FASHFEST 2014 Night 2 Outfit – Hunter crop and shorts

Though Canberra label HUNTER is not showing at FASHFEST this year, I still felt I had to spend one night in their beautiful styles. On Night 2 of FASHFEST, Heather from Heatstorm Blog and I twinned in head to toe HUNTER. You’ve got to check out her outfit too – her blog. The designer behind HUNTER

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FASHFEST 2014 Night 3 – Runway Rundown

FASHFEST is a uniquely Canberran fashion festival and represents what is uniquely Canberran. One aspect of Canberra’s fashion scene is a strong emphasis on sustainable and ethical fashion. For example, it’s about designing with zero waste or using waste to create designs. It’s also about using environmentally friendly and free trade fabrics. The challenges and limitations posed by designing

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FASHFEST 2014 Night 1 – Runway Rundown

In 2013, FASHFEST Canberra sought to bring a major annual fashion festival to Canberra. With sell out seats and very positively received runway shows, FASHFEST’s first year was a huge success. This year, the four night (now five nights) event was anticipated to be bigger and better than the last. Last night, night one of FASHFEST Canberra 2014 finished

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Pastel Teeth Closet Voyage x ZARIĆ Jewellery

I met Nastia Zaric last year, when I worked with her on a photoshoot with Her Canberra and Lifeline. I was styling, and she was modelling. While I thought that this was a girl that had an extremely promising modelling career, she told me that her real ambition was to design jewellery. It’s the kind of thing people often flippantly say,

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Canberra Designer Feature: WND.LND

Happy Easter everyone! I thought I might offer you a break from your chocolate binge this weekend with a refreshing splash in the face of FASHFEST Canberra talk. Every time Canberra designer Zoe Brown (WND.LND) is about to unveil a new collection, I find myself both metaphorically and physically on the edge of my seat (terrible for the posture). While we

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Hustle & Scout Canberra Market

What ‘makes sense’ depends a lot on where you live, and for Canberra, Hustle & Scout Twilight Fashion Markets made so much sense that it was almost taken for granted by everyone that it would be incredibly popular with Canberran folk. For one, this Canberra market brings together two of the things that Canberrans love best:

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