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Meg Mac performing at The Corner Hotel For the 60 minutes (approximately) Meg Mac graced the stage at The Corner Hotel, I was in total awe. Her voice punctures through any thoughts I had about the sticky floor and perspiration on my neck. Meg Mac, who I now call a goddess, flips from sultry to quirky. Her eyes lowered from the audience to her backup singers (Hannah, her sis and Dani), crooning away like she belongs to another decade, or giggling how she had yet to play and sing on stage yet (she did last night and nailed it.) Macs talent ranges to her impressive skills at vocals and piano to her own “lucky” a Capella piece sung in French. Her voice is like butter and wine. It melts, it bites, it oozes and lingers. Her live performance penetrates the mind and soul.  If you get to hear Meg Mac’s “Oh My God” live, you will never forget it. Meg Mac is only going to get better, and I for one, am waiting impatiently for her full CD release.  Meg is

Unexpected and ferocious, Tessa Waters’ Womanz is 55 minutes of self-love and Tessa-love. Waters’ wiggles her booty around stage, dancing and jumping, her energy and sheer joy of being of the stage has the audience ensnared in minutes, after the confusion with “the rock” clears up and we realise what we are in for.

Australians are drowning in unwanted and unworn clothing items. 104 items are left unworn in our wardrobes, costing $1.7 billion a year, according to The Clothing Exchange. A company who encourage us to swap our clothes when they are no longer worn or wanted. The Wardrobe Workshop and Swap/Style/Snap Shop hosted by The Clothing Exchange celebrates 10 years working with Melbourne Fashion Festival. From left to right: Linn Vikander, Mat Ekstrom, Fabia Pryor, Cheryl Lin, Sigrid McCarthy, Violette Snow and Kate Luckins. Photo by: Alison Foletta In this workshop we discuss sustainable fashion, to invest in our own style and to refine and develop our wardrobe into only what we love and really wear. Panellists for the Wardrobe Workshop include founder of The Clothing Exchange Kate Luckins with Linn Vikander, Cheryl Lin of Business Chic, founders of Hessian Magazine Violette Snow and Sigrid McCarthy, Fabia Pryor a sustainability consultant and slow fashion retailer Mats