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 [...]
Spirit of the Black Dress
The Spirit of the Black Dress opening gala kicked off this evening, attracting a beautiful crowd to match the beautiful and innovative takes on the wardrobe essential – aka the ‘Black Dress’.
Georges on Collins provided a stylish space for fashion and textile designers’ individual interpretation of what constitutes an amazing little black dress. [...]
Marker Gallery’s Final ‘Winter Set’ Exhibition
Time has come for Marker Gallery to depart it’s current residence. Their final exhibition is titled ‘Winter Set’ and is part of a series co-presented by themselves and the Freshly Baked gallery that runs both in real life and as a virtual exhibition concurrently.
It opened just last night; featuring the talented likes of artists Mephisto Jones, Aida [...]
Michi Girl ‘Through My Eyes’ Exhibition
Weather Girl and style maven Michi Girl has been sending us her daily shopping picks along with a dose of her trademark ascerbic wit for years now. She now has a book ‘Who Gives a Frock?’ out and sponsors events – it’s turning into a mini-Michi empire. Along with her minions Chloe Quigley and Daniel Pollack, [...]
Give/Take Exhibition Opening
See lines between art and fashion blur at the Give/Take exhibition, which opened on the March 17 as part of the L’Oréal Melbourne Fashion Festival. The exhibition at the Off the Kerb Gallery in Collingwood features creations by prominent designers and artists and is their interpretation of this year’s LMFF “Cause and Effect” theme.
Entering the [...]
When Fashion & Art collide
The fashion world is a bit of a floozy. It always likes to indulge in flirtations with other creative fields like music, performance and, especially, art. There’s a few arty exhibitions coming up that may whet any fashionistas appetite for a deeper aesthetic than weekend window shopping may bring;
Photographer Samantha Everton is back with a [...]
Suit Up Custom Playing Card Exhibition Opening
I recently overheard a precocious five year old boy confidently explain to his mother why graffiti was good even though she had just advised him that ‘people are not supposed to do it.’ It’s colourful and makes the city more interesting to look at, he reasoned to his now lost-for-words mum. Over the last few [...]
Chaff n’ Skaffs: Mai & the Lost Moskivvy
Melbourne artist Luke Feldman better known in the art world as Skaffs has a brand new project. While I’ve long been a fan of his entrancing animations and voluptuous figurines, the next step for Luke is into the world of children’s fairytales (though adult Skaffs fans will still be pleased to add these pages to [...]
