Birdcage Still An Aviary Of Equine Extravagance

SHAREMARKET panic may have spooked some corporate racegoers out of the Birdcage at Flemington this year, but it won't spook the horses or the dedicated party set.

Poetic License

Occasionally I read those semi-glossy mags and occasionally they have stories about women with enviable careers. I usually skip past the enviable careers to the enviable wardrobe section (because let's face it, who wouldn't want my job?). But one time I paused long enough to read a most fascinating job title. The title of Corporate Poet. The combination of "Corporate" (gets a steady income therefore buys a steady stream of new-season garb) and "Poet" (still a little wafty and artsy enough to be ...

New Model Army Style

AS Gemma Ward was walking the red carpet for the premiere of The Black Balloon in Sydney last week, fellow Australian models were continuing to flood onto the catwalks of Paris.

Sort Out Your Wardrobe

A fashion consultant teaches high-flying women how to buy pieces that suit the 'real you'.

Council's Timely New Look

MAITLAND councillors will no longer be difficult to spot. They voted on Tuesday night to increase the council's annual budget by $2000 to cover the cost of a corporate wardrobe for themselves. Cr Vicki Galea said wearing uniforms would lift their profile in the community. `We are often out

Timely Council Outfit

MAITLAND City councillors are a uniform group. They voted on Tuesday night to increase the council's annual budget by a total of $2000 to cover the cost of a corporate wardrobe for themselves. The navy-coloured clothes are marked with the council's logo, the town hall clock. Until now the u

Olympians Reveal Their True Colours

With all the nationalistic razzamatazz that any Olympic announcement seems to warrant, the new Australian Olympic uniform was unveiled yesterday at the Museum of Contemporary Art. It is what designer Julie Turmaine of Sportcraft describes as a "wardrobe capsule", a whole corporate ward

Uniform Response To The Workers

WHATEVER happened to the dreary old uniforms which bank workers and the like used to wear? The new term for clothing in this category is "the corporate wardrobe". This implies two things. Firstly, the worker gets to choose from a range of styles and colours and, secondly, busines

It's A Uniform Revolution

AUSTRALIA is in the grip of a uniform revolution. According to the designer Jill Fitzsimon, the corporate uniform has really taken off in the past five years. But in schools, students are discarding uniforms and wearing clothes of their own choosing to express their individuality. In th