Zara Wong

1 week 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.

2 weeks 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.

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

When it comes to jewellery, there are the times where you go bare (or the bare minimum), and other times when it’s all out — huge statement earrings for that party, or a bracelet stack. But, what do you do the in-between days, which, to be honest, takes up the majority of our lives? Gold and silver jewellery can have the misconception of something that can be quiet.

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

Played by Annabelle Dexter-Jones, Naomi Pierce’s character is basically the reason why I bought white culottes way back in 2019 and resorted back to a bob — I’ve basically been copying her yacht look (image below) for the past five summers, finished off with a drop pearl earring and sunglasses atop my head. (Now I’ve revealed too much.)Mine are Vince (similar pair here on sale) and I wear it with a Flore Flore tank top which are the superior tank top, imho. She basically only wears monochrome.

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

Toteme has come to define how we dress for the moment. And, my deep love and admiration for the brand Toteme is no secret. They heard. I’ll be hosting an evening with Toteme at Incu in Melbourne, where the Swedish brand will be having a shop-in-shop for spring/summer 2025. The event is on Wednesday March 26 from 6.30-9pm. If you’d like to attend, you can RSVP here. As a reader of Screenshot This, you’re getting access to this event first.