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Culturally Correct Chic

img_5471emlCULTURALLY CORRECT CHIC... for swinging around the world.

By Kandy Russo

"There are no foreign lands. It is the traveller only who is foreign"

Robert Louis Stevenson.

Before heading off on our travels we must first pack our Porte. Some significant thought has to be given to this process. Where are we travelling? How are we travelling? And what activities or functions will we be attending?


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How To Look Fabulous in a Recession - March 09

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How To Look Fabulous in a Recession

by Kandy Russo

"Pare Down" has been my catch cry for some time! Pare down everything, your environment, your wardrobe, your life.  In these interesting times, we can't afford to look ostentatious on any level. The look now is "Classic Chic", simply achieved by buying better but buying less.  There is no reason or excuse not to look and feel fabulous everyday. All it takes is a little thought and planning. You don't have to "put all your money on your back" anymore, as my father would say!


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Roots & Wings Design, Berry - JAN 09

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Traipsing through the quaint streets of Berry one warm Monday afternoon in November, I stumbled on a gorgeous store with the mysterious name of Roots and Wings. Fascinated by the name, the ornate verdigris logo out the front and the lush ivy scaling its walls, I had to go in and have a look. The impact on entering this beautiful store was enough for me to abandon Peter without a word and lose myself to retail therapy and heavenly merchandise.


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A Beginners Guide to Melbourne Cup - DEC 08 PDF  | Print |  E-mail
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For as long as I can remember I've been dying to go to the Melbourne Cup. Funnily enough, only now that I have moved half way across the world to Mumbai, I finally managed to get myself there.

Now by no means am I completely new to the races. I’ve had plenty of fun days out with the girls drinking way too much champagne at Sydney's Randwick Racecourse, and more recently was able to spy some fabulous examples of Indian fashion at Mumbai's Derby Day. But to me the Melbourne Cup was unfamiliar territory, an entirely new ball game!

For you fellow novices that have similar aspirations to one day attend the Cup, I have devised this 'Beginner's Guide' to prevent you from making the same mistakes I did.
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More Dash Than Cash With Your Little Black Dress - JAN 09

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When I was on an FGI fashion tour in Paris, I went to see the "Little Black Dress Shop". It is an appointment only deal, Didier Ludot Dominique is a collector and keeps one of each couture dress. Usually in size 4, they design and produce 13 a season (lucky number to the Parisians) each year with a different lace seam trim. "You see, La Petite Robe Noire book," explained Dominique "the Little Black Dress is perfect, one can change it with the jewellery or what ever for any occasion, it gives the woman allure, glamour. Every woman always has a "thing" about their LBD. With the black dress one can look "perfect," not too poor, just perfect. Coco Channel brought LBD to be fashion. Prior to the time, only staff and widows wore black dresses."  www.didierludot.com


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