What would give someone a touch of 1930s or 1940s style in their wardrobe?
Bias cut dresses, there was a revival in the 1970s with Biba and that look has come back again. Dresses generally are very 1930s, particularly floral dresses, chiffon is also very of that era. Floral corsages are late 30s/early 40s, so are Mary Jane shoes and lace-up shoes with a heel. Perky little hats perched over one eye gives you that look or a fascinator veil. Feather boas! The 1930s and early 40s was also a period of women embracing trousers for the first time the wide-legged pants which were immortalized by Coco Chanel, often with a sailor-front with a set of six buttons worn with a stripy t-shirt. A bit of a jaunty scarf and a beret and you’re totally 1930s! What inspired you to follow the career you’ve followed? I was very lucky that my parents took me to a lot of theatre and opera when I was young. I remember being at the Capitol Theatre in Sydney when I must have been six or seven years of age. We were at a performance of Jesus Christ Superstar directed by Jim Sharman who di
