Styling for Television on NZs Family Feud

I'm excited to be working as the Assistant Stylist for the new game show Family Feud on TV3.   We are a few weeks into it and I am loving meeting all the contestants and helping them look their best for their TV debut!  It's great to be working with some very cool people in the big wide world of television!   Good luck to all who get through!   As host Dai Henwood says, 'get your feud on!'.  See more on Facebook.

Fashion Fairground Launches Personal Styling Service

I’m excited to announce that after a year and a half of working on various voluntary styling projects, I have decided to take the next step by offering my services professionally as a personal fashion stylist under my blog name Fashion Fairground.

Having had requests from various people over the years and now armed with experience gained in editorial, costume, television and personal styling, I’ve decided it’s time to offer my advice in a more serious manner.

Like booking a hair stylist, engaging the services of a fashion stylist should be just as accessible. The aim of Fashion Fairground’s styling service is to bring a fresh perspective to clients providing honest advice and direction while allowing them to choose as much or as little guidance as they need, to their budget and time frames.

Added to this, I now have an understanding of dressing a pregnant body shape so this will also be a focus of my work.

Please share this post with those you feel would be interested in hearing about this new service. 

Thank you!

Dressing for the office environment

Over the past 13 and a bit years of working in the office environment, from the more relaxed to the very corporate, I have seen many an interesting outfit on females.  I was goikng to give my 'Top 10 Do's and Don't's' but I couldn't quite stick to this -so here are my top 13...

Don’t:

1. Wear low cut tops/i.e no cleavage please
2. Wear heels with worn heel tips
3. Show your bra straps 
4. Wear scuffed shoes or worse holey shoes
5. Wear trainers (unless it’s casual Friday or you have just walked to work in them)
6. Wear skirts/dresses above mid thigh
7. Have a VPL (visible panty line)
8. Have the 4-boob look, especially in fitted tops
9. Wear past-it, nobbly (lint) sweaters/tops
10. Have chipped nail polish
11. Wear cheap junky jewellery ie skull heads, overly large rings on all fingers
12. Wear heels if you can’t walk in them properly
13. Wear a Kathmandu/Macpac puffer-style jacket with work attire, especially a suit.

Do:

1. Wear the appropriate underwear for your clothing i.e, 'shape' underwear for fitted dresses, skirts and pants which resolves the muffin top issue (much better than a g-string).  The right size bra – to eliminate 4 boob/sagging boobs   
2. Check yourself in the mirror before leaving home, i.e do a 360 in the mirror
3. Polish your shoes/clean your shoes
4. Bend over in your skirt at home and decide if it is appropriate for the office
5. Try and wear a belt with trousers/pants where you can – it finishes the look
6. Tuck your blouse/shirt in
7. Have a blazer on hand for those important meetings
8. Have trimmed, tidy nails
9. Wear a shoe that suits your clothing ensemble
10. Wear nude colour underwear when wearing anything white, sheer or pastel
11. Look at the senior staff in your organisation and take some cues off them
12. Keep your hair clean 
13. Maintain your feet/toenails when wearing open toes shoes in summer.

Always handy to have on hand in your drawer at work an emergency supply of the following:

• Nail polish remover and cotton wool pads
• Dry shampoo 
• Deodorant 
• Safety pins

Easy!