Fashion News & Beauty Reviews
We all know about the glamour and the glitz that goes on at a fashion show, but what about before the show? We speak to various industry experts about what it takes to do their job in the lead up to Rosemount Australian Fashion Week Spring/Summer 2011-12.
Known for their hair knowledge, ghd has always teamed up amazing hair directors Alan White, Renya Xydis, Sophie Roberts and Jayne Wild to create looks for fashion shows around Australia. We spoke to ghd‘s PR to learn more about what they went through in the lead up to the shows the Romance Was Born (White), Kirrily Johnston (Xydis), Lover (Roberts), Dion Lee (Roberts) and Manning Cartell (White) shows this year.
Keeping up to date with the latest hair cut and style trends as well as runway looks from international fashion weeks including London and New York.
Hair director meets with the designers to discuss the collection and their ideas for a hair look. The designers often bring visuals along to assist with the process.
I’ve always dreamt of going to Russia, there is something intriguing about their history of Tsar’s, the myth of Princess Anastasia and the famed Faberge eggs. Now there is a more fashionable reason to dream of the trek to Moscow – Inspiration Dior, the exhibition featuring 100 dresses by the French master Christian Dior has just opened at the Pushkin Museum of Fine Arts.
Founded in 1946, Christian Dior lead the fashion industry in Paris until his death in 1957. According to Dior’s description of their preview video (above), Inspiration Dior ‘presents a unique dialogue between major masterpieces that have inspired Christian Dior and the designers that succeeded him and more than sixty years of Dior Haute Couture.’ That list includes the likes of Yves Saint Laurent (1957 – 1960), Marc Bohan (1960 – 89), Gianfranco Ferre (1989 – 97) and John Galliano (1997 – 2011).
Inspiration Dior runs until July 24, 2011.
Beauty at Rosemount Australian Fashion Week by Kimmi
Pre-Australian Fashion Week has kicked off in earnest and last night we went backstage to Thurley to check out the beauty by Napoleon Perdis. This look is already one of my faves and we are still only in preview week, but I am sure the classic look will be a hit in the long run. To tie-in with Thurley’s ‘woodsey-nymph’ collection, the make-up was kept simple. It was a clean, polished but slightly undone ready-to-wear beauty look and in my opinion it complimented the beautiful clothes perfectly, rather than overshadow.
Spring/Summer 2011-12 shows have begun in earnest this week, before Rosemount Australian Fashion Week (RAFW) kicks off next week. First cab off the rank was LIFEwithBird with their spring/summer 2011 collection entitled The Way. We arrived bright and early to the Boutwell Draper Gallery to be thoughtfully greeted by a coffee and a...
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With Rosemount Australian Fashion Week (RAFW) less than 5 days away, we have a look at the news and gossip around the event. The number of designers showing on-site is 15, up from 10 last year and include Little Joe Women, Alex Perry, Shakuhachi, Yeojin Bae, Marnie Skillings and Arnsdorf, and as per usual we’ll be blogging...
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Kate Moss is known for doing some interesting things, but we didn’t think she would ever take a note from Donnie Darko and seduce a man with a rabbit head. But in the latest commercial for Basement, a Chilean fashion chain, she does just that. Kate lures the rabbit head man into bed with a sexy dance, carrots and a fluffy...
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You can see a Christian Louboutin shoe a mile away due to the crimson sole of the shoes, a signature look that Christian Louboutin began applying to all his shoes in 1992 – one year after he started the company. However, this signature has come under fire again recently as the Yves Saint Laurent Spring 2011 collection has...
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Pictured above: A dress from H&M’s Conscious Collection and YSL’s Muse 2 Artisanal Bag. Eco friendly fashion is nothing new, however the designs and ranges of what is available are growing. More importantly, designers are also looking to implement fair-trade conditions in the production of their pieces. From...
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After much hype and buzz, the first of the Karl Lagerfeld-directed short films for Magnum Ice Cream has been released overnight at the Tribecca Film Festival – and we have your first look at the first of three short films! Entitled “Photo Mood”, it features Rachel Bilson as an annoyed famous models who finds the...
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