Lady Melbourne

TweetI have had to keep a lid on this until it’s release date, although if some of your are savvy enough you would probably have worked out by now that Lady Melbourne is the new Fashion and Beauty columnist for Metro News in Melbourne. Tres tres exciting and I am absolutely thrilled to be part [...]

TweetDear Lady Melbourne,What do you think is appropriate dress for a funeral? Do you have to wear black?Annie, MelbourneDear Annie,This may seem like a fairly straight forward kind of deal, but it’s not the first time someone has asked me so perhaps this is one of those things that can stump even those of us [...]

Tweet I don’t think that one should ever use the weather as an excuse not to go out (simply as an excuse to accessorise more) should it be raining continuously as it was here today in Melbourne.I do have a head as you all know, I just didn’t manage to get it into this picture! [...]

Tweet MOR Fruits of Conucopia body milk. Truly I bought it for the packaging but it is amazing on the skin, the fragrance is just divine. Website is super slick as well, for all of you international readers you can buy online. Cherry brooch from a non-descript little Asian store in the Causeway between Collins [...]

TweetI have many new curious objects to show you over the weekend, but possibly the most exciting is that Jesska from Thousand Threads has agreed to hand knit me a black and white scarf, a sort of collaboration of sorts. Results will be up as soon as her fingers get through it!What a doll, I [...]

TweetThere will be some changes happening over the next few days to the look of the blog, so don’t be alarmed if you visit and everything looks like that woman in the office who went to ‘Thailand’ for a ‘holiday’ and came back looking incredibly ‘refreshed.’ They are just minor cosmetic changes, everything else is [...]

TweetSo it seems that people out there are discovering what Lady Melbourne is all about which is just thrilling for me, because as many of you know who read this, blogging can be quite introspective and you live in a sort of bubble of what you like and love.Thank you for the links, I have [...]

TweetI have been tagged a few times recently, and as you probably know by now it’s not really my thing to reveal too much about myself so I have ignored the ‘rules’ of putting up 5 things unknown about yourself. So to acknowledge the latest person and all the others who have kindly linked to [...]

Tweet I’ve teamed up with Melbourne photographer Woodrow Wilson to put together some shots for a column I’ll be writing shortly for a Melbourne lifestyle magazine. More on that later, here is a sneak peak, as usual black and white of course!

TweetBeautiful envelopes with cards from Zetta Florence. Thank you cards from this post also found at this amazing emporium. Tea cups an inheritance, hand made biscuits from The Hub boutique art and craft market. Bloom notebook with lovely inscription, a very thoughtful gift indeed.

Tweet I don’t write a lot about beauty, but I discovered this at a boutique art and craft market today that I really felt I had to show you some pictures, if anything for the colours.Vivien was the consultant who kindly spent a lot of time with me blending a custom powder specifically for my [...]