P A N O R A M A

NOW IS THIS THE GREATEST HAT YOU'VE EVER SEEN OR IS THIS THE GREATEST HAT YOU'VE EVER SEEN? I'LL TAKE A STRAW PANAMA HAT ANY DAY ESPECIALLY WITH BRONZED SKIN AND A SIDE OF SLINKY SUNDRESS. IT'S MY NEW FAVORITE SUMMER TIME LOOK, AND I PROMISE YOU DON'T EVEN NEED TO BE SUGGESTIVELY LOUNGING ON OUTDOOR FURNITURE TO PULL IT OFF, IT WORKS JUST AS WELL AT LUNCH, POOLSIDE AND IF YOU'RE UP FOR IT, A LOVER'S LONG WEEKEND IN BALI. 

HAT FROM BALI. DRESS VINTAGE. WATCH BY T.W STEEL.

P O S T C A R D S

GET EXCITED FOR FRIEND OF MINE'S NEW COLLECTION!

ALL CLOTHES BY FRIEND OF MINE.

D I S O R D E R E D D I S I P L I N E

FERNANDO FRISONI'S LATEST COLLECTION "DISORDERED DISIPLINE" WAS SENT DOWN THE RUNWAY LAST THURSDAY EVENING TO A VERY FULL HOUSE IN FASHION WEEK HQ'S CARGO THEATRE. WITH ANOTHER BACKSTAGE PASS AND A HANDBAG FULL OF CF CARDS LATER I CAN TELL YOU I'VE NEVER SEEN A BACKSTAGE SO INTENSE, THIS MAY OR MAY NOT BE A DIRECT RESULT OF HAVING 35 MODELS (YES. 3. 5.) A TEN MAN TEAM OF BOTH HAIR AND MAKEUP, STYLISTS, ASSISTANTS AND ACP COMMISSIONED PHOTOGRAPHERS WITH CAMERAS AS BIG AS MY HEAD ALL JAMMED INTO BACKSTAGE AREA B, WHICH IS APPROXIMATELY THE SIZE OF AN OVER-THE-KNEE BOOT BOX. IT WAS BUSY. GOOD BUSY. THE KIND YOU EXPECT AT FASHION WEEK ON DAY THREE WITH THE BEST TIME SLOT. AS I WAITED BY THE DOOR PRETENDING TO FIDDLE WITH MY CAMERA (A VERY GOOD TRICK TO LOOK UBER IMPORTANT/ACCOMPLISHED WHIST FIGURING OUT WHAT ON EARTH YOU'RE GOING TO DO) MY CHIC CHARADE WAS THANKFULLY INTERRUPTED (NEVER SETTLE FOR TOO LONG) WHEN THROUGH THE LENSES OF SAID MULTI-LANYAN WEARING PHOTOGRAPHERS I SPOTTED TANIA G WITH GLITTER DUSTED EYE'S AND IT WAS THEN THAT MR. FRISONI IMMEDIATELY WON MY AWARD FOR BEST MAKEUP. IT WAS TIME I BROKE AWAY FROM THE SLIDING DOORS (ACTUAL, NOT A METAPHOR REFERENCING THE TERRIBLE LATE 90'S MOVIE STARRING GWYNETH PALTROW) AND BEGUN TO GET ALL MARIO TESTINO, SNAP HAPPY. AFTER 30 MINUTES OF POINT, POSE AND CLICK AND 40 MINUTES PAST THE ORIGINAL "GO" TIME US PHOTOGRAPHERS WERE ORDERED TO STAY BEHIND AN IMAGINARY LINE DRAWN OUT TO BY SEMI-TERRIFYING LADY WHO WAS FULLY EQUIPT WITH A HEADMIC AND CLIPBOARD COMBINATION THAT SCREAMED "YOU BETTER DO AS YOUR TOLD". I DID AND WAS REWARDED WITH A FRONT ROW POSITION IN THE MAKESHIFT PHOTOGRAPHERS PIT BEHIND THE COLOUR BLOCKED CONGA LINE THAT WAS FERNANDO'S MODELS. IT'S ONE THING TO HAVE MORE MODELS THAN SOME AGENCY'S, BUT TO HAVE EACH IN "MONEY SHOT" OUTFITS IS JUST DOWN RIGHT AMAZING. I'D LIKE ONE OF EVERYTHING. IN EVERY COLOUR. THEN AS QUICKLY AS THEY LINED UP, THEY FILED OUT, AND MANY ROUNDS OF APPLAUSE LATER WE WERE ALL ON THE WAY TO HIS AFTER PARTY CO-CHAIRED WITH ANOTHER AUSTRALIAN FAVORITE KIRRILY JOHNSTON. THE INVITATION ONLY EVENT HELD AT NORTH BONDI ITALIAN WAS IN MY OPINION, THE BEST AFTER PARTY ALL FASHION WEEK. IN HONOR OF TOYOTA'S NEW SUPER CUTE PEOPLE MOVER "RUKUS" THE CREAM DE' LA MER (OR IS IT CREME?) OF SYDNEY'S SOCIAL CIRCLE MINGLED WITH EACH OTHER OVER POTENT COCKTAILS IN PAPER CUPS AND ARANCINI BALLS IN PAPER NAPKINS. VERY PICNIC CHIC. IT WAS LIKE JUMPING STRAIGHT INTO THE BACK PAGES OF W, WHERE THEY COVER ELITIST PARTIES ALL OVER THE WORLD, JUST SWAP THE CHARITY PART FOR TWO PEOPLE MOVERS AND WE'LL CALL IT A DAY! AND AT AROUND 12AM I DID. AHHHHH, ANOTHER GREAT SHOW. 

H O R R E U R - S C O P E

ELLERY SHOW.... WHAT.... A.... DISASTER....HA!! ALMOST HAD YOU DIDN'T I! AS IF, RIGHT? AT AROUND 10.30 PM LAST NIGHT, AUSTRALIA'S GOLDEN CHILD ONCE AGAIN HIT THE SEQUINED COVERED NAIL ON THE FASHION WORLDS HEAD. BUT BEFORE THE APPLAUSE HAD ERUPTED THE TEAM FROM EVH PR INVITED ME BACKSTAGE TO TAKE A FEW SHOT'S OF WHAT WAS TO COME. ONE OF MY FAVORITE INVITATIONS TO COME ACROSS! ONCE I FINALLY MADE IT AROUND THE BACK (FOX STUDIOS IS LIKE A METAL MAZE OF "YOU'RE GOING THE WRONG WAY") I FOUND MISS ELLERY ON THE FLOOR SEWING ONE OF MY ALL TIME FAVORITE MODELS RACHEL RUTT INTO HER FINAL (AND MY FAVORITE) LOOK, THE GIRL WITH THE IMPOSSIBLE BONE STRUCTURE CASSIE VAN WHAT'S HER NAME SMOKING NEAR THE FROZEN YOGHURT'S AND A LINE OF GIRLS WAITING TO HAVE THEIR SWAROVSKI CRYSTAL'S HAND APPLIED. AS I WONDERED AROUND TRYING MY HARDEST NOT TO GET INTO ANYONES WAY THE GENERAL CONSENSUS WAS THAT IT WAS HOT. BOTH LITERALLY AND PHILOSOPHICALLY, SUEDE, SILK AND FUR WAS PERHAPS A BAD CHOICE ON MY BEHALF! TOO MANY PEOPLE AND TOO MANY HAIRDRYERS MAKE FOR A STEAMY SITUATION AND A GOOD REASON TO SWITCH FROM BACKSTAGE TO FRONT OF HOUSE WHERE WE ALL FOUND OUR SPOTS AROUND THE CIRCULAR RUNWAY. THE PHRASE "IF YOU BUILD IT, THEY WILL COME" IMMEDIATELY CAME TO MIND AS I WATCHED BOYS AND GIRLS FILE IN, IN THE TEN'S AND DOZENS TO FILL THE NONEXISTENT GAPS IN THE CROWD. THEN IT WAS THE SAME AS ALWAYS, LIGHTS OUT, THEN DIMMED. MUSIC CUT, THEN INCREDIBLY LOUD AND AN ALL TOO FAMILIAR ANTICIPATION THAT THE SHOW IS ABOUT TO START.... AND AS THE FIRST IMPOSSIBLY TALL GIRL WALKS OUT, YOU KNOW IT'S BEGUN. ONLY THIS TIME IT'S NOT LIKE ANY OF THE SHOWS SO FAR, INSTEAD OF MUTED NUDES AND SHEATHS OF FABRIC WITH VERY (EVEN FOR ME) LOW OPACITY, SHE SENDS US FLARES, VEILS, CAPES AND SEQUINS. A PARTICULARLY SPECTACULAR MUSTARD FEATHER SKIRT SUIT AND A REAL ITCH FOR ALL THINGS ABBA AND INSTEAD OF THE USUAL UP AND DOWN SHE GAVE US TWO ROTATIONS OF A PYRAMID CLAD CIRCLE WHICH WAS SWIFTLY EXECUTED BY ALL INVITED, NO EASY TASK AS WE ALL KNOW IT'S QUITE HARD TO LOOK SEXY WALKING IN A CIRCLE. (AM I RIGHT, LADIES?) YES, YES.  KYM ELLERY WAS LITERALLY RUNNING CIRCLES AROUND US... AGAIN. SHE LEFT US WITH THAT THOUGHT FOR A MOMENT BEFORE THEY CAME BACK OUT TO GIVE US A FINALE THAT WOULD MAKE ANYBODY SNAP HAPPY. ONE BY ONE THEY CAME OUT AND FORMED A CIRCLE, AROUND OUR CIRCLE (A SCENE I THINK I'VE SEEN BEFORE IN CIRQUE DU SOLIL SANS SCARY MAKEUP AND OVERLY ENTHUSIASTIC DOUBLE HANDED WAVES) THEN APPEARED ELLERY AND WITH A QUICK FLICK OF THE WRIST, AS IF TO SAY "YOU'RE WELCOME"  THEY EACH TURNED ON THEIR CRYSTAL ENCRUSTED BOOTIES AND IT WAS ALL OVER. WELL DONE KYMMY, AS EXPECTED, IT WAS A MASTERPIECE.

4 T H A N D B L E E K E R X B U N D A

I ONCE READ THAT THE ONLY MARRIAGE WORTH HAVING WAS THE ONE BETWEEN BREAD AND BUTTER. NATURALLY, I FOUND THIS INCREDIBLY WEIRD, AND SLIGHTLY DEPRESSING. I SAT THERE THINKING ABOUT THE TRIVIAL FIGHTS BREAD AND BUTTER WOULD NO DOUBT HAVE TO ENDURE, THEN AFTER FIVE MINUTES OF POINTLESS PONDERING I SNAPPED OUT OF MY YEAST-RISEN TRANCE AND REALISED I WAS READING A COOKING MAGAZINE. IN CONTEXT IT MADE A LITTLE MORE SENSE, ALTHOUGH STILL WEIRD AND DEPRESSING. REGARDLESS IT GOT ME THINKING ABOUT MY OWN ETERNAL QUEST FOR AMAZING JEWELRY- A PARTNER TO MY EVER GROWING WARDROBE. NOW UNLESS YOU'RE IN THE MARKET FOR SOME J-LO-ESQUE DIAMONDS/DIAMONTES (I'M NOT) THEN I THINK YOU'LL AGREE WHEN I SAY MOST OF THE TIME I FEEL LIKE I'M HOPELESSLY WADING THROUGH A SEA OF SILVER PLATED MASS PRODUCTION, THE KIND OF CRAFTLESSNESS THAT LEAVES YOU FEELNG A LITTLE ITCHY. BOTH LITERALLY AND PHILOSOPHICALLY. CUE SUPER JEWELERS BUNDA BOUTIQUE AND THEIR MODERN TWIST ON THE CLASSIC STAPLES. BROM BRUSHED GOLD KNUCKLE DUSTERS, TO TITANIUM CAST BANGLES AND BRACELETS, TO STERLING SILVER CUFFS AND PINKIE RINGS, TO ALL THINGS ROSE GOLD. THESE GUYS HAVE TRULY HIT THE NAIL ON THE HEAD WITH THEIR NEW YOUTH COLLECTABLES, HALLELUJAH! FINALLY A JEWELER TO CALL MY OWN.

JACKET BY ELLERY. SHORTS VINTAGE. ALL JEWELRY BY BUNDA BOUTIQUE.

A L O N G W E E K E N D I N B A L I

DOWN BELOW AND CLEVERLY DISGUISED BEHIND A TROPICAL HOLIDAY DISCLAIMER, A LITTLE BLACK AND WHITE AND A FEW LONG SWAYING FRONDS YOU'LL NO DOUBT FIND I'VE LEFT MY CLOTHES BEHIND IN FAVOUR OF MY ALL TIME FAVORITE SWIMWEAR LABEL, MIKOH! THESE JEWEL TONED MASTERPIECES FIT LIKE A 70'S POOL-PARTY-CHIC GLOVE AND MAKE YOU WANT TO CHASE SUMMER ALL YEAR ROUND. FIND EM' HERE !

BIKINI BY MIKOH. WATCH BY T.W STEEL