CULT FILM STARS SIMON PEGG AND NICK FROST AND DIRECTOR EDGAR WRIGHT are booked for red carpet duties at the Australian premiere of The World’s End, Tuesday July 16 in Melbourne. The film caps the trio’s Three Flavours Cornetto trilogy that began with Shaun of the Dead in 2004 and hit comic cult status with Hot Fuzz in 2007. The World’s End opens with an interrupted pub crawl by five school-leavers in 1990, and follows their ill fated attempts at an encore – hellishly twisted – 20 years later. Peggsters and Frosters should mark their spot behind the velvet ropes before 5.45 pm. Tuesday July 16 at Hoyts, Melbourne Central cinema complex and Shot Tower Square, corner Swanston and Latrobe Streets, Melbourne. A screening in Sydney is planned on July 17 however, details were unavailable at the time of posting. The film opens on general release, Thurday, July 19. www.theworldsendmovie.co.uk
ARTY CRAFTY UBER-MO-DERNE CULT HOMEWARES BRAND WEST ELM, owned by US brand cluster Williams Sonoma which also owns Pottery Barn, will open its first Melbourne store at 464 Chapel Street, South Yarra in September, at the same time it launches its first London store. “The cities of London and Melbourne have such vibrant communities centered around design and innovation,” explains West Elm president, Jim Brett. “I couldn’t think of two better locations for our next stores.” In fact, Mr. Brett thought of a better location earlier this year when he opened a West Elm store in Sydney’s Bondi Junction shopping centre, as well as a couple of other Williams Sonoma brand stores including a Pottery Barn. But, let’s not quibble. The West Elm aesthetic is chic, its production ethical, and customers are encouraged not to adopt a look, but use every purchase to adapt to their own style. www.westelm.com
AUTHOR ELLA ROGERS’ BOOK WORLD WIDE WARDROBE, is a global guide to shopping all categories of current season designer fashion (women’s, men’s, kids, maternity, et. al) for up to 80 per cent discounted prices. “After moving to Australia from the UK, I was surprised at the lack of variety and how expensive it was to buy clothing for myself and my family,” says the mother of three boys. “I wanted to continue to buy all the high street brands on offer overseas, but without the price tag, so I set out to research websites that will allow me to buy luxe fashion at affordable prices.” Available in bookstores, $19.95 and ebook versions on Apple and Amazon. www.worldwidewardrobe.com.au
NINE NEXT-BIG-BRITISH-THINGS WILL SHOW COLLECTIONS in the Topshop-sponsored NEWGEN initiative at London Fashion Week’s spring/summer 2014 series, September 13 – 17. The British Fashion Council edit of fashion’s most promising emergers is regarded as a fair predictor of future success. This batch of Chosen Ones, pictured from left, include Liam Fahy, Cozette McCreery of Sister by Sibling, Paulo Almeida of Marques Almeida, Joe Bates of Sister by Sibling, Jackie Lee of J.JS Lee, Sid Bryan of Sister by Sibling, Paula Gerbase of 1205, Marta Marques of Marques Almeida, Lucas Nascimento, Sophia Webster and Simone Rocha. Designer Nasir Mazhar was not available for this shoot. www.londonfashionweek.co.uk
Photograph: Marius W Hansen
ARTIST GINA KALABISHIS’ LOVE AND LIMERENCE EXHIBITION is showing at the Catherine Asquith Gallery until July 27. Next Saturday, July 13, from 2 to 4 pm., Ms. Kalabishis will be around to explain her elegant, whimsical paintings based on compositions by Ikebana artist Norman Sparnon (1913-1995). The odd coupling of concepts and mediams resulted in Ms. Kalabishis’ intriguing re-examinations of Australian landscape and fauna. Ms. Kalabishis’ award-winning work is exhibited and collected around the world. Next March she will feature in a group exhibition by women artists to celebrate International Women’s Day at the Australian Consulate-General, New York. Pictured, “Sara”, oil on linen ($7000), a work in “Love and Limerence” at 48 Oxford St., Collingwood, (03) 9417 2828. www.catherineasquithgallery.com
THE SLEEK, CHIC AND MUCH LAUDED LEATHER TOTES BY BRITISH DESIGNER SOPHIE HULME arrived in stock at Hunt Leather stores this week. Miss Hulme’s aesthetic is simple but striking with clean silhouettes and restrained hardware details. In Australia, her touch-and-feel customers can secure theirs at Hunt Leather stores for $1190, including its spectacular new two-level Sydney flagship by architect Adrian Spence opened this week in The Strand Arcade. The store’s exotic antiques, rich timber panelling and cabinatry and grand stair case evoke the romantic history of travel and are worth a visit for their own sake to Shop 2, Ground Floor, 412 George Street, Sydney, 1800083355. www.huntleather.com.au
Compiled by Terry Carruthers, intern@voxfrock.com.au
