LMFF: L'oreal Melbourne Fashion Week

It's that time of the year again with Fashion Weeks across the major cities and Melbourne is no different. Festivities started on the 14th and already some interesting trends are showing up especially whimsical kooky designs the likes of Alice in Wonderland would be proud of.

Yesterday I caught one of the runways at Federation Square- Review presents 'fun, flirty, feminine and fashionable in bold rose florals, chic laces, and sharp shoulder silhouettes in blush pinks, vibrant purples, jewelled teals and royal blues'. 

Excuse the off-focus. I arrived slightly late, and clambered up a raised platform while bumping (painfully) my knee at the same time, but it's quite a good view! 

The deep vibrant teal has been quite popular last year, here it is paired with lace in two -just-brushing-the-knees dresses.

A quick peek at the crowd, all taking photos and rather subdued due to the heat but there were excited murmurs throughout the show and after. 

I really love the structured jacket (left second image). The black dress on the left of first image was the final piece, it's too bad I couldn't get near enough to catch the lace details.

Beautiful little open back dress on the right and large necklace piece. Too cute.

Final walk! While the show only lasted for half an hour it was still quite lovely to be there =)

For more information and to purchase tickets to LMFF, go to http://www.lmff.com.au/

Hail

When I first came to Melbourne I laughed in disbelief as someone told me about Melbourne's four seasons in a day. I soon retracted that, it's absolutely no joke. Nowhere in any other city would it rain with blustery winds, pelt innocent passerbys with hailstones the size of fists and then clouds part away to become a hot summer day.

At the moment we're still experiencing a very long summer. The days are intensely hot to the point that it just swelters and nothing can be done without feeling decidedly sick from heatstroke.

A week, two weeks (how the days pass quickly) ago without any warning large icy hailstones simply poured for a full fifteen minutes in the middle of the afternoon. All one could hear were the rapid thud-thud-thud of the stones and the city disappeared in a foggy mist. How scary, I was immensely glad I was safe at home!

RIP Alexander McQueen

Iconic British designer Lee McQueen, founder of Alexander McQueen has passed away, found dead in his home on Thursday. I awoke to these news with shock as did most of his admirers and fashion lovers around the world. McQueen's wild and exuberant designs defined innovation in the industry while his runway sets, always dream-like and out of this world, brought performance back into the shows.

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He was truly inspirational and I hope his vision and his work continues to challenge and inspire young artists. Certainly his 2010 collection of underwater alien-esque life forms left everyone in awe. A final round of applause to one of the best designers of our generation, may he find solace and peace.