Style Wars
[ 6 September 2007 ]
This evening I attended the ‘Style Wars’ fashion parade, held by Frankie magazine at the Melbourne Town Hall. As I took my spot in the media riser — fabulous view, thank you Haystac! — I watched the people trickling in. It was rather interesting. In fact, I would put it on par with the parade itself. No, it wasn’t just interesting, it was fascinating. Of course, fashion parades are notorious for attracting people with lots of style & an interest in pushing the boundaries of fashion. (Going to see women in ridiculous shoes & men in leggings isn’t exactly everyone’s cup of tea.)
Among the women in the prototypical leggings & ballet flats combo, I also saw: a woman wearing the same Pucci boots as Melisa (see here), a man in black with a colourful scarf a silver shoulder bag, zebra-print stockings, a cute Asian boy with a massive spiked hair-do, an even cuter girl in a trenchcoat with a pixie haircut, LOTS of blunt-cut bobs in black or platinum (they looked great), a girl in a Minnie Mouse t-shirt, a fedora (bad form at a show with people potentially trying to look past it), a woman in a blue business shirt with a white collar & ultra-skinny jeans, & someone with golden cherub curls.
Now! Onto the show coverage!
Cat’s eye makeup was de rigueur.
The cat’s eye is “in”
As is badly-applied tan
Don’t do anything else which imitates
Ms. Winehouse & her man.
TV.
TV
TV loves check & lamé,
Their pleats were tres chic
I dug their modern take
On the newly-cool geek.
Kate Hurst.
Kate Hurst
Sun-dresses followed by pleather
Was enough to make me think,
It was so very Grease
...Without the ladies in pink.
Material Boy.
Material Boy
The models worked for their money
None of them were having much fun
If I ever saw a man actually dressed like this
I would feel incredibly glum.
Romance Was Born.
Romance Was Born
Romance Was Born brings me joy
They are always so disparate
I loved their pink bunny suit
Complete with dangling carrots.
Super-love & cupcakes,
Gala
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Such a fun night! I wish I could have sat with you in the media bit! grumps
Oh, I saw the girl in the blue + white shirt and skinny jeans too! She was hot. There was a boy in lamé leggings as well. And EVERYONE was wearing those vampire teeth necklaces from Fat.
Your coverage is awesome! Better than being there maybe? That Kate Hurst dress is a pretty colour with a lovely neckline, but oh! I am so sick of ‘volume’. And big baggy tops with leggings would just highlight my flaws while disguising my best parts. Oh well, c’est la fashion!
Oh Gala, I love you. Hilarious.
I love that dress, the one with the beautiful tissue-paper-gauzy-shimmery fabric and the low neckline?! GORGEOUS! The only thing better than that is the glasses. If only I could trade my wire-rimmed glasses for those… ahh, that would be pure bliss.
he he he Romance was Born makes me giggle with glee!!! Alpha 60 made me want to spend money!!!! I came home and watched Twin Peaks!!!! Shes dead wrapped in plastic!!!
thats cool,
i go to the fashion institute of technology in new york, we have one of these every year against Parsons, our rival
Jane – Alpha 60 did the same for me! I’m DYING to buy one of their dead Laura Palmer t-shirts. I heart Twin Peaks forever!!
the first poem was brilliant.
romance was born has so many neato things. i love all the crazy colorful crochet they incorporate into their designs! and that they also make things like stockings and heels out of 80s toys.
Your little poems made my day! Hehe.
And I love the Kate Hurst sun-dress.
Hmm, I wonder if I could manage to pull off cat’s eye make-up..
the romance is born collection looks absolutely amazing! i’m suppressing drool. that carrot hoodie made my night :D
I am hearing all that rhyming commentary being read by the “Beautiful Girls” guy in Singing in the Rain! It’s marvelous.
I love the carrot hoodie and will be copying it for sure =D