Lara Daly

3 days ago | fashionjournal.com.au | Lara Daly

What would the Stoics do? The realisation that I’d been excluded from a group chat of old mates a few years ago came about when a friend innocently said she would see me at another close friend’s house for beers that weekend. “Yeah! See ya then!” I replied, though I couldn’t recall the event she was referring to. No matter, I thought. I’d read back through my messages when I got home – I had a habit of seeing things and forgetting to put them in my calendar.

1 week ago | fashionjournal.com.au | Lara Daly

“I’m here to proudly keep pushing the needle forward, preferably while wearing lipstick and quoting Anaïs Nin.” Madelene Kadziela is an intimacy curator and the founder of Bruxa, a sensual wellness brand. She also created Nocturnal, an initiative for connection and erotic events. Through her work, she fosters open conversations around sensuality, the erotic and self-care. I grew up in a small country town with a Catholic family and a heavy silence around sex. Fantasy was shameful.

1 week ago | fashionjournal.com.au | Lara Daly

“I had thought I was escaping Hinge’s colonisation of romance, but another variation of the machine was still at work here.” Most times when I’ve been in front of a large group of people, I have wanted to stand up and say, ‘My name is Jake Parker and I’m a date-a-holic’. But I have never said this. It’s too hard to admit and also, not very sexy. Instead, I’ve found myself backstage, ready to walk onto a dating show in Melbourne in front of a live audience.

1 week ago | fashionjournal.com.au | Lara Daly

“Fashion is a feeling not a forecast.” You’re not alone if one of your wardrobe’s prized possessions has recently been hit with the recession indicator allegations. Current suspects include blonde-brown hair, knee-high boots (specifically Chloe’s Dakota style), micro-mini skirts (but also maxi skirts), slick-back buns, and heatless curls. Even new Lady Gaga music and Broadway’s Mamma Mia! revival has been under fire.

1 week ago | fashionjournal.com.au | Lara Daly

Built to last, if loved well. I once knew a punk who told me he never washed his jeans. They looked crusty and I believed him. Years later, I read a memoir by a French fashion editor who also claimed she never put a pair of jeans in the wash. I remember being quite shocked by this – had she not experienced the butt-hugging heights of putting on a pair of 501s, fresh from the wash? Recently we’ve been debating the frequency of washing in the Fashion Journal office.