ZSADAR - Let’s Hear It For The Boys

When it comes to Australian designer fashion, ladies are spoilt for choice with labels and boutiques a’plenty, but it seems stylish gents don’t have it quite so easy.

HOLY HEELS

He has the same initials as Jesus Christ, and to fashionable folks is considered just as holy, that’s right folks, I’m talking about the one and only Jeffrey Campbell.

IT’S IN THE BAG

Handmade by the lovely Lauren Ferry from her studio in Geelong, Oktoberdee handbags are charming and soft to the touch, created with high quality Italian leather that is sure to last the tests of time.

MODEL MATERIAL

Riding high after taking out the coveted title of Australia’s Next Top Model, Montana Cox has hit the ground running, with the Melbournite booking a campaign for Betts only weeks after scoring the top spot on our nation’s biggest TV model search

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WA Designers On The Rise

Though the fashion industry certainly has its fair share of glamorous moments, behind the scenes it’s not all champagne, canapés and cocktail rings.

COVETING CATINI

Sophisticated, elegant and sculptural, Catherine Mancini’s debut collection, Precipice, highlights the emerging designer’s incredible design and construction abilities. Inspired by architectural shapes and forms, Precipice pushes the boundaries of contemporary fashion with bold shapes and strong silhouettes that aren’t for the weak of heart.

WASTE AWAY

The pigeons who call Wolf Lane home will have to make way for some chic, long legged birds of a different breed in the coming weeks as local fashion powerhouses Subway DC and Wasteland join forces for Wasted Days And Wasted Nights – a rocking party with a very fashionable twist.

WA-HYOGO BANSHU - Turning Japanese

Six of Western Australia’s brightest emerging designers were given the opportunity of a lifetime earlier this year thanks to the inaugural WA-Hyogo Banshu Textile Exchange Program. A collaborative project that celebrates the sister state relationship between WA and the Hyogo Prefecture, the Textile Exchange Program saw the designers travel to Japan to have their own textiles produced in a state of the art mill used by the likes of Hermes, Louis Vuitton and Giorgio Armani.

OUTSKIRTS - Passport To Northbridge

A melting pot for fashion, art, music, design and super tasty Asian food, Northbridge is a creative hub smack bang in the middle of Perth, and on Sunday, September 25, the folks at On William and the Perth Fashion Festival will celebrate everything the area has to offer with Outskirts. Packed fuller than a Dim Sum restaurant on a sunny Sunday morning, the Outskirts program is busting at the seams with awesomeness, with over 100 things to see and do between 10am and 4pm on September 25.

ALL DRESSED UP

Over the past year, hundreds of Perth based frock fanatics have discovered and fallen in love with {Em} Clothing, a Subiaco boutique stocking one thing and one thing only… fabulous dresses in every colour, silhouette and style imaginable.