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12 October 2012, by Rachael Ciccarelli
Image sources (L-R): Anna Dello Russo photo from King of People, Leandra Medine from The Manrepeller and Garance Dore from cdn06.dayviews.com.
I’ve got a recipe for you: take one Vogue editor (Anna Dello Russo) add the reigning queen and princess of the blog-world (Garance Dore and Leandra Medine, Man Repeller), put them all in reflective sunglasses; add fashion weeks, in succession, across the world. Voila! You have a trend that will rule the beaches and sun-drenched café strips this summer: reflector sunglasses.
But it was bound to happen. Months ago, Garance blogged about her sudden lust for reflector glasses, musing that perhaps it was hours of obsessive Tour De France viewing that had wormed it’s way into her psyche causing a wanton desire for a look that had been discarded by everyone bar Cadel Evans since the 90s. But we all know better, because the rules for fashion of late might as well be “Hey, a look that’s been abandoned since 1991? By god, let’s wear that again!” And so, here we are – this Forrest Chase blogger looking at the fiftieth photo of Anna Dello Russo at fashion week in fantastic reflector sunglasses just before bed, subsequently dreaming about sunglasses/ going on a series of wacky, champagne fuelled adventures with ADR, and then resolving to buy mirrored glasses in the morning. Ladies and gentlemen: I give you fashion.
Naturally, I’ve done the scouring for you because I’m the best person you’ll ever not-really-know:
Image sources (clockwise from top): Coupe, $39.95 from Sportsgirl, Dolce and Gabbana glasses, $690 from Sunglass Hut and Oakley sunglasses, $159.95 from Sunglass Hut.
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05 October 2012, by Rachael Ciccarelli
Image sources: Jennifer Hawkins Cozi Bikinis from Myer.
For someone who spent her entire winter eating and moving between the couch and wine stash, I am inordinately excited about bikini season. Blame it on the luscious rays of sunlight, the promise of olive skin, or on the fact that a glut of summer tops this season are essentially bikinis, but I cannot WAIT to hit the shops and get myself a bikini or 20. (My excuse for wanting 20 bikinis, if you were wondering, is that changing them up blurs your tan lines). So now that it’s hot enough to hit the beach and visions of triangular tribal print swimwear is haunting my dreams, I bring you a guide to the best swimwear. In October. It might be a bit early, but if department stores can pimp tinsel and Christmas lights in September then I’m allowed to ponder swimwear before its officially summer. Anyway, enough chat, more beautifully patterned scraps of lycra!
Wild colourful prints, you say? Retro shapes, you say? Frills too? Sold! Look, while I don’t believe Jen Hawkins is particularly interesting trash magazine fodder (she has a sports-playing boyfriend and they’re healthy, happy and engaged? Zzzzzzzzzz – give me car crash Lindsay Lohan or a pregnant Kardashian girl any day) there’s no debating the woman knows her way around a bikini. And I don’t blame her – if I had a stomach that flat I’d wear swimwear 365 days in a row regardless of the weather. Jen’s label Cozi delivers on style, cut and quality every time: and the front frilly underwire bikini is no different. It’s flirty and fun, but also practical – those reinforced, wired cups are going to keep you upright and, for lack of a better term, fastened up. I’m also partial to her moulded balconette one piece, which employs the similarly effective scaffolding for your ladies and a bit of tummy coverage – not to mention the totally flattering zig-zagged pattern to draw the eye diagonally across your body. And lastly, for a little bit of scantily clad fun, you can’t really go past a leopard print sting bikini. It’s a touch of LA raunch subdued by colour, and is perfect for women with athletic body shapes – so the sliding triangle top doesn’t move, and your body doesn’t either.
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27 September 2012, by Rachael Ciccarelli
Image sources: (L-R) Makeup by Anthony Vaccarello from Daily Makeover, makeup by Georgio Armani from Fashionising.com and makeup by Moschino from Fashionising.com.
So, I saw the ghost of my past yesterday. It just appeared from nowhere, staring with unblinking blue-rimmed eyes. You may have felt something like it before – you’re innocently humming along, checking your social medias, liking, laughing and silently judging and then SUDDENLY, BAM a photo of a model in turquoise eyeliner appears and you know youth is over. How? Well how couldn’t it be, when you first copied that look from a magazine as a misguided 14 year old only to hit the shops looking like an amateurish tribute to Dame Barbara Cartland?? The realization that blue eyeliner has clawed it’s way back again (without first consulting me, ahem) serves not only to make me feel crotchety and wrinkled, but also inspires a duty to protect you.
Because blue (and thankfully, not pink -yet-) was THE makeup accent colour of the Spring/Summer 13 catwalks, it’s only a matter of time before everyone hops on board – so you might as well be first. From the cat-eyed girls at Armani and Alice + Olivia, to the pared back, shimmering icy blue lids at Anthony Vaccarello, and the pop-eyed girls at Moschino Cheap and Chic and Anna Sui; blue is back out of the dress up box and there’s nothing you can do about it. Or is there?
DO:
- Use inky blue in a smoky eyed evening look as a bit of a shake up from browns and greys
- Try a pop of bright blue underline along your lower lash and a nude lid with minimal lashes.
- Use a light hand when applying – a little in the right shade for your skin tone will brighten your eyes, a lot will make you look like a drag queen.
DON'T:
- Do a pink cheek or a bold lip with your blue eye makeup. This is the main step to avoiding looking like the late great Dame Barbara and/or any cross-dressing relatives you might have. Blue eye makeup is enough on it’s own.
- Start right out with a loud blue unless you’re a dab hand with makeup– begin with the silver and grey tones, then work your way up.
- Match everything and go blue eyeliner with blue shadow with blue mascara. Pick one and do normal/neutral everything else.
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21 September 2012, by Rachael Ciccarelli
Image sources: Mel B in Perth photo from Perth Now, Peroni Beer (sponsor of PFF) from Perth Fashion Festival, Sarah Pauley photo from The West.com.au.
Along with Scary Spice, Sarah Pauley: the tallest model in the world and interestingly enough, Italian beer, the Perth Fashion Festival has kicked off once again, ready to showcase some of our best and brightest, some best and brightest from other parts of the country, and mostly to cripple our feet as we make a week-long commitment to uncomfortable yet beautiful shoes. We’ve got four more days of foot-murdering glory left to go, so I’ve done the helpful thing and cherry-picked events for the weekend to make sure you make the most of your PFF time.
 | Friday, September 21
Tonight has got to be all about Fashionably Loud at Brookfield Place. Not only is it FREE, sweet cheeks Fremantle band San Cisco (who are the first-ever Australian band to sign to Fat Possum/RCA; the same label that The Strokes, The Black Keys and Kings of Leon are on) will be rocking out while total babes styled by Zara Bryson hit the catwalk in labels like Ellery, Equipment and Karen Walker. Banging.
5pm @ Brookfield Place - 125 St Georges Terrace, Perth |
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 | Saturday, September 22
How does another free event sound? Fantastic? I thought so. At the very least, you can save all your pennies for the threads you’ll want to buy after the fact. WA designer boutique Hatch has two runway shows on offer, parading iconic and emerging West Australian talent (so probably, what PFF is all about) – take a sneak peek at what designers like Zhivago, Bhalo and Jeromy Lim have in store for you and wear the next big thing before everyone else does.
Saturday 22nd September, 11am | Sunday 23rd September, 2pm @ STM Fashion Central, Forrest Place |
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 | Sunday, September 23
OK, so this one is ticketed but in my opinion, the Student Runway is always the best show of the lot – a rampaging parade of fresh ideas and creativity… and a chance to see design in it’s infancy, before it becomes diluted by the constraints of commercial viability. If nothing else, you can be the annoying one to turn around and say “I saw their first ever show” when they make it big – and await all the rolled eyes and slaps from your grandchildren.
6:30pm @ Fashion Paramount, WA Museum |
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