Anything but Boring: Fashionable mix-ups
This coming spring and summer, if your clothes are a bit rad, you’re instantly in fashion. Think out-there shapes and cool mix-ups of items worn together. For instance, who said that scruffy and loose frayed jeans shouldn’t be donned with a gorgeous tailored-waist, satin jacket? Herein lies the glory of getting dressed. Designers […]
Fashion on the Fringe: Fringing sashays its way back into sartorial consciousness
The ‘70s are in full swing – both figuratively and literally – as fringing sashays its way back into sartorial consciousness. A fun detailing that adds both drama and femininity to any look, this season we’re seeing it in every way, shape and form. From micro-mini fringe trimmings to luscious, long strips of […]
Fashionable feminine locks: V For Hair and Beauty Merivale
V For Hair and Beauty Merivale has specialists in the team for whom balayage and ombre is their passion; creating beautiful fashionable, feminine looks for their clients. The free-hand application allows them to achieve a more natural and modern effect with subtle transitions between the chosen hues, whether blonde, brunette, red or the […]
The power to change: Transform Clinic
Some things in life are below-surface niggles. All manner of body and appearance issues can quietly eat away at our wellbeing and confidence. In the recent past, problems like persistent pimples, wrinkles, skin tags, unwanted neck fat or unsightly veins have been viewed as unchangeable destinies. That’s where lives can take a turn […]
Only a hairdresser knows… : Mondo Black
Family friendly Christchurch hair salon Mondo Black has a chic neighbourhood vibe. Despite this, it draws clients from far and wide. Maybe because stylists here possess specialist expertise in colouring. At the top end of Barbadoes street, Mondo Black stocks the professional-only haircare brand named NAK, which is manufactured in Australia and […]
Blushing Beauty: The new homeware style
Pink is the pretty new palette that is winning affections in homewares and we’re head over heels for all things in soft blush tones because, although we may be inevitably heading into the colder months, that doesn’t mean our homes have to plunge into darkness with us. A relaxing, peaceful colour, it makes […]
Good as gold: Exploring golden fashion
Dress to impress is generally a figurative instructive to describe the art of dressing up. But injecting gold into your wardrobe is one way to pay a more literal homage to this sentiment, with our affections for this illustrious hue. The golden child of fashion has been putting the Midas touch on […]
Style Notes: HOLIDAY S.O.S
Headed off on a much-needed winter break? Try these tips to help steer you towards a stress-free packing experience. Take one light suitcase Samsonite make the best ones. Weighing in around 2kg, you can get more in it without over-stepping the 23kg luggage limit of local airlines. Ditch the white White clothing […]
New Zealand’s next top designer?
As part of its annual fashion week, Ballantynes Department Store’s new competition will give one emerging designer a valuable start in the fashion world. Judged by Karen Walker, fashion label twenty-seven names, Remix Magazine, fashion photographer Dave Richards and Ballantynes’ Head of Buying Megan McKee, the winner of the Ballantynes Emerging Designers Competition […]
Diagonal dressing: The puzzling new trend
Some things in life are all about keeping on the straight and narrow. But this season, the beauty is in the asymmetry. Designers are stepping outside of the sartorial box, working dramatic asymmetry into their creations and it’s not just about high-low dresses and diagonal hemlines.This year it’s all about hems that go […]
