clothing and fashion

HOT Alert: Week of 2 November

November 1, 2009 ⋅ Post a comment

Everything in Melbourne this week is leading to one big horserace on Tuesday. Me? I’ll probably be in front of the computer on Cup Day, coding and cursing….because my friends and I will soon be launching BNE: HOT OR NOT – The decisive guide to Brisbane. That’s right folks, if you’re heading to the Sunshine State [...]

HOT: Eco Fashionista Trunk Show, The Aviary, 271 Victoria St, Richmond

October 21, 2009 ⋅ One comment

What does eco fashion mean to you? Hemp? Tie-dye? Cylk? Cylk is just one of the labels that is stocked by Eco Fashionista – the online home of sustainable designer fashion from Australia and around the world. Each label in the Eco Fashionista collection has been carefully selected by the owner Alex Hume and is reflective of [...]

HOT Chat: Alex Hume of Eco Fashionista

October 19, 2009 ⋅ One comment

This week’s HOT Chat comes from Eco Fashionista. Alex Hume chatted to me about fashion, living eco-conscious and being a business-owner with a young toddler. Alex, how did Eco Fashionista come about? Eco Fashionista was launched almost a year to the day my son Max was born. Max’s arrival (and the huge sense of responsibility that arrived [...]

HOT: frankie Photo Album Launch, 1000 £ Bend, 361 Lt Lonsdale St, Melb

October 8, 2009 ⋅ One comment

Thank goodnesss for frankie, an intelligent, quirky and stylish magazine, far removed from the dross of Who, Hello and That’s Life. For the first time, frankie are publishing the limited-run The Photo Album, a coffee-table collection of photographs from amateur and professional photographers. All of the images share the muted, off-beat, nostalgia-toned aesthetic of the [...]

HOT: Valentino: The Last Emperor, Kino Cinemas, 45 Collins St, Melb

September 9, 2009 ⋅ Post a comment

In Valentino: The Last Emperor, legendary Italian haute couture fashion designer Valentino pronounces that he knows what women want – women want to be beautiful. After watching a documentary filled with Valentino’s jaw-droppingly glamourous dresses, I confess I think this short perma-tanned gay man might just be right. Stuff paid maternity leave and workplace equality [...]

HOT: Spirit of the Black Dress, Georges, 195 Little Collins Street, Melbourne

September 5, 2009 ⋅ 4 comments

You think Melbourne fashion, you think black. So it’s only natural that the Melbourne Spring Fashion Week program includes the inaugural exhibition The Spirit of the Black Dress, a collection of ten interpretations of the wardrobe essential from various up-and-coming Australian designers. The final ten dresses, selected by designer Joe Saba, trend forecaster and creative [...]

HOT: Fashion at Altitude, GPO, cnr Elizabeth and Bourke St, Melbourne

September 2, 2009 ⋅ 3 comments

From Fashion at Altitude – Melbourne’s GPO Despite being a go-getter and jet-setter, believe it or not I don’t get to be a VIP very often (haha). A SLR camera and Moleskine notebook doesn’t generally equal red carpet fabulous, so I was thrilled when I was able to attend the VIP show of Fashion at [...]

HOT: Marc Jacobs & Louis Vuitton, ACMI, Federation Square, Melbourne

September 1, 2009 ⋅ Post a comment

For a thrilling moment I thought that the door prize for the screening of Marc Jacobs & Louis Vuitton was a Marc Jacobs handbag. That would have been a great way to dive into Melbourne Spring Fashion Week! The movie is part of a season of films curated by ACMI called Marc Jacobs on Film, [...]

HOT OR NOT? Valentino giveaway

August 31, 2009 ⋅ Post a comment

Here’s a great Melbourne Spring Fashion Week event for fashionistas – a film and fashion event at Lygon Court with fashion parades and a preview screening of the new fashion documentary Valentino The Last Emperor at Cinema Nova. I have 3 tickets to give away for this great event at 6:30pm on Wednesday 2 September. The ticket includes [...]

HOT ALERT: Week of 31 August 2009

August 30, 2009 ⋅ Post a comment

Another week, another festival. This time it’s Melbourne Spring Fashion Week (1 – 6 September) and despite the fact that it’ll be my first week in my new job, my diary is packed with events: Fashion at Altitude S/S 09/10 runway parade at Melbourne’s GPO on Wednesday 2 September; returning to Melbourne’s GPO on the [...]