No one thought Canberra was big enough or cool enough to have its own major annual fashion festival, but Canberrans know better.Canberra’s becoming a more exciting place to live in all the time, especially because of its fast growing fashion scene, thanks to FASHFEST, Canberra’s own ‘fashion week’ of sorts.

FASHFEST 2014 Night 2 showcased a diverse range of local designers. Highlights for me included elaborate head wear by BM Designs, peter pan collar heaven at G.Ginchy (very Alexa Chung), and beautiful suits from Braddon Tailors. Perhaps the most anticipated show of the night was Perpetually Five‘s second collection for FASHFEST, and it did not disappoint. Black, white and orange is so on point for me. More on that later!

The looks at FASHFEST were complemented with shoes by Octavia.

Tickets for the final two nights  are still available at the FASHFEST website!

Perpetually Five

Recollection

G.Ginchy

BM Designs

CIT Student Designers

FASHFEST and Jet’s Digital Swimsuit Collaboration

 

Mont Adventure Equipment

 

 

 

 

Braddon Tailors

 

 

 

Just for fun – Mitch Thompson of Perpetually Five making his appearance on roller skates!

If you’re wondering where you can get your hands on the looks shown at FASHFEST, a number of FASHFEST designers will be selling their collections at Day 5 of FASHFEST, on 3 May 2014 – that’s right, there’s a Day 5!

The details:

FREE ENTRY

DATE AND TIME:                 4 May, 11am to 3pm

LOCATION:                            East Hotel, 69 Canberra Avenue, Kingston