‘The Dressmaker’ Costume Exhibit
Wow. Just, wow. This is the only word you need for a visit to The Dressmaker costume exhibition at Rippon Lea Estate. I heard this word gasped many times at the preview show on the evening of April 21. A walk…
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M.A.D. Fashion Showcase with Melbourne’s alternative designers
Corsets, goth, steampunk – it was all on show. The Melbourne Alternative Designers joined together at the M.A.D. Fashion Showcase to demonstrate just how talented this city is. Headed up by Melbourne labels Clockwork Butterfly and Lyris Designs, the evening was comprised…
VAMFF: Premium Runway 7 on closing night
Strutting up to one of Melbourne Museum’s many entrances to attend Premium Runway 7, the closing show of Virgin Australia Melbourne Fashion Festival, the place looks suspiciously quiet. An elderly security guard pops his head round a fenced-off area and…
VAMFF: Global Indigenous Runway
It’s basically impossible not to get swept up in the immediate beauty of a fashion show, but I’ve always found myself just as intrigued by the stories and inspiration that lie behind all those pretty clothes. So when I learned…
VAMFF: Opening Night Runway
It was a bit of a who’s who in the front row for the Opening Night of VAMFF – presented by David Jones and supported by Vogue Australia, with everyone from Julie Bishop to the Real Housewives of Melbourne crossing…
VAMFF: Four Seasons In One Night runway show
The Melbourne fashion scene has definitely had a nip and a tuck in the last few years, since Virgin Australia took over as naming rights partner of the its Fashion Festival. Continuing on from the first week of the festival,…
Boozy Brunch – St. Hotel
Boozy Brunch is a decadent Sunday session inspired by similar ventures in London and New York. It’s designed to bring together three key elements: fashion, food and entertainment — not to mention lots of premium liquor! Each Boozy Brunch is…
Virgin Australia Fashion Festival (VAMFF) 2016: The Plus Ones’ Guide
Every year the we compare Virgin Australia Melbourne Fashion Festival with your Parises, your Milans and Japans, but this year we’re going to go out on a limb and suggest that after 20 years it’s come in to its own. Indeed,…
VAMFF: The Dress Collective runway
A Saturday night quaffing bubbles with a gorgeous ladyfriend, watching lines of gorgeous people strut their stuff on the catwalk to showcase awesome Aussie independent labels – and all in the name of charity, no less – is my idea…
Cloud St. Pop-Up Store
Do you ever feel when you’re Christmas shopping that you’ve looked in every shop you could possible look in, and you’re finding nothing new. Well, this problem could be solved. St Cloud is a nifty pop-up shop operating in Little…