I did a workshop and I liked it.

In the words of the flamboyant Katy Perry, I kissed a girl and I liked it.  I mean I didn’t, but I hosted a workshop with six women and I LOVED it.  Same same?

This post is a little bit about taking action in your biz, a smaller bit about being brave and just freaking doing it, but mostly it’s about female empowerment and helping women feel fantastic.

It was a success, it was joyful.  The sisters I had in the room were all there to learn a thing or two and they were there to build their other sisters up and collaborate as a group.  It was a beautiful thing let me tell you.

But what really struck me, is the power of the female collective.  We are a strong bunch individually, but together we truely soar.  The energy that bounced off the walls last night threw out such great energising vibes, that despite my tiredness at the end of the night, I couldn’t sleep for the thinking and the smile on my face.

This vlog I posted on Facebook about my “Let’s Workshop It” style workshop blew up with activity and I have just booked the next workshop from that one post.

What to wear when you have nothing to wear.

It’s all okay, it’s all okay.  I breathe deeply.  I have”NOTHING TO WEAR” I scream at the sky.  Well I don’t really, cause I’m inside and there’s just my ceiling – which probably needs a paint job.  So, I am not screaming at the sky, but politely saying to myself, I have “nothing” to wear.

By now, you know I am telling a great giant porky don’t you.  It’s not that I have nothing, cause evidently, I have bloody plenty, I know this cause my wardrobe is bursting at the seams (yes even after one of my fabulous wardrobe edits :-).  But let’s just say for arguments sake that I have nothing to wear in the sense, I can’t make up my mind, I have my period, I am facing into peri-menopause, I can’t bloody decide or I am just having a bad, contrary kinda day.

Helpfully, my nine year old just told me that we could put on a singlet and some ripped jeans, and despite me wanting to tell him to get real, he’s not far wrong now is he.

Because we all have stuff to wear sisters, this is a major first world problem to complain about, I know.  But sometimes, having nothing to wear can feel like an unscalable, insurmountable, big F-off swirl of rage.

So to help my sisters out, I’ve shared some of my favourite go to pieces when I have days that scream I have “nothing to wear”.  You don’t have to use this formula exactly, but on days like this,  your first thought may be to sacrifice style for comfort. I am advocating for both  and try hard to never let style be far away.   I reckon the pieces that I turn = too on days like these are actually a great mix of both.

1. A baggy pair of “joggers”- leather look or merino are very in this winter and are a perfect go to item to reach for. (see photo)
2. A coloured or patterned top that you feel great in.(see photo)
3. A long layer merino cardigan (Tip = try a  waterfall cardigan, they can be a lot more forgiving that a straight hemmed cardy, which can make you look like a box)
4. White trainers – any.  Just do it, can’t go wrong.
5. If not white trainers, try using a leopard print shoe as a neutral go to shoe.
6. Bad hair day? Try this season’s easiest hairstyle helper – a fedora.  If you aren’t game to wear a proper hat, put your hair up in a high pony and stick a cap on it.

To cap this look off, wear a bright lippy, go on, you know you want too,  try it tomorrow and see how you feel, pretty sure lippy will make your feel a million bucks and will compliment and “upsize” any average “nothing to wear” day outfit.

PS – likely you can’t rock all of this for a day in the office, but pair the trousers and joggers with a smart black jacket and cute boots or flats and you have yourself a winner winner, chicken dinner.

PPS – I am full of a cold as I press publish, but I still have to do life today and pick up the kidletts from school later on, so I know I will be hitting the wardrobe for this look that I styled earlier in the week, via selfie stick – they still suck, but they are necessary!

mmmmmmmwah,

EJ x

Let’s play dress ups – adult styles.

Full disclosure here lovelies, I LOVE dressing up, I love helping my clients dress up and I love putting outfits together, so this may not be an entirely out the blue post.  But hell, it makes me super happy.

I just discovered the wonders of the Polyvore app (probably 5 years late) but I’ve been a tad busy raising boys.  So until I started Sisterhood of Style this year, shopping apps were for buying, not styling.  Imagine my delight and perhaps, soon to be yours, when I discovered Polyvore was more than merely online shopping.

Oh yes sisters, as I gazed lovingly on another pair of far too expensive shoes (Gucci Chunky Loafers if you must know), I strayed far when it asked me to download the app.  Sure I thought, another shopping app for my SHOPPING app folder, nothing new here and I definately need it, not.  But wait, there was more.

Suddenly, I was thrust down a rabbit hole into app-appreciation land when I discovered that Polyvore allows you to “style looks”, save them and also share them on your own social media accounts.

A couple I prepared earlier:

Sisters, I am a lucky girl as I get to raise two boys, but you know, raising boys doesn’t give me a whole lot of opportunity to style up my kids – there is a lot of nylon in my house.  I always imagined if I had girls, then we would be twinning all the time and I would be awash in tulle and sparkles, unicorns and princess crowns.  But since this wasn’t in my life’s gameplan, I feel like Polyvore has given me back a little of that magical dressing up chance.  It’s like an adult version of playing dress ups with your dolls.

I can put outfits together, shop from those looks or even better, help my clients style up their outfits, no buying necessarily necessary.

Have you been using Polyvore for more than shopping?  Are there other apps you love out there that would help sisters with their style, please share in the comments.  Just after I discovered Polyvore styling, I then found the VILLOID app.  Yes, another one.  See you in a few years.

Love your work Polyvore, from a very happy mum of boys and stylist to some awesome sisters.

Mmmmmwah EJ x

 

Wear your office stationery like a boss

Now, before you get all hot under the collar, I don’t mean to suggest you should jump into your office stationery supplies and go ballistic.  No siree.  But I do want to tell you how to use the humble pen, as a life saving/fashion saving/time saving no brainer of an accessory and how the paper clip, that little thing that holds two pieces of paper together, actually saved my bacon the other day, following a pretty awkward trip over my wide legged palazzo pants.

I’m a busy lady. I am sure you awesome sisters are too, so hands up who likes a few tips and tricks and life-hacks from time to time?  I’m busy because I have kids, I have a 4 day a week project management job, I have my own mum-prenuer business with the Sisterhood of Style, I have a dog, a husband, some landscaping going on, some friends I quite like to see once in a while and when I need time saving or outsourcing options to make my life easier – I jump at them.  So here are some of mine to share with all you lovely sisters out there (and those gentlemen who happen to be reading).