Friday evening found Street Fashion Sydney at Mils Gallery in Surry Hills for Artist and Photographer Vladimir Kravchenko's opening of his exhibition of nudes wearing masks; Know Thyself. This is an interesting show where all the nudes are photographed wearing masks made by fellow artist Nicole Toms, so a bit of a collaboration going on as well. Nudes made work safe where they appear; with apologies to the artists. Check out the show or the website, at Mils Gallery. Scroll down for the Street Fashion on the night.
Yes, there is a beautiful and glorious Camilla tribe and I was in the thick of it with all these beauties for the launch of Camilla's style guide at her new Paddington boutique. The new flagship store is indeed also very beautiful and shares with you the journey that has made Camilla the label and, I think the woman who and what they are today. I will let the pictures tell you the story of this launch; the style guide which I received a print copy of is a fabulous work itself, and it can also be viewed online with illustrations and how to video as well. You will never be at a loss for a new way to wear your Camilla. Congratulations to Camilla and her Tribe of Camilla Ringleaders!
yes the highly unpredictable weather in Sydney continues so an umbrella is the must have accessory of the moment. And is it warm or will it be cold and wet??? Perfect for some light knitwear; I think these two gentleman seem to have it just right for a casual Saturday night.
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Groovin The Moo had a overwhelming sense of comradery as all who attended stormed the muddy trenches of the Oakbank based event on the all to relative Anzac Day (I can say this, I'm the daughter of a Vet). Distasteful jokes aside, the day was one to be remembered, like the #GroovinTheMud hashtag gaining traction as fast as we were sinking into the never ending wasteland of mud, only finding solice on a stable discarded beer can before stumbling and praying to the many gods not to join the fate of others who had gone down in the fight against tomorrow's dirty washing. Other than the already discussed mud-issue, the event itself was euphoric. Whether this was caused by the amazing line-up and performances, or the over-consumption of $11 Double Blacks and other substances, I'll never know - and nor do I want to find out. We all had our lineups printed out, written down and inputed into our alarms, how did yours fair against mine?
The car ride to Oakbank was a riot in itself, once we had laughed so hard we nearly reached the same fate of the girls wearing crop tops and shorts squatting on the side of the road to deal with their business in an oh-so ladylike manner, it was time for what was the choatic spectacle of enjoyment at GTM Oakbank 2015.
Here are my favourites:
STICKY FINGERS
Of course. One act I was determined I wasn't going to miss, I ditched the search of pre-organised meetings with friends and ventured through the crowds to find a spot to watch the band on my own. And it was worth it, chilled tunes and crowd surfing made the start of my time at GTM a great one. Don't forget the name.
I missed my chance to see San Cisco last time they toured AUS, and they were worth the wait, even if I could barely hear them over my off tune recital of their lyrics. It amazed me the quality of their performance and how much similar they sounded to their albums. I went off when they played 'Too Much Time Together' from their latest album "Gracetown", which I highly recommend to have a good listen to. Seriously good band.
As I've never been to a Hot Dub event, all I had heard was 1. It was good and 2. It played old music. I felt like if I wanted to listen to The Backstreet Boys I would head out to VIVA on a Friday night with my Mum. I did not expect the amazing mixes and heavy ACDC plays that topped off the night for me and seriously made me rethink what I once knew and jump to the next opportunity to see the event live again.
I didn't have any opportunities to take a shot of my outfit for the event, as in the morning I was too busy drinking myself into a comfortable tipsyness before leaving, and the mud scared my inner soul to ever let someone handle my phone on which could turn into another ruined iPhone for 2015, but to summarise I wore:
All up it was a day to remember, we laughed over friends having to be pulled from the mud by security guards and danced with our hands in the air to our favourite bands and tracks for a solid day out in the fresh country air.
What was your favourite part of Groovin The Moo 2015?
Fashion is not art and art is not fashion. But is that really so? It's always such a tussle between the decorative and the profound; the amusing and the serious; the functional and the.. non functional, the sublime; the ridiculous! I first experienced Matiny Ng's designs at the Raffles Byzantium graduate show in December 2013; playful and bold, wearable if you were game, distinctive and creative; using the circle and the square motif. The Menswear there, perhaps being the more radically inspired of the designs.
This year she is back as part of the Raffles International Showcase at Mercedes Benz Fashion Week Australia along with fellow students from that 2013 show and others. Matiny Ng showcases her new label 580 and her SS 15/16 range. The pieces again designed around circle and square motifs speak to me of Non Objective Abstraction in art. Meanwhile, in the men's range there seem to be some sort of Luis Buñuel surrealist clerics, or perhaps it's that fashion parade from Fellini's movie Roma; no no its more Non Objective art as fashion from Matiny Ng. Wearable? I mean really how dare you.. Who cares!
Cross motif, ecumenical inspiration? Matiny Ng's 580 label. Photographed by Kent Johnson.
A Red Cardinal? Matiny Ng's 580 label. Photographed by Kent Johnson.
The Padre? Menswear at Matiny Ng's 580 label. Photographed by Kent Johnson.
I wonder if quite a few of the audience were wondering what the @#!! was going on with this show; but as you can tell I loved it; the colours the fabrics, the garments construction, and mostly the Ideas! More please Matiny Ng.
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Two tone chambray shirt and a very cool watch with a crazy organic pattern, look no hands! You can check out the ZIIIRO watches here!
