Margaret Olley's colourful life celebrated amid a bouquet of huesJOYCE MORGAN25 Aug, 2011 12:49 PMIT WAS a final defiant gesture that the free-spirited Margaret Olley would have appreciated. Told not to bring flowers to her state memorial, the public did anyway. Simple bunches of orange gerberas, purple irises and white daisies added to the ''official" arrangements inside the Art Gallery of NSW. The effect was reminiscent of one of the much-loved artist's colourful still-lifes. Photo gallery: Click for more photos The farewell was attended by figures from the arts and politics. Artists John Olsen, Garry Shead, Ben Quilty and Peter Kingston, writer David Malouf and composer Peter Sculthorpe were joined by the NSW Governor, Marie Bashir,...

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Mad about the glamour

Costume designer Janie Bryant cooked up some excellent frocks and trousers before her fateful commission to dress the first 2007 television series of Mad Men. Her way with 19th-century underwear in the atmospheric, quasi-Shakespearean, wild west TV series, Deadwood, springs especially to mind. She wove unnerving poetry into the drooped frills of hookers' cotton corsets and bloomers, and pride thick as hide into the elaborate Sunday best and travelling gowns they dragged through Deadwood's mud and dust. The men also wore Bryant's grimy duds like extra flesh, or her discordant jigsaw of gentlemanly tailored bits like armour against the chaos all around. Bryant's intuitive work on Deadwood was worth every gram of the most outstanding costume design Emmy she won for it in 2005. But you could...

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Like typical humans, denim never goes out of fashion. It only evolves to new horizons and undergoes experiments of aspirations and imaginations to be wrapped around your lower limbs and make you feel like you’re walking in your skin.While the straight fit and the boot cut never went out of fashion and worked best in casual and formal wear, the latest innovation from the European, precisely the eastern European fashion industry have been skinny jeans.Jeans that are meant to be wrapped around your legs like the female version of the tights and bracing your ankles just as well as they brace your hips. Skinny jeans for guys have boldly taken over the fashion industry worldwide with superstars,...

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There’s a time during every winter that I pray for the sun and daydream about getting into just a t shirt and not layers of artificial skin that we cover ourselves to keep that boisterous winter breeze out.  Sooner than I can say ‘dog day afternoon’ it’s summer time already and I have found myself standing in front of my wardrobe not being able to decide what layer of skin to slip into.However men need to keep a few things in mind that they should be pondering over while they go out on one of their shopping ventures just so they don’t make an absolute fool out of themselves by being the center of attention- in a bad way.Choosing colors when it comes to summer shirts are usually bright and light all happy and cheerful. However colorful and friendly as they might appeal...

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Golden Rules on Ties for Men:Tie a Display MaturityTies for men play vital role in attracting rather making tie a woman in love. It is always said that women grow mature earlier than men, and they don’t really like a man, who is confuse and messed up in his life. Women are attracted to mature, responsible men, who are serious about their life and career and so is about mature choice of men’s neckties. So if you are thinking to tie a girl with that 17-year-old-boy attitude, they’ll really treat you like one confuse little teenage boy that, I am sure, you never want! Tia a Display Maturity with a perfect summer shirt!Tie a Self RespectMen who make girls fall for them, have complete beliefs on them and choose best ties for themselves. Never lose your self-respect and dignity,...

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after being an admin of facebook page The only thing I learnt After being an Admin(as a boy) is that . . . . . . . . . . How to control yourself From sending friend request To beautiful girls :D  Characters: 170 | SMS Length 2 | Submited in : Funny SMSwhat counts What Counts ____________ - Is not the colour of your skin But the color of your character - Is not the language that you speak But the words that you use - Is not where you live But how you live - Is not how much you earn But what you do to earn it - Is not where you are But how you got here - Is not that you are a human being But the kind of human being you are...  = Characters: 392 | SMS Length 3 | Submited in : Inspirational SMSa msg f0r 0ur whole nation A...

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