Keyword results: Fashion
What:
Pinch and Spoon market stall
Where:
Rose St Artist Market, 60 Rose St, Fitzroy
When:
Sun Mar 21, 11am–5pm
How much:
Cheap treasure!
Description:
Pinch and Spoon is a WA-based fashion label that creates one-off mini masterpieces out of vintage frocks and found things. We're not telling you to pinch pennies and buy a ticket to Perth anytime soon, but we are softly nudging you towards the (much more geographically agreeable) Rose St Artist Market this Sunday because Isobel is bringing the whole operation to Melbourne.
Event: Markets
Stimulus: Be the next Princess Mary
What:
Midmouse runway
Where:
Penthouse Mouse, enter via Coates Ln, off Lt Collins St, Melbourne
When:
Fri Mar 12, 6pm
How much:
Invite only! We have 1 x dbl pass to give away. To enter, just email win@threethousand.com.au with the subject 'pentmouse house'
Description:
Fashion week smashion week, you've saw it back it 93. You're old, jaded, you just want to stay at home and wash your hair. Well give the Head and Shoulders a rest this Friday because there's something to rattle your bones back into fashion action. Midmouse is a runway event featuring up and coming Australian fashion at its best, with Autonomy, Leonard Street, Satu, Ok Ok, Subfusco, Vanguard, and From Britten showcasing their latest wearables in a show styled Mike Adler.
Event: Fashion show
Stimulus: Clothing
What:
Philos-o-face Art of Fashion closing party!
Where:
Lenko, Shop 5, Cathedral Arcade, 37 Swanston St, Melbourne
When:
TONIGHT! Thurs Mar 11, 7–9pm
How much:
Free!
Description:
Never has a closing been so appealing. Rather than a harbinger of doom and gloom, this small conclusion is the magical transformation of Philos-o-face's Art of Fashion window display for Lenko into brooches and necklaces for you to buy and keep. The limited edition faces are the product of a collaboration with Melbourne band Hammocks and Honey, featuring a wide range of influential people of art, music, fashion and popular culture.
Event: Fashion Launch
Stimulus: Hot
Now that he's over 50 can Jean Paul Gaultier still hold claim to his 'enfant terrible' title? It's been a few years since we saw him mooning anyone or send a tin can bracelet down a runway.
Perhaps the enfant terrible successor (if it's not Tavi) is in fact doco director and all round fashion geek Loic Prigent.
Reginald Murray Williams would surely be chuffed to see his bespoke riding boots taking to the streets. There's a special combination of ruggedness and femininity that can be achieved with frilly skirts and blundies. While some advise the Blundstone as boot of choice, when you need a look that is a bit more toff than tradie, R.
What:
Fallen Magazine 1st Birthday!
Where:
Lot Four, 4a Railway Pl, Richmond
When:
Fri Mar 5, 8pm onwards
How much:
Free! But email rsvp@fallenmagazine.com.au
Description:
Look at your zine! It's made of paper you stole from the recycle bin! It's terrible! Get out of my office. Fallen Magazine is made of paper so thick and matte you could eat it for a fibre-rich breakfast. But you wouldn't because it's dedicated to featuring home-grown fashion talent, it's made in Melbourne, and Kara Allen and Lauren Whiffen are the type of girls you would want to impress if you met them.
Event: Party
Stimulus: Birthday celebrations
What:
Portable presents: REFINERY29
Where:
Penthouse Mouse
When:
Thurs Mar 18, 6pm
How much:
$40/$45 from here
Win:
Thanks to Portable, we have a dbl pass to give away! To enter, email win@threethousand.com.au with the subject 'No, I'm... I'm 29'
Description:
Staying on top of trends in fashion isn't so much a chore as a full-time job, which is tough because you need at least another full-time job to fund your desire to buy picnic blankets with sleeves and perfect leather bags. Luckily, the good people at New York based Refinery29 made it their full-time job, supplying us tasty fashion in daily bite-sized portions through their online publication.
Event: Talk
Stimulus: Be the next Princess Mary
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