Fashion Exposed Showstoppers
Cutting edge fashion trends and new products will be a main attraction at Fashion Exposed and the co-located Bags & Accessories Fair and the Australian Shoe Fair, making these events a must for buyers keen to pick up the latest fashion finds.
With labels showcasing in dedicated menswear, womenswear, allure, junior, streetlab and preview precincts, visiting the stands at these leading fairs will give visitors covetable inside loop on the latest fashion trends.
Directional looks and fashion trends from Australia's top emerging design talent will be a key drawcard to the designer competition and launch pad, Debut. The Live Look Books and Salons Shows are also essential viewing to get a feel for fashion in motion and trends coming to life.
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Afterglow Jewellery It's just a year old, but the hand-crafted jewellery label by NSW's Charms Baltis and Ben Neich has already featured in movies starring Harrison Ford and Kevin Bacon. Afterglow's new collection, King of the Castle, is full of romance and surprises. Fine silver-smithing, eclectic materials and rich imagination leave a warm glow.
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Poetic Justice A passion for silk and embellishment inspired Linda Wadman to launch Poetic Justice in 2008. To those core delights, the Auckland designer has added velvets, wools and knits for next Autumn-Winter. Shapes are classic and colours range from black and greys to diva pink and ivory.The beading and stencil prints are exquisite.
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Breathless The much-admired Perth label scores a bullseye with its perfectly aimed casual-chic collection, Autumn Lightly. Head designer Robin Alexander flatters bodies and arrests the eye with beautiful, easy-wearing shapes, a darkly elegant palette, striking jacquards and fabrics from wool to silk.
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Beate Heymann When a collection by leading German fashion and textile designer Beate Heymann was given a test run at the Doppio boutiques in Sydney and Perth last season, it was a sell out. The upmarket label’s official Australian launch at Fashion Exposed is likely to create similar excitement. The look is sleekly elegant. The fabrics are superb.
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Cilla & Pepe Silk knickers and slips, cute PJs and frilled jersey knit robes, sexy camis, bodices and bras that work a treat as underwear/outerwear – Emma Chappell, founder and designer of Sydney lingerie label, Cilla & Pepe, delves into childhood dressing-up memories for her new season collection, The Treasure Trove, and comes up trumps.
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Made in Donald Rising star Nadia Pearse is the talent behind the label she named in honour of her home town in regional Victoria. The girl from Donald – now Melbourne-based - displays her winning style with an enticing ’30s-inspired Autumn-Winter 2011 collection of dresses, skirts, tops, jackets and coats in wool, silks, velvet and cotton.
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Empire Rose The world of Dr Zhivago is evoked with authentic passion and romance by Empire Rose designer Kathryn Mudie’s Autumn-Winter 2011 collection, From Russia With Love. Fur and feathers, silk velvet and stretch silk satin, and a palette of musk, cognac, burnt orange and blood red, pay rich tribute to Moscow old and new.
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Trix & Dandy For his new diffusion label, Trix & Dandy, hot New Zealand designer Michael Pattison has gone for a sophisticated retro mood. His Autumn-Winter 2011 collection includes ultra cool casuals for him and killer dresses for her – all perfect for a night of high rolling or a little harmless debauchery, he assures.
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Guanabana Since she launched her label Guanabana in 2007, Newcastle-based Norwegian designer Linda Bergskas has won a large, avid following with her classy, bohemian-flavoured collections. Her new offerings are Wayfaring Dreams for High Summer and The Girl from Telemark for Autumn-Winter 2011. Both are likely to be solid hits.
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Taree Birse Multi-award-winning Queensland designer, Taree Birse, is renowned for her feminine confections. Her new collection, Ambitious Love, lives up to its title with sensuous dresses and separates for day and evening. The elegant range is mainly in silks, including habotai silk, in a palette of black, purple, antique gold and champagne.
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Cheeky Tots Soon after 21-year-old Kate Castelli began a work experience stint at Perth infants’ wear firm, Anne Michelle Fashions, she was appointed designer of new upmarket label, Cheeky Tots. The wunderkind has delivered with an Autumn-Winter 2011 cotton range featuring bold colours and prints, embroidered details and loads of class.
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Redbox7 Music and movement have inspired the new season collection for Redbox7, the sleek gym, active and leisurewear women’s label created by Melbourne designer Deborah Ives. The versatile range which includes gilets and cropped or oversized jackets, comes in cutting edge fabrics and a palette led by black, flame, biscuit and white.
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Kangaroo Creek The Tales of Miss Parrot, Little House on the Prairie and Polka Dot Party are among the themes chosen for Autumn-Winter 2011 by Kangaroo Creek designer Vicky Tsoukalis. Her collections for the recently launched Sydney childrenswear label are stylish, practical and full of appeal for 2-8 year-olds. Quality fabrics add value.
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Jam Jeans Too tight, too low-cut, too pricey. New Melbourne label Jam Jeans comes to the rescue with edgy stretch denims that flatter and fit real women. They come in quality fabrics, feature striking details on pockets and inner waistbands, and are attractively priced. A Jam Jeans range for men will also have its launch at Fashion Exposed.
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House of Lyon From Australian boarding school to the catwalks of Paris, Milan, New York and London, was Claudia Lyon’s first quantum leap. Now the stunning model-turned-designer has created her own label, the House of Lyon. Her launch collection, for Autumn-Winter 2011, ranges from lifestyle to luxe and oozes classic chic. It’s a treat.
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Body by Dainy Sawatzky Prim and proper vies with lush nature in The Librarian and the Birdwatcher, the Winter 2011 collection created by leading Melbourne designer Dainy Sawatzky for her signature label. Its quality fabrics, exclusive prints, embroideries and vintage touches should delight. Ditto Dainy’s new, dance-inspired line, Body Elements.
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Joseph Ribkoff The label by Canadian fashion icon Joseph Ribkoff is the No 2 women’s ready-to-wear seller in Europe and Winter 2011 will be the first season that a full collection is available for Australian/New Zealand buyers. It will also mark the Fashion Exposed debut for the label officially chosen for the current Miss America, Caressa Cameron.
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B Free Intimate Apparel Paris-trained Melbourne designer Yael Carmeli will launch her intimates label B Free with an Autumn-Winter 2011 collection that blends hi-tech mastery, sensuality and comfort. Her cotton-blend camisoles and knickers in classic tones are seamless, impeccably styled and feature delicate patterns on features such as waistbands.
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Grace & Audrey Style icons Grace Kelly and Audrey Hepburn are the inspiration for the new label devoted to those essentials, the classy shirt and blouse. For her debut collection, Melbourne designer Johanna Doherty has used pure Egyptian cotton and Turkish silks to coolly feminine effect. Elegant Grace & Audrey gift boxes provide an extra bonus.
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Tickets For Coco In April, Tickets For Coco blitzed at a boutique fair in Adelaide. The big launch will be at Preview. Cousins Danni Townsend-O’Neil and Brooke Murphy are the creators of the hot new label that blends vintage romance and laid-back contemporary chic. The trans-seasonal age-spanning dresses, separates and accessories are all in natural fabrics.
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Bodypeace Byron Bay designer Anna Walsh is a greenie’s fashion dream. Her elegant, body-skimming bamboo fibre collections of dresses and separates flatter all ages and shapes, and of course, are eco-friendly. Reversible dresses and fetching new pants are included in the latest collection. Colours include cream, black, charcoal and silver-blue.
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My Italian Closet Thea Traianou and Margherita Ghezzi adore Italian hosiery and lingerie. A year ago, they launched their Melbourne company, My Italian Closet and will make their Fashion Exposed debut with Identikit Total Look by Franco Bombana. Adding extra impact to the label’s fabulous hosiery are equally seductive matching tops - perfect as outerwear.
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LTB Jeans Katherine Heigl, Cameron Diaz and Hillary Duff are among LTB Jeans’ Hollywood fans. The long-established international label renowned for its ultra-cool denims and fashion separates is also a regular in major fashion glossies – and gets special treatment in Australia where LTB Jeans feature styles and colour washes that reflect local tastes.
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Kas Distribution British lingerie and swimwear for women from slender to voluptuous is Kas’s specialty. Among the Brisbane-based company’s winners are Curvy Kate, Ballet and Pour Moi? Latest to join the Kas stable are funky young UK label Life’s Not Fair…But My Knickers Are and - a geographic departure – the Netherlands’ amazing Magic Body Fashions.
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PinClove Sydney’s newest women’s fashion label reflects the powerful links between Australia and its Asian neighbours. Designer Inez Thamrin has blended East and West to create versatile trans-seasonal clothes inspired by the street fashions of high-octane cities such as Tokyo, Hong Kong and Seoul. Add sharp European style and you get PinClove.
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Sweetness & Verve Enigmatic, bewitching, invincible. Disarmingly tender, warm and sweet. Melbourne designer and former model Andrea Loughran loves adjectives and women are rapidly falling for her chic, distinctive women’s collections. The Melbourne University graduate who launched Sweetness & Verve a year ago is an exciting new talent to watch.
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Storm London/Ed Hardy Watches The boys are going for bling and both sexes are crazy about hi-tech outsize styles in bold colours. Storm London’s new season watches hit every mark. The innovative British fashion brand will also exhibit its latest bags and jewellery. Showing alongside Storm will be a watch collection by American icon Ed Hardy – a first for Fashion Exposed.
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Eveden It was back-to-back appointments at Eveden’s stand at February’s Fashion Exposed and the rush is bound to be on again at the August fair for those fabulous fuller-figure lingerie, swimwear and loungewear labels including Freya, Fantasie, Elomi and Fauve. Latest to join the Eveden stable is French lingerie and swimwear brand Huit. Visit Eveden on Stand 3826 |
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Caroline Moore For the current season, Caroline Moore drew inspiration from Mia Farrow, the gamine beauty of Rosemary’s Baby and The Great Gatsby fame. The Christchurch-based leather fashion icon who uses finest lambskins from New Zealand and Italy, has fresh delights for Autumn/Winter 2011. Adding drama to natural colours will be black and red. Visit Caroline Moore on Stand 3500 |
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Gypsy Kids Melbourne designer Melanie Quirk has travelled far and wide. Her global vision is reflected in her delightful infants’ wear label Gypsy Kids. Traditional influences, natural fabrics, vibrant colours and lots of mix ’n’ match options add up to fashion winners for babes. The Winter 2011collection includes cotton blend and lambswool handknits. Visit Gypsy Kids on Stand 4516 |
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Eaden Visit Eaden on Stand 3820
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M.E.L. Australia /Pua Visit M.E.L /Pua at Stand 3022
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