Successfuly embracing your cycle
There are days when you know you are hot. When your skin is glowing, your hair is flowing and that flash flood which would normally make you look like a drowned rat – somehow transforms you into a...
View ArticleO is for Omnivore in October
With Good Food Month kicking off next week, Sydney based Foodies are preparing their palates for a bevy of gastronomic experiences. Those with a penchant for culinary innovation should head to the...
View ArticleSpring Holidays at the Snow
I know you’ve had enough of winter. You’re ready to store those winter greys and vacuum pack your scratchy woollens in mothballs. Some of you, keen to hasten the summer heat have no doubt done the...
View ArticleHandbag Economics 101
A colleague of mine is in the market for a handbag that is both fashionably forward and wearable in an office setting. As a big fan of quality and classic styling – my advice to her was that if...
View ArticleEnd of Season Sales: How to score wardrobe classics
It’s summer in the Northern Hemisphere and that means sale season. I absolutely love it that the advent of online shopping means we Aussies can buy stuff that is BOTH on sale and in season. I have...
View ArticleGet your Ski-On with Veuve Clicquot & The Winery
Can’t make to the snow this ski season but are looking for a bit of Apres-Ski action? Why not head to The Winery at Surry Hills on Wednesday 23 July where Veuve Clicquot has organised the ultimate...
View ArticleWhat Goes on Tour Stay on Tour…..Not Really…
I recall early in my career I was invited to attend a strategy offsite where a couple of young executives were celebrated for an incident which had occurred at a prior conference. It was typical...
View ArticleIn Case of Wardrobe Emergency….BREAK GLASS!!
My colleagues seem to think I have sufficient experience to write an article on which items are essential to have on hand in the office. Perhaps it is because they knew I was once in investment...
View ArticlePersonal Brand: the Office Party
Many a career has been made and lost at the Office Party, but for the career Cinderella who wants to improve her station there is no doubt attending these and other networking events is critical to...
View ArticleBusiness lady fashion
We often hear about how the scarcity of women in the senior management ranks makes it difficult for women in the business world to have role models. While that is true, over my many years working in...
View ArticleWomen’s Networks : Are They Worth The Effort
Ok so you’ve been up since 5:30am – maybe you went for a run, or perhaps you were logging on for some all consuming work project – OR – if you are like me – you were unloading the dishwasher while...
View ArticleCareer chasms – climbing out and up again
At the apex of the Global Financial Crisis I recall thinking to myself, “It will be a miracle if I survive this crisis with my career intact….” and I wasn’t alone – most of the people I knew at the...
View ArticleSeeking career success? Eyewear can give you an edge
Ok I will confess, when I was younger and life was full of possibilities I would flip through the pages of my favourite fashion magazine and dream of having a modelling career. It was a stretch I...
View ArticlePrincess Report #227
Inspired by our beautiful friend and training buddy Miss C, let’s head over to the All England Lawn Tennis Club where not even the presence of our ever gorgeous and perfectly poised Princess...
View ArticlePrincess Report #226
Sometimes we just need to bring out our inner superhero, especially when it’s been one of those weeks spent delicately dodging all manner of missiles and generally wishing we had the services of an...
View ArticleAre Your Accessories Dating You?
Once you have a certain way of putting on your makeup, it’s hard to change and update with the times – after all it suits you, right? This chain of thought can be seen on mothers and grandmothers...
View ArticlePrincess Report #225
Sooooooo many goings ons in PR land peeps what with the Spanish abdication, the upcoming christening of baby-Princess Leonore in Sweden and the long awaited news that Her Serene Highness Princess...
View Article“Comfort Baking”– my collection on Foodie.com
Check out Comfort baking by Lucy Dive Fenton at Foodie.com It’s no secret that I love to bake. I have to admit that the main reason is probably the praise – no matter how well you cook a steak, you’re...
View ArticleTapavino Restaurant Review
I really only go out for dinner for the entrée and dessert. Main course generally bores me. I’m not working a plough during the day, so the last thing I need is a huge lump of meat and an ocean of...
View ArticleCompetition: “Get Your Style On” and Win a Russian Rings Necklace
Is your wardrobe missing a key piece this season? Need something to cheer you up as the days get shorter and the winter chill sets in? The “Charlotte” Russian Rings necklace in rose gold from...
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