VAMFF: Discovery Runway

Last night I attended the VAMFF Discovery Runway, which features up and coming new talent in the state of Victoria. The venue, Melbourne Musuem, was great; the runway snaked its way round the foyer which had been cleared out for the occasion – there must have been over 500 people there! During the show, we… View Post

VAMFF Style

I thought I’d share with you a day look from the Virgin Australia Fashion Festival, because there is a lot less time for blogging than I thought there would be! I’m having a wonderful week, but I am sorry for not sharing quickly enough with you the events. However, you can see loads on Snapchat… View Post

VAMFF: State of Fashion Part 3

Melbourne is like no other when it comes to millinery; because the people of Melbourne take dressing up for the races as seriously as the bets placed on the horses, the women invest heavily in hats and headpieces in order to impress at the race course, particularly on Derby Day. (One lady in the audience… View Post

VAMFF: State of Fashion Part 2

For the second part of VAMFF‘s State of Fashion series, Philip Boon hosted an afternoon in conversation with two more emerging Australian designers. The first, Tezer Huseyin, is a former designer at Pineapple Dance Studios, where he learned how fashion worked from sample to showroom. He set up his own label, HVNC (pronounced “hunk”), in 2014… View Post

VAMFF: State of Fashion Part 1

As part of the Virgin Australia Melbourne Fashion Festival (VAMFF), State of Fashion is a seminar series designed for an intimate audience to hear designers talk about their work personally, and get a glimpse behind the scenes. This morning we arrived at the Royal Exhibition Building (REB) to be shown to a beautifully set up… View Post