May 2012
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Words, beautiful words. You love to read them and to write them. You know that people want to read stories that change the way they feel, the way they think and the way they live. And you know the words that can do it. If that’s you, you’re the FEATURES EDITOR.
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I can never read all the books I want; I can never be all the people I want and...
– Sylvia Plath (via musingsinfemininity)
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Summer inspiration: Cherry red lips + sun-kissed...
Time to get summer-fied.
Where oh where is my Lady Danger MAC lipstick? / Editer
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I think that one of these days you’re going to have to find out where you want...
– J.D. Salinger (via musingsinfemininity)
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Lover release a capsule collection called White...
Lover’s aesthetic has long been tied in with lace, so it comes as no surprise that designers Nic Briand and Susien Chong have decided to release a capsule collection based on what has become their signature fabric.
Exploring some of lace’s underappreciated qualities - “it can be evil and naughty and kinda cheeky and be really virginal and really pure,” said Chong of the...
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Therese Rawsthorne denim
Boyfriend jeans, 2012-style
Black-and-white denim
Australian design at MBFWA
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Interview: Clare Vivier is trés chic in L.A.
In the raggedly bohemian, character-filled suburb of Silver Lake in Los Angeles, the corner of Sunset Boulevard and Micheltorena stands out for the modern, light-filled studio standing on it. Inside, designer Clare Vivier is discussing plans to introduce travel luggage to her eponymous leather goods line.
“It can be done,” says the soft-spoken Vivier with conviction, empathetic emphasis on the...
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Kate Moss X Harper's Bazaar
/ Terry Richardson X Harper’s Bazaar via Fashionista
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Interview: Melissa Coker of Wren talks colour and...
I was lucky enough to be invited to check out the Wren studio when I was in L.A.; situated in a nondescript neighbourhood, its factory-like exterior showed nothing of the riot of colour and brightness that was inside. Unfortunately the woman behind the brand, Melissa Coker, was in New York while I visited (doing bigger and better things - video to come in another post, love it!) but I still...
The essence of pleasure is spontaneity.
– Germaine Greer (via ninagarcia)
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Shop L.A.: local Californian design at Vivier &...
“The emphasis of [Vivier & Bentley, formerly owned by jewellery designer Kathryn Bentley and bag designer Clare Vivier*] is mostly local L.A. designers and artists, like these ceramic hanging pieces are by a woman named Heather Levine and like the stained glass and handmade shoes, they’re all people who live in Echo Park or Silverlake [suburbs of L.A.]. And then we have other lines mixed...
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Anna Wintour vs. Stephen Colbert
Colbert: Clothes are commerce, that’s all they are.
Wintour: I think clothes also reflect the culture and the time. If you look at a great fashion picture say of the sixties it tells you just as much about what was going on in the world as a headline in the New York Times. Fashion is self expression. Fashion is really about, if you’re talking about a great designer like Miuccia Prada, she’s going...
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Theysken's Theory
Hanging out on Melrose
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Interview: Kym Ellery reveals the story behind her...
An unlikely source of inspiration helped make the Ellery show stand out at Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week Australia.
Kym Ellery’s guilt over discarding a soft toy from her childhood, a bear named Delicatessen, was the driving force behind the collection, according to the show notes.
Apart from Mickey Mouse-style silver ear headbands, one could hardly tell - the inspiration was subtle, but...
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Darling Harbour
View from the Magdalena Velevska show on Tuesday
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At the Ellery show
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Ellery rings
Metal nail rings at Ellery show today by Sarina Suriano / Patty Huntington via Fashion Week Uncut
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Manning Cartell part 2: Cheryl Manning
If the braids didn’t give it away, the vibrant colours, jungle florals and vaguely Aztec-looking panels would have: Manning Cartell were inspired by Frida Kahlo.
Steering away from Kahlo’s identity as tortured surrealist, the trio instead focused on the painter’s identity as a creative genius and uncompromising feminist. Digital prints and a warm and dare I say, spicy*, colour palette were...
April 2012
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The shows have become a fashion safari – if it moves, someone will photograph...
– Kirstie Clements / vogue.com.au
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It’s about a renegade clique of girls that run in a gang but they’re...
– Nicky Zimmermann on their spring/summer 2012/13 collection, post-show at MBFWA
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Zimmermann at MBFWA / backstage
To see the collection on the catwalk, check out Xiaohan Shen’s vid of the Zimmermann show on Xssat.
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Petal prettiness at MBFWA
I’m not much of a street style person, but when I saw Connie of K is for Kani’s floral headband, I was like a Japanese fangirl: “OMG! So pretty! Photo, photo, PHOTO!”
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Anyway, I then found out Connie makes and sells headbands on her Etsy store. Talk about petal prettiness to the max.