Betty Tran was one of the most anticipated designers at Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week Australia this year and her new collection did not disappoint.
The femininity of her designs reinforced the designer’s inspiration of ‘the strength, passion and love portrayed through the modern woman’.
Photo by Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week Australia.
The Raffles International Showcase returned to Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week Australia this year with seven of Asia-Pacific’s emerging fashion design stars.
With five designers from Sydney and two from Singapore, each Raffles designer showcased a 10-piece ready-to-wear collection for Spring-Summer 15/16.
Two new faces in the Australian fashion industry come in the form of Rachel Motteram and Jameed Zalfan with their pink, fluffy, glitterific and embellished designs via their label Dypsnea.
The girls made their runway debut at this year’s Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week Australia with a collection inspired by ‘fifth element, 90s bitch kitsch and Paris Hilton’s new dog’.
As I’ve admitted previously, I wasn’t familiar with a lot of the designers of the shows that I had been invited to but there were a handful that I knew and were excited about seeing.
The collaboration between Cooper St and Kirrily Johnston was at the top of my list and I’m happy to report, it exceeded my expectations!
The collection – Aurelian – celebrates a fusion of Cooper St’s timeless silhouettes and Johnston’s signature style.
The fashion industry is cut-throat. It’s all about hustle, hustle, hustle – even if it’s just to grab a seat in the front row.
This particular show was an exciting one – seeing six young female designers show their collections down the runway
And although I was meant to be sitting in the third row, the front row still had a few empty seats, so when the announcement came that the show was about to start and that we could fill in any ’empty seats’, the scramble to get to the front was cray cray.
The last seminar of Australian Fashion Week was hosted by the Australian Fashion Chamber (AFC) Chair and Vogue Australia Editor-in-Chief Edwina McCann who posed the question, ‘Do You Need A Sleeve?’
Confused? Intrigued? A bit of both, perhaps?
That was my reaction too.
Read on to find out what was discussed.
Stevie May made its debut at MBFWA with a beautiful presentation in the Anna Schwartz Gallery in the Carriageworks precinct.
Put simply: the Stevie May Spring/Summer installation at MBFWA was a showcase of raw luxury.
If you kept up with our social updates during MBFWA, you’ll know that I was meant to have a Standing position for the Wang Yutao show, but I befriended the Runway Manager that evening, and ended up in the second row!
This lead to a a great view of the models as they walked out onto their runway, strutting Wang Yutao’s unique designs. 😉
Founded in 2011, Sydney label IXIAH was founded by young designer Krystel Davis.
IXIAH’s distinctive design is known for their clever twist on classic and on-trend tailoring, with intricate detailing and unique design.
And these theories were put into practice on the runway at Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week Australia this year.
The Innovators show featured six graduates from the Fashion Design Studio at Ultimo TAFE, one of Australia’s leading fashion schools.
And at this year’s Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week Australia, the FDS showed us why they are known for unearthing Australia’s most groundbreaking design talents.
