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AMMO presents FALL SECRETS AW10 COLLECTION LAUNCH
327 Smith Street, Fitzroy
ammodesigns.com
Tuesday March 16, 6.30pm
AMMO launches their 2010 autumn/winter collection with bubbles and hidden surprises. The AMMO Fall Secrets collection is a series of pieces that inject a playful exuberance to every occasion. Colourful and interactive garments made exclusively for the evening compliment the mystery within the range.
Image Credit: Image courtesy of AMMO
ANTHEA CRAWFORD presents AFTERNOON TEA AT THE WINDSOR
111 Spring Street, Melbourne
(03) 9633-6000
Friday March 5, 12.30-3.00pm
$75.00
Enjoy mouth watering delicacies at the famous Windsor’s afternoon tea while exploring the colours, themes and inspiration for Anthea Crawford’s autumn/winter 2010 collection. You are guaranteed to feel spoilt with champagne, prizes and a goodie bag for all.
Image Credit: Image courtesy of Anthea Crawford
THE AUSTRALIAN POETRY CENTRE presents CAFÉ POETS
Various locations
australiapoetrycentre.org.au
Throughout March
Join poets as they write, create and read poems inspired by fashion. From The Lane in Eltham to Booktalk Café in Richmond head to a local location to be inspired by fashion and poetry.
Participating Cafes: Victorian Railways Café (Albert Park), Mr Tulks Café (Melbourne), La Paloma Café (Brunswick), The Lane (Eltham), Café Loco (Elsternwick), Book Talk (Richmond) and Zappa’s Café (South Melbourne)
Image Credit: Image courtesy of the Australian Poetry Centre
THE AUSTRALIAN POETRY CENTRE AND LMFF present RE-BAG
The Wheeler Centre, 176 Little Lonsdale Street, Melbourne
australiapoetrycentre.org.au
Saturday March 20
Designers inculding Carly Hunter and Joveeba have been customising reusable bags with poetry especially for LMFF 2010. Bags will be on display and available to purchase on Saturday March 20 at The Wheeler Centre, in conjunction with the forum Poetry in Fashion. Get in quick to get your one-off designer bag.
Designers include: Pinchandspoon, Sophie Kyron, Velvet Sushi, Josephine Stone, Tu, Alister Yiap, Chinky Wooster,T-Shay, Murr Designs, Joveeba, Jaime Lee, Purple Hibiscus, Sideline, Pardon My French, Flannel, Aurelio Costarella and Ribbon of Africa.
Bags generously donated by Fresh Promotions and Red Fish Marketing.
Image Credit: Image courtesy of the Australian Poetry Centre
OC COMMUNICATIONS & EVENTS presents CATWALK THEATRE
BMW Edge + Beer Deluxe, Federation Square, Melbourne
catwalktheatre.com
Tuesday March 9, 7.00pm
$40.00 (includes a cocktail, canapés and show) Bookings essential.
Catwalk Theatre is a collection of performances exhibiting an extravagant fusion of fashion, theatre, music and dance. With professional dances slinking down the runway you will look at fashion in a way you never had before. From the unique, eye catching and avant-garde Australian fashion to unique Fosse’s style choreography this is one show quite unlike any other.
Image Credit: Image courtesy of OC Communications & Events
CIRCA NOCTURNA
Fitzroy Town Hall
Corner Napier and Moor Streets, Fitzroy
(03) 9205 555
Saturday March 6, at 7.00pm
$28.00 pre-booked, $35.00 at the door.
Circa Nocturna celebrates underground and alternative style, culture and couture. Showcasing designer’s latest collections the evening also includes a chance to meet the designers and purchases their wares at our Carnivale. Circa is definitely more than your average catwalk!
Image Credit: Image courtesy of Circa Nocturna
THE CLOTHING EXCHANGE
BMW Edge, Federation Square, Melbourne
clothingexchange.com.au
Monday March 15, 6.30pm check-in, 7.15pm exchange
Admission $20. Bookings highly recommended.
Imagine a giant clothing store with clothes as far as the eye can see. The Clothing Exchange is a huge swap shop where women can swap the garments they don't wear for ones they will!
Image Credit: Image courtesy of The Clothing Exchange
COMME presents FASHION DINNER
7 Alfred Place, Melbourne
Thursday March 11, 6.30pm
(03) 9631 4000
$85. Bookings essential.
In Comme’s stunning Grand Room, Yeojin Bae will lead a discussion on establishing a successful career in the fashion industry, the design processes and inspiration for her own label and the current patterns and future trends in Australian fashion.
Comme’s Executive Chef, Daniel Southern will design a sumptuous three course dinner, served with matching wines to complement the discussion.
Image Credit: Image courtesy of COMME
CRAFT VICTORIA presents CRAFT HATCH
Level 1, City Library, 253 Flinders Lane, Melbourne
Saturday March 13, 11.00am-4.00pm
To coincide with LMFF, Craft Hatch will host a special boutique market consisting of some of Melbourne’s most fashion-forward, design-savvy makers. Expect cutting edge garments and accessories from a curated selection of the freshest, emerging and established talent in Melbourne.
Image Credit: Image courtesy of Craft Victoria.
ENVELOPE + MÜCKE
Federation Square, Melbourne Various times between Wednesday March 19 and Sunday March 28
Envelope + Mücke present a retail space and series of workshops
instructing the re-adaptation and re-purposing of materials to make new
garments and accessories.
Retail opening Hours:
10am - 6pm Friday March 19 to Sunday March 28 except Monday and Tuesday
Workshop hours:
ENVELOPE workshops March 20, 21, 25, 26, 3-5pm, $55. All materials included.
MüCKE workshops March 19, 27, 28, 3-5pm, $55. All materials included.
Bookings: www.envelope.net.au
Image Credit: Envelope bike top, photographer: Tobias Titz
FAT presents FAT is Complex. complexgeometries... in a Mongolian Yurt.
RMIT Alumni Court (Old Melbourne Gaol) Russell Street, Melbourne
fat4.com
Tuesday March 16 – Saturday March 20, 11.00am-5.00pm
FAT has partnered with Montreal based label complexgeometries to create and showcase the ‘PERPETUAL LEISURE collection. Aptly housed within an iconic Mongolian Yurt, this transportable nomad dwelling will house complexgeometics’s latest range as a ‘Pop Up’ store located within the RMIT Alumni Court.
Image Credit: Image courtesy of FAT
GEELONG GALLLERY presents LUNCHTIME FLOORTALK
Little Malop Street, Geelong
geelonggallery.com.org.au
Wednesday March 17, 12.30 pm
Join Geelong based designers Natalie Cirillo and Lorraine Archibald as they discuss the inspiration for their works and the processes involved with realising their silver jewellery designs.
Image Credit: Image courtesy of Lorraine Archibald
GROSSI FLORENTINO presents DRESS THE PLATE
10 March, 7:00PM - 11:00PM
Where: Grossi Florentino - Mural Room; Grossi Florentino - Wynn Room
Cost: $195.00 per person
Bookings: (03) 9662 1811
Website: www.grossi.com.au
Our lives are as cyclical as Nature's dances: days follow nights, light follows darkness. and seasons return. Chefs have long recognised that there are fads or vogues in menu design. All at once there are imitators, and a trend is born.
The popularity of food moves in cycles, or at least progresses in waves, much the same way as a fashion evolves through history. To celebrate this marriage between food and fashion in association with the L'Oreal Melbourne Fashion Festival, Grossi Florentino will host a dinner called ‘Dress the Plate', a nostalgic look at food and restaurant fashion over the past decades. Leading Australian Chef Guy Grossi, this year's LMFF Fashion Chef Ambassador, will design a four course menu that includes a dish with a futuristic outlook, all beautifully matched with wines.
Rick Molinksy will be Master of Ceremonies.
Guests will have the chance to re-visit fashion with creative involvement from Leona Edmiston and Ted Baker.
Go back in time and be swept away in the moment.
LEIELA presents FASHION MOB supported by City of Melbourne
Various CBD locations during the festival, March 14-21.
Through the eight days of LMFF watch as the streets of Melbourne are invaded by the Fashion Mob. You never know where they’ll be next!
Image Credit: Image courtesy of Leiela
LEIELA presents LEIELA LADY ACCOLADE
leiela.com.au
info@leiela.com.au
The inaugural Leiela Lady Accolade is open to inspiring designers aged sixteen and over from Victoria, participants are invited to present a design that reflects the Leiela brand to emulate glamour and grace that is elegantly edgy.
From the entries received, five designers will be selected as finalists each will be required to create and bring the design to life. The winner will be awarded with gown naming rights and their design will be added to the LEIELA collection. In addition, the winner will receive LEIELA merchandise up to the value of $1,000.
Image Credit: Image courtesy of Leiela
LMFF OPENING NIGHT AND AFTER PARTY presented by COACH, supported by COMME
7 Alfred Place, Melbourne
coach.com
comme.com.au
Sunday March 14. By invitation only.
LMFF is delighted to be showcasing the wonderful surrounds of Comme for this exclusive Opening Night function. With a stunning installation from international renowned brand Coach this exclusive cocktail party celebrates the opening of the L’Oréal Melbourne Fashion Festival in style.
Image Credit: Image courtesy of COMME
MADAM VIRTUE & CO. presents THE JAPANESE COUTURE DESIGNERS
5 Crossley Street, Melbourne
http://www.madamvirtue.com.au/
(03) 9663 8669
Monday March 8 - Saturday March 20
Dean Hewitt presents an installation from his archive collection of the great Japanese designers.
See today’s famous names Issey Miyake, Yohji Yamamoto, Comme des Garcons and Kenzo in an exhibition that showcases the techniques of inventive shapes and monochrome tones that made them famous.
Image Credit: Image courtesy of Madam Virtue & Co.
NATIONAL GALLERY OF VICTORIA presents FILM: VIVIENNE WESTWOOD
Clemenger Auditorium, NGV International, 180 St Kilda Road, Melbourne
ngv.vic.gov.au
Saturday March 20, 11.00am
Free
Watch Malcom McLaren and other fashion experts discuss Westwood’s progression from self-taught queen of punk to prêt-a-porter trendsetter.
NATIONAL GALLERY OF VICTORIA presents FLOORTALK: FASHIONING THE MANA
Information desk, NGV International, 180 St Kilda Road, Melbourne
ngv.vic.gov.au
Wednesday March 17,12.30
Free
Come and hear artist Maryann Talia Pau discuss her work and cross cultural inspirations.
NATIONAL GALLERY OF VICTORIA presents FLOORTALK: ROMANCE WAS BORN
Level 2, NGV Australia, Federation Square, Melbourne
ngv.vic.gov.au
Tuesday March 16 @ 2pm
Free
Join Romance was Born designers Luke Sales and Anna Plunkett as they discuss their work.
NATIONAL GALLERY OF VICTORIA presents LECTURE: FASHION HAS NO COUNTRY
Theatre NGV Australia, Federation Square, Melbourne
ngv.vic.gov.au
Sunday March 14, 3pm
Bookings: (03) 8662 1555
Adult $18.00/ Concession $14.00. Bookings essential.
This lecture will consider tensions inherent in contemporary fashion, question the effect of radical pluralism in the context of a local industry that still grapples with notions of territoriality and investigate the implications for creatively refusing a sense of country.
Image Credit: World, Sanderson suit 1997-98 spring-summer, World International Collection. Cotton acetate, plastic, metal. National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne. Purchased NGV Foundation, 2009. © World
NATIONAL GALLERY OF VICTORIA presents LECTURE: INTO THE NAMELESS WATERS OF THE WORLD.
Theatre, NGV Australia, Federation Square
ngv.vic.gov.au
Saturday March 20,2pm
Bookings: (03) 8662 1555
Adult $18.00/ Concession $14.00. Bookings essential.
The exhibition Together Alone asserts that Australia and New Zealand share common fashion ground. This talk considers whether we also share the comparison to sea (and the shore) as a condition of our national and international fashion status.
Image Credit: World, Sanderson suit 1997-98 spring-summer, World International Collection. Cotton acetate, plastic, metal. National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne. Purchased NGV Foundation, 2009. © World
THE ORDER OF MELBOURNE presents UNWEARABLES
Level 2/401 Swanston Street, Melbourne
unwearables.com.au
Wednesday March 10, 6pm
$10.00 Tickets at Door
Come and delight in a catwalk extravaganza exploring the relationship between the garment and body by RMIT graduates, independent artists and performers. A catwalk extravaganza and interactive show will dare you to wear the unwearable!
PENTHOUSE MOUSE
Coates Lane, Melbourne
PHM is a temporary fashion, art and event space which is now in its fourth year. It is located in a disused space and allows Australian labels to do something outside the traditional retail envirionment whilst also bringing together a talented array of designers, artists and creatives under one roof. A two-week plethora of shopping, fashion shows, art, live fashion shoots, runway shows, parties not to be missed.
Image Credit: PHM AW2009. Photograph: Albert Comper
SHIRT AND SKIRT MARKET
Abbotsford Convent
1 St. Heliers St, Abbotsford
Sunday March 21, 10.00am – 4.00pm
The home of Melbourne’s emerging designer community will conduct an open studio within their market outlets on Sunday March 21. Visitors are welcome to browse through the sixty plus designer stalls and ask each designer how they make their range of products, the designers can give you advice on styling, fit, colour and fabric to suit your individual look.
Image Credit: Image courtesy of Shirt and Skirt Market
STATE LIBRARY OF VICTORIA presents WINDOW SHOPPING: THE CURATOR’S VIEW
Keith Murdoch Gallery,
State Library of Victoria
Tuesday March 16 until Thursday 18 March, 12.30pm
Bookings (03) 8664 7099
Free
Join Jane Rhodes curator of ‘Til You Drop for an insight into Melbourne’s long fascination with shopping, from sophisticated boutiques to suburban supermarkets and even a glimpse of the future of shopping!
TAKE 2 MARKETS
Hawthorn Town Hall
360 Burwood Rd, Hawthorn
take2markets.com.au
Sunday March 21, 10.00am- 3.00pm, Catwalk at 1.00pm
Take 2 Market presents a whimsical fashion show as part of their March market. Once Upon A Time will enchant as we feature storybook inspires styling and a clever mix of recycled and new fashions to provide ideas on how to reinvent and transform your wardrobe.
Image Credit: Image courtesy of Take 2 Markets
THREAD DEN SOCIAL SEWING NIGHTS
Level 1, 16 Errol St, North Melbourne
threadden.com
(03) 9329 5305
Friday March 12 and Friday March 26 at 6.00pm
Thread Den invites you to a night of sewing, craft and skill-sharing for those who like to craft in good company. Use the sewing machines and overlockers provided in the sewing lounge or spread out your project in Thread Den’s colourful cutting room. Light refreshments will be served by your hosts, the Thread Den ladies, but feel free to pop on your pinnie and whip up a plate of your own treats to share.
Image Credit: Image courtesy of Thread Den
VICTORIAN TAPESTRY WORKSHOP TOURS
262-266 Park St, South Melbourne
victapestry.com.au
(03) 9699 7885
Monday - Wednesdays from Monday March 1 – Wednesday March 17, 2pm
$8. Bookings essential.
For an insight into the art of contemporary tapestry production enjoy one of the Victorian Tapestry Workshops exclusive tours. This is your chance to experience the creative process as it actually happens, gaining an insight of the Workshop’s history, an explanation from the weavers about the process of interpreting an original artwork and transforming it into tapestry and of course, the superb finished tapestries on display.
Image Credit: Image courtesy of Victorian Tapestry Workshop
LOWBROW presents CLICK! TRACK! FLASH!
Billboard, Russel Street, Melbourne
Friday March 12
Greg Wilson ( UK ) the Original Underground Old School Electro Funk God comes back to Billboards (Melbourne) for one night only to rekindle our love for funk, soul and disco edits. Its something a little bit different this time round! Wilson not only comes together with the Sydney Volcanic Psych dance duo CANYONS but introduces us to 2010's hot new tip DJ Rev Thorne and welcomes back Melbourne's favourite hip hop Junkie DJ M.A.F.I.A. You'll also been bombarded with stretchy bendy lycra babes, deconstructed po-mo fashion installations by uber-cool performance troupe Birdie Fizzle & Agent Cleave you'll also be WOWED by a catwalk show featuring AW200 fashion from Chapter 11 & Amourette! If you're into way too much stimulation in all areas then you've got a date March 12th!