The entire Melbourne fashion elite was out in force on the opening evening of the Virgin Australia Melbourne Fashion Festival on Monday. There was an incredible atmosphere outside the Royal Exhibition Building (otherwise known as the Festival Plaza, the square between the REB and Melbourne Museum) where pop-up pods from Diesel, Samsung, Priceline, Lavazza and BNKR have […]
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Once again, Cate Blanchett looked stunning on the Oscars red carpet in Hollywood, nominated for her role in ‘Carol’. Wearing an exquisite mint green embellished Armani Privé dress. It is all equal parts sexy, glamorous and enchanting. The Australian actresses continued to smolder on the red carpet, with bombshell Margot Robbie wearing a Tom Ford […]
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1. WHAT DO YOU BOTH CONSIDER TO BE THE BIBLE OF ALL FASHION PUBLICATIONS? In the words of Bob Dylan “The times they are a-changin”, so picking a favorite is far too limiting. We are focusing on internet based publications that offer democracy to those who design fashion and love fashion. 2. IS IT THE […]
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1. WHAT CAN PEOPLE FIND IF THEY LOOK FOR SOMETHING ELSE? People can find something unique, ethereal and fun designed from the heart. I really like to design to different aesthetics so that really anyone could come and look through a Something Else collection and find something they could wear. It’s like designing for my […]
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1. WHAT INITIALLY INSPIRED YOU TO BECOME A MAKEUP ARTIST? I have always been intrigued by the idea of transformation. I grew up watching my father work in his hair salon, transforming and creating hair styles for women who would walk in looking one way and leave not only looking different, but feeling different. […]
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1. WHAT INITIALLY INSPIRED YOU TO BECOME A HAIR STYLIST? The actresses of the Italian and French films(neo-realism) like Sophia Lauren, Claudia Cardinale, Silvana Mangano, Brigitte Bardot, and Anouk Aimee. They were, and still are,strong beautiful women that are not afraid of their femininity. 2. WHAT’S THE MOST EXCITING PROJECT YOU HAVE WORKED ON? […]
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1. YOU HAVE BEEN TOUTED AS THE ‘PRINCE OF COLOR.’ WHAT CAN YOU ATTRIBUTE YOUR LOVE AND INFUSION OF COLOR TO? Having spent my childhood in the Pacific Northwest, most of the time everything was so grey and neutral. When the sun finally came out, it was like Dorothy arriving in Oz—the greenest greens and […]
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1. WHERE WERE YOU FIRST DISCOVERED AND AT WHAT AGE? I was discovered in a nightclub in Melbourne when I was 17… (Underage). A woman came up to me and started talking and I tried to get away from her because I thought she was asking me for I.D. 2. WHAT DO YOU BELIEVE […]
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1. WHAT MADE YOU STEER AWAY FROM CATWALK FASHION TO COSTUME DESIGNING, STYLING AND WARDROBE SOURCING? I enjoy clothing and all processes related to it (designing, constructing, styling) but found after spending 3 years in the fashion industry that I wasn’t as suited to it as I had imagined. I got a small taste […]
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1. YOU LANDED YOUR FIRST JOB AT ANDY WARHOL’S ‘INTERVIEW MAGAZINE’, AS ASSISTANT EDITOR. DESCRIBE WHAT YOUR FIRST DAY WAS LIKE AND HOW IT SHAPED THE REST OF YOUR ILLUSTRIOUS CAREER? I was assistant editor in 1970 and in 1971 I became the editor of the magazine and I started writing about music regularly, but […]
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