27.Nov.2009 Work it: Interview with Sophie Ward, Literary entrepreneur
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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 [...]
17.Nov.2009 Zine Scene: 5 great online fashion mags
2009 has been a tough year for the magazine industry. Circulation is downat many major publications, advertisers are jumping ship, several titles have been cut loose, and heads have been rolling at Condé Nast.
Magazines are by no means ‘over’: they’ve just been weathering the storm of an over-saturated market in an economic downturn. But where [...]
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 [...]
06.Oct.2009 Fashion sites with a sense of humour
Fashion is a serious business. You need no further proof of this than the surly looks on model’s faces as they walk down the runway, that say “This. is. serious.”
But here’s a little secret I’ll let you in on: fashion can be fun! Remember when you were a kid and you put your plaid blouse on [...]
28.Sep.2009 Style blogging makes fashion more egalitarian
If fashion were a political system, it would have been overthrown long ago. Those at the top of the hierarchy – designers and editors – dictate what we commonfolk will wear from one season to the next, from its cut to its colour, right down to the texture of the fabric.
Fashion is an art form, [...]
