Sleep in festive style
Get cosy with your closest over Christmas in sleepwear sets that suit the season. Lean into the craze completely, with colour, motifs, and accessories, and find yourself dressed and ready for memory-making and photo-taking on Christmas morning. By Nina Tucker.
Take flight
Navigating your travel wardrobe can be tricky, so versatility is key – with pieces that keep you comfortable in the air or on the road yet can be easily dressed up. Reflect your holiday destination through earthy neutrals, and keep a nice heel or bag in your suitcase for classier excursions. By Nina Tucker.
Shine time
As the New Year approaches, many thoughts turn to celebrating its arrival. New Year parties are usually about glitz and glamour, sparkle and shine, a time to dress up and enjoy scintillating conversation, Champagne, and gourmet treats. Black is a favourite for evening glamour, paired with gold or silver to add sparkle. The same works […]
NOTEWORTHY
The year is almost to a close, and we’re rounding up noteworthy moments, or things to take note of, as we edge closer to 2025. By Nina Tucker. Fashion and film Jon M. Chu’s Wicked has landed in theatres worldwide and across the country, garnering lots of chatter with its all-star cast featuring Ariana Grande, […]
Choosing a perfume
Shopping for perfume? Metropol Editor Lynda Papesch offers some suggestions, taking inspiration from various astrological insights into preferences and personality traits for the various signs of the Zodiac. Arians are strong personalities, love floral fragrances for their romance and sensuality, and enjoy dynamic citrus notes. Taureans can be both stubborn and thoughtful. Spicy fragrances echo […]
Wash that body: Check Your Bits
A life-threatening scare four years ago led a Christchurch couple to create a unique bodywash, aimed at women and men using it to regularly check for cancer signs. Aptly named Check Your Bits, the bodywash is the brainchild of Tamara Milne and Ryan Newman, inspired by their own experience with breast cancer in 2020. “We […]