Well, well, here we go. Like a re-occuring colesore, Australian Fashion Week refuses to go away. And so it shouldn't. It is the one fashion event that really does celebrate and herald an industry that is more often thought of as trivial and turgid, not big and business-like. Which, of course, it is.
That's not to say there won't be some shockers. Or just some 'designers' who may have been best following another career path. But hey, we need the good and bad to try and disprove Darwin's theory.
We may all be poorer at the moment, oh, but so much happier . . . aren't we? (a subject I discussed in a Grazia mag story the other week) but the prospect of modules including Alice and Myf prancing down the runway in next summer's clothes may just take the edge off the GFC. And I don't mean the Great Fashion Crisis that you may be having as you gear up, hoping to be photographed for the visiting 'Sartorialist'.
God, can you imagine the try-hards, 'working back' their juxtaposing wardrobe pieces as they try to attract the attention of the chic, streetsmart snapper?
Camilla and Marc - the sibling act whose simply sensational horizontal-banded, pleated navy leather skirt was commented upon, ad nauseum, when I wore it in NYC the other week _ will kick it all off Monday morning, followed by Bec & Bridge, Ginger & Smart, a new designer group show, Arnsdorf, There Rawsthorne, Wayne Cooper and Nicola Finetti.
I spoke to Wayne recently, who certainly has his mojo back (in more ways than just fashion, so it seems) and after a few so-so collections, is out to prove a point with this show. His new menswear collection - leather biker jackets, trenches and some great fine knits have 'these will sell' all over them. Let's hope that's a ditto when his women's line comes out on Monday night.
My buddy, Kristy Hinze arrives in town Monday and she'll be be front row (natch) for her Project Runway tv mate, Jayson Brunsdon, the man who was also responsible for her 7 bridesmaid dresses. That show and the re-meeting of the pair is sure to be an emotional one . . . . . but more on that as the week goes on.
I'm not going to give you a a uni-sized thesis everyday on every little fashion piece I see, but will be tweetering updates and will give you my daily blog with my take on the people, the parties and you know what? Just anything that takes my fancy.
And having done every Oz fashion week for both newsapapers and tv commentary for what seemed a million years, I reckon I'm in a pretty good position to tell it like it really is.
A few designers that I've got something in my waters about are Dion Lee (showing in the Kings Cross car park, which is genius); NZ's Kate Sylvester and Karen Walker (doing a showing at Luxe studios); Kirrilly Johnston and Willow, Romance Was Born, Magdalena Velevska 9who worked with Nicola Finetti for ages) and then there's the Project Runway winner, the Brisbane based Juli Grbac. Now her first, serious solo collection should be promising.
And of course the Rosemount Bar, at the the fashion week venue of the Overseas Passenger Terminal versus the Absolut Bar in the Toaster (in the one time Cadmus munchery) will be reminiscent of the recent Absolut Swiss Grand parties at Bondi v. Ivy Pool show down that happened over summer. Can't wait for that battle of the brands.
So, parties, posers, possies and freeloaders and freaks. They'll all be there. It'll be fun. So stay tuned for The Fashion View - Missy style.
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