Dining on Dion

It would seem somewhat sacrilegious to imagine Dion Lee’s collection set against any other backdrop than the Opera House. And what a sweet escape from fashion week madness it was, feasting on chef Guillaume’s Barramundi with pea puree & sipping martini’s with a haute hangout crew.


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Rachel Taylor wearing Dion Lee


Phoebe Tonkin wearing Dion Lee


Phoebe Tonkin, Dan Single and Candice Lake wearing Dion Lee


Bambi Northwood -Blyth


Hanne Gaby Odiele


Bryan Boy and Natalie Joos


Nick Wales and Rafael Bonachela


Me with Simone and Nicky Zimmermann


Dan Single, Mikey Nolan, Ben Jarvis and Dion Lee

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Vanishing Elephant Pops It

Designers always get bombarded just before fashion week with the same routine questions so we thought we would surprise them with quirky adaptations of the cheesiest pop culture questionnaires we could find. Huw Bennet from the designing trio, Vanishing Elephant, answered our ‘Top of the Pops’ inspired questionnaire.


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Make Up: Noni Smith Hair: Renya Xydis Model: Anastazia (Chic) wearing Vanishing Elephant

Inspiration? – It’s five years of business for Vanishing Elephant so this is a little bit of a retrospective whilst looking to the future for us. Our inspiration is often extremely vague or completely literal!
What song makes you dance regardless? – Justice vs Simian “We are your Friends”
Are you a lefty or a righty? – 1 lefty and 2 righties at Vanishing Elephant
Favourite thing to do on a night off?
A Dinner date for two – Perfect!
B Read a book
C Who knows I don’t plan that far ahead
D Drinks with your mates
Who would you rather have dinner with?
A David Bowie – circa ’74 Rebel Rebel period
B One Direction
C Madonna
D Rihanna
Could you name a Nicki Minaj song? – No
Last funny moment you recall? – Reading the previous question
Favourite cartoon character?
A Aladin
B Bart Simpson
C Tweety Bird
D Spongebob Squarepants
E Other  – The Cat Bus from Totoro
Biggest pet-peeve? – Rudeness, it ain’t difficult to put a smile on or take 5 seconds for someone else – c’mon people.

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Smashing it with We Are Handsome

At midday today Indhra and Jeremy from We are Handsome will be showing their spring/summer 14 collection. They answered a quick q&a inspired from ‘SMASH’ Hits magazine proving that they’re just as cool as their designs.


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Make Up: Noni Smith Hair: Renya Xydis Model: Solveig (IMG) and Anastazia (Chic) both wearing We Are Handsome

Inspiration? – The Discovery and The Dynasty SS13/14 collections are inspired by worlds of travel, memoirs, music and daydreaming.
Top five dinner party guests dead or alive? – Frank Sinatra, Andy Warhol, Diane Von Furstenburg, John C Reily and Amelia Earheart.
If you could live in another decade which would it be? – The 1950’s when the bikini was invented or the 1970’s when it became more liberal.
What song makes you dance regardless? – ‘You make my dreams come true’ Hall & Oates
Favourite thing to do on a Saturday night?
A Throw a fabulous dinner party
B Drinks with friends at your local watering hole
C Eat ice-cream and watch “Friends” re-runs
D Who know I don’t plan that far ahead – that’s me!
What song are you listening to on repeat? – Diclosure’s ‘Latch’
Who would you rather make a record with?
A Elton John
B Juston Timberlake
C Stevie Wonder – Definitely
D Beyonce
What superhero power would you most like to have? – Ability to fly
Ever felt like packing it all in? -Of course, I think everyone goes through the motions ‘if only we knew then what we know now’.

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Rebel Without a Cause

Get Kym ELLERY and I in a room together and conversation always turns into eyebrow raising banter. So when styling the ELLERY collection this season, the themes stayed the same; baddies, rebels, bandits, misfits, renegades. Here a documented look at this knock out collection.


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Fitting the exclusive international model Hanne Gaby Odiele (IMG) at ELLERYland.


Gorilla girl, Taylor Hill (IMG)


The look I give producer, Rachel Tuffrey when she’s calling to start the show.


Ruby Jean, raising some eyebrows (Pricillas)


Fitting the palm cuffs, which I created with Petite Grand.


Loved our white fury pointed talons by Ciate Nails


Final touches to one of my favourite fabrics the coated lace


I’m sure there will be some separation anxiety at the end of the week #nailedit

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