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Flame war - Elliot Ward-Fear and Thom Kerr do battle for Autumn/Winter 2012

pattyhuntington@gmail.com (patty huntington) — Fri, 27 Jan 2012 04:18:00 +0000

Elliot Ward-Fear’s moment in the sun has been a long time coming. The 23 year old NSW TAFE graduate, who hails from the picturesque Blue Mountains just outside of Sydney, has yet to make a standalone runway outing in Australia. That’s due to change in late April, when he is scheduled to stage his...

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Is Andrej Pejic about to sign a fragrance deal?

pattyhuntington@gmail.com (patty huntington) — Mon, 23 Jan 2012 08:02:00 +0000

jean paul gaultier FW1213/getty via daylife Frockwriter was interested to watch the following story on Andrej Pejic which aired overnight on Sept à Huit on France’s TF1 Channel. The story followed Pejic in fittings and rehearsals for Jean Paul Gaultier’s Fall/Winter 2012/2013 menswear show last...

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Man up

pattyhuntington@gmail.com (patty huntington) — Thu, 19 Jan 2012 00:32:00 +0000

Australian women have become a force to contend with on the international runways, now here come the guys. The Fall/Winter 2012/2013 menswear shows are currently underway in Europe and while there is no sign so far of androgynous superstar Andrej Pejic (who nevertheless looks like a sure bet for at...

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Carl Kapp's couture capers in KL

pattyhuntington@gmail.com (patty huntington) — Tue, 17 Jan 2012 04:33:00 +0000

via balik pulau A burgeoning Aussiewood fanbase already lusts after Carl Kapp's chic draped silk evening gowns and killer tailoring, but now Kapp can add political stylist to his repertoire. On December 30, the South African-born, Sydney-based designer (pictured below, backstage at his debut...

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To Marcs with love

pattyhuntington@gmail.com (patty huntington) — Wed, 11 Jan 2012 05:22:00 +0000

Another day, another Australian Autumn/Winter 2012 campaign reveal. After casting Julia Nobis for two seasons, opposite rising Oz stars Broed Dilleward and Nick Hinman, sportswear chain Marcs upped the ante last summer with five fresh Australian faces. Creative director Rachel Allen has gone for a...

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Emma Balfour gives David Lawrence a code red for Autumn/Winter 2012

pattyhuntington@gmail.com (patty huntington) — Tue, 10 Jan 2012 03:27:00 +0000

Happy New Year to frockwriter's readers. New year, new look for Emma Balfour? Behold a first look at a red-headed Balfour in the Autumn/Winter 2012 campaign for David Lawrence, her third consecutive campaign for the Australian sportswear brand. Shot, once again, by Georges Antoni, this season’s DL...

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Prue Lewington: style editor, photographer, exhibitionist

pattyhuntington@gmail.com (patty huntington) — Thu, 15 Dec 2011 05:11:00 +0000

We’ve read a lot about self-taught blogger photographers. A good eye and an even better camera can work wonders for anyone seeking to fill their online publishing ventures with original photographic material. Scott ‘The Sartorialist’ Schuman, Tommy ‘Jak & Jil’ Ton and Todd ‘The Selby’ Selby...

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Andrej Pejic wraps 2011 in a lingerie campaign for Hema

pattyhuntington@gmail.com (patty huntington) — Tue, 13 Dec 2011 09:01:00 +0000

parool It's Victoria's Secret all right. He closed Jean Paul Gaultier’s haute couture show in Paris as the traditional bride. He channelled Marilyn Monroe. He was presented to the Queen at Buckingham Palace. What other accomplishments could the androgynous, Bosnian-born, Melbourne-raised modelling...

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Liv life

pattyhuntington@gmail.com (patty huntington) — Mon, 12 Dec 2011 03:45:00 +0000

thom kerr Whatever happened to Olivia O’Driscoll? In 2008, at age 17, she emerged as one of New Zealand’s most promising modelling newcomers. Repped internationally by IMG, she walked in four Paris haute couture shows in July that year, before flying to to Milan on an exclusive option for the...

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The high Low

pattyhuntington@gmail.com (patty huntington) — Fri, 02 Dec 2011 05:54:00 +0000

chic management Twenty-two year-old Brisbane-ite Angus Low may prove extra popular on the international circuit, once any runway colleagues suffering from back pain twig that he doubles as a physio. Low graduated last year from the University of Queensland with a Bachelor of Physiotherapy Studies...

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In any office other than Terry Richardson's, this might be considered sexual harassment

pattyhuntington@gmail.com (patty huntington) — Wed, 30 Nov 2011 02:50:00 +0000

detail/diesel mexico's twitter Just another day at the office for Terry Richardson, photographed here during what appears to be a Diesel photoshoot. Below is the original photo as it appeared on Diesel Mexico’s Twitter feed several hours ago (NSFW). The male models are all wearing Diesel...

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Paul de Gelder: Navy diver, shark attack survivor, smoking hot swimwear model

pattyhuntington@gmail.com (patty huntington) — Tue, 29 Nov 2011 01:22:00 +0000

silke stuckenbrock/the navy diver Aimee Mullins meet Paul de Gelder. Much has been written – and broadcast - about de Gelder’s near brush with death on February 11, 2009, when the then 31 year-old Royal Australian Navy clearance diver and former paratrooper and East Timor peacekeeper came...

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Lanvin's Lucas Ossendrijver covers the launch issue of Manuscript

pattyhuntington@gmail.com (patty huntington) — Tue, 15 Nov 2011 01:19:00 +0000

Sydney-based freelance fashion journo Mitchell Oakley-Smith isn’t one for resting on his laurels. Already the author of one coffee table book through Thames & Hudson Australia – Fashion: Australian and New Zealand designers – T&H Australia has just released a second collection of his...

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Kim Kardashian wants you to buy her handbags but she'd rather carry Balenciaga

pattyhuntington@gmail.com (patty huntington) — Thu, 03 Nov 2011 07:33:00 +0000

splash via the daily mail Sydney-based entrepreneur Bruno Schiavi managed to convince Kim Kardashian to sign a global fashion and accessories deal, so you'd figure he would have taken care of a little detail like what brand handbag she was carrying when she arrived at Sydney Airport yesterday,...

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Transsex and the city

pattyhuntington@gmail.com (patty huntington) — Wed, 02 Nov 2011 05:57:00 +0000

screen cap 'transsex & the city' Chloe Sevigny channels Terry Richardson on the cover of the third edition of Candy, Luis Venegas’s irreverent “transversal style magazine”. And inside the edition, following last issue’s hilarious tranny take on American Vogue’s Anna Wintour and Grace...

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Chloe Sevigny covers Candy as Terry Richardson

pattyhuntington@gmail.com (patty huntington) — Wed, 02 Nov 2011 05:28:00 +0000

screen cap/luis venegas's vimeo Candy, the world’s “first transversal style magazine”, frocked up model Luke Worrall and actor James Franco as women for the covers of its first and second issues. For its just-launched third issue, Candy has transformed actor Chloe Sevigny into a drag king – and in...

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Colourblocking with the stars: Melbourne Cup 2011

pattyhuntington@gmail.com (patty huntington) — Tue, 01 Nov 2011 01:40:00 +0000

getty via daylife And they're off. The 2011 Melbourne Cup race day is underway at Flemington Raceourse and the fashion competition is heating up. A few shots to dribble in indicate that colour is an early trend. Hardly surprising of course, given that intense colour is a major trend of Australia's...

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The fashion commute

pattyhuntington@gmail.com (patty huntington) — Mon, 31 Oct 2011 23:23:00 +0000

steven meisel via vogue.it In one of those amusing art-imitates-life scenarios, the ever-creative Vogue Italia released a preview of its November cover story overnight. A 26-page fashion editorial lensed, of course, by Steven Meisel, 'The A train' depicts supermodel Raquel Zimmermann commuting on...

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But Dita Von Teese was the belle of the ball

pattyhuntington@gmail.com (patty huntington) — Sat, 29 Oct 2011 08:19:00 +0000

getty via daylife Dita Von Teese might have bucked with tradition at Flemington Racecourse today by failing to adhere to Derby Day's traditional black and white dress code. But while there were some terribly chic ensembles at the track - Lindy Klim springs to mind, in an elegant black sheath dress...

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Miss J is the belle of the Derby

pattyhuntington@gmail.com (patty huntington) — Sat, 29 Oct 2011 03:50:00 +0000

getty via daylife Derby Day is in full swing but at time of posting, not a whole heap of fashion coverage was forthcoming either from the mainstream media or the real-time crew. In the interim, here are a few shots from Getty. Most adhered to the traditional black and white dress code of the first...

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Bambi Northwood-Blyth covers V magazine with Lindsey Wixson

pattyhuntington@gmail.com (patty huntington) — Fri, 28 Oct 2011 22:19:00 +0000

v magazine Australia's Bambi Northwood-Blyth is on a roll. Behold the latest cover of US fashion magazine V starring Northwood-Blyth together with Lindsey Wixson - one of four covers of V's issue #74, shot by Terry Richardson and styled by ex Vogue Paris editor Carine Roitfeld. Each cover pairs...

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King Flinn

pattyhuntington@gmail.com (patty huntington) — Mon, 24 Oct 2011 08:53:00 +0000

The live finale of Australia's Next Top Model is tomorrow night at the Sydney Opera House, a time that's sure to prompt a little soul-searching amongst ANTM-ites. Questions such as "Will the series be renewed for 2012?" and "Will I, won't I, have my contract renewed"? Although no Foxtel...

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Triggonometry

pattyhuntington@gmail.com (patty huntington) — Fri, 21 Oct 2011 08:24:00 +0000

iris van herpen haute couture FW1112/style.it Adelaide is emerging as quite the model springboard. This time last year frockwriter popped over to the Adelaide Fashion Festival and stumbled upon a new face just-signed to local agency Finesse Models, Melissa Johannsen. Johannsen has since emerged as...

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Royal commission: The Queen's Australian tour wardrobe

pattyhuntington@gmail.com (patty huntington) — Thu, 20 Oct 2011 03:54:00 +0000

reuters via daylife Because noone ever seems to track what eightysomethings wear on the red carpet, frockwriter thought we would buck with tradition and clock the frocks in which HM Queen Elizabeth II rocks up during her 10-day visit to Australia. This is her 16th trip downunder and many predict...

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Bull market

pattyhuntington@gmail.com (patty huntington) — Wed, 19 Oct 2011 06:36:00 +0000

tom bull by justin chung Andrej Pejic is the undisputed king of Australian mens’ modelling right now – even if he’s rocking womenswear half of the time. Although yet to make the big dollars, in terms of profile, it’s impossible to ignore Pejic, with global news stories about him rolling out on...

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