Check out your bra under a tight tee or dress - are you happy with the lift and shape, or are things looking a little…droopy. If things are NOT smooth, shapely and heading upwards, it’s time to say good bye. Maybe you have changed shape, and the bra is just not holding on where it should. …
French Style Edit
All this talk of Paris during the Olympics made Stephanie’s reach for our favourite pile of style guides – Dreaming of Dior; How to be Parisian; French Women Don’t get Facelifts; and quite a few more in our self-help library - to revise a little of the French je ne sais quoi. There seems to be more …
Learn from a Local 2024
Jumpers and Jazz is over for another year. What a wonderful week we had during “Learn from a Local” at Stephanie’s during the Jumpers and Jazz week this year. To change things up for the Southern Downs’ textile and yarnbombing festival, Stephanie’s hosted a pop-up art studio in …
How long does a bra fitting take
Some ladies haven’t ever had a bra fitting, or at least not for a very long time. Maybe you are wondering what you are in for, when you book in, or ask for a bra fitting at Stephanie’s. Well, firstly, it will be a pleasant, and relaxed experience. You can try on as many garments as you like. The …
How to do not much in Otago
“Sportsman’s Paradise” the signs say as you enter the Hakamarea Valley, on the southern end of the Canterbury Plains, on New Zealand’s South Island east coast. Rolling hills, sheep a plenty, crystal clear rivers. Snow on the alps in the distance. A narrow road winds further and further up the …
Come Pod with me
The Japanese art of short stays is informed by their culture’s genius for small spaces, impeccably curated. Pod’s are overnight accommodation, perfected in the business world of Tokyo and other big Japanese cities. The archetypical business man works til 8pm, goes to dinner and enjoys more sake …