My Birthday :)

Today is my birthday, and knowing me well, gifts from my family included women’s Star Wars fashion 🙂 I received four tops from the fantastic Rock & Republic x Star Wars range! I’ll be spending the day with family – but I hope to have these photographed and reviewed soon! 🙂

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Mobile Star Wars fashion news

We’ve just put the finishing touches on a mobile version of The Kessel Runway, that delivers an optimized version of our latest women’s Star Wars fashion news and reviews to phones and other internet devices with smaller screens. Tablets and larger portable devices still serve up the standard website – or…

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Article from The Boston Globe

Today I had a very pleasant surprise – The Kessel Runway was mentioned (and linked to), in an article in the fashion section of the The Boston Globe titled ‘Star Wars, Covergirl, and the rise of geek women’. The author, S.I. Rosenbaum, talks about the successful Covergirl x Star Wars collection,…

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Looking ahead

Over the past year of writing for The Kessel Runway, I’ve had many ideas for projects I’d love to work on. I’ve nearly filled my note book with scribbles of outfit concepts, projects and ideas – but they never left the paper. When I finished my first ever half marathon in…

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Valentine’s Day 2016

It’s Valentine’s Day here in New Zealand, so to celebrate I’ve gathered some of my favourite romance-themed Star Wars fashion items – which of course, feature Princess Leia and Han Solo. The ‘I Love You’ – ‘I Know’ scenes between Princess Leia and Han Solo are some of the most…

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Back home :)

I’m finally back home from my holiday! With the help of some amazing friends, I was able to attend the Star Wars Half Marathon Weekend at Disneyland! I entered – and finished – the 5k, 10k, and half marathon races, including the Rebel Challenge. These were my first ever official…

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I’m off for a holiday!

For the next week, I’ll be out of town on holiday! I will have internet access, and will continue to post as often as I can – but if it’s a little quiet around here, that’s why. I’m really looking forward to catching up with friends and going on a…

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Happy Holidays 2015!

Today is Christmas Day here in New Zealand, so I’m off to spend the day with family. I hope all you fashionable Star Wars fans have a wonderful day, and may your presents be filled with Star Wars goodness! Happy Holidays everyone! 🙂

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Episode 7 is here!!

I’m heading out the door to the New Zealand premiere of The Force Awakens! I can’t believe it’s finally here, I’m so excited! My family and I are lucky enough to be able to attend the first screening here in NZ at 7pm tonight – then of course we have our midnight premiere…

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One Year On

The Kessel Runway has just passed the one year mark, and I’m excited to look back at how far my project has come. It started with the idea to fully convert my wardrobe to Star Wars apparel, and has grown to be so much more. I thought it would be a…

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