Tag: millinery

Millinery Labassa Mansion Melbourne

Millinery Madness at Labassa Mansion

Imagination caught in a net then whipped up as portable artwear is how we saw the first ever  Melbourne International Millinery Competition, held at Caulfield’s National Trust historic mansion Labassa. Showing entries from across the seas, 70+ creations were greeted…

Melbourne a la Mode

Melbourne à la Mode fashion weekend

There’s not much more satisfying than having a long rustle around racks of eclectic clothes and finding a rare vintage treat that’s going to stand out a mile from the high street crowd, especially when it’s top quality designer material,…

Perching at the Birdcage at the 2014 Melbourne Cup

I couldn’t believe my luck when I walked into the rarefied world of the Birdcage at the Melbourne Cup on Tuesday. Four years ago, I was with the rest of the hoi polloi — this year I got to visit…

Millinery heaven at The Eternal Headonist launch party

Hats, glorious hats. Fascinators galore. They’re everywhere in Melbourne during the Spring Racing Carnival. And at The Eternal Headonist launch party, they were elevated to art. Held at the Anna Pappas Gallery in Prahran, as I walked in (past the…