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  • When fashion & technology collide: Burberry’s Beijing Show

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    Belinda Vesey-Brown

    I’m not someone who you would say is “top of the fashion pack” but it goes without saying that I’m mildly interested in the “catwalk show experience”. I like them and when I’m invited to attend, I go, but I don’t often go out of my way to track them down or view them online.…

  • Why do clothes cost what they do?

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    Belinda Vesey-Brown

    Because of my retail background, I was drawn to this story by Jade Warne, featured in the Shop til you drop magazine, which I have temporarily stolen from my daughter, who has never forgiven me for leaving the retail industry. Why do clothes cost what they do? How do you know if the price is…

  • Green Earth Day to help plant the seeds for change

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    Belinda Vesey-Brown

    Green Earth Day (the brainchild of Leigh-Chantelle Koch) will delight Brisbane greenies this Saturday 12 March at a new venue: Albion Peace Centre, 102 McDonald Road, Windsor, Brisbane. This free, family orientated, community event aims to stimulate awareness by bringing environmental, green, health and lifestyle, cruelty-free, recycling and sustainable issues into the public eye. Green…

  • Design your own shoes with Shoes of Prey

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    Belinda Vesey-Brown

    When I signed up for a Small Budget Web Success Seminar with Interactive Minds I saw one of the speakers was Mike Knapp from Shoes of Prey. I thought ‘what a great name’ and got on the old google machine to find out who they were. What I discovered literally made my jaw drop (it…

  • They don’t make them like they used to…

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    Tanya Heading

    I loved …Paul’s post last week of Back to the Future: a photograph concept. Photographer Irina Werning recreated old childhood photographs, with some very goofy results. This got me thinking – isn’t it great that we live in 2011?! The advertising strategies and fashion in the 70s and 80s is something quite unbelievable, but my…

  • Back to the Future: a photograph concept

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    Belinda Vesey-Brown

    Ok, I know I have posted about Back to the Future before … however I promise this isn’t another blog post about Michael J Fox and the movies that made him famous back in the 80s. This post instead is about a fantastic photograph concept by Argentinean photographer Irina Werning with the same namesake. Irina’s photograph…

  • Australian Fashion Week

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    Belinda Vesey-Brown

    From runway shows to red-carpet parties, you can’t beat the glamour of Australia’s biggest fashion weeks. We can be treated to a preview of the autumn/winter collections of Australia’s hottest designers at L’Oreal Melbourne Fashion Festival – the week-long carnival of cutting-edge fashion and culture in March. In May, join the fashionistas flocking to Sydney…

  • Wedding Inspiration at The Lane and Once Wed

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    Belinda Vesey-Brown

    To all of you other there who couldn’t give a rat’s arse about weddings I apologise and suggest you tune out now as I’m about to bore you to tears. But to those who might be planning a wedding or helping someone else do so then hopefully this might help… Well I’ve well and truly…

  • Green Social Networking

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    Belinda Vesey-Brown

    Wouldn’t it be ideal to have one central place online to find all of your ‘green’ needs!? Introducing Australia’s ‘The Green Directory‘ where green social networking comes together. Not only can you find green business, products and services but you can catch up on your Green News and also find out what Green Events are…