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 [...]
Debut at Fashion Exposed
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 [...]
Tessa Blazey jewellery
Constructing a piece of jewellery is no ordinary process for Tessa Blazey; a designer whose truly unique collections are created from her passion for geometry. Sourcing rare mineral elements, Tessa has developed an imaginative collection of remarkable rings, bold necklaces and structural cuffs – what Tessa calls ‘miniature architecture.’ Here we discuss the establishment of [...]
B-Spoke
A woman’s worst fashion fear is being caught in the same attire as another. B-Spoke takes on the challenge of achieving exclusivity when accessorising by offering customer hand made products tailored for the individual. Fashion designer and milliner Sarah Cranitch will take your vision from shape, colour and material to handcraft a unique piece [...]
Yamila Guedez
Right in the heart of Armadale in the historic Kings Arcade building lives a vivacious Venezuelan designer named Yamila Guedez. An architect by trade but a fashion designer at heart, Yamila’s infinite creativity, boundless energy and intelligence have captured a growing legion of fans drawn to her organic and wildly unrestrained designs. With a disregard [...]
Designer Q&A: Damselfly Jewellery
Damselfly jewellery has graced the runways of Lisa Ho and Zimmermann and adorned the bodies of Kate Bosworth, Miranda Kerr, Gwen Stefani, Emma Booth and Megan Gale. Plans for body jewellery and bag ranges are well underway. Christianna Heideman, the Melbourne based designer of Damselfly Jewellery (and men’s label Elias) shares her label with [...]
BAM!
Managed an abbreviated visit to the BAM Brands pop-up showcase last night (before toddling on down to Cookie to meet the Broadsheet Melbourne team who I have been working with in person for the first time). Thanks for your hospitality Bec and Justin!
Fell in love with Mecuralist’s supple leather Doctor Cairo bag – someone kindly [...]
Aliss & Ena
There is something rather sumptuous about the direction that two year old jewellery label Aliss & Ena is headed this season. Chunky chains and look-at-me jewels combine to create a feeling that is positively regal. Designer and curator of the range, Alex Servos is currently favouring velvet, hermatite and glass beads to create glittering costume [...]
Loving…Black Jewels
I was jumping out of a cab when my favourite black beaded necklace met a horrific fate. Beads bounced and scattered in every direction – under the cab, into the gutter and across the road. Despite my best attempts to gather them all, not even a re-string managed to return my treasured piece to its [...]
Fashion Exposed, Bags & Accessories Fair and Australian Shoe Fair
Before we know it the biggest fashion trade event in the country will roll in to town. Fashion Exposed, the Bags and Accessories Fair and the Australian Shoe Fair converge once again as an epic trade fashion event for buyers, labels and businesses showcasing over 1500 Australian and international labels. Registrations to visit are now [...]
