He dresses people for the red carpet… but today we flipped the lens on him 😊
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Sat down with Sydney’s rising tailor and image consultant to talk about style, identity, craftsmanship and tattoos. Different worlds but same obsession about details.
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Meet the founder Fernando at @rileyandsons.atelier .
#tailor #sydney
48hrs in 30 seconds.
What a whirlwind this Australia tour has been.
Working with @cj.bloomfield , playing Baraka in the new @mortalkombatmovie , we designed both outfits to have subtle nods to both who he is and his character.
Feeling very humbled and grateful for the opportunity and share our work on the world stage.
Suiting By Riley & Sons
Styling By @fernando.kul
You get dressed for the day without too much thought: a meeting, a casual coffee, a normal workday.
It feels like a simple decision. But what you wear may already be shaping how you think.
In this article, co-authored by me and Fernando Kularatne we discuss how clothing influences how others perceive us and the impact it has on our brains.
Take a look 👀
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@fernando.kul
"The fashion world puts you in a box. My job is to give you your own."
We get thrown into the corporate world and told how to perform. How to dress. How to show up.
But nobody asks who you actually are.
Your value system. Your ambitions. Your body. Your life.
That's where I start.
Because when what you wear reflects who you actually are, the impact you make on the world changes.
Thank you @bioinaustralia for the room and the opportunity to share our approach to image consulting and tailoring.
You could almost hear a pin drop on Thursday night as @fernando.kul@rileyandsons.atelier took us on a journey around style, clothing, how we FEEL and how this is so different to fashion and trends.
🤔 We were curious to understand why creating your own presence through what you wear and how you feel in it goes so much deeper than 'do you look good?' - it certainly got us thinking!
🎉 We do something different every time we run a BIO event.
👉 April is all about connecting and style >> in Sydney last week and >> Brisbane 30th April.
👉 in May we're throwing darts over good chats & drinks
👉 in June we're talking about business systems to avoid burnout
🤝 Connect with us and our community of business leaders and owners at any of our locations - all dates, info and tickets via link in comments or in our bio.
#connectdifferently #businesseventssydney #businesseventsbrisbane #networkingeventsaustralia
See you soon!
A Associação Comunitária de Moradores do Taboão (ACMT) parabeniza hoje, com grande carinho e gratidão, a querida Solange Kulik pelo seu aniversário 🎉
Solange é um exemplo de dedicação e compromisso com a comunidade. Ao longo dos anos, contribuiu de forma voluntária e incansável com a ACMT, tendo exercido funções importantes como tesoureira, secretária e presidente interina, reforçando ainda mais seu compromisso com o bem coletivo.
Sua atuação vai muito além da associação: sempre presente nas ações da comunidade, na Capela e no apoio às pessoas, Solange se destaca pelo carisma, pela generosidade e pelo verdadeiro amor ao próximo.
Em nome de toda a diretoria e comunidade do Taboão, deixamos nosso reconhecimento, respeito e gratidão por tudo o que você já fez e continua fazendo.
Que sua vida seja sempre abençoada com saúde, paz, alegria e muitas realizações.
Feliz aniversário! 🎂✨
A glimpse into our Riley Hybrid Capsule.
Pieces chosen with purpos, designed to sit comfortably alongside one another. Creating certainty without effort.
A hybrid suit, a smart trouser, a second jacket, and a shacket.
With one shirt one pair of shoes.
Seven looks, built from a small system of pieces designed to work together.
Without daily thought, but with prepared intention.
The mind follows the body.
If your collar is tight, your waistband cuts in, or your jacket pulls across your back, you start to fidget. Tiny adjustments. Micro movements. A constant, low grade distraction.
Your brain reads those signals.
Neuroscience shows that the brain is continuously scanning the body for cues of safety or threat. Through a process called interoception, your nervous system interprets physical sensations and assigns meaning to them. When the body feels restricted or uncomfortable, the brain can interpret that state as stress.
Research on embodied cognition suggests that our posture and physical sensations influence how we think and feel. Studies from Columbia Business School and Northwestern University on enclothed cognition found that what we wear affects attention, performance and self perception. Clothing is not neutral. It changes how we carry ourselves and how we process the world.
When you are physically at ease, your shoulders soften. Your breath deepens. Your movements become deliberate rather than reactive. The brain receives those cues and calibrates accordingly. Safety. Stability. Control.
Confidence is not an abstract concept. It is physiological.
Fashion, when done well, becomes a regulatory tool. Structure can support posture. Natural fibres can allow breath and temperature control. Proportion can reduce the need for constant adjustment.
When the body feels considered, the mind follows.
Style is not decoration. It is environmental design for your nervous system.
Being well dressed is a way to signal that you are thoughtful, intentional and organised.
Thoughtfulness is Sexy.
If you were mindful enough to check the weather and bring another layer, that tells me you think ahead. It tells me you consider context. It tells me you prepare.
And that kind of preparation does not stop at clothing.
It means you will pack properly for a holiday.
You will remember the charger.
You will confirm the reservation.
You will think about how the evening will unfold.
Getting dressed well is not about vanity.
It is about care.
Care for the room you are walking into.
Care for the people you are meeting.
Care for your future self who will thank you later.
Structure is attractive.
Presence is attractive.
Preparedness is deeply attractive.
Clothes are simply the visible evidence of a disciplined inner world.
Style can rewrite the story you tell yourself.
Clothing is not just visual. It is experiential. It sits on your skin, moves with your body, frames your posture, shapes how you enter a room.
When something fits properly, when it allows you to move in a way that feels natural to your rhythm and your life, there is no friction. No pulling. No adjusting. No quiet apology in your stance.
That absence of resistance matters.
Cognitive dissonance happens when there is a gap between who you believe you are and how you are presenting. When your clothing feels performative, borrowed, or restrictive, your nervous system registers the mismatch. You compensate. You shrink. You over correct.
But when what you are wearing aligns with your proportions, your pace, your environment, the gap closes.
Your body relaxes.
Your movements become coherent.
Your internal dialogue softens.
Instead of asking, “Do I look right?”
You begin thinking, “This is me.”
That shift amplifies self confidence because it reduces self negotiation. It increases self acceptance because you are no longer fighting the mirror.
Style at its best is not transformation into someone else.
It is alignment with who you already are.
