YOUR HOLY HUMPDAY TRINITY OF VITAL FROCKY NEWSBITS
HAPPY!
The Voxfrockers are naturally happy as clams but we’re whipped to a fizz by any news of the fashion industry facing, full frontal, its myriad moral responsibilities on this vast and littered planet. Mr. Happy himself Pharrell Williams, for example, via G-Star denim and a bunch of other responsible fashionables, warms our cockles and strums our strings more than most. The first miraculous Raw For The Ocean fashion collection by Pharrell for G-Star has already happened and, this week, another was announced. For those not familiar, G-Star coupled with Bionic Yarns which creates fabrics from recycled plastic waste scooped out of the world’s oceans, and Parley For the Oceans, a creative and activist platform, to develop a denim collection. Backed and fronted by Pharrell, it focuses attention on the vulnerable waters that cover our delicate planet. G-Star’s RAW for the Oceans by Pharrell Williams, in other words, has a moral compass pinging among its smashing denims, tees, bomber jackets, playsuits, accessories and sweaters. Have a squiz and shop on www.g-star.com.
POPART FOR POPPETS
Pop, whizz, bang, fun, edgy, irresistable. Designer Inge Holst picked this six-word mantra for her Carousel & Bazaar fashion collection pitched at girls aged six to 12 and, she may just have nailed it. The so-called Tweenie girls market is the trickiest fashion category for any designer to navigate. It’s defeated countless lesser mortals whose hearts have at first swelled at the thrilling challenge to find a solution (too childish, too adult, too old, too sexy, too….), then shrivelled in the clash of competing opinions; adolescent girls, their parents, and the whole dang tut-tutting public-at-large. Inge Holst picked the Pop Art movement to inspire Carousel & Bazaar and appears to have solved a tangle of tricky issues in one bright, boxy, blast of modern compatibles as crisp and covetable (by poppets, parents AND the tut-tutting public) as a prime-time cartoon. www.carouselandbazaar.com
PRIX DE MARIE CLAIRE AWARDS
Oh, for the days, Dear Reader, when frocky people were often whisked in style (First class! Limousines! Five stars!) from city to city for any fashionable kneezup bigger than tea for three. Like, for example, last night’s outrageously lavish Prix De Marie Claire Beauty Awards at Sydney’s Fox Studios. Were we whisked? We were not. If we were, we might conjure here, something of the atmosphere that 25,000 flickering candles, clustered in the inspired manner of a Palace of Versailles, could effect around the roaring, gorgeous, glamperamping chaos of 200 guests (“Australia’s key fashion and beauty personalities….”), 40-odd models and all the trappings of a glinting silver-and-crystal black tie dinner mounted with no apparent expense spared to celebrate the awards’ 10th anniversary. But, like we said, we were not whisked. (Sad face.) We weren’t there. However. We do have this (comparatively dull, but, what can you do?) list of awards handed out on the night, minus, of course, the gushing speeches, hot tears, intrigueing little frocktales, and wild applause. Do your own conjuring….
2015 PRIX DE MARIE CLAIRE BEAUTY AWARD WINNERS:
(READERS’ CHOICE)
BEST FRAGRANCE: Chanel Coco Noir Parfum
BEST MAKE-UP PRODUCT (SPLURGE): Napoleon Perdis Stroke of Genius Liquid Cashmere Foundation SPF 20
BEST MAKE-UP PRODUCT (STEAL): Revlon Colorstay Moisture Stain
BEST SKINCARE PRODUCT (SPLURGE) : Estee Lauder Advanced Night Repair Eye Synchoronised Complex 11
BEST SKINCARE PRODUCT (STEAL): L’Oreal Paris Revitalift Magic Blur Daily Anti-Ageing Moisturiser
BEST HAIRCARE/STYLING PRODUCT (SPLURGE): GHD Curve Curl Wand
BEST HAIRCARE/STYLING PRODUCT (STEAL): John Frieda Frizz Ease Extra Strength 6 Effects Serum
BEST BODY PRODUCT (SPLURGE): L’Occitane Supple Skin Oil with Almond Oil
BEST BODY PRODUCT (STEAL): Palmer’s Cocoa Butter Forumula Rapid Moisture Spray Lotion
BEST AUSTRALIAN BEAUTY BRAND: Napoleon Perdis
BEST MEN’S GROOMING PRODUCT: Clinique For Men Face Scrub
BEST MEN’S FRAGRANCE: Giorgio Armani Code Ice EDT
The inimitable Napoleon Perdis won two major awards.
FASHION – 2015 PRIX DE MARIE CLAIRE AWARD WINNERS:
READERS’ CHOICE
BEST AUSTRALIAN FASHION BRAND: Cue (main picture, top)
BEST AUSTRALIAN ACCESSORIES BRAND: Tony Bianco
BEST SWIMWEAR BRAND: Seafolly
BEST AUSTRALIAN DESIGNER: Zimmermann
EDITOR’S CHOICE
BEST AUSTRALIAN DESIGNER: Kym Ellery
BEST AUSTRALIAN FASHION BRAND: Bassike
BEST AUSTRALIAN ACCESSORIES BRAND: Sarah & Sebastian
BEST NEW/UP-AND-COMING AUSTRALIAN DESIGNER: Strateas Carlucci
BEST AUSTRALIAN BOUTIQUE: Parlour X
BEST AUSTRALIAN EVENINGWEAR DESIGNER: Toni Maticevski
BEST SWIMWEAR BRAND: Ephemera –
FASHION WITH HEART: Witchery
SPECIAL ACHIEVEMENT AWARD: Alex Perry
POSTSCRIPT UPDATE: THE VOXFROCK MONDAY GIVEAWAY
The Voxfrockers were thrilled to the gills to receive a record number of entries. Winners have been notified, Kirstie Clements‘ book, Impressive: How to Have a Stylish Career and DVDs of Advanced Style are now winging their way to them as we speak and Voxfrock’s next Fashion Writing Masterclass, Be A Better Blogger, is booked to the brim with happy campers. Thank you to all those who entered.
Compiled by Terry Carruthers, info@voxfrock.com.au with Janice Breen Burns, jbb@voxfrock.com.au
