Numéro #123
Shot by Tom Munro
Styled by Charles Varenne
Modelled by Abbey Lee Kershaw
Images from Fashion Gone Rogue
So fucking drained, might write something worthwhile another day.
The show was held at White Rabbit Gallery in Sydney, an amazing location for the show. The models walked in pairs, with hype about Jennifer Hawkins modelling… whatever really. She became boring when she popped up on everything Myer related. Other than that the collection was interesting – the thing I liked most was being so incredibly close that I could feel the fabrics as the models brushed past. I adored the incorporation of the clear pink top layered subtly over a shirt dress – making the dress look plastic like. The collection could have been more coherent rather it had a bit of everything merged slightly with the label’s trademark aesthetics. And also, she does menswear now? Cool bananas.
Pretty much the most anticipated show for RAFW is Dion Lee’s… There have been mixed reviews and I’d have to admit I am mildly disappointed by the collection. It is nothing as ground breaking as the previous two RAFW shows, though peaking early has served the designer well. The collection featured Dion Lee’s impeccable tailoring and surgical precision. But after seeing that a few times, the wow factor dims down a little. The slits on the already mini skirts reached record highs… darling, I can see your undies. Having said all of this, it was still more interesting than many other shows I have seen this week.
Images from Vogue Australia
After a bit of contemplation, I have convinced myself to move The Stolen Orchid onto blogspot. I have had a thoroughly overshadowed site on blogspot since the establishment of The Stolen Orchid (with a massive 6 followers on blogspot) and will now use this as my main blog. I will eventually shut down this site and transfer the web domain to blogspot so you will not have to bookmark or refollow the blog. (If all goes to plan anyway) I will export as much of my content from this site over as I use old posts as references quite frequently – this is a long, boring task so bear with me. This will be the third time that this blog has transported to a new platform from it’s beginnings at uber.com back in 2007. I would like to thank everyone who has followed and supported The Stolen Orchid so far and look forward to a new chapter in this blog’s story.
In the meantime, I will be double posting here and there until I figure out how to change the settings properly. Try not to laugh at my following on that site… it’s fucking hilarious.
