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All Black in Scanlan & Theodore

March 10, 2015Karen Woo 1 Comment

I’m one for investing into timeless, comfortable and functional pieces, and Scanlan & Theodore has been one of my favourite go to Aussie Designer places for years. As much as I love vibrant colours and quirky street wear, I’m very much in love with the whole minimalist and all black aesthetic.

I’m a size 4-6, but believe it or not the silk blouse I’m wearing is a size 12 in the following images. I’m really liking the slight over-sized and slouchy look because it gives me versatility in the way I style it. I have styled the blouse in 2 ways by tucking it differently.

Here I have taken the front and twisted it and tucked it in my silk slouchy pants.

Here I have loosely tucked the front of the blouse into my pants, and pulled up the pants a little to give it a slouchy look. You have no idea how long I have been hunting for the pair a slouchy pants that looks good on petite women like me!!!! Finally I found my dream pair from Scanlan Theodore that actually drops well, and once again it’s so versatile.

All images by Alan Woo @finessencephoto

Silk Blouse & Silk Pants by Scanlan & Theodore | Stilettos by Hugo Boss

Best Christmas ever

December 26, 2014Karen Woo Leave a Comment

Hope you guys are having the best Christmas ever this year with your family and friends.

That’s because I am!

(Minus the body aches and body chills)

It just shows that I had a massive year when my body decides to cave in. Funny that because I just thinking, all I ever want this Christmas is rest, and my wish came true like a lightning bolt…

Anyway as I lay here and rest, I reflect back to all the incredible opportunities which was made possible by putting my faith and trust in Jesus’ awesome name (the whole reason why we celebrate Christmas). Especially leaving behind my young family and jetting up to Sydney and New York for Fashion Week; the beautiful people I have stopped, chatted and captured at Fashion events; and my clients who entrusted my creative eye to bring out their shiny best. It’s awesome to see the end results when they grow in their brand and their personal lives, because all I’m really set out to do is to do my best with my utmost integrity and respect.

I want to sincerely thank you so much for following my crazy adventures here and on Instagram. Your constant prayers, words of wisdom and advice, a nudge here and there, a hug or two and leaving me beautiful comments which means the world to me. This sort of positive vibe is so cool and encouraging which brings out the best in me.

Where to from here? A whole lot more with many more projects lined up, and more amazing faces to work with and shoot.

If there is anything you would like to see more of, feel free to leave me your thoughts as I would love to hear from you.

For now rest up, be happy, healthy and safe always.

xo Karen

All For Children

December 8, 2014Karen Woo Leave a Comment

One of my favourite kids photoshoot to date with The Mummy Confidentials and H&M featuring their All For Children collections. 25% of the sales will go towards UNICEF Australia.

Thank you H&M for featuring the shoot!

Featured Blogger Diana Kunanova from IFBOK

November 18, 2014Karen Woo 4 Comments

I met Diana Kunanova at New York Fashion Week 2014 when I stopped her in her tracks to snap her street style. She was the coolest, fun-loving style blogger from Kazakhstan who recently moved to the States with her hubby of 2 years. We chit-chatted (as I normally do) and commented on how cool her crimped and pastel pink hair, and that we were “twins” (that’s because I recently dyed my hair colour to a graduation of pink, red & violet). Since then, we exchanged Insta details and hanged out during our time in New York. She is the Creative Director of International Fashion Bloggers of Korea (IFBOK) and she also has her own personal style blog called Different Colors & Different Styles.

Diana is wearing Kahri by KahriAnne taken in the streets of New York.

Five things we should know about you:
1. Sociable and friendly
2. Love to sleep
3. Born in Kazakhstan but moved out since 2009. My home is where my husband is.
4. Never thought I will do anything in Fashion
5. I wish I was an Egyptian Princess like Cleopatra (silly right?)

How did you become a style blogger?
When I moved to Korea, I was bored and I did not know what to do with my life. After graduating from Germany, I got inspired by following some bloggers and reading their blog, and then I thought I should blog about style. It took me a while to figure out what exactly did I want to blog about – my life, style, making friends, making money or just do it for fun. Gladly today, I have fun, make friends and some money so I can’t complain!

Describe your style.
Chic, feminine and I am not scared to mix. I put things together according to how I feel that day but I’m also open to try something new. Korea has influenced my style greatly but now my style has changed country has influenced my style, in Korea it was more Korean then European, now my Korean friends says that my style in US changed too.

Do you have a favourite Designer?
Kahri and Alexander Wang.

What do you enjoy most about Fashion Week?
Meeting new people and make friends like you! I’m very happy to meet amazing people, because they inspire me!

Anything else you would like to add?
Mmmm I guess, I love to be part of Fashion World, but I am not person who wears brands, I love stylish things, which has reasonable prices. If I found or win $10000 I would not spend it on clothing, I would give to my parent as a support or plan a trip with all my family somewhere, where it will be enough to spend. Also, I am big fan of Instagram, because you can meet real people from there. I met some of my friends via Instagram in Zurich, in Brussel, in Seoul, in Konstanz and in Kazakhstan.

Thanks so much Diana for all your pearls of wisdom and friendship. I miss you heaps and I hope to see you in Australia for Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week Sydney! x

Here’s some behind the scenes…

Oaks Day Lexus Pavilion 2014

November 10, 2014Karen Woo 2 Comments

Oak’s Day was all about the ladies. Here’s my snapshot of the fashion and vibe inside the Lexus Pavilion. For more highlights, click on over to What Would Karl Do blog.

*All the images were taken by Karen Woo for What would Karl do, please contact Jess Dempsey for permission to use these images at jess@whatwouldkarldo.com. Thank you x