WELCOME VOXFROCKERS, TO YOUR DAILY DOSE OF THE VIRGIN AUSTRALIA MELBOURNE FASHION FESTIVAL.
PHOTO: Rookie crew, RMIT
OUR ROOKIE REPORTERS AND A CREW OF EMERGING PHOTOGRAPHERS FROM RMIT ARE FIRING ON ALL CYLINDERS AND, WITH EDITOR, JANICE BREEN BURNS AND LEGENDARY PHOTOGRAPHER, MONTY COLES THEY’LL BE YOUR MUST-HAVE ACCESSORY UNTIL VAMFF’S LAST LIGHT WINKS OUT OVER ITS GRAND FINALE “ROMANCE WAS BORN” CATWALK NEXT SUNDAY, MARCH 22.
PHOTO: RMIT Rookie crew
SLIP A ‘LIKE’ INTO OUR STREAM OF TWEETS, INSTAGRAMS AND FACEBOOK POSTS, SHARE US AROUND, CLICK ON VOXFROCK.COM.AU FOR YOUR DAILY DOSE OF VAMFF AND, IF YOU’VE NOT PENCILLED A FROCKSHOW OR SIX INTO YOUR DIARY, BEST GET A WIGGLE ON AND DO SO HERE BEFORE SEATS SELL OUT.
PHOTO: RMIT Rookie Crew
FIRST UP, ONE OF VOXFROCK’S FAVORITE STARLETS, THE MULTI-TALENTED ALEXIA PETSINIS (PICTURED) KICKS OFF OUR COVERAGE FROM THE FRONT ROW OF VAMFF’S OPENING SHOW. BACKSTAGE AND REHEARSAL PHOTOS BY RMIT’S ROOKIE CREW AND CATWALK BY LUCAS DAWSON. FOR THE COMPLETE PHOTOGRAPHIC ESSAY OF VAMFF’S FIRST DAY OF RUNWAYS, CLICK ON MONTY COLES’ WWW.THELOUPE.ORG.
Last night, David Jones showcased Australia’s finest including Michael Lo Sordo, Scanlan Theodore, Romance Was Born and Thurley. Frow (front row)? Brow (back row)? Who cares…VAMFF is here again folks!
Distilled in the chatter of an exuberant crowd, fizzing champagne was hushed by a drumming pulse as David Jones ambassadors Jessica Gomes and Montana Cox sauntered forth in tribal Camilla kaftans. Bohemian visions of fearless femininity. What followed was an edit of “I really-really-really-need-that-in-my-wardrobe-like-now” casual daywear collections from Bassike, Jac +Jack and Sabatini, curated with an emphasis on chunky knits and monochrome layering.
Jac and Jack. PHOTO: LUCAS DAWSON
“Is that half a skirt and half a pant?” pondered Lady Melbourne’s Phoebe Montague when a perplexingly ingenius Christopher Esber (‘Skant’/ ‘Panirt’?) creation appeared. Indeed, the conventions and cuts of traditional tailoring were challenged in shift dresses and suits by Nicola Finetti and Camilla and Marc; the former offering an illusionistic interplay between pattern and symmetry.
Nicola Finetti. PHOTO: LUCAS DAWSON
With prints kept to a minimum, Ellery and Willow’s aerodynamic frocks fluttered hearts with weightless, cascading forms (a magic exceeding bias cutting, surely?) Conversely, Strateas Carlucci demonstrated the perks of borrowing from brothers and boyfriends (sort of), empowering silhouettes with deep V-neck styles and wide leg proportions.
And Voxfrock never forgets the gents… Tiger of Sweden reinterpreted 1960s ‘Rat Pack’ suit styles (yes, that’s vest, tie AND jacket for the dapper gent), while Jack London and Calibre remained true to form; that is, really ridiculously good looking, with a series of ‘hero’ blazers in wool and dazzling gold fabrications.
Jack London. PHOTO: LUCAS DAWSON
We love nothing more than cluster of home-grown design talents nestled under one roof. We love a good party too. Oh and we also love a good selfie…(Do we? – we’re coming round on that one.)
Put your best frocks forward…VAMFF IS GO!
Alexia Petsinis, info@voxfrock.com.au
