Events, Fashion

ROYAL BOTANIC RUNWAY – Melbourne Botanical Gardens

On a balmy Summer evening in the Royal Botanical Gardens of Melbourne, something magical was forming behind the wrought iron gates of one of the city’s nearly two century old garden. Born from the creativity bestowed by nature, this unique fashion event utilised the wonder of flora to exhibit collections from some of Australia’s elite […]

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Events, Fashion

Mini Paceman Melbourne Pop Up

The Mini Paceman Pop-up Store Launch, housed at 250 Chapel Street in Melbourne’s iconic Prahran was an intimate affair. It showcased Mini Australia’s collaboration with some of the world’s most creative design minds, teaming them together with their new Sports Activity Coupé model the Paceman, which the company says “rides comfortably on the intersection of […]

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Live Gigs, Music

THE BRONX – Corner Hotel, Melbourne

It needs to exist as common knowledge that LA hardcore punk rockers, The Bronx, are hands down one of the best live performances you will ever see. That may seem like an overtly zealous and sweepingly biased statement, but I’ve been to enough gigs in my thirteen years as a music journalist to make such […]

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Live Gigs, Music

TEEGAN AND SARA @ The Forum, Melbourne. May 2010

Sister duo Tegan & Sara were in stellar form at the opulent and ethereal Forum Theatre last Wednesday night in Melbourne. Performing to a sell out crowd over two nights, the Quin twins from Canada displayed their stage prowess on their final night, to an enthusiastic, hearty and utterly ecstatic crowd. Despite their understated indie […]

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Events, Fashion

Tennis Game Strong for Adidas by Stella McCartney

The Adidas by Stella McCartney Barricade launch was nothing short of extraordinary. It took place in a huge middle-of-nowhere warehouse on the outskirts of Melbourne’s CBD – a perfectly deceptive locale that cleverly hid the wonder housed within. In a world-first, superstar female tennis players Caroline Wozniacki (DEN), Maria Kirilenko (RUS) and Laura Robson (UK) […]

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Live Gigs, Music

Jagermeister Independent Music Awards 2012

Held at the very cool art space, Revolt in Melbourne, the seventh annual Jagermeister Independent Music Awards was a refreshingly brilliant and fair dinkum night showcasing Aussie music at its rawest and most intriguing. Walking through the smoke haze and skull graffiti popping from the brick wall at the entrance to the venue, you could […]

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Fashion, Fashion Weeks

Melbourne Spring Fashion Week – MSFW 2012 – Runway 2

The second runway show from Melbourne Spring Fashion Week opened with Arthur Galan (above) setting the tone for the futuristic twist on a spring palette. With ultramodern eye-visors by Alexandra Blak, the Arthur Galan collection was sleek, sexy, chic and polished. Graphic print or blue and black block-coloured suits, plus sunflower yellow tasselled tops with […]

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