-->From what I’ve read and heard, this years’ fashion week was
a definite success and after 5 days and over 50 shows later I am way impressed
with the Aussie talent.
Bloggers and online buyers outnumbered the traditional store buyer. Bloggers from around the world were invited to the shows and buyers from my fave online stores Shopbop and Net-a-Porter where here for the first time too. Maybe one day I could be one of those front row bloggers :)
Anyway these are my
highlights by day. I just couldn’t bring
the whole week into one post of all my faves.
I’m struggling to keep down the loves for each designer as it is!
Day 1:
- Romance was Born was the offical event opener. It took on a comic character look with pop colurs and cut out words of "RWB" and "BLAM" carried by the models. They partnered with Marvel Comics to create their famous photo prints and it worked fantastically to create a colourful and imaginative collection.
This photo courtesy of 4th and Bleeker
vogue.com.au - Fab shift dress.
vogue.com.au - Love this jacket and skirt.
-Gary Bigeni put on another colour
injected
collection. I loved the neutral colours
with not overly bright colours. A move
on from the primary coloured blocking trend.
It was a youthful yet mature
collection. I loved the following
looks.
vogue.com.au - Tomboy pretty.
vogue.com.au - Love this look.
-Manning Cartell showed looks that were bold in
silhouette, colour and texture but had some really great engineered and floral
and botanical prints. I loved the navy metallic and leather jacket with the
cute floral shorts and the boy fit pants, slim at the bottom with horizontal stripes.
vogue.com.au - Want this jacket!
vogue.com.au - Want these pants.
-Ginger and Smart continued the orange and pink
colour combo well and mixed it up with some really cool colourful digital
prints. I loved the pastel apple mint
outfit with shoulder ruffle emphasis. The
modern, chic and effortless aesthetic coming from these two sisters is
something that I can see myself buying into if I had lots of money to spend!
vogue.com.au - Love this look!
vogue.com.au - Want all this now!
vogue.com.au
-Ksubi the cult label showed a masculine, urban
almost futuristic collection. The
highlight for me was the printed palm tree denim skinny jeans and Bambi looking
hot as usual!
A fortnight ago I was lucky to be able to go to the Cleo Bachelor of the Year Party at the new Marquee nightclub at the casino. I didn't have anything to wear and so I needed a dress, pronto! I had my eye on this Romance Was Born dress from a little while ago and went back to the store to get it and lucky it was the 2nd last one there and in my size! It's my first Romance Was Born piece and alas romance was born! I am in love with my dress! The beautiful digital print on stretch silk satin, bold jewel like colours in a long raglan sleeve shift silhouette was perfect for the Autumn night time.
A quick run down on this Sydney born label. . . . Designed by Aussie duo Anna Plunkett and Luke Sales the label is 6 years old and season after season they create collections that are quirky, colourful and beyond trends. They have collaborated with Sportsgirl and now costume designing for the Sydney Theatre Company as well. They are super creative and I wish I had as many creative juices flowing 24/7 as they do.
Here is my dress from the other night teamed with my Badgeley Mischka gold sparkle peep toe platform pumps (my wedding shoes which I didn't think I would wear again so soon, thank-you metallic trend). And following are some shots from Romance was Born to show how they styled the same dress from their latest Autumn WInter 2012 collection called "Happy Campers". Much quirkier than my styling.
