The global fashion icon that is Elle MacPherson returned to the runway for the opening night of the PayPal Fashion Festival’s Premium Runway shows. Aptly named ‘Triumphant’, the runway event exceeded all expectations as the supermodel, who is turning 60 this month, elegantly walked down the catwalk to joyful applause from a fashion crowd in […]
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Presented by Vogue American Express Fashion’s Night Out, the opening VIP Runway of Melbourne Fashion Week was a chic affair, held at the new Le Meridien hotel rooftop pool deck, aptly named Le Splash. Set against the backdrop of a once unseen vista (as Le Meridien was the site of the former Metro Theatre – […]
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Rozalia Russian is one of Australia’s leading stye icons and entrepreneurial businesswomen, with over a quarter of a million Instagram followers, imprinting her fashion influencer status in the platinum echelon. Renowned for her creative collaborations with many prominent Australian brands, including Atoir, Camilla & Marc and Country Road, as well as ambassadorships with international designer […]
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Davina Cassino is a talented, intuitive and hard working fashion designer, trend forecaster and business owner based in her hometown of Melbourne. With over two decades of industry knowledge, Davina has embarked on many fashion journeys within the sector and utilised her impressive experience to create an eco-friendly, sustainable and local luxury fashion label named, […]
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Alexandra Valas is 50 years old and only started her modelling career last year – but you wouldn’t know it by her editorial covers or catwalk presence. The statuesque ‘mature-aged’ modelling star in the making, Alexandra is a true ‘beauty’; her kindness, sincerity and inclusive nature shines from deep within to radiate an outward charm […]
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Rachel Canale is an impressive young woman who has been photographing since she was a teenager, and can now add Times Square Billboard, editing app, two photography businesses and over 1 million TikTok followers to her ever-growing resume. Rachel’s photography is intuitive and she has a real rapport with her subjects, able to shoot everything […]
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LÂLKA is a glitter meets grit EDM artist who has just released her debut mixtape, Romance + Rebellion. From classical music to the world of J-core and hyper pop, this Borneo-born and Brisbane/Meanjin-based music and video producer, vocalist, multi-instrumentalist and DJ is as clever as she is creative. Utilising advanced technology to not only deepen […]
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All photography by Rachel Canale for Pen To Paper Media. All rights reserved. The PayPal Melbourne Fashion Festival was the perfect event to jump start our fine city into its renowned party mode. It was glorious to see familiar faces and new ones mingling at Fed Square and at ACMI to support our local fashion […]
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What an honour it was to return to Melbourne to cover one of the most immersive of fashion experiences featuring true icons of the Australian fashion and art worlds. The exquisite evening began at the impressive Lightwell space at ACMI, with delicious canapés and gourmet platters crafted by award-winning chef, Karen Martini, of Hero at […]
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The second runway instalment presented by Vogue Australia at VAMFF featured Australian fashion cornerstones, Oroton, White Story, MacGraw, Bianca Spender and long-time friends of Pen To Paper Media, Strateas Carlucci. Captured exquisitely again by our resident fashion photographer, Rachel Canale, enjoy our picks from this dynamic runway show. To see more of our VAMFF coverage, head here. […]
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