I remember being glued to the television as a youngster watching the Miss Universe pageants with absolute admiration and awe. Selecting my own winners for each category and being hypnotised by the grace and elegance of what seemed to me to be the most beautiful women in the world.

Laughter may be the best medicine but it has also proven to be the perfect accessory!

Today was the first day of the second ever New Zealand Chocolate Festival in Wellington. The Chocolate Festival is such a winner of an idea that I can't quite believe that nobody thought of it before! We have fashion, wine, art, jewellery, music, farming, beer, and harvest festivals, so this was long overdue. Plus it is quite possible that out of that list, the Chocolate Festival could become my firm favourite.

From a composer who has worked with Dior to a choreographer who is currently the face of an Yves Saint Laurent men’s cologne it is impossible to attend Royal New Zealand Ballets triple bill NYC and ignore the fashion.

Everywhere I look around my friends are getting married. I don’t know whether to blame it on ‘the whispers of the trees or the thunder of the seas’ but I have been the happy recipient of many wedding invitations for summer.

Last night I was a contender in my first ‘style-off’. Much like a’ walk off’ a style off is a fashion term for when two people try to out style each other.

Last night I was a contender in my first ‘style-off’. Much like a’ walk off’ a style off is a fashion term for when two people try to out style each other.

Wellington Cup Day is just around the corner and I can't wait! The whole day is a smorgasbord of fun and excitement and during my 13 or so years attending I've enjoyed it every which way but loose. From the members stand, from inside a corporate tent, as a picnicker, as an entrant and winner and judge of Fashion in the Field and as a betting punter. However you chose to spend your day, it is not to be missed and much like WOW, is one of Wellingtons annual events that just gets better every year. Wellington always, without fail, puts on the most perfect scorcher of a day and makes sunscreen the most important and in-demand fashion accessory for everyone!