Welcome to the fashion playground’s new look
Friday, July 9, 2010
Recepción, Bienvenue,Willkommen,Welkom, 歡迎, Benvenuto, ยินดีต้อนรับสู่, WELCOME to the fashion playground’s online home. Anyone that has ever undertaken developing a website, I take my hat off to you, because this has been one of THE most challenging things I have ever done, but here it is.
There are still a few things to be tweaked, but that’s for me to know and you hopefully not to see.
Without sounding like a Logies thank you speech, Mark from Fashion Identity has been superb as has Donna from Donna’s creation (who helped me define my logo). I actually started my website design journey in Dec last year. I made a couple of bad decisions and went with “cheaper” alternatives to design and develop my website, as like any business you try to save money where you can. If there is one thing I have learn’t and seriously I should have known this better than anyone, pay peanuts you will get monkey’s, pay professionals, you will have a site that makes you smile.
With that, I hope you do enjoy our site.There is plenty more to come, but for now, this is a good start! Myself and my team have years of experience in retail therapy and love everything to do with fashion, style and image. We look forward to sharing with you what makes us quiver with excitement, takes pride possession in our wardrobe and thing that you simply just must have or know about!
We’d love to hear from you on what you think of our little project, so please drop me an email – michelle@thefashionplayground.com or visit us on facebook. Time for a well deserved Champagne! x
Your favourite jumper
Wednesday, July 7, 2010
Has your favourite jumper seen better days? When unpacking my space bags in preparation for the chily winter days that have arrived and caught me rather unprepared, I noticed under the arms and around the chest, tiny balls of fabric had formed together in little clumps. This is called pilling.
Pilling occurs when groups of short or broken fibers on the surface of fabric become tangled together in a tiny ball – a pill. It occurs as the fabric rubs together or against another surface during normal wear and use ie: carrying a handbag.
I know you can purchase tiny little combs to remove pills, some people often use razors (which I did try many years ago and ended up with lovely little holes in my jumper because of the delicate nature of the fabric – ah we learn, don’t we!).
One of the most effective ways to remove pills is a battery operated pill remover that shaves the pills from the surface of the garment.
Seriously these little gadgets are amazing and for anyone that does not have one, pop in to your local Spotlight and you can pick one up for under $20.
When using the pill remover (you will obviously need batteries), use tiny little circles and for best results use over a hard service ie. Table/bench or even better an ironing board.
In no time, your beloved old jumper will be looking brand spanking new again.
Our new PM’s style….
Thursday, July 1, 2010
Taking the political aspect aside and whilst I am proud of the fact Australia has it’s first femal PM – there is definitely a little bit of room for improvement in the wardrobe dept! Perhaps the cabinet reshuffle could have included a new stylist??
I understand that Ms Gillard is an incredibly busy woman and what she wears is probably the furthest thing from her mind but her image is now more important than ever, so Julia, we are here to help!
I know not everyone has time to shop, let alone enjoys shopping, hence why we have stylists, but her current wardrobe lacks a consistent style, consistent basics – it is very hit and miss, no wonder she’s struggling.
I know it must be hard being in the public domain 24/7 and the last thing we all want is to have a bad picture of us published…anywhere, but the fact of the matter is – she is who she is now and with her position comes an enormous amount of responsibility and so she must dedicate time and resources to looking the part!
Pre PM – Gillard was very conservative, tended to wear very boxy corporate masculine suits. Very rarely did we see her in anything feminine.
Post PM -There is improvement but as they say improvement is the biggest room in the house and seeing the lodge is now empty…. She could definitely do with a little assistance in developing her own classic perhaps more feminine style, similar to that of Quentin Bryce (our GG) who optimizes grace, style and elegance as did Jackie Onassis and Audrey Hepburn. Anna Bligh for that matter is always appropriately and elegantly dressed.
My advice….Ms Gillard would look fabulous in a classic cream Carla Zampatti suit, Anthea Crawford or Veronica Maine number.
I do like her in the black and white polka dot jacket that she was recently snapped in, very stylish indeed. Simple, classic – it just worked, however the necklace did not compliment her outfit and took away from its sophistication.
Mixing of patterns also rarely works so she needs to be very careful ie: a black top with a swirl embedded into the texture under a grey pin stripe suit, did her no favors at all and is definitely a no no.
Its no secret, getting dressed every day can be hard, no denying that.
It can be even trickier for red heads especially when the colour of her hair goes from a fresh vibrant rich red to an orange red.
At least her hair always looks immaculate, id love a boyfriend or husband that gets up at 4.30am in the morning to blow-dry my hair every day…heaven!
So, in a nutshell Julia, keep persevering and if you ever need some assistance, drop us a line, we are here to help!