LMFF Day Four: Yen Runway

Alpha60 and Limedrop joined some fabulously quirky designers for the Yen L’Oreal Paris Runway on Thursday night.

Alpha60 started off the show with a movie clip of a talking parrot. It wasn’t until the first outfit came down the catwalk that the reason for this became apparent. Alpha60′s collection had many animal influences throughout, with the parrot (see right), …

LMFF Day Four: What to Wear and House of Turtle

On Thursday, after all the excitement of our Feast of Fashion runway shows, we were able to grab a quick interview with Catherine Harry from the style website What To Wear and Melena Birtles from the ever popular fashion blog, House of Turtle. These women shared their thoughts on the first 4 days of the L’Oreal Melbourne Fashion Festival, and with Catherine fresh from our second runway we …

LMFF Day Three: InStyle Runway

Wednesday night saw Melbourne’s GPO designers MIMCO, Gorman and Manning Cartell take to the runway for InStyle’s L’Oreal Paris Runway event.

MIMCO showcased long strings of chunky beads and pearls, glittering clutches (some with interesting decoration such as gold snakes) and leather handbags in every size imaginable. Large rings and flower shaped bracelets made an appearance along with belts …

Acne previews Spring/Summer 2010

While most designers were showing their Autumn/Winter collections at LMFF this week, Acne treated us to a glimpse into the future. The collection featured light tailored blazers, cropped shorts, full skirts with tulle, trenches and hints of navy and beige. We spoke to their delightful brand manager, Nalla McMullen, about why we get this sneak preview and what this new …

LIFEwithBIRD Opening Party

We are very excited to welcome LIFEwithBIRD to Melbourne’s GPO and held an opening party on Wednesday night to celebrate. We spoke to designers Nick and Bridget about their current collection Blur, the inspiration behind it, this season’s trends and incorporated glimpses of some of their collection. LIFEwithBIRD stocks an array of beautiful leather garments (including their handbag range which has been reintroduced), silky neutrals with delicate sequin detailing and …