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Australia

Creating a Page on Wikifashion

July 31, 2010

I am terrifically excited to be the August 1, 2010 featured article on Wikifashion. Wikifashion? If you haven’t heard of it, maybe you’ve seen Wikipedia, which is basically a big collaborative online encyclopedia. That means anyone can contribute to it. Wikifashion is the same thing, but exclusively for topics related to fashion. What is Wikifashion? [...]

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Zimmermann: Hot Aussie Cozzies

May 12, 2010

What’s a cozzie, you ask? In Aussiespeak, that’s a bathing suit, aka, swimming costume, or a cozzie for short. Cause y’all know the Australians shorten everything, right? Brekky, rego, arvo, relo = breakfast, registration, afternoon, and relative. Anyway, enough with the Australinglish lesson. The Zimmermann Cruise Swim Collection 2010/11 was just posted to the company’s [...]

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RAFW S/S 2010-11: Dion Lee

May 6, 2010

This collection is so stellar, it really needs no words. Not only is the Dion Lee S/S 2010-11 collection his finest yet, it was shown at the Sydney Opera House, which also needs no words. But I have to add some anyway…yours truly has had the good fortune to not only visit the Sydney Opera [...]

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RAFW S/S 2010-11 Day 3 Highlights

May 5, 2010

Ahhhhhhhh. To sum up the latest shows at Rosemount Australian Fashion Week (RAFW), let me put it in two words: Mind. Blowing. The Greek trifecta of designer Alex Perry, makeup maestro Napoleon Perdis, and hair stylist Renya Xydis came together for Perry’s massive show held in an equally massive off-site space. Looks started small (think [...]

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RAFW S/S 2010-11 Day 2 Highlights

May 4, 2010

The fashion hysteria in Sydney at Rosemount Australian Fashion Week (RAFW) is in full swing. Street peepers and uber-famous bloggers (Scott and Garance) are snapping away, the music is pumping, and the fashpack is tweeting as fast as their manicured little fingers will allow. Day 2 at RAFW Show of the day was definitely by [...]

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RAFW S/S 2010-11 Day 1 Highlights

May 4, 2010

I’m sure my American readers are looking at that title, that curious string of digits and letters wondering what it all means. I’ll tell you what it means: it’s one of the best weeks of the year Down Under. It’s the 15th year of Rosemount Australian Fashion Week (RAFW) in Sydney, and all those awesome [...]

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My New L♥ve: Poirot

January 14, 2010

I fell in love today. With a Frenchie named Poirot. Not Poirot, the detective (though he was named after him). But Poirot, the gloriously gorgeous, insanely huge, absolutely breathtaking, Australian-bred French Standard Poodle. I’ve had a thing for poodles ever since I met the daintiest white Standard Poodle named Zsa Zsa (I will steal that [...]

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Expat Adventures: Nan Tien Temple

December 22, 2009

I recently had the good fortune to visit the largest Buddhist temple in the southern hemisphere, Nan Tien Temple. Nestled in the hills of Wollongong, New South Wales, Australia, Nan Tien is an amazing traditional Buddhist temple that is open for tours, ceremonies, and prayer. It is a stunning, serene place…if you ever find yourself [...]

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The Sartorialist in Sydney

December 8, 2009

So The Sartorialist popped over to Oz again for a visit and a book signing at Sass & Bide (in not-so-easy-to-get-to Paddington) from 6-9pm on December 8. I went. Ostensibly to get a book signed and meet the man who put street style blogging on the map. Or, maybe my motivation was really to see [...]

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Crazy Aussie Headlines

November 23, 2009

What’s going on Down Unda? The usual craziness, and then some, I think. Today on smh.com.au… State chills out after scorcher “SUNDAY’S scorching heat was just a memory yesterday, with many cities and towns across the state recording only half the temperatures of the previous day. In Sydney, the temperature reached 22.1 [71 degrees Fahrenheit] [...]