Category: Writing
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In Conversation With: The Visionaries Behind Toowoomba Fashion Festival
Julz McBain and Christel Ryley, co-founders of the Toowoomba Fashion Festival, share their journey and commitment to diversity in an exclusive interview. They highlight challenges, the importance of diversity, and offer advice to female entrepreneurs. They aspire to elevate Toowoomba as a fashion capital and encourage women to recognize their capabilities.
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Ageless Elegance: Embracing Diversity on the Runway
The fashion industry is undergoing a crucial transformation, embracing diversity in age, size, and ethnicity. Maibritt Dawson, a 66-year-old model, symbolizes this change as she fulfills her lifelong dream of walking the runway at the Toowoomba Fashion Festival. Her journey embodies empowerment, resilience, and the importance of inclusivity, offering a powerful message for women of…
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Models Spark the Essence of Style in Exclusive Toowoomba Photoshoot
In the thrilling countdown to the highly anticipated Toowoomba Fashion Festival, the air of anticipation thickened as four beautiful models gathered in the Garden City on Monday, February 5th, for an exclusive photoshoot with Style Magazines Toowoomba. Against the background of Toowoomba’s scenic beauty, models were dressed head-to-toe in locally-crafted designs, showcasing brands such as…
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Discovering the Garden City: Toowoomba gets Runway Ready for its Inaugural Fashion Festival
The writer embarks on a road trip to Toowoomba, known for its gardens and cultural charm. The emerging fashion scene with emphasis on diversity and sustainability is highlighted. The article previews the inaugural Toowoomba Fashion Festival and the writer’s role as the official journalist, capturing the excitement of the model casting event.
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What was your experience with tattoos?
I was 23 when I decided it was time to get my second tattoo, and I settled in on an image of a blue and black butterfly inside my mind. I can’t tell you what it was exactly that stuck out to me about the butterfly: it mostly had to do with the contrast of…
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Mushroom Jazz and All Aboard the Oasis
There is little in the world with the ability to unite like music does. In times of crisis, there is not much more solace than listening to a song that makes you feel something outside of yourself. Music can validate your experience, or simply soothe your spirit. Dancing is therapeutic and cathartic all at once.…
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Untitled poem
“Your teeth are whiter,” he said to me. I want to write a book of poetry. When you love someone, you see them glow Even in parts of them, that do not grow. I read a quote once whilst on a scroll It said, that which you love, when you first meet someone Becomes that…
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The Light.
A little while ago I spoke about the Light and the Dark. We face a challenge daily, inside ourselves, of honoring our Light or feeding into the Dark. But it is not God versus demon. It doesn’t have to be that deep. It is simply leaning into our vices, which too often make us feel…
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IWD 2023.
On the morning of the eve of International Woman’s Day, I think to myself, what have I done for womankind in the past 365 days? Not much, my inner critic says. I call her Negative Nancy. We all have one. Some bigger than others. I brush away my initial thought. In this past year, I…
Couture Chronicles by Melanie Canosa 