Although I don’t particularly follow fashion trends, I do keep my eye out for Australian labels who are doing something a little different…and that is how I discovered Zippy Skirts! Chalisa Morrison is a qualified fashion designer with over 20 years experience working in product design, trends, styling and body image, and she put her […]
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What I Wore Roundup – Edition 44
By Sarah in Fashion, What I Wore Tags: fashion, ootd, What I wore
Welcome to my second and final edition of What I Wore from the tropics! I have to say that we really had fabulous weather…very hot and humid which is how I love it! Most of the days were spent in bathers, shorts and singlet, but I continued the tradition of the previous week with getting […]
Owning My Own Style
By Sarah in Beauty, Fashion, Vintage 3 Comments Tags: copper hair, fashion, fashion blogger, op shop, standing out, style, vintage
My lovely followers over on Instagram will have read that I had a slightly unsettling experience a few days ago. Someone reacted with surprise at my newly coloured copper hair, and commented that what I was wearing clashed! I will emphasize that I am 100% sure that the comments were not made with malice…it was […]
My Friday Five – Reasons to Love Op Shopping
By Sarah in Fashion, Friday Five, Melbourne, Op Shopping Tags: fashion, My Friday Five, op shopping, preloved, thrifting
We have had a few days spare at home during these Christmas holidays, so we have done something we have never done before…go on some op shop crawls! One morning, we managed to visit 7 op shops, spread all over Melbourne…had no plans as such…just kind of random exploring as one thing Melbourne has plenty […]
Developing My Own Style…Zincstyle!
By Sarah in Fashion, Vintage, What I Wore Tags: developing your own style, fashion, Frocktober 2015, Frocktober Ambassador, op shop, unique style, vintage, zincstyle
Over the last few years, I have developed a keen interest in fashion…but not mainstream fashion as such because following the latest trends just isn’t for me. Instead, I am loving creating my own unique look from a mishmash of modern, vintage and op shop…Zincstyle! If you follow my posts about What I Wore, and […]
What I Wore Roundup – Edition 16
By Sarah in Fashion, Vintage, What I Wore Tags: fashion, vintage, What I wore
I have to admit that this weeks edition of What I Wore was a bit of a struggle…we were away for most of it, and sadly, I was also unwell. But I did manage to get dressed up and face the world on all but one day…plus my husband and I shared our first joint […]
Dressing Up for Frocktober 2015
By Sarah in Fashion, Health, Vintage 2 Comments Tags: #Frocktober2015, Cancer, dresses, fashion, Frocktober, fundraiser, ovarian cancer, Ovarian Cancer Research Foundation, vintage
As I have written before on this blog, cancer has always scared the living bejeezes out of me…I have met it personally in it’s least aggressive form, and thankfully was able to quickly removed it’s presence via surgery. My life then continued on as normal…but so many of our family and friends have been not […]
What I Wore Roundup – Edition 15
By Sarah in Fashion, Vintage, What I Wore Tags: fashion, ootd, vintage, What I wore
Can’t believe this is Edition 15 already… Spring kept playing its unpredictable games but after a couple of vintage retail therapy trips, I had some new additions to play with! And this week, I decided to finally get some practise with putting my hair up with some success! What I Wore…Monday 14th September – Sunday […]