The newest collection from sleep couture icon Peter Alexander is fun and inventive; set to make it just that little bit harder to get out of your pjs.
The line featured charming designs that ranged from cute and flirtatious ultra feminine floral prints to the little more risqué French inspired range. Then there were captivating Australiana [...]
Events
MSFW: Peter Alexander – Slumber in the City
MSFW: Designer Series 1
Arnsdorf opened the Designer Series 1 runway at Melbourne Spring Fashion Week 2010. The designs possessed constrained volume and geometric construction with pastel colours and fractal patterns. Vibrant and fun short chiffon skirts, cropped jackets and puffy sleeved dresses were spotted. Also we witnessed stiff neoprene formed into cocoon-like silhouettes and heavy materials somehow turned [...]
Avant Garde gallery at Fashion Exposed
Australian and New Zealand fashion designers can let their uber-artistic selves run wild when creating for the Avant Garde Gallery at Fashion Exposed. This year’s winner Anna Blease, is just the tip of a kooky, unexpected, eccentric, stunning and drop dead gorgeous iceberg of design. Entrants were Ellie Meyer, Priscilla McClintock, Amber Hills, Anna Peng, Anna Thi Pham, Laurence St-Pierre, Jing Wang, Tovah [...]
Parlez vous francais?…
…It probably would have helped this past weekend as, little did you know, but the French invaded Melbourne! A Gallic contingent showed of their urban designs at a dedicated Fashion Exposed catwalk show.
Labels invited down under included Little Marcel, Akelakey, Cannisse, Charlie Joe, One Step, Eroik, Feiyue and jewellery by Nature and Taratata Bijoux, Redline [...]
Debut at Fashion Exposed
Debut honoured fledgling Australian fashion labels at Fashion Exposed this past weekend. Contenders in the apparel category included Electric Sugar, Felix & Mabel, Janin, Leanne Lim, Mac n’ Fleur and Undral. Designer Geoffrey Haining won out with his distopian Francz label. Judges described the collection as being suited to “a rockstar clientele”.
Afterglow Jewellery by Charms [...]
Miss Lyndel Yeo’s 5th Birthday Party
Miss Lyndel Yeo let loose an animalistic Melbourne Spring Fashion Week parade last night as she celebrated her label’s 5th birthday with a review of her mainline and MLY Black Label collections for Spring 2010.
Her signature unusual shapes (high waists, extended shoulder-lines, cropped tops and dramatic trains) return along with a hint of animal print, even [...]
Anton jewellery launch
Last night Anton launched their latest jewellery range entitled “Private Collection” during an exclusive dinner hosted at their Chadstone boutique. Designed by creative director Sevan Bahar and co., the collection lets white and yellow diamonds, white gold and platinum play the starring roles.
A lengthy black draped dining table was scattered with diamonds, blooms and golden [...]
food fashion friends by Fleur Wood
Food, fashion, friends; these are a few of Fleur Wood’s favourite things.
Surrounded by a high tea theme taken directly from food fashion friends, the designer launched her new book in Melbourne last week. Rather than create a traditional cookery book, this new tome provides styling and inspiration for special events alongside recipe ideas.
The launch soiree [...]
Fashion+Aid 2010 launch
As the time until Fashion+Aid 2010 diminishes by the day, it seems most of Melbourne cosied up at George Calombaris’ new Little Press & Cellar last night to toast the successsful launch of year three for the spectacular.
This year Fashion+Aid has gone one step further on the fashion front. Not only will all of the [...]
Raoul Spring Summer 2010/11
Raoul designer Odile Benjamin visited Melbourne last week to officially celebrate the opening of their latest boutique in Southbank and to showcase the label’s Spring Summer 2010 collection. Raoul, based out of Singapore, aims to encapsulate that luxurious “designer” feel (with a less daunting pricetag). This season expect sophisticated necklines, blue-tinged florals and optical prints [...]
