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Fashion & Beauty

Get the Look: The Wiggles for Red Nose day

For 30 years, The Wiggles have been Red Nose Australia’s #1 ambassadors, raising much-needed funds and awareness for eradicating SIDs - in memory of Blue Wiggle Anthony Field’s niece, Bernadette. This Friday,...

Race in a wedding dress for Lifeline Canberra Bride Stride

Hundreds of brand-new gowns donated to Lifeline Canberra will be for sale at The Canberra Fair on Sunday 28 August.

Canberra mum talks about modelling, mother’s guilt, starting over

Local woman, Anchal, a mother, model, and public servant, landed at Canberra Airport exactly 11 years ago with no idea that she was going to start her life from scratch. “It took me...

Into the trenches at Arpelle Woden and Belconnen

Canberra’s specialists in ‘forever pieces’ for the wardrobe, Arpelle, are ready whenever you are to purchase a classic trench at a discount price.

‘Pretty in plastic’: Red carpet sustainability

From gowns made of plastic bottles, to upcycling your red carpet look on the fly, more and more uber cool celebrities are making sustainability look utterly glam – and we love to...

WWTA: Local business woman makes colour better for hair and planet

Miiroko makes salon-grade hair colour more accessible A Canberra-based, women-led start-up is aiming to make hair colouring better for hair and the planet. Ex-hairdresser Claire Saito founded Miiroko in her mission to make...

Local jeweller combines Aboriginal art with luxury jewellery

Tucked away in a residential village in Harrison is the studio of one of the few Indigenous handmade manufacturing jewellers in the country. Thomas Coen, 29, moved to Canberra for love. However, his...

Turner teen competes for Top Model title

A 17-year-old netball coach from Turner has been chosen to represent the ACT in Top Model Australia’s national search for a fresh face to walk in London Fashion Week 2022. On Sunday 10...

Seeing double at Arpelle Woden and Belconnen

From now until 31 July, there is a pop-up sale of mega discounted stock at Arpelle! Their clearance and floating stock sales are taking place at both Westfield Woden and Belconnen.

Emily Blunt’s bold lines

It's not easy to pin down the fashion sense of English rose, Emily Blunt. Like the actress herself, there is just something quirky, charming, and bold about her red-carpet attire. Which is your...

The Devil Wears Prada turns 16

30 June marks the 16th anniversary of The Devil Wears Prada, and every single iconic outfit it gave us. Much of the film’s fabulous wardrobe has withstood the test of time, meaning...

Oscar Delpozo’s bittersweet scent-off after 27 years

David Jones Woden will farewell a go-to employee on 1 July, as Oscar Delpozo, 67, ends his 27-year career helping Canberrans find their signature scent. The name Delpozo means ‘of the world’, and...

What we’re talking about: Self-heating puffer and cutting plastic waste

Fancy a luxury sustainable self-heating puffer coat or want to reduce single-use plastics in your beauty regime? Read on to find out more.

Fast fashion faux pas: trends are costing the environment

From crocs to cowgirl hats - and even the return of low-rise jeans - the latest trends were sure to fly off catwalks into fashionista’s shopping carts the second Australian Fashion Week ended last Friday.

Delizia’s sustainable soap opera(tion)

From the remote mountains of Italy, 43-year-old Delizia’s grandmothers created soap from leftover lard and cooking oil. From that era when nothing was wasted and respect for end-to-end produce was innate, decades passed...

Best dressed at the 2022 Met Gala

The Met Gala, aka fashion’s biggest night of the year, presented a rehashed theme in 2022. Rather than 2021’s In America: A Lexicon of Fashion, celebs were told to dress for In...

Blake Lively leads sparkling odes to New York at Met Gala

The stars have come out for the fashion world's iconic Met Gala, which has returned to its traditional early-May slot after two years of pandemic disruption.

Find your classic Canberra style at Arpelle

If gift giving is your love language come Mother’s Day, visit local fashion house Arpelle for an extra special something in store.

When you can’t keep up with creams, try Healthy Skin Solutions

The experts at leading Canberra skin clinic, Healthy Skin Solutions, say it’s never too late to treat a skin disorder that keeps coming back.

Street style at Coachella 2022

After a two-year hiatus, the dust has finally settled on Coachella’s opening weekend, and we have a moment to reflect on festivalgoers’ experimental looks.

Sustainable sewing DIYs for beginners

Inspired by Aims and Indy Bindy to sew “me-made” but have no clue where to start? Try these super simple upcycling ideas from SCRgroup. Idea #1: Fabric gift wrap A sustainable alternative to paper...

‘Indy’ mum brings travels to Canberra’s sewing community

“There’s power in realising that you’re an important person in your own right and making time for that. I want to show my boys that you need to care for yourself to...

Best and worst dressed at the 2022 Grammys

Among the elegant, eccentric, and straight-up extra, these celebs made our list for the Best & Worst Dressed guests at the 2022 Grammy Awards.

Fashions fade, but style is eternal at Arpelle

Arpelle has remained a stalwart of the local fashion scene since 1999. They know what Canberrans pay for: Quality, classic, and local.

Best dressed at the 2022 Oscars

The 94th Academy Awards once again graced our screens this week, bringing its signature golden glamour. Celebs took to the red carpet in their most polished looks, but only a few made...

Have you been looking for William? Find him at Axis Hairdressing

William is the newest addition to the award-winning Axis Hairdressing Team. Axis Hairdressing, located on Lonsdale St in Braddon, is owned and directed by multi award-winning Australian hairstylists Adam Ciaccia and Michelle Ciaccia.

Local woman is jet-setting makeup artist to the stars

At 50 years old, Liz Bomben made her lifelong dream of becoming a glamorous MUA come true. “I was always interested in makeup. My mother was Australia’s number one psychic, and I grew...

Jetsetter style

International travel is back … Whether you’re going or staying, you can shop autumn fashions of the world’s hottest destinations, right here in Canberra. Parisian bohemian Ela wears Braidy Bunch shirt $129, Peggy jeans...

Formulas for the work wardrobe

Here are three of Vogue’s favourite formulas for business casual, and where to shop them for your own wardrobe. Which girl boss are you? Suit yourself Sweater Weather Proportional play Canberra Daily would love to hear from...

Make it ‘work’

Vogue Australia has catalogued New York Fashion Week 2022 and gave us six business casual formulas for outfits, straight off the runaway. Here’s how our favourite celebrities did the math. Sports leisure: “Biz-leisure”...