Archive for the "Work It" Category

27.Nov.2009 Work it: Interview with Sophie Ward, Literary entrepreneur

(Paper Castle logo by Danny Roberts)
Sophie Ward is busy, aligning disparate universes.
There are her home bases – Perth, the world’s most isolated city, and bustling New York, her adopted home.
And then there’s the modelling – for Italian and Australian Vogue, Harper’s Bazaar, Giorgio Armani and Diane von Fürstenberg, among others – which sits alongside her [...]

09.Nov.2009 Interview with musician, Laura Imbruglia

Indie rock musician Laura Imbruglia charmed us with her laundry fantasies with her single My Dream of  A Magical Washing Machine and introduced us to her ‘crying disease’ and witty word-play with her self-titled debut album of 2006. Since then she’s been keeping her vocal chords in fine form performing Salt ‘n Pepa and Meatloaf [...]

06.Nov.2009 Work it: Caitlin Shearer

Caitlin Shearer started selling her art out of necessity: high school had ended, and it was time to make some money. “I needed to earn some sort of income. Probably quite naively, I chose painting over working at a supermarket,” the Sydney-sider says.
It’s a decision that has paid off. Almost two years later, the 20-year [...]

20.Oct.2009 Work it: Cosmetics Creator

Our new feature Work It gives an insight into the working lives of successful people. First up, Doe Deere of Lime Crime Makeup.

(Doe Deere modelling Lime Crime makeup)
It’s been said that the best business people are successful because they see a need in the market, and resolve fill it.
Doe Deere found such a need when [...]

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