The Melbourne Spring Fashion Week (MSFW) series of official catwalks returned to the Melbourne Town Hall last night in a show that presented women’s Spring/Summer 2009/2010 clothes and accessories which, for the most part, absconded from structure and, instead, depended on flow and layers to make a statement. Gwendolynne Spring 2009 at Melbourne Spring Fashion Week courtesy Peter Downing

With September less than a month away, MSFW (Melbourne Spring Fashion Week) officially launches today, and with it comes the release of the official program. Previously announced and no surprise to Melbourne’s fashionisers, Fashionising.com will be again hosting the week’s most luxurious fashion event: High Fashion, High Tea. No fashion event is complete without a gift bag, and no Fashionising.com event is complete without a…

When we launched High Fashion, High Tea as a part of MSFW (Melbourne Spring Fashion Week) 2008 we wanted it to be an event that would exude luxury. Whether it was the involvement of leading Australian designers and labels, the delightful food and drink, or the much-talked-about gift bags, we wanted every aspect of High Fashion, High Tea to represent the lifestyle that Fashionising.com is…

L’Oreal Paris Runway 3 brought another eight Australian labels to the L’Oreal Melbourne Fashion Festival (LMFF) runway, and – flowing on from Runway 2 before it – was again a foray into beautiful evening gowns and flirtatious cocktail dresses.

In the nouveau riche surroundings that is Silk Road, and watched over by some suspect Caravaggio interpretations, Melbourne Spring Fashion Week (MSFW) 2008 launched this evening. Attracting what can be best described as Melbourne’s usual suspects, from yours truly through to the likes of Richard Nylon and Gwendolynne Burkin, Melbourne’s fashion scene descended en masse to glimpse a preview of what’s in store for us…