All Dolled Up

Nobelle looks slightly different from the first time we met her, switching up her edgier, slate-grey look for this summer-appropriate sundress and sandals. “I love playing around with different pieces and looks to see what I can pull off, so I don’t have a particular ‘style’,” she says. “My wardrobe’s also not restricted to any single look. If anything, I lean towards neutrals and am usually dressed head to toe in monochromatic shades.” She usually stays away from overly bright colours, she says, because she feels that they can be too overwhelming for professional contexts. “I like keeping it chic, smart and casual, so keeping to neutral colours, well-fitted clothes with clean and neat cuts work for me.” Perhaps Nobelle’s love of dressing up and experimenting stems from her childhood love of Barbie dolls. “It’s quite embarrassing, but I absolutely adore Barbie dolls. I played with them daily when I was younger, and collected special edition dolls for their pretty dresses! I think I have at least 30 of them at home.” Nobelle is still studying, and says she might go on to do her Masters and get a PhD in the future to become an academia or lecturer, although she says she would love to work in business development or in the creative industry. On the side, she also runs her own food blog, and while she used to be quite sporty (“I bowled for nearly a decade, was a sprinter for 4 years, and did MMA for 2, then college and other commitments stepped in”), she’s currently just “studying, eating, and trying to manage (her) expanding waistline.” Nobelle says she’s trying to be a little more relaxed and taking each day as it comes. “I figured that planning too far ahead just adds to the stress, and makes me a little less optimistic than I’d like to be. Besides, not all of us end up where we initially planned to,” she says. “Right now, staying happy and being a better person is more important to me.”