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Three no $$$ tricks for Autumn dressing
Three go to tricks to styling clothes in autumn without having to spend more money on new ones!
Vanessa Puli
May 142 min read


Why You Need A Wardrobe Edit
Signs you need a professional to help with your style, and why the Wardrobe Edit is when the magic happens.
Vanessa Puli
Mar 93 min read


MEDIA: SMH/The Age
Talking about styling to the Sydney Morning Herald/The Age. How learning the craft has been such a joy, and what it means to me to be able to take people on the same journey I have been on, to feel themselves in, and to learn to express themselves with, their clothes.
Vanessa Puli
Feb 271 min read


What is a Personal Stylist?
Explains the role of a personal stylist and who should use them.
Vanessa Puli
Feb 193 min read


First impressions count (and last...)
Why the clothes you wear matter to how you make first impressions, and why dressing authentically matters.
Vanessa Puli
Feb 122 min read


Winter Holiday 'Capsule Wardrobe'
Want to finally learn how not to take the kitchen sink with you on holiday, but don’t want to feel boring and that you ‘look like a tourist’? In June I travelled with one bag, for one month, with no repeat outfits! I learnt some really good lessons, which I am going to use for my winter trip back to London, and France and Madrid. Yes, it will be cold, but do the same rules apply whatever the weather? Lessons learnt: #1 it was more than enough! #2 colour theme is the key t
Vanessa Puli
Dec 23, 20253 min read


Wardrobe Restyle: Sequins!
This Zara jacket was one of my first purchases in 2025. A sequin jacket is on the ‘Trinny List’ and I really wanted to give it a go. I like it. It gives real light to my face. But, I have only really felt good in it with high waist jeans. The ‘classic’ look with black is too formal and a little boring for me. I want to wear it more. But how? 🤔 So I experimented, and took some pictures. Looking at yourself ‘in abstract’ helps. And it makes it easier to use my stylist skills.
Vanessa Puli
Dec 21, 20251 min read


Wardrobe Restyle: Beach Dress
Spoiler Alert: This dress isn't going anywhere, it has serious sentimental attachments. But, I want to actually wear it! This dress was a sarong, bought for $10 in Bali in about 1996 on holiday with my parents! I had it made up into a dress in 2018, to wear it more, but because its black it is a bit ‘formal’ and at the same time the style is too ‘casual’ for every day. I do wear it of an evening on a beach holiday. It’s totally backless, so a bikini top goes underneath. I wan
Vanessa Puli
Dec 16, 20251 min read


Round up of 2025 purchases
I have always told myself the story that I don’t spend that much on clothes. At the start of the year, just as I was starting to think about styling seriously, I decided to track what I spent and see if that was actually true. The outcome – I spent $2497 this year. That is an average of $208 a month. I bought 28 items of clothing or shoes, plus a selection of accessories (jewellery, bag and ties). Only two things are excluded from this: my annual running shoe purchase (
Vanessa Puli
Dec 15, 20253 min read


Wardrobe Restyle: Work Dress
Restyling a burgundy dress. Will it stay in the wardrobe?
Vanessa Puli
Dec 10, 20251 min read


Holiday Capsule Packing
Want to finally learn how not to take the kitchen sink with you on holiday, but don’t want to feel boring and that you ‘look like a tourist’. This is how I travelled with one bag, for one month, with no repeat outfits! I had June in the UK and Paris. I wanted to feel good (stylish). I needed to be able to put my bag overhead on trains. So, that meant carry on-sized bag only. To challenge my stylist skills I also set myself the goal of not repeating an outfit (a very ‘me’ thi
Vanessa Puli
Dec 3, 20252 min read


Wardrobe Restyle: Kaftan
Colour is our #1 draw card when buying clothes, this ‘Camilla-eque’ kaftan I bought in Bali in 2016 is a very good example. It is also a good example of ‘holiday you’ buying things that may not work for 'real’ you! It is ALL my favourite colours in one garment. I love seeing it in my wardrobe, but it makes me sad that it rarely gets worn. It's too beautiful to be worn only once a year on a holiday night out, or as a beach cover up. I have tried wearing it a few ways. In the
Vanessa Puli
Dec 3, 20252 min read


Wardrobe Restyle: Purple
Wardrobe Restyle - purple outfits - the colour works but the outfit doesn't fit well.
Vanessa Puli
Nov 19, 20252 min read


Wardrobe Restyle: The LBD
I have learnt so much this year about styling and particularly my style. I have also started to realise that one of my core tenants as a stylist is about making clothes work harder. Mostly importantly, that is because clarity of message is increased by fewer, but well chosen, clothes - the same as it is in words in the other side of my business! Of course, with clothes that is also economical in $$$, time and effort to dress each day, and in wardrobe space! Reveal Styling is
Vanessa Puli
Nov 14, 20252 min read


POV: Yoga, only it's a date!
Want to look good after your exercise class but don't want to change your outfit. Here's how.
Vanessa Puli
Oct 29, 20251 min read


Want a spring wardrobe without breaking the bank?
Want to be Goldilocks (not too hot, not too cold), and freshen up the wardrobe, but the weather is all over the place and you don’t want to buy too many new clothes? The trick with ‘trans-seasonal’ dressing is that the shoulder seasons don’t truly have a singular identity. Colours particularly are fading out of the winter palette and into the summer one, or vice versa (I see you chocolate and powder pink). So, layering your current wardrobe and summer favourites is the answer
Vanessa Puli
Oct 15, 20251 min read


Melbourne Cup event outfit research!
Melbourne Cup events looming and you need a new frock? @revealstyling has done the hard work for you!!!!! @forevernew_offical takes the prize again this year! Colour, colour and more colour, and variety for every body and every wallet! - it doesn’t get more Spring Racing Carnival than this. Lots of different dress shapes to suit a range of confidence levels. Each in a range of colours - cobalt, pink and bright green being the first three past the post, with yellows bringing u
Vanessa Puli
Oct 6, 20251 min read


How to cut back on your shopping habit and spend
Want to reduce your consumption and/or spending on clothes, but you’re losing the battle because of your love of fashion? These three mistakes are probably making it harder: ⁃ You don’t know your best colours or ‘your style’ so you follow every trend. ⁃ You haven’t identified the foundational and accessories ‘gaps’ in your wardrobe. ⁃ You don’t have an alterations wizard you can trust. Solving these three things will make your wardrobe less frustrating, cluttered, and more ve
Vanessa Puli
Oct 2, 20252 min read


What to do if a trend doesn't suit you... (colour)
Let’s start with two things… a) you can wear what you damn well like! b) trends, puh! Ok… so many of us do like to embrace new season...
Vanessa Puli
Sep 23, 20254 min read


What do Trinny Woodall and Glenn Stevens have in common?
What do the former Governor of the Reserve Bank of Australia Glenn Stevens, and skincare entrepreneur Trinny Woodall have in common? ...
Vanessa Puli
Sep 18, 20253 min read
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