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Nigella Lawson – Bountiful Beauty

February 15th 2008 00:01
Nigella Lawson - The Delectable Model


Nigella Lawson fashion
Nigella lawson has left the Kitchen



It’s London fashion week and so I thought I might take a little peek at one Brit who constantly carries herself with elegance, grace and exudes an unspoken charm.
She may not be a fashion model or even an icon of style but what she does have is a healthy body image and approachable aura, she is Nigella Lawson.

Nigella Lawson food
Nigella loves her food



In a world where the public eye seems to demand a wafer thin physique and superficial airs to support a projected image, Nigella is that rarity who refuses to cater to the whims of artificial perfection.

Nigella Lawson kitchen
Nigella in the Kitchen


World Famous for her cooking Television shows Nigella Bites, Feasts and Express
And work as a food journalist she was born in 1960 to a respected British Politician father and socialite mother.

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Nigella goes outside


Coming from a wealthy family seems to have helped her avoid the usual trappings of fame. Her perspective may have also been shaped by the tragedy, of losing her mother, sister and first husband to Cancer.

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Casual Comfort


There is a casual smoothness to the clothes she chooses when hosting onscreen, seldom dolled up to the nines but still fashion conscious. Playful and unashamed of her love for tasty morsels, she picks at the food making her seem even more “normal”.

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Nigella loves her jackets and cardigans


Out on the town Nigella slips into the haute couture wardrobe with ease. Opting from time to time to highlight her ample cleavage, her curvaceous body fills out gowns and suits in all the right places.

Nigella lawson gown
The Nocturnal Gown


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Finding a new use for Alluminium Foil


Proving that starving yourself or exploiting fleshy bits is not a prerequisite to the look of healthy beauty, if only this attitude was adopted on the catwalks we may see designers accentuating the “every woman” instead of bony teens.


Here is an interview with Nigella where she discusses clothes food and sex.
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Gloria Smythe – an Iconic Australian Designer, Author, Illustrator and Design Teacher.

Part 1 – Trade Patternmaker to the Royal Family


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Melbourne Cup Carnival Fever 2008 (LINK)

September 10th 2007 15:35
Whilst Sydney's spring carnival racing may have been bought to a standstill, the Stylist whose Celebrity was voted one 1 of 9 best dressed at the Melbourne Cup, this very blogger shares her tips as she prepares the 2008 VRC Ambassadors wardrobes for this years Melbourne Cup Racing Carnival...

What’s In


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Who's Hot for Summer 2008 (LINK)

September 7th 2007 16:15
Who's Hot for Summer 08

Forget the unwearable items you see strutting down some fashion runways, european fashion speaks to the sillhouette and moves us back to the real aim of fashion - expressing ourselves AND flattering our body shape


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Fashion blog diet

June 19th 2007 00:11
Fashion blogging, like most other blogging provides a forum for otherwise unqualified opinionators, like me. That is, except in the case of The Sartorialist whose blog has been listed by Time as one of the top 100 design influences. His images appear on Style.com and in Vanity Fair and his pithy comments and street shots are indeed a cultural record. He balances the male and female shots and favours the quirky or unconventional, those who don’t just follow trends but help create them. And his journeys to Berlin and Scandinavia, Milan and Paris provide a travel-poor Sydney-ite with the vicarious pleasure of the international flaneur.

The Sartorialist blog
From Thesartorialist.blogspot.com/

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Daria Werbowy: Canadian Amazon

June 15th 2007 00:07
Daria Werbowy
From Dariawerbowy.org


Pictured here all fresh faced and delightful is Daria Werbowy of Canada. Werbowy, like Jessica Stam, passes my knee test (if the thigh is wider than the knee then the model is not sick) and not only that but she exhibits an intelligence one may not expect from models. Maybe she’s simply learned to feign intent with those blue eyes of hers, or perhaps I’m prejudiced because she’s brunette but I do think there’s something more in Werbowy’s brain than is usually held in the mind of a model


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French, a singer and daughter of Serge, Charlotte Gainsbourg had to be gorgeous. Obviously inheriting more of her actress/model mother's (Jane Birkin of Hermes Birkin bag fame) looks than her brooding crooner dad. Recently she gained greater Australian exposure in The Science of Sleep, starring alongside Gael Garcia Bernaz as a Parisienne neighbour gradually drawn into a world of fantasy and phantasm. As you can see in this picture there was minimal attention paid to her hair and makeup, her wardrobe was dowdy and still she radiates beauty.

Charlotte Gainsbourg in the Science of Sleep
From MSN.com

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VivienneWestwood.com
From Viviennewestwood.com


After visiting the Victoria and Albert exhibition which travelled to the National Gallery in Canberra a few years ago, I’ve been obsessed with Vivienne Westwood. It’s not just that she’s sixty and has a beautiful thirty-year-old Italian lover, although that does impress me, and it’s not just that she’s been an inspiration for generations of fashionistas, mostly it’s because for Westwood, fashion is thought


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One of the most striking models of the contemporary brat pack is Jessica Stam, a statuesque Canadian who has the kind of natural physique required for catwalk shows. She is indeed long and slender but there is nothing painful about the proportions of her legs or the position of her clavicle. My general rule is that if the knee is wider than the thigh there’s a problem but Stam is in proportion as you can see from the Stella McCartney show.

Jessica Stam in McCartney
From Style.com

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Black is invariably the new black

June 5th 2007 23:49
Audrey Hepburn in Givenchy
From photobucket.com


Although Coco Chanel was really the first to bring the black dress into the everyday wardrobe of the modern woman, its place was indeed cemented with Hepburn’s appearance in Givenchy during Breakfast at Tiffany (see Sisi's post) last year for more on that dress


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Darling Natalie Portman

June 4th 2007 12:21
Recent Psychology graduate and general cutie-pie Natalie Portman has made the remarkable transition from child actor to adult star, in the non-pornographic sense, and astute style siren. With a particularly petite body and despite some onerous comparisons to Audrey Hepburn - no one needs that hanging over them - she has done rather well for herself.

Dramatically cropped Natalie Portman
From MSN.com

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Segolene Royal
From tygerland.net


The recent French presidential election highlighted the manner in which the French bring style and class to all sectors of life, even the muddy world of politics. In stark contrast we have Australian politicians, from the men who are altogether dull to the women who seem to shun fashion altogether


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Cannes again

May 28th 2007 23:41
Von Teese looking stunning
From Vogue.co.uk


Well the Palme D'or has been awarded (here’s to Romanian film) and the red carpet glitz is over but there's still time for one last analysis before these pictures become old news. Now Dita Von Teese has received quite a slice of publicity in Australia around our fashion week, and despite the entirely vapid interview she gave on Vogue.com.au I still quite like her. This dress is stunning and is perfectly complemented by her immaculate hairdo. Generally in her red carpet appearances, Teese manages to evoke sexuality rather than proclaim it


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Maggie Gyllenhaal, Style Maverick

May 28th 2007 00:57
Gyllenhaal in Secretary
From Filmweb.no


From her first appearance alongside brother Jake in Donnie Darko, enjoyably quirky as the impatient older sister to her role as a masochist in the Secretary (pictured above) Gyllenhaal has, on the whole, chosen film roles and fashion wisely


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