Queenie in Sass & Bide dress, Louis Vuitton bag and Camper heels
As part of the Cultural program at LMFF, ACMI is presenting a series of beautiful fashion films ‘Fashion Models on Film’. There are movies about models, model agencies, Christy Thurlington and catwalks. I CANNOT WAIT to go and see them all! Got my tickets already :) Click here for session details.
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A little while back I attended the Damselfly and Miss Lyndel Yeo’s VIP sale. I came to support 2 of my favourite Melbournian designers – Christianna and Lyndel. I bought hubby a Christmas present from the Elias range, and scored a black silk dress from MLY, the same one Lindy Klim had on; a panther ring and necklace from Damselfly, I will show you them in another post…I don’t mean to be secretive, I just think they deserve their own post on my blog. But here are some pictures from the night…
A Damselfly neckpiece
Lyndel trying on sizes
Just like Damselfly’s 10 year anniversary party, I brought Theodore along again. Here’s Lyndel with her man, Dan. They are the most gorgeous and down-to-earth couple. Theodore’s licking crumbs off the floor…as usual.
Lyndel and models: Olivia A (left) from Giant and Nina K from Scene. It turns out that Olivia was recently in a photoshoot for Covet Magazine whilst wearing clothes from our boutique.. I couldn’t recognise her sans the makeup…
Taking Lyndel by surprise :D
Ah finally a peak at my new bob, sans Moroccan Oil. I’m with a friend and Theodore, wearing vintage necklace and my favourite printed silk Alldressedup dress.
It’s Boxing Day today! Did you all have a lovely Christmas with your loved ones? Anyone hitting the shops today?
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The wait was finally over, we launched an exclusive VIP runway party for our customers, stylists, editors, journalists, designers, models and photographers which showcased the new AW11 collections from Europe from Alldressedup, Antonia Goy, Felder Felder, Sophia Kokosalaki and Spijkers en Spijkers, as well as some Australian designers Karla Spetic and Gail Sorronda. We had a fantastic turnout and the response was incredible. The models were all stunning (mainly friends and customers!) and they walked so well in our Repetto heels. It went off with a blast and I’m still feeling the hype and excitement from the night…thanks to Justin for these beautiful photos, he’s so talented.
We served Champagne and Muscatos, we ate macaroons, petit-fours and cupcakes! Thank you so much to La Tropezienne and Cupcake Central for their generosity.
Molly in the golden Sophia Kokosalaki silk dress, Repetto Mila pumps and a Karen Hamilton hat.
Two Maidens stylists Jess and Melissa created the beautiful looks for the show. It started with work wear, casual wear, cocktail wear, and Races wear.
The stunning Ebony (one of our customers) in a Felder Felder wool organza dress (top) and a Sophia Kokosalaki outfit (bottom)
The beautiful trio in Races wear: Georgie in Alldressedup shirt, Molly in Sophia Kokosalaki and Julia in Alldressedup.
The beautiful Jess (my talented side kick and our in-house stylist), in Alldressedup wool dress, Fendi belt and Alexander McQueen ring and the gorgeous Tania from Fashionising.
My stylist friend Micah, Melissa, Jess and my wonderful business partner and mentor Linda (in red Armani). I’m in vintage, because I couldn’t play favourites tonight and only wear a garment from one designer.
What a night, I cannot thank our sponsors and contributors enough. I’ve already mentioned our Gourmet Thanks, so here are the rest:
Artistic Thanks to Finessence Photography, J Tiew Photography, Jin Chen (graphic designer)- also for all of your prayers my dear, Toni&Guy Armadale, Ellie Makeup, Armadale Flowers, Tom our DJ, our beautiful models and our sassy stylists
Look Book Thanks to all our kind designers: Alldressedup, Antonia Goy, Felder Felder, Gail Sorronda, Karla Spetic, Repetto, Sophia Kokosalaki and Spijkers en Spijkers, for giving us so many copies of their latest collections.
VIP Bags Thanks: Omero hosiery for their wash bags, Alldressedup for their luggage tags, Jurlique Armadale for their 1/2 hour facial and samples, ACMI for their complimentary tickets to the Serge Gainsbourg and Jane Birkin film, Flight Centre Armadale for their travel vouchers, Ruggles Dry cleaning and Brazillian Butterfly for their coupons and MOR for the door prize.
Special Thanks to House of Orange for lending us their benches, Pak Persian Rugs for their runway rugs, my awesome friend Samantha, designer of Bento and author of Fashion Recruit and my bestie Jackie for coming early to help me set up; and my girls from Ralph Lauren – Jess K, Lex who helped me run the show, Julia and Molly. You are just divine. Oh and Alan from Fashionising for the polaroid of my hubbie and me.
Of course this night was mainly designed for our VIP customers, yes you know who you are, you have one of those cards from us =P Thank you for supporting our boutique and for supporting the talented designers we believe in.
And to be honest, this event would not have happened without divine intervention as I’m no event planner but for this runway show to have been such a success all glory and thanks be to God.
I’m getting pumped about the next one now!
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I’m not sure when I became a nude fan but I adore wearing black and nude. The colours together always create a chic ensemble. Nude (peach) is timeless and suits all skin tones. Wearing makeup is easy with nude coloured clothes. I have concluded – nude is the new black. If I have not endorsed the trend enough with my words, here are some street chic images to persuade you to try going nude yourself.
Ruffled and cool…
A camel coat will carry you everywhere, so will a YSL Downtown bag.
Make your nude scarf cashmere.
Christine is every bit of the fabulous magazine editor with her caramel blazer and leather skirt.
Even Rodate is going nude (and neon).
Sonia looks sweet in a nude dress.
And of course, models love going nude.
Caramel, nude, beige, apricot, whatever you want to call it, the blushing hue sure knows how to please. Wear it wear it!
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