The opening runway show for Melbourne Spring Fashion Week was truly spectacular. Hesitant to attend for fear of being ‘fashionably jaded’ due to jetting off to New York for the past two years to cover shows there, MSFW shone with a radiance befitting the fashion capital of Australia. And with just the right amount […]
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It seems as though only a fraction of society really knows about this incredible group. Yet, that unique portion was in full and hearty abundance at the Prince of Wales on a sweltering Wednesday night in December. As though pulled in by a magnetic force generating from the stage, patrons waited with universal baited breathe […]
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In an increasingly shallow musical world where everyone wants to be, or believes they are, a budding DJ, I therefore have a profound respect for Josh Davis. No, in fact it goes far beyond that. It is sheer adoration for the man that goes by the name of, DJ Shadow. He is the pioneer of […]
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This debut event held during L’Oreal Melbourne Fashion Festival in 2010 is run by former designer, Oscar Calvo. He commissioned Pen To Paper’s director, Lara Antonelli to write profiles on all of the designers showing, as well as all other press releases relating to the event. This is definitely the moment you have all been […]
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Photography by Amanda Fordyce Alex Perry’s Spring 2011 collection show was without a whisper of a doubt, one of the most sensational shows on the calendar of this year’s L’Oreal Melbourne Fashion Festival. Opulently housed at the Royal Exhibition Building in Carlton, there was something magical about the setting for Perry‘s ‘Cuban Princess‘ collection. The […]
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There is something alluring about Abbie Cornish. Standing alongside the red carpet at the AFI Awards held in Melbourne last December, I hardly recognised her. Albeit my heart was still a-flutter from having just interviewed Heath Ledger (a successful feat undertaken without any exchange of blows…. or saliva for that matter). I generally detest grand […]
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Melbourne turned the heat up to scorching for this year’s Big Day Out extravaganza. Coupled with the sheer size of this event, the many stages and sensational line up of acts, over 52,000 punters and the desire to check out as much music as humanly possible, made this one of the most arduous yet exhilarating […]
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With its initial edition showcasing one of Maripol’s iconic photographs on the cover, this directory was set to be a hit from the get go. Now sold worldwide and available from bookstores in Melbourne and Manhattan, MFD was created by celebrity stylist, Angelique Max. She honed in on a niche in the marketplace of fashion, […]
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