LMFF

What I Wore : LMFF #2

This is an old outfit post that I never got around to posting. So here it is! :)

What I wore for 3 events I attended during the 2012 LMFF:

Sequin Sweater: Seed

Maroon tappered pants: Promod UK

Black Suede Heels: Tony Bianco 

Neon Green Collared Shirt (Worn underneath sweater): Gmarket

Bag: Random wholesale mall

Ring (left): YSL Arty in Coral

Ring (right): LowLuv by Erin Wasson

Sunnies: Vincci

Floral Top: Miss Selfridge

Green Midi Skirt: ASOS

I was contemplating whether to put this picture up or not cause my eyes look so sleepy in this picture (due to the blinding flash at night) but I thought, what the hell, might as well. I get really awkward when someone else takes a picture of me, by myself.

Do you have the same problem?

The shots below are taken by

Sabine from Sabine L. Photography:

accidental encounters
accidental encounters

Ring: YSL Arty in Coral

Bag: Marc Jacobs

Fashion: {LMFF} Frankie & the rest

The saying goes like this, all the good things must come to an end. This will be the last post on LMFF 2012. The pictures that you will see on this post are from the Frankie runway show, fashion industry forum, powder room and some random street style shots. I had such a fabulous time at the festival so much so, that I didn't want it to end. I even met a couple of blogger friends along the way! I would definitely love to attend next year's festival! :)





The powder room this year is still as popular as the previous years, if not more. Every time I plan to avoid the long queue to get into the powder room, I fail miserably. I always end up waiting for at least 20 - 30 minutes.  This is when you should be thankful for good friends who share similar interest as you do. Lucky me, I always have Cheryl to accompany me to such events.




Braids are still very popular this year, fish tail in particular. On the Frankie runway, the models had messy, more elaborated fish tail braids. In the powder room, there were 3 hairstylists working on the visitor's hair in order for them to have similar hairstyles to those of the runway.


Last year I had my hair braided and I loved how it look, so I opted for the same this year.

Oh, hello there!
However, I can't express the same love for this year's styling on my hair. The chunky braid looked so out of place on my head and I had a loose braid end on the left side of my head, which looked totally odd. 


This year there was also a Berlei bra fitting kiosk for you to get your bra size fitted. Inside, you can munch on finger food and have a sip of champagne while waiting for your turn to get fitted. Of course, there's a goodie bag for you after the fitting.



The LMFF Fashion Industry Forum was an eye opener for me. It was my first time attending a fashion forum and I must say, it was very informational and surprisingly enjoyable. Unfortunately, I could only attend one out of the three forums they had.


The founders of Fashion Torque just so happened to sit right next to me. They were such nice individuals and it was lovely meeting them.
Phillip Boon and Jenny Bannister





Favourite quote from the forum was by Adam Ferrier (consumer psychologist) :"To succeed in business is to succeed in changing behaviour".






Here are some street style snaps that I managed to capture. This fashionable lady below caught my eye not once but twice and on different days. Her outfit the next day was a lime green cape which I thought looked fantastic on her! Wish I knew who she was.

A fashionista taking a photograph of another fashionista.
Love.

One of the many Chadstone shuttle bus ladies for LMFF wearing neon orange dress by Calvin Klein which they can't keep for themselves.


With Calvin and Maxxie
Working 'em designer necklace from elgar & lyle
I bumped into the fashionable duo behind couturing.com during LMFF. Both of them are always wearing the trendiest and beautiful designer pieces which I am always so envious of. Thom is wearing Lisa Ho's floral blazer, which was such a hit and Lisa is wearing Mary Katrantzou for Topshop dress, which is now sold out Australia wide.
Thom Whilton (right) from couturing.com and friend
Lisa Teh from couturing.com
Last but not least, look at all the goodie bags I gathered from LMFF! They are still sitting in a bag being chucked away at one corner in my room.



I hope you've enjoyed all my LMFF blog posts this year. I would love to hear your thoughts on this year's festival. Leave me a comment below. :)

Have a fabulous Easter weekend everyone!



Fashion: {LMFF} Independent Runway

The LMFF Independent Runway presents some of Australia's independent, bold and edgy labels. It was organised by Yen magazine, which is one of my favourite local magazines! So I was really excited to see this show. Ksubi, Something Else by Natalie Wood, Jolet, and One Fell Swoop were amongst the designers who showcased their designs on the runway.




Ready, set, go!

Ksubi

Garthcook

Adorable fashionistas to be at the front row with their camera phones :)



Francis Leon

One Fell Swoop

Livia Arena

Jolet

Something Else by Natalie Wood







I wasn't in sync with the camera that night so I didn't manage to capture every designer's pieces that I like. My favourite would be Something Else by Natalie Wood and also Jolet. I loved the digital print combined with simple silhouette that Jolet incorporated in her design.

One more post on LMFF and that would be a wrap for my 2012 LMFF event coverage. Stay tuned for more.


Fashion: {LMFF} Famous for Fashion Series -High Street Edition

The LMFF Famous for Fashion Series-High Street edition was presented by the City of Stonnington and Melbourne Review at the Malvern Town Hall. The interior of the venue's hall was beautiful, especially the high ceilings with pretty little details.

Designers like Lisa Ho, Charlie Brown, Hemden, Nicolangela, Carla Zampati and many more showcased their in store Autumn/Winter collection at the event. I have seen most of these designs at the recent Myer Autumn/Winter show I went to. This time around I get to concentrate on taking pictures instead.

Enjoy the pictures!






















That's me and Twee being silly at the photo booth they had outside the hall :)

My favourite piece would be the gold sequin maxi by Charlie Brown and brown one shoulder dress from Lisa Ho.
Have a lovely weekend everyone! :)




Fashion: {LMFF} National Graduate Showcase by Sportsgirl

The National Graduate Showcase was one of the events at the LMFF which is often overlooked. This is where the 12 talented fashion design students from across Australia, who made it as finalists for the LMFF National Graduate Runway show, presents their design to the media. Not only that, the designers are also there for you to interview them about their design. 

I had a great time talking to some of the designers and I am just blown away with their creativity. They thought about every single detail of their design and a lot of the design you see here are of hard work and dedication. 


The event was sponsored by Sportsgirl and they had really cute pencil looking USBs for the guests who attended the showcase.

The first designer I talked to was Amelia Agosta from RMIT University here in Melbourne. Her collection is called Engineered Distortion which is a fusion of craft and technology. Her pieces are very 3 Dimensional and tailored.






This next designer I didn't get to talk to but I love her structural floral designs on her pieces. Natalia Grzybowski's collection is called Hybrid which combines nature and technology to redefine the interpretation of the female cyber-organism. Using only simple silhouettes, she focuses on the textile designs of her collection. She also has another collection of the similar silhouettes, except that it was all white. 




Moving on, we have Courtney White who is from the University of Technology, Sydney with her Utopian Regime collection. It's a menswear collection inspired by the Russian Revolution back in the 1917-1920s. She was particularly inspired by an artist named Aleksandr Rodcherko. She used warm earthy brown and red tones for her collection which is the colour for the Autumn season.





I was instantly captured by the next designer's, Rica Hardian, neon green and electric blue pieces. Rica Hardian is originally from Indonesia and studies at RMIT University. Her designs are based on the Japanese origami folding technic.





I spoke briefly to Anisha Bhoyro, also a student from RMIT University, about her Precious Threads collection. Her inspiration was not to succumb to the disposable nature of the fast fashion industry. The technic that she used was cutting and deconstructing pieces of cloth to produce precious and intricate clothing. One of the interesting technics she used was the pulling of threads, which created a unique texture on her designs.



The next designer, Chris Ran Lin is a knitting genius. His Autumn/Winter collection consists of pieces which are tailored  with laser cut textures and also knitting texture over woven fabrics. Also a student from RMIT University, Chris has caused quite a stir in the fashion scene even before he was at the LMFF National Graduate Runway show. I absolutely love the pants with the knitting texture which I have included in this post. 



JuYoung Seo, originally from South Korea is also a student from RMIT University. This designer has an impression on me, not because of her designs, but her accent. As a Malaysian myself, I can tell if someone has the Malaysian accent and this Korean designer has it! She told me she has lots of close Malaysian friends, that's why she talks that way.  When asked what was her inspiration for her collection, she said she loves flowers and was very interested in the texture of an xray-ed flower petal. 
If you look closely at her designs, you can tell that for each and every petal she has on her design resembles an x-rayed petal. Some even has those flower stains you find on real flower petals.





The last designer whom I spoke to was the bubbly Sally Edwards from Queensland University of Technology. This designer, even after all the talking she did before I approached her, was all smiles and a happy soul to be around. Her latest and first collection, Boys & Girls Are Choice, is made to fit both boys and girls. Sally was inspired by traditional menswear, punk ecstatic and knits. 



Here are some other pictures of the other talented designers whom I didn't get a chance speak to.










This is an amazing group of very talented  and creative designers from Australia. I hope to see them be established and well known in the fashion industry in the near future. 

I hope you've enjoyed this really LONG post. I sure did enjoy my time at the showcase together with Calvin from Vanity-Press.

Which designer was your favourite?




LMFF 2012 sneak peek

Hi everyone.
As most of you know LMFF has already begun and I've seen so many amazing pictures from the festival!
I've been accredited for a series of events and I can't wait to share them all here with all of you.

Here's a little sneak peek picture from LMFF:

Please do bare with me while I edit hundreds and thousands of pictures that I've snapped so far!

Have an awesome Saturday lovelies!