We don’t often do sale alerts (though our inbox begs to differ) but we just had to mention that Net-A-Porter’s sister site TheOutNet.com is currently holding a fantastic pop up clearance sale to-die. We’ve snapped up 3.1 Phillip Lim and Phi dresses (we’ve justified it by telling ourselves it’s for the upcoming Rosemount Australian Fashion Week in May) but missed out on jeans and shoes because were too slow to hit “purchase”, so get in quick if you want to snap up some amazing bargains.

Roberto Cavalli has joined the social media bandwagon this month with the launch of a blog, a Facebook fan page and of course a Twitter account. According to the release, these “will give Cavalli Maison in direct contact with its fans, with a chance to share its unique fashion and lifestyle concept”. In addition to this, Cavalli will also be unveiling a revamped website at the end of the month. We wonder how much leopard print one can use on the web… it’s a shame the Italian fashion house waited until after the Fall/Winter 2010 show to announce these new developments even though they have been around for a while.

We live in a world where first impressions are everything. We judge the opposite sex by the first glance (yes, he’s cute – and I wonder if he’s single – or no, unfortunately he’s not). Fickle yes, but it is human nature right? Our first impression of Dunedin, New Zealand was actually of the Southern Alps as the Pacific Blue plane started descending and it was stunning. It was just the perfect time of day where the lighting was just right with light cloud cover. I wish I took more photos but after a lay over and two hour delayed flight from Brisbane I was ready to hit the ground running!

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We showed you the first Coco Rocha for Rimmel London ad earlier this month and now a television commercial has been leaked. It features the newly engaged model with an Asian and African American model on the same London street Victoria Beckham shot her ‘Swings’ video (most likely Prince’s Square). Cute ad but I want to see the Georgia May Jagger Rimmel London ads already!

Bulgari is looking to brighten their leather goods with an injection of prints and fun from British designer Matthew Williamson. They’ve tapped him to design a capsule collection of handbags for Spring/Summer 2011.”We chose Matthew Williamson for the great sense of color and design he brings to his work which resonates with our brand’s rich history,” said Bulgari’s CEO Francesco Trapani in a release. The Matthew Williamson for Bulgari handbag line will be unveiled on the runway at Milan Fashion Week this September.

So we’re off to experience the fashion train that is iD Dunedin Fashion Week (iD stands for identity, not iD the magazine). Stay tuned for a few more personal posts coming up (among the usual newsy/gossipy posts of course). While I wished I had the style of the BryanBoy’s, Susie Bubble’s and Jane Aldridge’s of the world so we had more excuses to take personal photos but I don’t (nor do I have the budget) so instead you’ll be hearing about some of the experience and see the odd outfit photos if I deem them ‘acceptable’.

We’ve heard the lovely area where I’m staying in Dunedin is home to the one of the best surf beaches in the country, even though Dunedin is known for having a rather cool climate. But surfers are surfers anywhere in the world right? We’re also looking forward to sampling some of the New Zealand’s fine wines, having breakfast with the butterflies, perhaps meeting Zandra Rhodes (who’s in town for iD Dunedin Fashion week too) and discovering some new (to me) New Zealand fashion designers.

Should be a great long weekend. We hope you join us for the ride!

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They may not be designing Oscar dresses for Meryl Streep like fellow Project Runway alum, Chris March, but Sweet P and Jeffery Sebelia have new fashion design gigs. Sweet P has joined the design team for Trixxi sportswear while Sebelia was named the Head Designer for Fluxus. “I hope to add my quirky sensibility of light fun and frivolity to the line,” commented Sweet P who was a contestant on the fourth season of Project Runway. “It is exciting to be part of a progressive female-led company that is both fast-paced and family-oriented.” Congratulations!

To those who don’t know him, he’s the brother of Naomi Watts, but to those who do, Ben Watts is a fashion photographer who’s photographed for the likes of Harper’s Bazaar and Polo Ralph Lauren and now the advertising campaign for Lee Jeans. The campaign was created using a combination of Polaroid, digital imagery and coloured tape to promote their ‘perfect fit’ and the youthful fun nature of the brand. It’s not enticing me to buy Lee Jeans, but it’s great to see Watts get some advertising campaign work. [Via B&T]

“Fake is not chic – we have got a new Chanel tweed to stop copies – but fake fur is,” Karl Lagerfeld said backstage at the Chanel fall/winter 2010 show. “It’s not global warming, it’s global-cooling!”

What wasn’t fake was the icebergs brought in from Sweden to the Grand Palais for the purpose of the Chanel show. It created the perfect backdrop to a collection which featured fur, fur and more fur – all fake. Fake fur boots, bags, coats, trousers and trimming the classic Chanel tweed jackets. It wasn’t one of the stand out collections from Lagerfeld, but it is quite interesting when a big fashion house chooses to do fake fur instead of promoting the real thing.

Watch a video of the show below.

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Melbourne is positively buzzing with anticipation with L’Oreal Melbourne Fashion Festival kicking off this Sunday. The open to the public fashion week, it’s long been popular with models and celebrities a like with Zac Posen gracing our shores with his presence a few years ago. Now Target Australia have recruited the star power of Whitney Port to be their guest of honour at their Target Rocks Red Market fashion show on Saturday March 20. The star of reality TV series The City will undoubtedly draw a bigger crowd to the free fashion show at Melbourne’s Federation Square.

Will you be attending any LMFF shows?

We’re in the midst of packing for our upcoming trip to iD Dunedin Fashion Week (where the fabulous Zandra Rhodes will be in attendance). While searching for fabulous things to wear to Dunedin, we came across Lyloh, the perfect sarong which can be transformed into over eight different looks.

It all started when Amy Camilleri had suffered the very fate all women dread – attending an event and someone else is wearing exactly the same dress. Without any sewing skills, Camilleri played around with what she had and created her own interesting looks from a sarong. When friends and strangers constantly asked her how to create the looks, Lyloh Outfit in a Box was born from her home in the popular beach town of Bryon Bay in Australia.

You don’t need sewing skills to turn a sarong into a jump suit, a halterneck dress or pants, Lyloh proves that all you need is their Outfit in a Box. We’ve been day dreaming of another holiday to Hawaii, so we’ve imagined a whole holiday filled with Lyloh sarong looks because it would make it so easy to pack light on the way over and pile your suitcase up with holiday buys. We’re just suggesting… Prices range from AUD$44.00 to $64.00 and inside your Lyloh Outfit in a Box you get a kit that includes a beautiful sarong, a snazzy buckle, elastic beads, pins & the Lyloh How to Create an Outfit Guide.

Check out their great ‘How to’ video below – it’s so easy even we were able to pull of all the looks in the video.

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We told you so. Back in November we told you that word around the fashion traps was that Lindsay Lohan was out after just one season at Ungaro? Then the rumors were knocked down by Ungaro themselves. But following Emanuel Ungaro’s fall/winter 2010 runway show in Paris yesterday came the news that Lohan was no longer an artistic director at the fashion house. Though their words specifically was: “She’s not involved in this collection,” said Ungaro owner Asim Abdullah to WWD. Lohan was in town for the fashion weeks and turned up at the Kenzo show later in the day, as to why she wasn’t at Ungaro? “Because I don’t work for them anymore,” she said. “There’s legal things going on; I can’t really discuss it.” [WWD]

Australia chain store Sportsgirl launched their beauty line last year (spearheaded by a team compiled of former Topshop and The Body Shop staffers) and Topshop followed up soon after with an announcement of an upcoming beauty range too. Now Payless ShoeSource are getting into the beauty game with lotions, creams, fragrances and color for eyes, lips and nails priced from $2.99 to $19.99. With prices like that I’d be likely to question the quality of the products, after all aren’t these the people who make cheap and cheerful shoes and accessories? The Payless ShoeSource beauty line will roll out in 4,500 of their 7,500 stores in September. [WWD]