This is Voxfrock’s take on a runway concept as brave and rare as it is logical: a show pitched at women who have lived long enough, become discerning enough, and are traditionally cashed-up enough to invest in good fashion. Who knew! What’s your take on this strangely strange fashion phenomenon? Dive into reels from the night and access brands’ social media links here and scroll on for all the joy and bustle of backstage below. Bon appetit. (Click back for the Voxfrockers’ wrap reports from MFF’s final shows and streetstyle opps)
Photos: Chrissy Dore Words: Janice Breen burns
Melbourne Fashion Festival‘s divisible “F@&# The Invisible” show was a curation of bits of brands picked especially for women not fond of stepping back (ie: into the social shadows) after “une certain age”.
In fact, I’ve never met a woman in need of romper bloomers or peaked satin flashsleeves to stomp their stamp on a youth obsessed world. (Actual odd-ballers scattered through the show’s more realistic mo-derne options.) However, show any self-confident woman of mature years a chic bespoke silver trench or fully-floofed dirndl and tailored silk military blouse and -odds on – they’ll reconsider their beloved “invisible” classics any day.
There was suchmuch to love in this cringy-named show but, most deliciously on its coincidence with International Women’s Day, was the crazylove joy of designers for other designers; the wild applause and jealousless support. It’s a girl thang.