MBFWA 2013: ROOPA PEMMARAJU SS13/14
After debuting at MBFWA last year, Roopa Pemmaraju followed up the success of their last Spring/Summer collection with an equally impressive display of colour and workmanship. Garments were made from...
LMFF 2013: THE BEAUTY LOOKS FROM RUNWAY 07
Runway 7 opted for a look reminiscent of the pin-up era, but with the personality of a modern-day woman; think Scarlett Johansson in Vanity Fair. Flushed cheeks, rosy lips, and sparkling eyes made...
DAY 4 STREET STYLE
Images by Wanda Chin and Sabine...
LMFF 2013: THE BEAUTY LOOKS FROM RUNWAY 06
LMFF's Runway 06, presented by Cosmopolitan Magazine, took on a 5th Element vibe with a Leeloo-esque heroine. Strong facial features were highlighted with warm brown, gold, beige, rose and bronzed...
DAY 3 STREET STYLE
Images by Wanda...
LMFF DESIGNER RUNWAY 5: HARPER’S BAZAAR
The well-heeled crowd was awash with colour on Friday evening as LMFF devotees took over Melbourne’s Docklands precinct. L’Oreal Melbourne Fashion Festival’s fifth designer runway for the season proved...
LMFF 2013: THE BEAUTY LOOKS FROM RUNWAY 5
Black and white monochrome and leather adorned the L’Oreal Melbourne Fashion Festival’s Runway 5, presented by Harper’s Bazaar. Bursts of colour were also in the mix with designers...
AND ALL THINGS RETURN TO NATURE/ TOMORROW
Trying to describe being taken on an explorative journey through time, space and sound through movement to tomorrow’s utopia, proves to be quite difficult. The answer lies purely in the experience of it. I...
LMFF 2013: RED CARPET RUNWAY
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Dramatic. Bold. Evocative. The show everyone has been waiting for. The hype surrounding L'Oreal Melbourne Fashion Festival's Red Carpet Runway has been outstanding. All week, all I have heard about is...
LMFF 2013: THE BEAUTY LOOK OF RUNWAY 3
Edgy, bold and mesmerizing encapsulates the beauty on display at L’Oreal Melbourne Fashion Festival Runway 3, presented by Grazia. Models walked in the latest designs from Ginger...
LMFF 2013 DESIGNER RUNWAY 07: FRANKIE MAGAZINE
Last night celebrated the final L'Oreal Paris runway as the final on-site runway day of L'Oreal Melbourne Fashion Festival rolled forward. Presented by Australia's most successful independent magazine, Frankie...
LMFF 2013 INDEPENDENT RUNWAY
Presented by YEN Magazine and The Thousands, the Independent Runway was the final on-site runway show of the L'Oreal Melbourne Fashion Festival. Boasting a fusion of fashion, music and art, the final runway...
LMFF 2013 – MIMCO PARADISE BATTALION RUNWAY
“Make Love, Not War.” That’s the sentiment behind Mimco’s Paradise Battalion– a vamped-up, ultra-romantic collection with a futuristic, post-military aesthetic. Part of the L’Oreal...
LMFF: SPORTSGIRL NATIONAL GRADUATE SHOWCASE
Saturday's National Graduate Showcase presented by Sportsgirl is always one of the most highly anticipated shows of the L'Oreal Melbourne Fashion Festival Season. Twelve fashion graduates were handpicked from...
FAMOUS FOR FASHION RUNWAY: CHAPEL STREET EDITION
With a line up of labels including Alice McCall, Autonomy, Cylk and Gorman, the LMFF Famous for Fashion – Chapel Street Edition runway left crowds in no doubt of the reason for the precinct’s...
LMFF 2013 DESIGNER RUNWAY 06: COSMOPOLITAN
Melbourne's fashionistas returned to the Docklands on Friday night for LMFF's Runway 06, presented by Cosmopolitan Magazine. CLICK HERE FOR COUTURING'S COVERAGE OF THE COSMOPOLITAN RUNWAY BEAUTY...
LMFF 2013: THE BEAUTY LOOK FROM RUNWAY 4
The beauty look at LMFF's Runway 04, hosted by Madison, was striking and modern, with sleek, angular hair and a statement eye in a deep midnight blue. This translated well across the collections shown by the...
GET A BEAUTY POP AT LMFF AT THE L’OREAL POWDER ROOM
Last week we picked that L'Oreal Powder Room was going to be one of the highlights in Beauty during L'Oreal Melbourne Fashion Festival (apart from the beauty looks on the runway, of course). Having visited...
SEEKING RESPITE DURING LMFF? TRY THE REKORDLIG FASHION LOUNGE
Need a break between shows at LMFF? Make sure you head to the Rekorderlig Fashion Lounge to experience the wonderful tastes of Rekorderlig ciders. The space showcases Rekorderlig’s ‘Beautifully...
LMFF 2013 DESIGNER RUNWAY 1: VOGUE.COM.AU
The Designer Runways have begun! After a spectacular opening party and David Jones runway featuring heavyweight UK designer Mary Katrantzou and names such as Jessica Gomes opening the runway, the first of...
TSENSORY EXHIBIT
Always looking for interesting ways to present his label Tsen, designer Adam Tsen took fashion and art to a whole new level with his exhibit Tsensory, showing as part of this year's L'Oreal Melbourne Fashion...
LMFF 2013: THE BEAUTY LOOKS FROM RUNWAY 2
Sexy, mysterious, magical. These are the words that spring to mind when you see the beauty look at L'Oreal Melbourne Fashion Festival's Runway 02, presented by InStyle. Smouldering...
LMFF 2013: THE BEAUTY LOOKS FROM RUNWAY 1
Elegance and sophisticated beauty oozed off the Vogue runway at L'Oreal Melbourne Fashion Festival for the first of the L'Oreal runway shows. Opting for a timeless, classy look the models were polished to...
BEAUTY LOOKS FROM THE DAVID JONES RUNWAY
Elegance and sophisticated beauty oozed off the David Jones and Vogue runway on Tuesday. Opting for a timeless, classy look the models were polished to perfection. The makeup style proved to work well with...
MEERA SEETHI IS ‘FOREIGN RETURNED’
Canadian artist Meera Seethi has launched her first major solo exhibition at Melbourne's Sofitel as part of the L'Oreal Melbourne Fashion Festival's Cultural Program. Seethi was born in India, grew up in...
SAN PELLIGRINO CAFE SOCIETY PHOTOEXHIBITION
With all the Fashion fanfare sweeping Melbourne during LMFF, San Pellegrino and RMIT offered up something a little different for the eyes to feast on. Commissioning final year photography students at RMIT to...
COFFEE WITH CAGGIE: LAVAZZA LAUNCHES LMFF COLLAB WITH LIFEwithBIRD
In a L'Oreal Melbourne Fashion Festival first, festival partner Lavazza have teamed up with Melbourne based LIFEwithBIRD designers Bridget McCall and Nicholas Van Messner to create a unique...
LMFF 2013: DAVID JONES RUNWAY
David Jones and Vogue presented the first runway of LMFF in style, with Jessica Gomes, Samantha Harris and Montana Cox all taking the runway to showcase some of Australia's top designers. International...
BARBARA PALVIN – L’OREAL PARIS AMBASSADOR AND FACE OF THE NEW SHINE CARESSE LIP COLOUR
Today's official L'Oreal Melbourne Fashion Festival kicked off today with L'Oreal Paris Ambassadors, Barbara Palvin and Megan helping to make the launch something extra special. Barbara flew in as a special...
L’OREAL MELBOURNE FASHION FESTIVAL CULTURAL PROGRAM
The 2013 L’Oreal Melbourne Fashion Festival is in full swing, and the city’s most versatile venues have hit the ground running with a wave of exhibitions, talks, shows and gigs that pay homage to the...
BEHIND THE LOOKS OF MEGAN GALE’S CAMPAIGN FOR LMFF
L'Oreal Melbourne Fashion Festival kicks off this week showcasing the best of Australian fashion, and also the key beauty looks for Autumn/Winter 2013. Principal partner of the event, L'Oreal, will be...
BEHIND THE SEAMS: THE SPIRIT OF THE BLACK DRESS
The Spirit of the Black Dress has recently celebrated its fifth year as a not-for-profit project that has been exhibiting in L’Oreal Melbourne Fashion Festival's Cultural Program. While working to increase...
THE COLOUR GENIUS APP BY L’OREAL PARIS COLOUR RICHE
Ever spent time wondering what your beauty colour palette should be to match your outfit? Well those days are over with the new Colour Genius app for your iPhone that helps you decide what your colour scheme...
LMFF 2013 MIMCO RUNWAY TICKET GIVEAWAY
"Arm yourself...the battleground has been set and the dance is about to begin." To celebrate the launch of Mimco's latest collection 'Paradise Battalion', Couturing are giving away a double pass to see...
ALL THINGS RETURN TO NATURE/ TOMORROW
Taking you on an explorative journey through time and space, the double-bill show of And All Things Return To Nature/Tomorrow is a hybrid-performance piece by Phillip Adams...
HOT BEAUTY PICKS FOR LMFF
With LMFF only a few sleeps away, Couturing picks out our favourite Beauty events during the festival. As L'Oreal puts it, these events are "Putting the Beauty into Fashion", and so are a must for all beauty...
PENTHOUSE MOUSE ’13 OPENING PARTY
Ever since their 2007 conception, Penthouse Mouse is arguably one of the most anticipated events of the L’Oreal Melbourne Fashion Festival. Less penthouse, more play ground, the event showcases some of...
LMFF 2013 LAVAZZA GIVEAWAY
Couturing have an exciting competition to celebrate LIFEwithBIRD's collaboration with Tierra Intenso sustainable coffee cups and Lavazza's involvement with LMFF Thanks to Lavazza, Tierra...
LMFF 2013: DEEPER IN VOGUE SERIES AT ACMI
During L'Oreal Melbourne Fashion Festival, there is plenty to do and see around the city. One of my favourite things to do is check out the fashion films showing at ACMI for the Deeper In Vogue series as part...
LMFF 2013: MASTERS AND APPRENTICES RUNWAY
As part of this year's LMFF Cultural Program, The Australian Academy of Design invited 6 top fashion design students and recent graduates who have been mentored by some of Australia's top designers to present...
LMFF 2013 DESIGNER RUNWAY 3: GRAZIA
The weather Gods were smiling on us at the L'Oreal Melbourne Fashion Festival's 3rd Designer Runway for the season. After hours of the kind of weather that doesn't sit well with open toed shoes, out came...
LMFF 2013 PREVIEW
With Fall/Winter fashion weeks wrapping up for another year and Sydney being the last leg of tour in April, Melbourne gets a chance to show off their wares. From the 18th of March until the 24th, Melbourne...
LMFF: FESTIVAL PROGRAM BRIEFING
Monday morning celebrated the official L'Oreal Melbourne Fashion Festival Program Briefing, a time for all of the fashion conscious to unite and start penciling in those dates. Partnering with David Jones, the...
LMFF 2013: TSENSORY
One of Australia's top independent labels, Tsen, has teamed up with some of Melbourne's emerging fashion icons, bloggers and personalities to create a unique sensory exhibit which will be displayed in...
LMFF 2013 CAMPAIGN LAUNCH PARTY
As most of us welcome Summer with open arms, Australia's fash-pack are already casting their gaze towards Autumn/Winter 2013. Aptly situated within the Australian Centre for Contemporary Art, Melbourne's...
FASHION CONNECT EVENT SEPTEMBER 2012
Set against the exotic backdrop of the Hasti Bala Bar in the Carlton Club, Fashion Connect took place on Thursday 13th September hot on the heels of MSFW. The colourful cocktail soiree united people of all...
THE RED CARPET PROJECT
Couturing caught up with designer Georgia McCorkill, founder of The Red Carpet Project which is an initiative designed to promote fashion and sustainability. The Red Carpet Project is designed to promote...
LMFF 2012: L’OREAL PARIS RUNWAY 7 PRESENTED BY HARPER’S BAZAAR
Inspired by the recent underwater themed Chanel runway show, the models at Runway 7 at LMFF presented by Harper’s Bazaar, glided down the catwalk with their slicked-back, wet-look hair adorned with pearls....
SPIRIT OF THE BLACK DRESS 2012
Spirit of the Black Dress is a fantastic fashion and sustainability initiative supported by a group of some of Australia’s most well known fashion industry figures, including Jane...
LMFF 2012: MIMCO RUNWAY
Mimco has a knack for presenting amazing shows season after season with a completely different result -last seasons foray into colour blocking and bold prints is confidently juxtaposed in the Mimco A/W 2012...
LMFF 2012: TONI MATECEVSKI – RED CARPET RUNWAY
A winner of Melbourne Fashion Festival’s new designer award 10 years ago, it seemed fitting that designer Toni Maticevski closed this year’s festival with a Red Carpet Runway featuring 50 gown solo show....
LMFF 2012: LMFF INDEPENDENT RUNWAY
So who would have thought the independent runway would have more colour than the commercial shows? It turns out that colours mixed with a casual black are the way to go this winter for the indie-concious. How...
LMFF 2012: PENTHOUSE MOUSE 2012 RUNWAY
The Penthouse Mouse 2012 series opened last Friday with a spectacular opening party (if you didn't see it you can check it out here) and closed last Friday with an even more spectacular closing party and...
LMFF 2012: NATIONAL GRADUATE SHOWCASE RUNWAY – BEHIND THE SCENES
Couturing takes you behind the scenes at the National Graduate Showcase runway show. Loving the delicate gold and silverleaf detailing in the models'...
LMFF 2012: L’OREAL PARIS RUNWAY 3 PRESENTED BY FRANKIE MAGAZINE
What we love about seeing these L'Oreal Paris Runways is that every magazine has a chance to present a nutshell guide to their style and the Frankie runway was no exception - the was very Frankie Magazine! The...
LMFF 2012: BEHIND THE SCENES – ALEX PERRY
Couturing takes you behind the scenes at the recent Alex Perry runway show at the 2012...
LMFF 2012: L’OREAL PARIS RUNWAY 6 PRESENTED BY MADISON
L’Oreal Paris Fashion Runway 6 presented by Madison brought together some of Australia’s most exciting designers. Slicked back hair in high ponytails, flawless foundation, berry red lips and...
LMFF 2012: VON FOLLIES BY DITA VON TEESE FOR TARGET AUSTRALIA
Last night in a world exclusive, superstar Dita Von Teese presented her latest lingerie range Von Follies, in collaboration with Target, to a captive audience at LMFF, and she didn’t disappoint. The lady of...
LMFF 2012: STREET STYLE DAY 4
Images by Wanda Chin for...
LMFF 2012: L’OREAL PARIS RUNWAY 2 PRESENTED BY INSTYLE
The LMFF designer runway presented by InStyle showcased some of Australia’s most exciting designers. First up Bianca Spender took the runway. Her chic, tailored pieces featured a lot of bright...
LMFF 2012: STREET STYLE DAY 8
Street style photographer for vogue.com.au and Xxsat, Xiaohan Shen Photographer Jess Shoppee...
LMFF 2012: STREET STYLE DAY 2
Images by Wanda...
LMFF 2012: L’OREAL PARIS PRESENTS THE ALEX PERRY RUNWAY SHOW
Last night Alex Perry presented an exclusive preview of his beautiful Spring/Summer 2012/13 Ready to Wear collection. The runway music created a party like atmosphere which was perfect for Alex’s glamazon...
LMFF 2012: OPENING NIGHT DAVID JONES RUNWAY
Last night marked the official opening of the 2012 L’Oreal Melbourne Fashion Festival (LMFF). 3,000 industry and guests celebrated the launch in style at an open aired block party in Central Pier in...
LMFF 2012: PENTHOUSE MOUSE OPENING PARTY
Penthouse Mouse has officially launched it's 2012 season. Started in 2007 it has now become the it schedule to follow for independant fashion designers. In association with LMFF and part of the...
LMFF 2012: NO HOME
No Home 12 showcases the talents of some of Australia’s most exciting designers and filmmakers. Showing at ACMI during this years LMFF, No Home strives to further express and explain an artists’ creative...
LMFF 2012: MALE MODEL CASTING
With LMFF just around the corner, casting was held for male models at The GPT Group's Link Bridge 'Kitchen Garden in Melbourne Central. Couturing was there to check out some of the talent. Tickets are...
LMFF 2012: PROGRAM
With L’Oreal Melbourne Fashion Festival (LMFF) only a month away, this is your chance to be a part of the magic of fashion week. Unlike Australian Fashion Week which has an industry focus, LMFF encourages...