Style Wars
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 Cat's eye makeup](/images/07-09/catseye.jpg)
The cat’s eye is “in”
As is badly-applied tan
Don’t do anything else which imitates
Ms. Winehouse & her man.
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![TV TV](/images/07-09/tv.jpg)
TV
TV loves check & lamé,
Their pleats were tres chic
I dug their modern take
On the newly-cool geek.
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![Kate Hurst Kate Hurst](/images/07-09/katehurst.jpg)
Kate Hurst
Sun-dresses followed by pleather
Was enough to make me think,
It was so very Grease
…Without the ladies in pink.
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![Material Boy Material Boy](/images/07-09/materialboy.jpg)
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.
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![Romance Was Born Romance Was Born](/images/07-09/rwb2.jpg)
Romance Was Born
Romance Was Born brings me joy
They are always so disparate
I loved their pink bunny suit
Complete with dangling carrots.
![Romance Was Born Romance Was Born](/images/07-09/rwb1.jpg)
![Romance Was Born Romance Was Born](/images/07-09/rwb.jpg)