womenswear
VAMFF: The Fashion Advocate Runway, Luna Park
As an official part of Melbourne Fashion Festival, and in support of White Ribbon Australia, Claire Goldsworthy aka The Fashion Advocate curated her own offsite runway show at Luna Park. Here’s our pick of favourite designers from the night including FOOL, Vincent Li, Rayan Ardati and P’Junk by Kate Hannah. Each came with exceptionally extreme, fun personalities […]
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A Modest Closet and All-White Clothing reveal Sara Berman’s Quest for Order, Beauty & Meaning
In New York: Sara Berman (1920–2004) was an immigrant who travelled from Belarus to Palestine and New York — her all-white clothing and accessories both contained her life and revealed it – her quest for order, beauty and meaning. Modest Closet and All-White Clothing is an art installation by Maira and Alex Kalman (Berman’s daughter and […]
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A Victorian Silhouette at Melbourne Fashion Festival
As an official part of the VAMFF Arts Program, Melbourne Museum and Sovereign Hill’s Costume Department have collaborated for the first time to present ‘A Victorian Silhouette’ A Victorian Silhouette will reveal 1850s ladies day wear and allow you an evening behind the boudoir door to experience the secrets of the 1850s Victorian silhouette – learn how the 1850s silhouette was built through undergarments […]
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Style for Christmas: She’s So Unusual
The Garb Wire’s themed ‘gift guide’ reflects who we are, crazed style obsessives who swing well to the left of the ordinary. For inspiration this year I selected album titles from Rolling Stone Magazine’s Top 500 Albums of all Time list published in 2012. The first edit, She’s So Unusual, is the name of Cyndi Lauper‘s debut album of […]
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Memoirs of a Geisha: Style Ideas for Spring
Memoirs of a Geisha was a 2005 American epic film adaptation of an original novel of the same name by Arthur Golden. The story reveals how Sayuri transcended her fishing-village roots and transformed into one of Japan’s most celebrated geisha. But with this success, Sayuri also learns the secrets and sacrifices of the geisha lifestyle. Though the story line may be far from our […]
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