Lisa Gorman’s eponymous label recently celebrated its 16th year with a magical catwalk showing of Gorman‘s current Moth & Moon collection in the Fitzroy Gardens. Instead of Champagne there was a conservatory. Instead of presents there were printed pillows. Instead of party games there was pleated gold. Enjoy the lushness …
Chinese New Year with Harper’s Bazaar
Auspiciously timed to coincide with the Lunar New Year, Westpac hosted a party to celebrate the third annual Chinese edition of Harper’s Bazaar Australia. Instead of the Paris end of Collins Street, for this single evening it was the Beijing end, with the event housed within Giorgio Armani’s flagship boutique. Guests …
Melbourne Spaces | Ruyi
As we’re in the midst of Lunar New Year celebrations, it thought it an apt time to take a look at some beautiful examples of modern Chinese-influenced design right here in Melbourne. Who knew it would be found in a dumpling house? Recently marking its first birthday, Ruyi consciously stands …
Style Guide | Top 10 | Melbourne Food & Wine Festival 2015
Style has become omnipresent. From wardrobe, to home, to work, now even your lunch can be improved with a little thoughtful style. So the below presents what I think might just be the top 10 most stylish events of the 2015 Melbourne Food and Wine Festival calender. In no particular …
Colour for a Cause
Love this rich teal colour? All proceeds assist Ovarian Cancer Australia in raising awareness of the disease, its symptoms and supporting women suffering from it during this February which is Ovarian Cancer Awareness Month. The lovely teal comes in a duo with a white polish and you can get it here for some meaningful …
Melbourne Spaces: Alto
Alto (meaning a musical high in Italian) is a secret events space capping off the GPO Building – which many now know predominantly as home to H&M – in the heart of the city. Operated by Damm Fine Foods (who have ruined me forevermore from eating ungilded risotto), Alto has …
The Top 20 | VAMFF 2015
See. Do. Wear. And always get close. Here are my Top 20 picks of the cultural events and runway shows from the 2015 Virgin Australia Melbourne Fashion Festival… – Josh Goot has scored the coveted Grand Showcase solo runway just in time for the lauded label’s 10th birthday. – I’ll …
Portsea Polo Style 2015
As the rain (thankfully) stayed far, far away and limoncello icy poles provided a dose of sunshine, the Portsea Polo went off swimmingly on the weekend. I was pleased to accept Peroni’s invitation to join them for the day and thus much of the serious style spotting below was conducted from …
On vacation…
Taking (attempting to) a little time to rejuvenate mind and body this month. StyleMelbourne will properly return to share the beautiful side of Melbourne’s culture, lifestyle and creative people in February 2015. Until then there may be the odd post on the Portsea polo, a re-vamped sky-scraping events space, the …
A Very Grand Christmas
Grand Hyatt just threw a trio of festively seasonal parties around the globe in Melbourne, New York and Berlin. Simply because they could! I always say life’s too short not to take advantage of any excuse to celebrate (thus I’m hosting a Christmas eve eve supper next week). Our version at …