Anna Quan Resort 2016 at MBFWA

Anna Quan Resort 2016 – that French cuff shirt and other classics reimagined

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Pastel Oceanscape – Behind the Scenes at Toni Maticevski MBFWA 2015

It’s an honour simply to see a new collection by Australian designer Toni Maticevski in person. However, for this year’s Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week Australia, yours truly was blown away by a whirlwind visit backstage prior to the 2015 show.

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Mercedes Benz Fashion Festival Sydney 2014 Runway Report – Austrailan Fashion Labels

The fantastic finale to this year’s Mercedes Benz Fashion Festival was the Australian Fashion Labels runway show, featuring its 5 formidable Adelaide labels, Cameo the Label, Finders Keepers, Keepsake the Label, Jaggar the Label and The Fifth Label. True to A.F.L style, the five collections were fashion forward, with exciting silhouettes and statement prints made in

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Wearable Icecream at Wnd.Lnd – FASHFEST 2014 Runway Review

This year, at FASHFEST 2014 Canberra, Zoe Brown’s A/W ’14 collection under label Wnd.Lnd (just to be clear, a disemvoweling of ‘Wonderland’) was a clear cut and literal interpretation of all things ice cream – the ‘I Scream’ collection. It was characteristically tongue in cheek, fun and, as always, a crowd pleaser. With every new collection, designer Zoe Brown has been

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FASHFEST 2014 Night 4 – Runway Rundown

I have been looking forward so much to night 4 of FASHFEST because I knew that the line up included some of Canberra’s most fearless and experimental designers. We went in knowing that while we had no idea what to expect, it was going to be something exciting. Sure enough, the collections at FASHFEST night 4 were

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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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