clothing and fashion

HOT: Melbourne Design Market, Federation Square carpark, Melbourne

June 14, 2009 ⋅ One comment

I adore markets, whereas RM isn’t so much of a fan of the hustle and bustle (unless it’s a book market, but there’s not normally a noisy scrum of people at those). However, I did manage to drag him to one of my favourite Melbourne events – the biannual Melbourne Design Market at Federation Square [...]

HOT: Dressed to Rule, NGV International, 180 St Kilda Rd, Southbank

June 4, 2009 ⋅ Post a comment

The second half of my very informative (and one-on-one) fashion-focused tour with the NGV guide was to the Dressed to Rule exhibition.
I never knew that the NGV had such a well-preserved collection of Chinese imperial robes, and this exhibition includes robes worn by members of the imperial court and even the Emperor, as well [...]

HOT: Persuasion, NGV International, 180 St Kilda Rd, Southbank

June 4, 2009 ⋅ Post a comment

I’m a keen devotee of BBC costume dramas and I’ve just finished a marathon screening of the delightful Lost in Austen – so I was pretty sure that Persuasion: Fashion in the Age of Jane Austen would be right up my alley.
The free exhibition is a small and well-curated examination of the fashion cycles that [...]

HOT: The Sartorialist at Cutler & Co, 55-57 Gertrude St, Fitzroy

May 3, 2009 ⋅ One comment

The Sartorialist’s blog is so famous that even my mum follows him. So you can imagine the tsunami of anticipation that engulfed Melbourne’s fashionistas when Time Magazine’s top 1oo design influencers announced that he was holding a party to meet his Melbourne readers.
Oh dear, what to wear???
Given that most of my wardrobe was still in [...]

HOT: Stellini, 6-8 Howey Place, Melbourne

April 23, 2009 ⋅ Post a comment

Dear Mum
I think I’ve just found my wedding dress! Five minutes after entering ever-reliable dress shop Stellini, the decision was made.
Every time I’ve needed a special occasion dress I’ve popped into Stellini ‘just for a look’ and come out with something wonderful, in exactly my size. And this dress? Well, it’s white and long and [...]

HOT: Lost and Found Market, 12 Smith St, Collingwood

April 13, 2009 ⋅ 2 comments

RM has been very patient with my new found penchant for retro lamps, so off I dragged him to Lost and Found Market. This indoor market is smaller than Chapel Street Bazaar but runs on the same idea – stall holders have a small space to display their secondhand wares, ranging from clothes, accessories, furniture, [...]

HOT: Chapel Street Bazaar, 217 Chapel St, Prahran

April 12, 2009 ⋅ Post a comment

Poking around a market is the perfect Sunday activity for me, and luckily RM was happy to indulge in my new-found passion for retro furniture. Chapel Street Bazaar, a treasure trove of unusual vintage everything, yielded not one, but two wonderfully restored and reasonably priced 60s lamps – a blue one for him, a red [...]