Now firmly embedded within the Melbourne indie fashion scene, is the Penthouse Mouse/Moth Design crew who threw not only a spectacular party on Friday night, but put on a fabulous runway showcasing the best of up and coming Melbourne fashion design.
Hosted by the Old Navel and Military Club in Little Collins St, Moth and the [...]
Events
Midmouse Runway
Unwearables
The Order of Melbourne was crowded on Wednesday night as everyone was crammed into the venue waiting for the ‘Unwearables’ show. No one had any idea what to expect but the words ‘interesting’ and ‘odd’ come to mind. In the spirit of the offbeat show, participants were decked out in their vintage outfits, quirky dress [...]
Catwalk Theatre
LMFF’s pre-festival event Catwalk Theatre took runways to a new level.
The first act was the unique Jessica Ward performing from Circanica. Dressed in the evening’s theme of black and hot pink, Jessica astounded with her strength and flexibility where she balances on her hands upon three silver canes.
In fashion tradition Madonna’s “Vogue” opened for [...]
Violet & I Winter Launch
Local label Violet & I turned the big one year old this past week and celebrated with bubbles and cake (as should be the way of any good celebration).Violet & I’s designer Anna Linklater also hosted an intimate fashion parade showcasing just a smattering of her Winter 2010 collection entitled “The Musings”. Of the looks [...]
Spirit of the Black Dress ‘FlashWalk’
It’s 10 am at Flinders Street station, and the steps are crowded with the usual throng of commuters hurrying on their way. In the middle of this everyday chaos, ten models stand frozen in the sea of people. They’re clad in identical black trench coats, with couture-coiffed hair and nude makeup. It’s a dramatic [...]
Beautiful Girls Fashion Lunch
In the lead up to Super Saturday, Flemington’s biggest raceday outside of the Spring Carnival, the VRC hosts the very lovely Beautiful Girls Fashion Lunch. This year Myer showcased racewear inspiration from labels including Arabella Ramsay, Camilla and Marc, Nicola Finetti, Wayne Cooper, Karen Millen, Leona Edminston, T.L Wood, Jeff Banks, Dom Bagnato, Hugo Boss [...]
Dr. Denim Collection Launch
The latest jeasnwear collection from Swedes Dr. Denim has launched at Somewhere. Alongside that skinny-legged, dark-washed arrival was the birth of “Salad Days”. Billed as short film, Salad Days is actally a cinematic-style promo for the label in the same vein as Chanel’s recent advertising efforts with Nicole Kidman and Marion Cotillard. The story is [...]
Penthouse Mouse 2010
Once a year, art and fashion combine under the watchful and very capable eye of the Moth design crew to create a space where all who worship fashion can come to pay homage, this Mecca of design is known as Penthouse Mouse. For the two week duration of Melbourne’s L’oreal fashion week, the former Naval [...]
Oak off Chapel
The newest addition to Melbourne’s exclusive fashion scene is a somewhat unconventional space just minutes from the eclectic Chapel street shopping drag. Oak off Chapel was ironically an abandoned clothes manufacturing warehouse which has had a second chance to be the birthplace for fashion, only now it is a multi functional space where budding designers [...]
Summer Fashion Stakes at Caulfield
Our next world famous Spring Racing Carnival is off in the distance. Yet that doesn’t mean that there is a lack of fashions on the field. Yesterday at Caulfield racecourse during the Arrowfield Stud Blue Diamond Day, ladies and a few gents hit the stage to compete in a summer round of Fashion Stakes. After four heats [...]
