Living in the rainbow: Bright and colourful home accessories

We’re a nation obsessed with puffer jackets. But are they sustainable?

[ad_1] Australian chemist and mountaineer George Finch first made a jacket using goose down.Credit: Wikipedia Early versions of the jacket more closely resembling today’s styles began to appear in the 1930s, but it was the hip-hop and rap culture of the 1980s and 1990s that precipitated the puffer’s leap into the mainstream. According to online […]

I live in Brunswick East and drink flat whites. Now I’m engaged in a sordid affair

[ad_1] Most people in Melbourne probably consider changing your coffee order about as honourable as changing your footy colours because your team are bringing up the rear in the standings this year. We pride ourselves in our standard order – the less words exchanged with the barista the better, apparently – and we tend to […]

No longer mournful, divorce rings are having a moment

[ad_1] When Katherine Pokorny’s divorce became final in the summer of 2021, she had already been in touch with Ali Galgano of Serpentine Jewels about transforming her engagement ring into a divorce ring. “Repurposing jewellery from past boyfriends and lovers has rarely been public-facing, but we are seeing a shift in which women are reclaiming […]