Fashion events

While the life of a Victoria’s Secret supermodel involves, no doubt, a constant barrage of fan-like adoration from all sides, ask Lindsey Ellingson about true love and it’s not a definition that comes easily. At the launch of Victoria’s Secret’s new Gorgeous Push-Up Bra and new fragrances Simply Gorgeous and Bombshell in Love, we got the lovely Miss Ellingson pondering on that question. And if …

Think of Victoria’s Secret and the first thing that’s likely to spring to mind, save for their models themselves, is their annual fashion show. That’s what we, the public, see. But I think I’ve finally determined what Victoria’s secret actually is: each Valentine’s Day is actually an ever bigger milestone than any catwalk that can ever be held. After all, as The Troggs mused, love …

The LMFF (L’Oreal Melbourne fashion festival) program has been released; and while you’ll hear plenty around Melbourne about the major runways, there’s also an impressive list of events that forgo the exclusivity and open their doors to all. Here are 5 top picks of fashion and cultural events that you can see or do for free during LMFF.

An interview with Marc Jacobs, the drug-fuelled adventures of Hunter S Thompson, and what happens when nun habits get fashionable. After the break is our weekend round-up of articles worth your reading.

Kestrin tells me she loves synchronicites. The day before she sent us her follow up installment to Cello Bound, I’d had a lengthy discussion with a friend about the song Sunday Morning Coming Down. Lo and behold, it’s Kestrin’s latest choice of song; her recording more popish than Kris Kristofferson’s original, but more wistful than the peppy orchestration of Johnny Cash; and more upbeat than …

There’s a particularly iconic series of Erté artworks that you’ve no doubt seen before: a woman – swathed in fur and adorned with a headpiece, cutting a silhouette that’s since become the recognisable epitome of Art Deco decadence – walks a lithe, silver-collared greyhound with all the drama of one who’s just walked onto a stage. Like much of Erté’s work it sweeps the viewer …

They say you shouldn't judge a book by its cover. Yet as The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo hits cinema screens around the world, many a viewer will judge Rooney Mara's performance as Lisbeth Salander not just by her acting, but by her visual transformation. And that's a transformation that comes down to more than how Mara carries herself, but how fashion is used to project the character's inner workings. Instead of a traditional review, we give a fashioniser's view of costume design and its impact upon The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo. And don't worry: there are no spoilers.

It’s still early days for Baz Luhrmann’s film adaptation of The Great Gatsby – that classic, Jazz Age, ultimately tragic piece of literary fiction loved by many. Yet with the release of some official photos from the set we get a taster of the fashions to come from the film. In these released shots Carey Mulligan is the quintessential icon of 1920s fashion: bobbed hair, …

In our times we’ve all been to markets. The good ones. The bad ones. And then there are the great ones. Yet defining what precisely makes a market great is no easy task, try as we might. Great markets have that it factor, that cool vibe, that relevancy that even the most vapid of celebrities depend on for their success. Great markets are to good …