SHENTONISTA

Not as casual as a t-shirt dress, and not as formal as a form-fitting number, the shirt dress is something that you can easily throw on when you're rushing out the door, or for relying on on days when you're completely uninspired.

Workwear, for Doreen, isn’t very formal or strict, although she says she’d love to see more ladies embracing trousers in their office ensembles.

Working in an agency means that Amadea doesn’t have a strict dress code to adhere to, but she still makes sure that she looks professional.

Dahlia works in advertising, and this allows her to dress pretty casually for work unless she has client meetings to attend.

Valerie dresses for comfort when she goes to work, and advises others to do the same.

It’s clear that Amanda is a purveyor of good taste, keeping her accessories to a minimum.

Claudia may be young, but seems to have seen and experimented enough to know what makes or breaks an outfit.

Another stylish way to beat the heat? Consider some accessories – for your head, to be specific.

We were pleasantly surprised to bump into Rachel again in the middle of the CBD, not knowing that her agency had recently moved.

Risa loves penguins, so much so that she says if she wasn’t working in shipping, she’d have liked to become a professional penguin feeder/cuddler.

Richelle’s always looking for something new, and she says she believes in living curiously. “Go out there and do things you've never done, experience things you've never tried, and go to places you've always wanted to,” she says. “And every day, try to be the best version of yourself.”

Zafirah believes that karma is always lurking, and the one thing she’d like to tell everyone would be: “Throw that litter in the bin, please!”