Work Uniform

Need some wardrobe inspiration?

Just look to these people, who are style icons to the public, their industry, or even just friends and family.

Work Uniform: Hunter Markets Founder Sarah Kokkinos Reps Thrifted Finds

FashionKokkinos founded the Melbourne pre-loved clothing bazaar off the bat of high school. Now, it’s a growing thrifting community. She talks buying second-hand, creating outfits that stand out and her favourite purchase from an influencer.

Work Uniform: Bar Owner Steve Chan Flexes Retro “Hong Kong Uncle” Style

FashionAnd low-key, approachable cool. The owner and head chef at Sleepy’s Cafe and Wine Bar demands flexibility and comfort in his outfits. Chan talks restaurant merch, shirt layering and the joys of thrifted Lacoste bomber jackets.

Work Uniform: Social Studio CEO Dewi Cooke Champions Fashion With a Purpose

FashionBehind the scenes at the fashion not-for-profit’s home base in Collingwood Yards, Cooke talks well-mended workwear jackets, vintage family hand-me-downs and the ethical, craft-forward clothing brands she reaches for.

Work Uniform: Art Curator Jade Niklai Has a Story Behind Every Outfit

FashionA Jewish Museum of Australia curator chats about her affinity with plastic bangles and rings, mixing high and low, the influence of art on her fashion choices, her favourite local designers and more.

Work Uniform: Designer Emily Nolan Dresses To Look “Thrown Together, Not Put Together”

FashionIn her three-storey converted warehouse space, the Melbourne-based designer chats to us about creating a bespoke suiting label, mixing high and low in her everyday style and separating living and working, alongside her reverence for Chloe perfumes.

Work Uniform: Wah-Wah’s Kaylene Milner Rocks Clashing Patterns, Colours and Textures

FashionThe post-punk drummer and designer behind maximalist knitwear label Wah-Wah is all about practical pieces with playful patterns and bold colours. We visited her home in Helensburgh, an hour south of Sydney, where she told us about the creative freedom of knitting, the importance of comfy shoes and her favourite labels of the moment.

Work Uniform: Interior Designer Sarah Andrews Dresses “To Go Through the Wardrobe to Narnia”

FashionThe Tasmania-based stylist, author, teacher and amateur sailor is all about romantic dresses, often designed by herself and custom-made by Adele O’Shea or About Phaedra. “I have such strong taste when it comes to what I love to wear that I often can’t find it,” she says.

Work Uniform: Holly Ryan

FashionThe Sydney-based jewellery designer and sculptor gives her tips on accessorising, the eight jewellery pieces she never takes off and her golden rule for conscious fashion consumption.

Work Uniform: Nye De Marchi

FashionThe Melbourne jewellery designer on mixing modest tailoring with playful cuts, a one-of-a-kind shirt label she can’t get enough of, and why she doesn’t wear make-up.

Work Uniform: Mother-Daughter Dressing With Robbie and Phoebe Nicol

FashionThe Sydney designers invite us into their eclectic family home to capture the ceremony of getting dressed, and to discuss their shared beauty regimes, fashion icons, their sense of style and why neither of them owns a pair of jeans.

Work Uniform: Anna Feller

FashionThe Canadian-born, Sydney-based model invites us inside her Bondi home to walk us through her eclectic wardrobe, before sharing how she manages to maintain her beach-y glow all year round.

Work Uniform: Thalea Michos-Vellis

FashionShop the “bourgeois or bizarre” style of the Melbourne-based freelance stylist, whose clients include Gucci, Prada, Miu Miu and Adidas.

Work Uniform: Danielle Goodwin

FashionThe luxury vintage queen opens her personal vault to show off her growing archive of designer bags, jewellery and fashion, before sharing her “more is more” approach to style.

Work Uniform: Heleena Trahanas

FashionShop the “kooky” office attire of the co-founder of Sydney-based lifestyle brand Alex and Trahanas. Far from corporate, her signature look involves 17 rings, Italian linen separates, Venetian slippers and a pixie cut.

Work Uniform: Adele Winteridge

FashionVintage finds remixed with contemporary (but comfortable) designs – that’s how the interior architect and founder of Foolscap Studio approaches her workwear staples, giving them new life.

Work Uniform: Amy Coombes

FashionComfort and functionality are always front of mind for the co-owner of Melbourne fashion label Kloke.

Work Uniform: Talia Cox

FashionWhen it comes to her day-to-day wardrobe, this Sydney-based PR agent likes everything to have a story.

Work Uniform: Francesca Webster

FashionThe hotel manager of Raes on Wategos on killer shirts, curating her look from the bottom up, and the reason she’s not afraid of wearing a tee and trainers to work at one of Australia’s finest luxury hotels.

Work Uniform: Tom Riley

FashionThe Australian director of P Johnson Tailors has a “scruffy” sense of style that nonethless has a casual sense of elegance about it.

Work Uniform: Jac + Jack’s Jacqueline Hunt and Patrick Blue

FashionThe couple behind one of Australia’s leading minimalist labels talks wardrobe essentials, monochrome outfits and the easy one-piece fashion solution to maintaining style while travelling.

Work Uniform: Romy Frydman

FashionThe stylist-turned-fashion photographer behind StyleMeRomy.com steps out from behind the lens to take us on a tour of her wardrobe and bathroom cabinet.

Work Uniform: Sunni Overend

FashionThe author and former fashion-store owner shows us how to dress like you don’t work from home when you do, and why it’s so important.

Work Uniform: Lara Vrkic

FashionThe founder of The Ladies Network on dressing up when staying home, her favourite labels and creating a supportive community for women.

Work Uniform: Filomena Natoli

FashionWe talk to the make-up artist about her approach to beauty and her love of dressing down.

Work Uniform: Vanessa Marian

FashionThe Groove Therapy 101 founder talks ethical choices, mood dressing and baggy pants.

Work Uniform: Louise Olsen

FashionThe co-founder of Dinosaur Designs on her favourite pieces of jewellery and why she never travels without a sketch book.

Work Uniform: Isabel Lucas

FashionWhy the actress and activist is all about vintage finds and packing crystals when she travels.

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