Photo by Kayepants In my most recent Style Tips piece, one of the suggestions was “expunge one negative person from your life”. I have since had a couple of people ask me for help with doing this. It’s not my standard subject matter but it’s all about what you want, my darlings! Let me […]
My roving eye plucks the cutest things from Hel Looks & Flickr’s wardrobe remix group. I love, love, LOVE this girl’s outfit. I don’t think it is the sort of thing I would ever wear — it just wouldn’t even occur to me — but I think she looks amazing. I adore the bright salmon […]
My old house in Mt Eden. This is part two of How To Settle Into A City — the first part is here & focusses more on the social aspects of moving to a new city. While it’s all very well & good to have a raging social life (or to get preoccupied trying to […]
“I am moving to Auckland at the end of this year (with my boyfriend) so that I can attend university up there. How does one make friends? I’ve heard all the ‘take a class/join a club’ suggestions which I’m not suggesting aren’t valid, but I’ve taken many classes and haven’t really become great friends with […]
Have you ever thought about what message your clothing is projecting & what it says about you? What story do you think your outfit today told the world? No, no. Don’t keep reading. Pause for a second & think about it. When you leave the house in the morning (or the evening), what are you […]
“I am off to a young cousin’s birthday festivity this weekend with no clue of what to get her for her 14th birthday. She is an aspiring and adorable trendsetter, with stacks of Vogue and dress sketches around her young room. However, in the ever competitive world of high school it can be difficult to […]
“Here’s a subject/question: travel. More specifically, how do you decide ahead of time what to bring with you on a trip? I decide so spur of the moment that I often end up over-packing. How do you pack when you are unsure of occasions you might hit or moods you might be in?” This is […]
I recently received this email from my adorable, but lazy friend: “Dear Gala, I have a fashion research question: I will prefix it with the note that I am too lazy to do the hard web-yards myself, and also I figured I would prefer to be told authoritively by you, THE style doyenne. Where can […]
“I’m completely sick of dressing down and jeans and such. I want to start wearing skirts and dresses and dress pants. I’d like to stick to black and red and white if possible. Any suggestions on where to start with completely re-vamping my wardrobe?” Yes! This can be broken down pretty simply into a few […]
One of the most interesting things about the recent fashion week in New York is the fact that many designers (including Erin Fetherston & Zac Posen) profiled what they called “seasonless” collections, meaning that the garments in question could be worn in hot or cold weather with simple additions or subtractions. It’s another exciting thing […]
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