Zara Wong

1 week ago | screenshotthis.substack.com | Zara Wong

I’m that person who is really hard to buy for. I admit, I even struggle coming up with my own wish list because: I hate the idea of buying something that is disposable/’just another thing’. I have lots of things already in my possession and I like them a lot, and I’m trying to have less. I’m particular(ly annoying, especially for those who have to buy gifts for me). I have already searched far and wide when making purchases so I kind of know what’s out there.

2 weeks ago | screenshotthis.substack.com | Zara Wong

Even if you didn’t realise it, it’s likely probably seen the work of Julia Rabinowitsch — more often known as . It’s in the details: the tortoiseshell comb placed just-so by a bathroom sink, a Cartier watch draped across an open book, the contents of a handbag artfully arranged in an airport security tray. (Yes, she owns her own airport security trays for shoots.) There’s a specific visual language she’s crafted. Planned and haphazard. Tiny luxuries in everyday settings. Caught-in-a-moment.

4 weeks ago | screenshotthis.substack.com | Zara Wong

We’ve got a long weekend coming up in Australia for Easter and there’s nothing more I’d like to do than to read some great articles, listen to a podcast or two, and go online window shopping. And I can’t be alone, so I’ve pulled together a meaty issue of The Edit with lots of explore and shop. This is a huge email, so please click on ‘view full email’ wherever that prompt may be on your browser/phone so you can see it properly!I hope you enjoy it.

1 month ago | screenshotthis.substack.com | Zara Wong

We all want to buy less, but buy better. (After all, no one every says they want to buy more and worse.)But, that doesn’t mean it’s necessarily about spending more per item or only buying designer brands. (Though, whatever, you do you hey.)It’s about understanding quality, and knowing how to identify it regardless what the label says. A few months ago, I wrote about how to spot well-made clothes by looking at construction. You all loved it.

1 month ago | screenshotthis.substack.com | Zara Wong

Growing up in Papua New Guinea and Australia, the fashion world felt very, very far away. My mother loved fashion; we would watch Style by Elsa Klensch on CNN together, and I’d doodle on her covers of American Vogue and US Harper’s BAZAAR. My grandmother was the type of woman who said that a great outfit was as simple as a great coat (Maxmara if possible, according to my grandmother) and a nice leather handbag. Now, looking back, I realise I had a Fashion Mum. She had a Fashion Mum.