the way she wears it

A beautiful early start with label Bowie this morning. Set outside with a backdrop of the Sydney Opera House and the Harbour Bridge. Only the cute cupcakes and Nudie juices made it better. Oh and the goodie bag. I’ll admit I’ve never been a massive fan of Bowie but I loved this collection. I want to shoot a lot of it and am desperate to add the gold and black sequin waistcoat into my own wardrobe.

Cupcakes and hand massages whilst we waited for the show to start

Next was Ginger and Smart which was beautiful and Konstantina Mittas. I absolutely adored the blue dress below and can’t wait to shoot it.

Next was the Flamingo Sands show. Great seat (right behind Alex Perry, Charlotte Dawson and Jonathan Pease), great goodie bag and great show. Adored the pom poms on the shoes and in the hair. Pom Poms are going to be huge so keep an eye out for my upcoming jewellery collection.

After Flamingo Sands was The Protege Collections. This is the work of five young international designers all using Australian merino wool and were hand-picked and mentored by Donatella Versace, Karl Lagerfeld and Calvin Klein – what an honour.

My absolute favourite of The Proteges was Kristian Aadnevik, such beautiful dramatic colourful pieces.

I have to admit I was very naughty and skipped the RTW, Marnie Skillings, Stretis and Material Boy is favour of a bottle of plonk with some girlfriends and look around the New Zealand designers at the Billich Gallery. I made it back in time for Thurley and Melanie Cutfield though – which were both lovely. Next was Easton Pearson and it was INCREDIBLE. I want to shoot (and own) every single piece. It was my favourite set so far and the goody bag wasn’t bad either (loved the hand painted scarf, though I’m a fabulous daughter and gave it to my mother). The hair and makeup in this show was outstanding, The use of flowers and plants was ingenious and unique. See photos below.

Last  but not least was the Romance Was Born show at the Conservatorium of Music. It was running so late, my feet and arms were so sore and my boyfriend was waiting to go to dinner, I was almost out the door. But I’m glad I decided to stay as the clothes were fabulous. Great location too. Shame they couldn’t get the sound and timing right but c’est la vie. One of the strangest and creepiest shows I have seen but truly fantastic clothes and performance.

Camilla and Marc, Lisa Ho, Zimmermann, Silence is Golden and Life With Bird started off the day. Then the RTW 2 parade consisting of Amar, Body, Leonard St, Nicolangela, Serdoun and Verduci-Smith. The afternoon was made up of Bec and Bridge, Kate Sylvester, Jessie Hill, Daniel Avakian (which was so over filled, I hardly saw anything – which is a shame because I liked the set- seebelow), Frisoni Finnetti, Alex Perry and Friedrich Gray. Highlight would be the Kate Sylvester show – despite the controversy over the use of Anzac medals.

Daniel Avakian set

Models at the Kate Sylvester show

Kirrily Johnson opened fashion week – loved the jodphurs and tubal pants. Next up was Nicola Finetti, Lee Matthews and One Teaspoon. The first Ready To Wear show included Brooke Benson, Brigid McLaughlin, Dhini, George Wu and Leonardo Salinas. The afternoon saw Hotel Bondi Swim, Anna Thomas, Wayne Cooper and Trimapee take the catwalk.

Next up was my favourite show of the day – Ruth Tarvydas. I loved everything about her collection. The romantic fabrics, the vibrant colours and most of all the jewelled crowns that adorned their loose upstyles. The show was dramatic with fake paparazzi buzzing around the models, the Kardashian sisters in the front row and Jonathan Pease from Australia’s Next Supermodel interviewing guests as we waited for the show to start.

An example of the crowns I loved.

Jonathan Pease interviewing Ruby from MTV in the front row

Fake paps

Unfortunately I didn’t receive an invite to Michelle Jank so I met my boyfriend at Wildfire before heading off to the Ruth Tarvydas after party. It was at De Nom which I am now in love with. The toilets are amazing – and yes I always judge a place on its powder room.

Wildfire – the ‘Velvet Rose’ cocktail my boyfriend had – I just stuck to Champagne and Negroni’s.

The urinal (yes it is a painting – strangely enough the original is housed at The Wallice Collection – a museum on my old street in London) and the ladies toilet at De Nom.

Me at the party and walking towards Haymarket Chinese at 2am (eek)