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17/02/2018

THE WOW FACTOR

Experience the true cost of fashion in Wowzzzeee, a participatory sweatshop complete with all the tools needed to make a glittering and spectacular onesie – it’s a space to unite through the transformative power of fashion to democratise and fabulise. Presented as part of FOLA 2018, and created by Adele Varcoe, Wowzzzeee is a new…
FASHION
08/02/2018

LIONESS AND HER UNICORNS

A few years ago, at an electro-swing party, I met a smiley charismatic woman called Ariane who won the costume competition. When we awarded her she also having told us that she made her own corsets. I was intrigued and fascinated, but juggling my own free-lance career and working as a part-time music teacher at…
FASHION
06/01/2018

FEMME FATALE

  I passed a colourful “Bohemian” looking shop called “SPRINKLE EMPORIUM” many times. Initially my attention was drawn to a multicoloured constellation of porcelain cats in the window just as much as it was to the gorgeous “wrap-around” dresses and floral head pieces. There was a sense of vintage Hollywood, a sense of WWII spy…
FASHION
11/11/2017

AND THEY’RE OFF

Just an hour outside of Melbourne in the rolling rich hilly soils lies the Yarra Valley. An area known for indulgent food and wine and surrounded by picturesque views any painter would be delighted to frame.  It’s here that you’ll find one of the most beautiful race tracks encompassed by mountain ranges and vineyards. Nestled…
FASHION
08/11/2017

REPETITIOUS MOTIONS

Melbourne rightly prides itself on being the most progressive city in Australia, not only in the way we view society, but the way we view and define ourselves. Enjoying all four season, sometimes in the space of a day or even an hour, allows us to embrace fashion, and this idea of self identity. Melbourne is  also…
FASHION
31/10/2017

BETTER & LESSER

Better & Lesser are a group of 6 emerging designers: Solange Ting, Emily Licen, Steph Schafer, Lucinda Houghton, Gautam Kapoor and Lucy Dickinson. This collective was formed as a way to present their graduate collections on their own terms, as well as address some of their critiques on the fast fashion industry. It took place…
FASHION
26/10/2017

THE AFTER PARTY

In true fashion, every good premier should be followed by an equally smashing afterparty. In celebration of Saara Lamberg’s debut feature film Innuendo, an intimate soiree was had, at the home of Melbourne’s Eagles Nest Theatre. Highly original, enigmatic, erotic and ultimately deeply moving, Innuendo marks the emergence of a startling new cinematic talent.
FASHION
25/10/2017

THE FINAL BANQUET

Featuring the work of Claudia Vella, Mia Schaumann, Emilia Colicchia, Ourania Mamalis  and Alex McQuire, The Final Banquet acts as a new platform for discussion around fashion and as a showcase for these up and coming designers, and the new movement that seeks to be forged in collaboration between fashion, culture and ethical trade.  Celebrating the coming together of 5 disparate…
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