Kyly opens new innings in her career

Kyly Clarke hits the runway for Harris Scarfe in Adelaide over the weekend. Picture: Scarborough Digital Media Source: Supplied

Kyly Clarke poses with The Block 2013 winners Phil and Amity at the Harris Scarfe launch in Adelaide. Picture: Twitter Source: Twitter

Kyly Clarke for Harris Scarfe. Picture: Scarborough Digital Media Source: Supplied

Kyly Clarke for Harris Scarfe. Picture: Scarborough Digital Media Source: Supplied

SHE'S been a dancer, a bikini model, a weather presenter, a former grid girl, opened her own nail salon and currently works as an interior designer.

 And last night Kyly Clarke added catwalk star to her burgeoning CV after taking to a runway in Adelaide for mass-market label Harris Scarfe. 

As the face of the brand's new mini label Boutique, the 31-year-old was the ribbon-cutter at the new Harris Scarfe flagship store in shopping mecca Rundle Place and took to the runway for the invite-only launch event.

Interestingly, the show was styled by Vogue fashion editor 

Christine Centenera, who used to work as the full-time stylist for Lara Bingle when she was still dating Michael Clarke.

"I love to get inspiration from other people but it is really about how to find the confidence within you to wear a certain outfit," Clarke has said previously about working with a stylist. 

Centenera is an Adelaide girl, as is Warm Bodies actress Teresa Palmer, who was also among the guests at the opening. 

Picture: Scarborough Digital Media Source: Supplied

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Reading opens up a world of wonder

Robyn Gough reads to her sons Luke, 6, and Justin, 4. Picture: John Fotiadis Source: The Daily Telegraph

READING is more than words on a page for thousands of foster children opening a book for the first time.

More than 90 per cent of the 37,000 Australian children in crisis care are below the reading age of seven, but a little-known charity is helping to turn that around.

The Pyjama Foundation's reading program for foster kids aims to break the typical life-cycle of disadvantage - which can lead to homelessness and unemployment - by fostering an early love of books.

A study into the program's value, which included the work of volunteer "Pyjama Angels" who read to children, found every dollar invested in boosting children's literacy levels generated $4.86 in long-term social and economic benefits.

Founder Bronwyn Sheehan said children are hungry to learn, with more than 120 kids in western Sydney waiting for a Pyjama Angel.

"A lot of these children who enter the care system have very poor language skills. They haven't been spoken to much and literacy is not part of their lives," Ms Sheehan said.

"The response from the kids when our Pyjama Angels arrive is blow-your-socks-off wonderful. They often wait on the footpath for their angel to arrive."

The Daily Telegraph has donated to the Pyjama Foundation about 300 books from its Penguin Kids' Mini Book Collection, a 14-part series of classic children's books

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