Short post: three breakneck lunchhour minutes.
LAST CHANCE MELBOURNE
Vintage Courreges, Missoni, Chanel, Versace, Pucci, Kenzo, Mugler, Hermes etcetera. Friday, Saturday, Sunday June 13, 14, 15, Como House, Cnr. Williams Rd and Lechlade Avenue, South Yarra.
Fashion historian Alison Waters warns This Is It. The fabled box-fresh collection of 1970s and 1980s garments formerly owned by late legendary Melbourne fashion doyenne Mary Lipshut will be dispersed forever after next week’s Final Sale. The unique, unworn stocks, including Courreges, Missoni and Pucci, were mothballed for decades since the 1970s then gradually racked and sold, appointment by appointment from the 1990s by Mrs. Lipshut, and sale by sale more recently by Danielle Goodwin of Hawkeye Vintage. Ms. Waters is acting for Miss Goodwin and Hawkeye Vintage which will host this once-in-a-lifetime last hoorah for vintage fashion lovers. A percentage of the proceeds will go to the sale’s host venue, Como House, a National Trust property in the Melbourne suburb of South Yarra. “Some amazing vintage pieces from the 1960s to 80s including labels such as Chanel, Yves St Laurent, Kenzo, Fendi , Versace, Courreges, Missoni, are all seriously collectable investment vintage couture,” Ms. Waters says of the collection, adding; “This vintage sale is astonishing for its low prices.”
Original Courreges from Mary Lipshut’s remarkable collection at Hawkeye Vintage
More than 3,000 pieces will be presented in the ballroom of Como House with prices ranging from $10 to $1000. “I am particularly taken with Danielle’s Courreges collection, purchased (by Mrs. Lipshut) in France in the 1960s and 1970s,” Ms. Waters says. Most pieces still have their original tags attached. “Courreges had studied under the couture master Balenciaga (and) Courreges fashion was heavily featured in French film in the 1960s and 1970s. The lengths of his dresses went to extremes, whether very long (maxis) or very short. Both he and Mary Quant are credited with the mini. Courreges was associated with vibrant colors as well, mostly in a primary palette.” Ms. Waters forwarded this clip of Courreges’ kooky aesthetic, circa 1970 (look past the blur), to drive home her points; “It still resonates today.”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xFYOlVyfOj4
HOT CLICKS
Another day, another retail revelation or three or six. Stylematch and Eocene are the latest startups to hitch modus operandi to the curated fashion online revolution. Voxfrock likes Stylematch for its “virtual fitting room”, a tricky-to-implement-but-gratifying-to-master adjunct to its mixed mobile-friendly stream of low-to-high-fashion womens, mens, kids wear and accessories.
A line of jackets on Stylematch.com.au
It works by suspending a photo of your garment choice on your mobile screen which can be then overlaid on a mirror-shot selfie. If you get our drift. Voxfrock’s first cluster of basket items triggered re-directions to ASOS, Farfetch, Lane Crawford and Topshop but we estimated 70,000-odd items are available across all categories from a vaster range of global retail sources. Click to shop www.stylematch.com.au
Eocene is a more ruthless fashion edit favoring a mix of moderately off-beat, emerging and harder-to-come-by offerings from global niche brands such as Peter Jensen, Soulland, Still Good, Saint Paul, Francis Leon and Opening Ceremony. Individualists, in other words, rejoice.
London brand Peter Jensen’s lineup on www.eocene.com.au
One of several faves nominated by the Voxfrockians was Peter Jensen’s Julie sweater featuring motif by Danish artist Julie Verhoevan, $180 (Detail featured, main photo, top.) Shop it here, and the full range at www.eocene.com.au.
