Bringing art to the runway, LIFEwithBIRD’s Spring/Summer 09 collection delivers exclusive on-trend creations. This season, the collaboration between designer Nicholas Van Messner and Bridge ‘Bird’ McCall uses a woman’s silhouette as their blank canvas to bring us classic shapes with spring patterns and clever detailing for distinction.
The collection celebrates silhouettes with voluminous mini dresses, [...]
LIFEwithBIRD Spring Summer 2009 / 10
Designer Series 2
The Melbourne Town Hall was awash with the fashionable and famous on Wednesday night, as the historic venue played host to Designer Series Parade Number 2 as part of Melbourne Spring Fashion Week 2009. The runway looked European in style featuring the simple wooden floor of the town hall and a basic black backdrop. [...]
Short & Sweet Style Wrap #16
Miranda Kerr will be instore at David Jones Bourke Street on Friday the 14th August for two styling sessions, Q and A and signings. The sessions start at 12pm and 1pm. Stop by the womenswear department on your lunchbreak!
Have you been checking out much of the State of Design festival yet? It includes quirky things like [...]
Eat Street’s ‘Winter Wonderland’
Fusing food with fashion (two of my equally favourite things), Eat Street has just celebrated 10 years raising money for the Australian Childhood Foundation (which provides counselling to kids affected by neglect, violence or abuse). Their event at the Sofitel on Collins last week saw lots of delish food and fashion designers creating one-off designs [...]
Short & Sweet Style Wrap #9
M.A.C. Cosmetics has been busy up at RAFW this week beautifying the faces for some Melbourne designers shows and we’ve got the behind the scenes info on how to experiment with these looks. For Kirrily Johnston, artist Natasha Severino used Studio Sculpt concealer, Invisible powder and Taupe blush to contour the face. Orange Alarm cream [...]
Livestyle Group Runway Parade # 2
Group Show number 2 was a feast for the eyes with an eclectic mix of designs from Life With Bird, Vintage Soul by Emily Highfield, Dizingof and State of Georgia.
Bridget McCall managed to pull together one of Life With Bird’s most desirable collections yet, encompassing delicate femininity mixed with funky geometric patterns and structured tailoring. [...]
L’Oreal Melbourne Fashion Festival; Runway 1
Here is where we really get down to business. The official runway parades are the hottest ticket for many in LMFF town (a sell out as per usual in fact). It’s still the start of the week and there is a buzz in the air. The audience is fresh and champagne fatigue has not yet [...]
Out of the Shadows MSFW 2008
The Out of the Shadows parade was intended to be the most innovative, boundary pushing show of the Melbourne Spring Fashion Week 2008 official schedule. Interesting, considering it celebrates all that is new and at the pioneering edge of fashion, that it started off with a look towards the past – a retrospective of a [...]
