Actress Danielle Cormack shares her style secrets.
Margaret Thatcher is back in vogue with the release of The Iron Lady and countless fashion editorials dedicated to the former prime minister's style. Locally, a production of Caryl Churchill's famous play Top Girls, opening in Auckland tomorrow night, will examine attitudes to feminism and gender discrimination during the Thatcher decade. Danielle Cormack stars in the production as power-dressing career girl Marlene, alongside a strong female cast directed by Shane Bosher. The actress, who recently featured in Underbelly: Razor, has a refreshingly broad approach to style, whether she is wearing leather from Danish brand Day Birger et Mikkelsen, a kaftan or embroidered neckpiece from Vietnam.
My heroes and heroines ... Patti Smith, impossibly cool rock goddess and poet; Deborah Leaver - all round brilliant woman, humanitarian and director of ChildFund Vietnam; Martin Luther King for leading a non-violent civil rights movement; Aung San Suu Kyi, political heroine; and all the countless unsung heroes who activate their rights, or help others, to influence and change the scope of our world.
I'm at my happiest when I'm living in the moment. Thinking too much about the past and future is never as satisfying as being in the present.
Luxury is ... having good food, a roof over my head, a warm bed and a healthy family. Not to be scoffed at.
