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STITCH UP
Australian style is often defined as irreverent but we do, after all, serve our national animal with a side of mashed potato. There’s a certain glint in our eye, a charm that pertains to our colloquial...
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FRESH FRUiTS
Image: Aoki, Shoichi. 2005. Fresh fruits. New York: Phaidon.'What they are parading as street style — once fashion’s last stronghold of true indie spirit — has lately been breached, infiltrated by...
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MYTHS AND BLOODY LEGENDS
"Harry Joy was to die three times, but it was his first death which was to have the greatest effect on him, and it is this first death which we shall now witness." Peter Carey, Bliss (1981). We shot...
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GENDER THEORY WITH ALTUZARRA AND WOOLF
1 & 2 - Film stills from Orlando (Sally Potter, 1992) 3 - Altuzarra Spring '13'Orlando, to me you were and always will be, whether male or female, the pink, the pearl and the perfection of your...
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HAPPY CHAPLIN
Who could forget the Gail Sorronda presentation at Australian fashion week this year: comical, dark and romantic, all at the same time. Multiple lips upturned into a playful smirk, as if each model...
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NOTES ON WIM WENDERS
Still from Notebook on Clothes and Cities (1989) via Keehnan Konyha.'We have learned to trust the photographic image. Can we trust the electronic image? With painting everything was simple. The...
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EDO TROPICA
Zoe @ Viviens'Edo Tropica follows the journey of the Ikawana-Maru, tropical dreams and tropical nights washed up on the boat of the first Japanese-Hawaiian settlers' - Diaz SS 12/13.DIAZ is a second...
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TRAVELS IN HYPERREALITY
We shot Rosie (@ Chic) in backstreets and alleyways, emulating the abstract vs. wearable, high vs. low aesthetic of men and womenswear label Hansen and Gretel. She was tricked out in the Best Before SS...
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EXPRESSIONS OF THE WARATAH
Image supplied by Little Hero PR.The waratah is a native Australian plant and floral emblem of New South Wales, but it's also a site of spiritual meaning for designer Jenny Kee.Mybrief encounter with...
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HAUNT MAGAZINE
Spring came around this year and we wanted to address the change of season, in our own way. Floral motifs are synonymous with spring, but we were more interested in the cultivator of all life, the...
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INTERWOVEN
Works by designer/curator Lachlan Spencer.November marks the start of graduate show season, as design students prepare to present their final works to industry members and more importantly, their loved...
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SEEING SIGNS
Rosie @ Chic Model Management.As laid-back as an open-collared shirt on a hot day, designer Ainsley Hansen talked us through her collection, a pop palette of watermelon, oranges and reds paired with...
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CHAOS AND CONTROL WITH THE GRADUATES
Austin Moro - The Calypso Collection. Austin Moro is inspired by sweet things: idyllic seaside life in the 60's, French futurist designer André Courrèges and childhood favourite Bananas in Pyjamas. One...
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HOLDING ON
Last night brought my undergraduate degree to a close with the launch party for our fashion journalism class project, the annual magazine Frock Paper Scissors. My role was online co-editor for the...
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BOTTICELLI EYES
My inspiration board: millstone collars and regal frippery.On Friday night I helped my friend Valentin produce his presentation for the judging panel at the first annual RAW Awards, held at The Arena...
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THE TRAVELLER
I just came home from a few days on an island: sliding down giant sand dunes, feeding dolphins, swimming through a shipwreck with a friendly turtle and learning how to sail. The reason I'm writing...
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DIAZ DIAZ DIAZ
Photography: Hannah McCawley Model: Zoe @ ViviensChristopher Columbus brought the pineapple back to Europe in 1493, after the second voyage of discovery to Caribbean shores. Once a symbol of wealth,...
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THE COCONUT LODGE
Zoe @ Vivien's.Alike drawings in the margins of a history textbook, the summer Diaz collection explores the Edo period of Japanese history with a sense of sweet curiosity and playfulness. Tropical...
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EDWARDIAN SPACE COWGIRLS
Models: Jenna and Brooke Makeup: Shari Hair: Valentin Styling: Bianca Photographer: Amelia Last week I wrote about my styling work for RAW hair stylist of the year Valentin, working together on a...
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JUST LIKE BENJAMIN BRADDOCK
(Above): Photographs by Fabliha of Inside In, Inside Out, model wears Krystal Choi.Remember when I wrote about our Frock Paper Scissors 2012 party descending into kava drinks and tiki bar madness?...
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BENAH: A CITY GUIDE
Last week I wrote a Brisbane city guide for Benah, detailing my favourite bars and eateries, water holes, boutiques and more. The luxe accessories brand has profiled a number of creatives on their...
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CLIQUE CLIQUE
fresh, organic, craft(Above): Sammi's verdict on the new collection.HAN A/W '13 - Earlier this month Khim invited me to his crack-of-dawn photoshoot production on James Street. With a tidy call time of...
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ART WORLD
Art and the Asia Pacific: APT7 arrives at QAGOMA.Just before Christmas I attended the opening weekend of APT7: The 7th Asia Pacific Triennal of Contemporary Art with my friends Brooke and Jonathan. We...
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THEA BASILIOU ON ART
Schiaparelli and Dali: Quizzing Thea Basiliou on the art/fashion divide.Late last month, the Queensland Art Gallery and Gallery of Modern Art (QAGOMA) launched the 7th Asia Pacific Triennial of...
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RINSE, REPEAT
"The weather is here, wish you were beautiful".I had it easy over summer. Waking up at dawn each morning, going for a run and a swim before breakfast (no shoes allowed) and working on a research study...
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