Eco-Luxe Fashion Exposé (ELFE) was a fashion event to showcase environmentally sustainable fashion. The luxurious venue, Alumbra, hosted the event and transformed it’s main room into a runway with surrounding market stalls and display booths of the collections on show.
Rachael Cassar’s ‘Ruby’ collection featured multiple black pieces in exclusive fabrics and interesting styles. Rachael [...]
ELFE Eco-Luxe Fashion Exposé
A Double Pass to ELFE at MSFW
For the uninitiated ELFE stands for Eco-Luxe Fashion Exposé – it’s green, it’s stylish and it’s on the official schedule for Melbourne Spring Fashion Week 2009. The brainchild behind the event is eco-conscious designer Emily Highfield of Vintage Soul. Joining her at ELFE will be labels such as Lady Petrova, Made in Donald, Rachel [...]
Vintage Soul adds Spice
We have just received the latest photoshoot from Emily Highfield’s eco-vintage label Vintage Soul. The sumptuous surrounds of current Melbourne hotspot Spice Market (which is hosting another fashion event next week) lend a darky exotic touch to a limited selection of the label’s Winter 2009 ‘ Sugar and Spice’ collection. The shoot was the [...]
Military
Melbourne Winter 2009 has had a military makeover. Not only in the fashion sense. Have you noticed the array of Russian/WW2 movies? I’ve seen Valkyrie, Defiance and about to settle in for a tear jerker with The Boy In The Striped Pyjamas. In Valkyrie, the jackets worn by soldiers were almost identical to those on [...]
Short & Sweet Style Wrap #13
There are a few perks that come with winter. Looking cute in earmuffs as you skate around an ice rink perhaps? QV (corner of Swanston and Lonsdale) is changing its square into a 15m square, eco-friendly skating rink from Saturday 27th June to Saturday 25th July. The kitschy deliciousness continues with fake snow, pine [...]
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. [...]
Short & Sweet Style Wrap #3
Melbourne Central is running four consecutive fashion nights each Friday evening from tonight. From 6 – 9pm there with be musical performances and in-store designer appearances. Tonight songstress Ella Thompson and DJ Kevin Van Eade perform. Next Friday sees sleepwear king Peter Alexander, Fame Agenda’s Monica Lim, Arthur Galan and Dom Bagnato all paying a [...]
Vintage Soul Debut
Emily Highfield is a young Melbourne designer on a mission. She wants to bring past designer pieces back to life to invigorate our modern wardrobes. She sources high end pieces and often re-fashions them for her new label called ‘Vintage Soul’ and then combines this with a talent for creating entirely original items from scratch. [...]
Short & Sweet Style Wrap
Episode are having a “garage” sale on this weekend from Friday 27th Feb to Sunday the 1st Mar at 175 Sydney Rd Brunswick, 9 til 5. Prices from 5 bucks for retro denim, Levis, leather, coats, samples and seconds! Proceeds to bushfire appeal.
Tiffany Treloar will release an eco-friendly range this summer under her Treloar label. [...]
Vintage Soul Fashion Exposé
One upcoming event I certainly wouldn’t dream of missing is the launch of Emily Highfield’s Vintage Soul label at her Fashion Expose event. There will be a flock of fashionistas attending to rummage though the young designers refashioned and one off pieces. Complimentary glasses of Chandon NV will be available from 2 ’til 4pm to [...]
