 02:56:24 GMT

The jury's back and verdicts have been cast... Without further ado, we bring you our best and worst dressed list for the year that was - and, raising the stakes, we've included couples in ...

Five fabulous fashion reads

Thu, 13 Dec 2012 23:41:03 GMT

When it comes to fashion, there are so many great stories. From Coco Chanel to Calvin Klein, it's a world where intrigue, beauty and money have coexisted for centuries. But not all fashion tomes ...

Katy Perry and Taylor Swift are ruining women. Really?

Wed, 12 Dec 2012 03:31:40 GMT

Reading an attack on Taylor Swift and Katy Perry by feminist author Camille Paglia over the weekend made me despair. By the time I’d ingested all 2000 words of crazy, I wanted to throw my ...

Thou shalt not wear...

Thu, 06 Dec 2012 23:25:57 GMT

It’s nine o’clock on a Saturday, the regular crowd shuffles in… except it’s not a Billy Joel song - it’s the office Christmas party. The reason you can hear those ...

Thou shalt not wear...

Thu, 06 Dec 2012 23:25:57 GMT

It’s nine o’clock on a Saturday, the regular crowd shuffles in… except it’s not a Billy Joel song - it’s the office Christmas party. The reason you can hear those ...

The Little Black Dress Guide

Thu, 29 Nov 2012 22:52:42 GMT

From its genesis at the hand of Coco Chanel in the 1920s to Audrey ...

The Litttle Black Dress Guide

Thu, 29 Nov 2012 22:52:42 GMT

From its genesis at the hand of Coco Chanel in the 1920s to Audrey Hepburn’s luxe breakfast, the Little Black Dress is to wardrobes what cake is to icing – essential. Here’s a ...

Ten things he hates about you

Tue, 27 Nov 2012 22:24:06 GMT

Some conversations get underneath people's skin more than others. As a writer, you never quite know what the rub will be and I was surprised

How to: wear metallics

Tue, 20 Nov 2012 22:46:08 GMT

It's time to sparkle - literally.

Sequins, beading, treated silk, glitter mesh, sparkly lace, crystals... the American Music Awards looked like a Christmas discount store as celebrities ...

All that shimmers

Tue, 20 Nov 2012 22:46:08 GMT

It's time to sparkle - literally.

Sequins, beading, treated silk, glitter mesh, sparkly lace, crystals... the American Music Awards looked like a Christmas discount store as celebrities ...