Global Gathering, held at the Sidney Myer Music Bowl, was yet another wonderful day out on the festival circuit.  Despite the gloomy weather, music fans turned out in mass to witness the musical styling’s of both local and international acts.  Yes, it was cold, rainy, windy, however this did not stop revellers from donning their festival finest and we certainly witnessed some great fashion on the day.

Musical Highlights included the spectacular Mark Ronson and the Version Players, with special guest (local talent) Daniel Merriweather.  Ronson performed an ultra energising show complete with a four piece symphony and a marvellous array of crowd pleasing stage antics and musical variety

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Puma are paying homage to classic music from the 70s, 80s and 90s; holding an exclusive live performance 28th December at Hi Fi Lounge in Melbourne, called PUMA Archive ‘Uncovered’ series. Australia’s killer bands such as, Children Collide, Cassette Kids and Boy + Girl will be performing super hits from the past decades, from funk, pop and rock in ode to our favourite hits of the era.

PUMA are turning back the clock, back to the birth when music and fashion collide. Much like the PUMA Archive range of sneakers & clothing, which fuses the best of Read More…

Personally, I love my Aussie labels. Besides building on my sense of patriotism when I ‘buy Aussie-made’, no other overseas brands seem to translate as seamlessly into my life, taking into account our environment, local trends and variable weather. Think huge shaggy fur coats in our mild winter. Sweat stains much? But I digress. When thinking of iconic Australian brands, can anyone go past our world renowned clothing labels? Customers everywhere are clamoring for our clothes! And for one of the biggest names, think bright turquoise shopping bags boldly emblazoned with white letters spelling ‘Kookai’. Read More…

Since 2003, men’s salon hair care label American Crew has been holding a competition called ‘Face Off’. It is fused with an art exhibition in order to discover which creative salons and stylists are producing original and artistic hairstyles for men. Each style from creative types across Australia is photographed and displayed in black and white and is set to be judged by US American Crew.

Their recent event was held at the Peninsula venue space in the Docklands with 700 industry guests, including Arthur and Mimi Galan (of AG) and Nick Smith from GQ magazine, attending and judging for themselves. Arthur Galan’s current AG Spring/Summer collection was showcased down the runway by Men’s Division models (the winning model receives a two year contract with the agency).

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It’s just over a week until Xmas comes around if you haven’t finished all the gift-hunting, wrapping cooking cleaning and card writing yet you may already be looking forward to Boxing day relaxation. It may be time to treat yourself (or a loved one who needs a little T.L.C over the holidays) with gifts packs from Haven by Planet Earth.

Knowing that the classics never go out of style, each gift includes rose or lavender fragrances in their creams, lotions and potions as the ultimate aromatherapy relaxants. Read More…

Everyone needs a couple of tees in their wardrobe. Whether you are having a rock star moment or a girl or boy next door day, we must admit that we cannot survive without our favourite t-shirts.

But tees don’t have to be basics. We left our plain t-shirts that we owned in multiple different colours back in the nineties, thank-you very much. If you want to inject some style into this essential item I have one word for you: Tutu.

Coming straight from Melbourne’s fashion underground, designer Tutu Ralogaivau, or “the guy with the fro”, created his brand TUTU*tv and travelled the world with it. Read More…

I was lucky enough to be invited to a cocktail party celebrating this special night at one of Chadstone’s new restaurants, Oriental Tea House which is located outdoors. It made a lovely VIP night all the more awesome! Guests included AFL player Brad Miller and his wife Pia, Mia Klitsas of Moxie fame, and Ash Walsh, among many others. The area also featured a cool nail bar and a VVIP drinks bar. Chadstone’s VIP event was really the boost my consumer confidence needed, and injected just that little bit of Christmas revelry I needed!

What do you do when all you hear about the economy is bad news, and more bad news? Well, in the words of Kevin’07, you should spend, spend and spend! And, what better time to do it, than at Chadstone’s annual Christmas VIP shopping event? Apparently most of you agreed with me, in total there were 80,850 customers through Chadstone on November 26 - a 31% increase from last year’s event! Read More…

This festive season ENESS, digital designer duo extraordinaires, deliver an art installation of light to flood QV square with a theme of peace for Xmas. Entitled the Illumination Experience, the intriguing project is interactive and runs from now until Xmas Eve on the 24th December.

It will be bursting forth from dusk (9pm) every evening until midnight and best of all it is open and free to the public. We hear it is an amazing project to witness. So take a little time out from your last minute, bag-laden, hectic gift shopping and surround yourself with light for a little meditative break among the merry chaos.

Time is a luxury at the best of times, let alone at Christmas.  So in order to help out our time stricken readers, Style Melbourne has put together a list of all the best ONLINE locations for you to sort out your Christmas goodies, without leaving the comfort of your favourite lounge chair.  All you need is a computer and a credit card…enjoy! Read More…

How does one begin to describe the glamour and excitement that is the Australian Film Industry Awards?  Well, that is the problem; I’ve been sitting here for about ten minutes attempting to start writing about our night on Saturday…where to start!?

Perhaps, I’ll just start at the beginning… Patrik and I arrived early in order to score ourselves prime position in the media pit for when the stars of Australian Film and Television walked the red carpet.  With much success, cameras and notebooks at the ready, we anxiously awaited the arrival of Australia’s most gifted actors and actresses, not to mention the oh so talented directors, producers and writers.

As the stars of small and big screen alike began to arrive, the crowd behind us were screaming, and us journo’s and photographers began a ‘gentle’ scuffle in order to firmly secure our positions in the front row of the media pit. Read More…