Styling

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

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.

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

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 (

Restyling a burgundy dress. Will it stay in the 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’. 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

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

Wardrobe Restyle - purple outfits - the colour works but the outfit doesn't fit well.

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

Want to look good after your exercise class but don't want to change your outfit. Here's how.

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

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

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

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