Written by Tania Braukämper on 25 May 2012
Travelling in style is not just about looking great when you step off a plane – it’s about turning your suitcase into a mobile wardrobe. That means fitting in everything you need (without earning a dreaded ‘overweight luggage’ tag) and having it arrive in the best possible condition when you get there. To narrow down the options on how to do that, we took a…
Written by Shitika Anand on 23 May 2012
One wouldn’t argue the association of summer with colours, be it in the garden or on clothing racks. But if you’re tilting away from the predictable colour palette of the spring 2012 season, then black and white should be your protocol. Londoners and Melbournians are often criticised for purposely injecting this colour palette on the streets of these cities, but you can’t blame them, a…
Written by Daniel P Dykes on 19 May 2012
You witness a lot of peacocking at fashion weeks; sometimes it suits the personality, sometimes a look has been obviously composed in order for its wearer to get photographed. When it’s the latter, the pieces used to create a look are usually loud and large. Not so with this look. Snapped at London fashion week‘s Somerset House, a sheer hem, a layering of fur and…
Written by Daniel P Dykes on 17 May 2012
The freedom to express oneself is often cited as one of the very foundations of personal style. And modern society pretty much lets you do just that, save for the odd offensive t-shirt. But it wasn’t always the case. Not only would today’s freedoms have once seen you arrested, but what is now so conservative that it’s considered foppish caused women to faint. We’re talking…
Written by Shitika Anand on 17 May 2012
Despite taking inspiration from New York City’s architecture, Parisian lifestyle and the British silhouette, new fashion label, macgraw, is a lovechild of local Australian passion. The worldly muses set aback, as this high-fashion label sharpens its knives to carve its place in the Australian fashion industry.
Written by Daniel P Dykes on 4 May 2012
You can tell that London’s spring has so far seen more spring rain than it has spring sun when my focus is constantly being drawn to summer themed photo shoots. I’m no beach addict, give me the deck of a yacht any sunny day of the week, but as summer looms on the calendar the number of sun worshipping photo shoots grows exponentially, each vying…
Written by Daniel P Dykes on 29 Apr 2012
There are fashion films as cinematic endeavour and then there are those whose purpose it is the breathe life into clothing as opposed to constructing a narrative. For Swedish fashion house Jan Ahlgren, London based photographer John Wright has crafted the latter.
Written by Daniel P Dykes on 18 Apr 2012
There was a time that it was a bastion for men’s clothing, when its customers intrinsically knew when to doff and when to stand. Those days are behind us. We have moved on, Savile Row (rightly) hasn’t. Or, at least, it hasn’t wholly. There are some who would argue that Savile Row, the London street that defined men’s suits for over 150 years, is now…
Written by Tania Braukämper on 16 Apr 2012
Offering a mix of coveted Australian designers, newly launched 2-times.com is an online store build on passion and curation. Before long they'll also be expanding to take on international juggernauts and undiscovered graduates alike. Fresh, fearless, and with big things planned, 2-times is set to become the online shopping haunt of choice. And to get you there first, we're excited to be giving away a $3,000 spending spree to one lucky fashioniser. Enter the draw after the break.
Written by Tania Braukämper on 6 Apr 2012
If you're heading to Coachella in a week's time you may already be dreaming about lying down on the grass while the chords fall from Alex Turner's guitar frets or the booming voice of Dr Dre washes over you like cashing waves. But before you even get that far there's a more pressing matter at hand: what to wear. To give your festival wardrobe a fresh update away from the cliches, here are 5 spring trends you can adapt for the festival field.