Street shots from Style.com, The Sartorialist and Facehunter.

The world is full of oxymorons. A few that make me laugh are Non-alcoholic wine. Airline Food. Pretty Ugly. Unbiased Opinion and Family Holiday. Of course the fashion world, surprise, surprise, has its fair share. My favourites are Comfortable Heels. Genuine Imitation. And of course Easy Payments. Some might say that Daytime Sequins could also be termed an oxymoron. But this season it’s all about wearing eveningwear fabrics in the daytime. Why? Because it’s fashion and we love it.  Because it’s a way to incorporate texture and shine into your wardrobe. Because it will bring life and excitement to all those boring, old black classics that look at you pleadingly every time you open your wardrobe. But how do you wear sequins in the day without looking like Lady GaGa? Think about dressing down the glitz. It’s about adding a contrast to the shine. And get inspired by Balmain’s runway show. Try a sequin top with casual cotton chinos or tossed over ripped jeans. Layer a sequin tank over a fresh white Tee thrown back with a cool military jacket or blazer. Pull on a sequin top with denim shorts is you’ve got the legs or with harem or cargo pants if you don’t. Remember you want to keep the sequins under control. You just want a hint of glitter. Which really means you want a sequin tank, a sequin jacket or just a smattering of sequins on a Review cardigan. A full on sequin dress in the day? That’s for the Foxy Morons.

Yours fashionably,
FiFi
www.FiFi.com.au

Anzac Biscuits…adulterated from Jill Dupleix

Commemorate this important day in Australian history by whipping up a batch of these delicious iconic biscuits.

Makes 16 to 20 biscuits (Feeds 8 Diggers or 40 models)

100g rolled oats
50g desiccated coconut
130g plain flour, sifted
100g sugar
Pinch of salt
125g unsalted butter, diced
3tbsp water
2tbsp golden syrup
1tsp bicarbonate of soda

• Climb out of Balenciaga monster heels.
• Hear your toes murmuring thank you.
• Slip into Review stripe knit and classic pants.
• Now crank up the oven to 150C.
• Find two baking trays and line them with baking paper.
• Grab a big chic mixing bowl.
• Toss in the oats, coconut, the flour and sugar and the pinch of salt and give it a mix.
• Get the fabulously delicious unsalted butter and the outrageously naughty golden syrup out of the fridge.
• Put back the wine. Right now.
• Find a saucepan and melt the butter, water and golden syrup.
• Stir it and watch it go as smooth as an Hermes bag and bubbly as Moet.
• Get it off the heat and now quickly stir in the bicarbonate of soda and watch as it goes as light and frothy as Gossip Girls.
• Pour that wet buttery yummy mix onto the dry mixture of the oats and coconut, etc.
• Mix it quickly and make sure it’s all worked into together like a good face pack.
• Taste it to make sure it’s delicious. There are no calories in that.
• Grab a tablespoon and drop a blob of the mix on to the baking trays. Make room between each one for later spreading in the oven. As your hips will after eating.
• You can lightly press each one down if you want to be a Master Chef.
• Pop in the oven and cook for about 15 minutes. But keep an eye out and watch out they will burn as easily as Taylor Swift.
• You want them as golden as Donatella Versace but slightly soft in the middle like George Clooney.
• When you get them out of oven just gently slide the baking paper on to a wire tray so they can cool and have a rest.
• The idea is to let them cool completely and remove the paper. It should just peel off.
• Store in an airtight jar so you can take about 3 hours to eat them.
• Then say a prayer for the Anzacs.
• Bless.

Yours fashionably,
FiFi
www.FiFi.com.au

Sweater . {sweta}
N
1. (Clothing & Fashion)
a. A garment made of knitted or crocheted material covering the upper part of the body, esp a heavy one worn for warmth
b. (as modifier) a sweater dress.
2. A person or thing that sweats

What is it?
Is it a sweater, a jumper or a pullover? A jersey or a turtleneck? Perhaps you like to call it a knit. Maybe it depends on who you are and how you wear it. For example Hippies wear JUMPERS because they are chunky, hand knitted and recycled from last season’s platform heels. JUMPERS cope without heating and love the outdoors and going hiking and freaky things like that.
Bourgeois French women wear KNITS and they are usually in beige or navy. Knits are almost an accessory. Tossed around the shoulders like a scarf. They don’t keep you warm, they keep you chic. A KNIT likes to sip Earl Grey or relax by watching the tennis.
Handsome men on boats wear PULLOVERS. Normally striped, they look fashionable while actually being functional as well. How thoughtful.
Women who think exfoliating has something to do with vacuuming like to wear a JERSEY.
Fashionistas wear SWEATERS but refer to the trend as “Sweater dressing”.
Sweater dressing is all about soft, figure hugging knits that look fabulous with pants but are actually having a love affair with skirts. SWEATERS love to be cinched in with a belt. They love to sit snugly under jackets but are just as happy on their own. They love women who are both curvy or boyish. A sweater likes to be in dark colours but will sometimes go crazy and appear in camel, red or even pink!
Fashionistas think sweaters are cool, hot, funky, hip, modern, groove-a –licious and sexy.
.
v. loved, lov•ing, loves
1. To have a deep, tender, ineffable feeling of affection and solicitude toward (a person or sweater)
2. To have a feeling of intense desire and attraction toward (a person or sweater).
3. To have an intense emotional attachment to a sweater.

Yours fashionably,
FiFi
www.FiFi.com.au

All photos from Style.com

Coco Chanel said “Dress shabbily and they remember the dress; dress impeccably and they remember the woman.” So let’s talk about what happens when you wear something a little Chanel inspired to work. Something lady-like to work. Something like Review’s Waldorf lady-like white pencil skirt and jacket. You start to walk in a different way. You hold your head high. You feel pretty but powerful. You are in the mood for achieving. You are in the mood for grabbing life in both manicured hands. (Hint: when in White you are not in the mood for gobbling down gooey chocolate cake, playing with muddy puppies, or finger painting).

And as you saunter out the door you feel like a woman who is ready for destiny. You watch as your neighbour tips his hat. You watch men jump up to give you a seat. Doors magically open for you. You will stride into your office dressed impeccably in your lady-like Waldorf suit then sweetly delegate the major tasks of the day. People will smile. They will beg your pardon. They will say good morning and please and thank you. They will offer to carry your fabulous Chanel oversized bag. They will offer to dash out and buy you a decaf, iced, soy, skim, chai latte with not a hint of a smirk. You will sit elegantly at your neat lady-like desk. You will open the card nestled in the divine flowers sent from George Clooney. And you will remember Coco Chanel’s words “There is time for work. And time for love. That leaves no other time”.

Yours fashionably,
FiFi
www.FiFi.com.au

A Fashion Quiz

Which fashion accessory requires a step ladder and an oxygen mask to get into?

Which fashion accessory loves a sword and a lion (Optional)?

Which fashion accessory needs a PHD team with instructions to lace up?

Which Fashion accessory magically takes you from Dag-a- stan to Groove-a-licious in an instant?

Which fashion accessory magically lengthens your legs (without once resorting to surgery)?

Which fashion accessory should come with optional toe botox?

Which fashion accessory makes you feel powerful and sexy (and humming “I am woman: hear me Roar?”)

Which fashion accessory lives up to the motto : Vanity feels no pain?

Answer: Your favourite stomp-a-licious Gladiator platform heels!

Another Fashion Quiz:

Which new fashion accessory has got you reaching for valerium and then breathing very slowly into paper bag?

Which new fashion accessory means that you can now look Tom Cruise in the eye? (instead of patting him on the head)

Which new fashion accessory means you are now closer to earth? (sorry: not in a green way)

Which new fashion accessory is so out… it’s now back in lurking on the fashion horizon like UFO?

Which new fashion accessory makes you skip as you shop all day (without any medication)?

Which new fashion accessory is pretty, feminine and as delicate as a daisy?

Which new fashion accessory was rocking the runways of Prada, Vuitton, Marc Jacobs and Marni?

Which new fashion accessory will you learn to love and adore and want to smother in comfortable kisses?

Which new fashion accessory will soon have you purring like a pussy cat?

Answer: A kitten heel!  ……..(Socks optional)

Check out all the runways shows here at www.style.com/fashionshows

Yours fashionably in lower heels,

FiFi
www.FiFi.com.au