Insider

December 5, 2014

Couturing TV, Features, For Those Who Do, Insider, Lifestyle

Known more for selfies rather than selfless acts, the Y Generation cops a lot of criticism for focusing on themselves rather than others. Social Entrepreneur Elliot Costello is aiming to change that. As the...

OPSM EYEHUB SS12/13 SHOWING

August 13, 2013

Behind The Scenes, Campaigns, Fashion, Insider, News

I have always considered sunglasses the entry point for many into the world of luxury labels. For a few hundred dollars, say welcome to a fabulous pair of sunglasses that keep you on...

INTERVIEW: REEF IRELAND

Thara Vidyaratne

June 27, 2013

Arts & Entertainment, Insider, Lifestyle

Photo by Alex Vaughan Looking at the clean-cut young man before me, it's hard to believe he's the same long-locked, scruffy, high school dropout of Puberty Blues fame. I'm talking about Reef Ireland,...

SKIN FOOTWEAR LAUNCHES NEW COLLECTION

June 26, 2013

Campaigns, Fashion, Insider, Lookbooks

The new Skin Footwear lookbook has just dropped and let me tell you - this is a must-share. The ladies footwear brand with the ethos that "nothing interesting ever happens before midnight" has...

RACING SEASON: 7/11 PINK RIBBON CUP

April 19, 2013

Charity, Fashion, Insider, Spring Racing

The racing season isn't over yet and neither is the racing fashion! Tomorrow, Caulfield Racecourse will be transformed into a sea of pink with fashionable racegoers all turning it out for the 7-Eleven Pink...

ZAMBESI TO SHOW AT MBFW AUSTRALIA

Jayme O'Donoghue

April 5, 2013

Events and Runways, Fashion, Fashion Week, Insider, News

It’s an exciting day for those who love the beautifully dark side of fashion. Highly successful Australian fashion label, Zambesi announced today they will show their Spring Summer 13/14 collection at...

DONKEY SKIN COLLECTION LAUNCH PRESENTED BY JESS DEMPSEY

February 27, 2013

Arts & Entertainment, Campaigns, Fashion, Insider, Lookbooks, News, People & Parties, Sale

Melbourne Central’s fashion boutique, Fame Agenda, celebrates the launch of their 2013 Resort Collection Donkey Skin presented by guest Fashion Blogger, Jess Dempsey of locally renown, WHAT WOULD KARL...

FILM: ROSHAMBO BY FREE PEOPLE

February 1, 2013

Fashion, Insider, News

Free People have announced the launch of their very first short film and it is very cute - just like their apparel. Starring Christopher Abbot from hit TV show 'Girls," this is definitely a great start to...

BEHIND THE SEAMS: SHAYLI HARRISON’S APOCALYPTIC SPACE DISCO

January 9, 2013

Behind The Seams, Fashion, Fashion Week, Insider, MSFW

The sleazy French pop of Sebastien Tellier and the Virgin Galactic space centre in New Mexico were the unlikely inspirations for Shayli Harrison’s debut collection at Melbourne Spring Fashion Week, which...

SHARON THURIN’S SLIM SECRETS

Ashlee Blackburn

December 28, 2012

Food & Drink, Insider, Lifestyle

Last week Couturing chatted with the founder of Slim Secrets, Sharon Thurin. Thurin has watched her hobby of helping people curb their unhealthy snacking habits, turn into a globally recognised brand. We found...

COUTURING AND CLOUD 9

December 14, 2012

Fashion, Food & Drink, Insider, Lifestyle

There is exciting news we have been waiting to share with you all! Couturing most recently partnered with fabulous premium frozen yoghurt brand CLOUD 9 on a wonderful new initiative. Can you...

BEHIND THE SEAMS: CHARLOTTE DAWSON ON WHAT IS CLEAVAGELY CORRECT

December 11, 2012

Behind The Seams, Fashion, Insider

Christmas lunch with the family- your mid-season tan is glowing, you've bought a beautiful summer dress and have found a pair shoes to match. Just when you think you've got it all sorted, you're faced with...

COLLETTE DINNIGAN: LACE & ROMANCE

Jade Lynn Goh

November 27, 2012

Bridal, Fashion, Insider, Interviews, News

Out of all the places she has frequented, Collette Dinnigan informs Couturing that the most romantic destination would have to be: “Italy – that’s amour”. The fashion designer is no stranger to romance...

EASY TIGER

Ashlee Blackburn

November 24, 2012

Face Behind The Space, Insider, Lifestyle

This week I met with the girls from Melbourne DJ duo, Easy Tiger. They’ve been making a name for themselves across Melbourne, playing alongside the likes of Ruby Rose and showcasing their talent at massive...

TETTMANN.DOUST: INFINITUM

November 13, 2012

Events and Runways, Fashion, Insider, People & Parties

The intricate geometry of fractals forms the basis for the Tettmann.Doust AW13 Collection; “Infinitum”. Design duo Naomi Tettmann and Elke Doust employ delicate fractal patterns, formed through...

CROWN OAKS DAY: A DAY DRESSED FOR WOMEN

Anne Hasegawa

November 11, 2012

Fashion, Insider, News, People & Parties, Spring Racing

The Melbourne Cup Carnival hosted its annual Crown Oaks Day on Thursday amongst sunshine, champagne and roses. Known as Ladies Day, aka the 'ultimate style day', it is a celebration of ultimate fashion and...

INTERVIEW WITH HUW BENNETT OF VANISHING ELEPHANT

Darby-Perrin Larner

November 9, 2012

Having established themselves both home and abroad in a few short years, Vanishing Elephant have expanded their line from humble beginnings to a flagship store that just celebrated its first anniversary. On...

COUTURING INTERVIEWS CALVIN KLEIN CREATIVE DIRECTOR KEVIN CARRIGAN

November 8, 2012

The Calvin Klein name is synonymous with effortless sex appeal, timelessness and wearability. Since the label’s inception in 1968, the design house has been responsible for turning Brooke Shields into a...

INTERVIEW: TEISHA LOWRY FROM INDAH ORGANICS

November 2, 2012

Beauty, Insider, Interviews and What's In My Makeup Bag

Founder of INDA Organics, Teisha Lowry is more than a pretty face. After starting out as a model, Lowry soon turned her passion for natural ingredients into a business, creating her own line of certified...

GLAMOUROUS MILLINERY: BRETT MORLEY

daniellelynn

October 29, 2012

Fashion, Insider, Interviews, Spring Racing

The Spring Racing season has generated an extra stylish and sartorial atmosphere that has graced our local city. With the Melbourne Cup Carnival days inked into many diaries, Melbournians are now on the hunt...

PIERUCCI, SINCE 1956

Khoa Nguyen

October 25, 2012

Fashion, Insider, Men, Menswear

Originating in 1956 when Tulio Pierucci set up his first shop in Perth, three generations later the famous Pierucci name has graced Chapel St with their very first Melbourne abode. Inspired by the old world,...

KARA BAKER SPRING/SUMMER COLLECTION PREVIEW

Darby-Perrin Larner

October 24, 2012

Author Name, Events and Runways, Fashion, Insider, Interviews, People & Parties

Tucked away above Bourke Street is Kara Baker's home and studio, a space scattered with a collection of art that appropriately complemented her collection on display. Couturing found their way through a set...

FASHION MEETS BEAUTY: CLARA H NAIL ART

Sarah Kensington

October 22, 2012

Beauty, Fashion, Get The Look, Insider

Operating on the first floor of Tsumiki Design, a Japanese hair salon located in the center of trendy Prahran, Clara H Nails is an on-trend, up-and-coming freelance nail art business run by Clara Hwang....

INTERVIEW: LIFEwithBIRD – CELEBRATING 10 YEARS OF STYLE

October 19, 2012

Since establishing the label in 2002, LIFEwithBIRD designers Bridget McCall and Nicholas Van Messner have translated conceptual ideas into versatile pieces of wearable art. Celebrating 10 years of working...

INTERVIEW: TREASURETTE

Annabelle Macgugan

October 18, 2012

Travelling to the Paris end of Little Collins Street, you will find yourself in the presence of the beautiful Treasurette boutique. Couturing recently interviewed Treasurette co-owner, Deborah Wee, in...

BENSIMON DIAMOND LAUNCH

October 17, 2012

Fashion, Insider, People & Parties

“Give away a diamond, and everybody shows up,” joked Ron Bensimon, addressing the packed room at Crown Metropol’s 28 Sky Bar on Thursday. The Bensimon Diamonds director was relaxed as he...

“THOUGHTS BECOME THINGS”: INTERVIEW WITH RIKI AND THE RANTS

Lena Tuck

October 11, 2012

Insider, Lifestyle

In the competitive world of music, it's important to stand out from the crowd if you want to succeed. Couturing Sub-Editor Lena Tuck caught up with Melbourne based band, Riki and the Rants who have no problems...

INTERVIEW: LISA HO

Jade Lynn Goh

October 10, 2012

Lisa Ho has been a purveyor of aesthetics and a collector of beauty from a tender age. She estimates her formidable collection of vintage clothing and fabric to be close to the 18,000 mark causing one to...

INTERVIEW: JENNIFER HAWKINS

October 9, 2012

Fashion, Insider, Interviews, News

It would be easy to be threatened by Jennifer Hawkins. The former Miss Universe, has proven to be more than just a pretty face successfully developing a career as a designer, entrepreneur, model and TV Host....

INTERVIEW: BEC & BRIDGE

G W

October 6, 2012

Since turning their 2003 namesake label into a worldwide fashionista’s favourite, you’d think Becky Cooper and Bridget Yorston had seen and done it all but—there’s no denying the rush that comes from...

INTERVIEW: NICOLA REINDORF OF THE STANDARD STORE

October 5, 2012

Fashion, Insider, Interviews, News

Nicola and Orlando Reindorf, owners of Sydney’s The Standard Store, have built a reputation synonymous with wearable luxury in only one short year. In the post-first-birthday wind down, Gemma Watts had a...

COOP BY TRELISE COOPER

Claire Story

October 2, 2012

Coop is the young and fun edgy diffusion range from internationally renowned New Zealand label Trelise Cooper, and the latest collections are set to shake up the Spring/Summer seasons with cutting-edge...

KYLEE DAVIS SUMMER COLLECTION PRIVATE SHOWING

September 20, 2012

Fashion, Insider

Inspiration can be found in the most abstract of places. Some designers draw on modern architecture. Others find it in science and nature. For New Zealand based knitwear designer Kylee Davis, the inspiration...

INTERVIEW: NAOMI TETTMANN AND ELKE DOUST OF TETTMANN.DOUST

September 12, 2012

Fashion, Fashion Week, Insider, Interviews, MSFW

The collections of Melbourne based tettmann.doust are infused with scientific influences, using the finest natural fabrics to create breathtaking pieces of wearable art. Naomi Tettmann’s is truly a master...

BASSIKE HAWKSBURN OPENING BREAKFAST

September 10, 2012

Fashion, Insider, People & Parties

We are greeted with croissants, apricot Danishes and fresh coffee upon arrival at Bassike Hawksburn’s launch breakfast- the perfect beginning to a lazy Saturday. Bassike’s very first...

INTERVIEW: HENRY ROTH

September 10, 2012

Bridal, Fashion, Insider, Wedding Dresses

Swathes of Chantilly lace, silk organza and taffeta tulle fill the sunlit room, while diamantes glint from sweetheart necklines and pearls cascade across lacy gowns. Surrounded by this vestal decadence,...

MSFW 2012: INTERVIEW – NEO DIA

Khoa Nguyen

September 5, 2012

Fashion, Fashion Week, Insider, Interviews, MSFW

Greatness can occur at any moment in time. For Becky Chau and Gavin Lowes it was running late to the first day of uni and forced to sit in the front row of the lecture hall. Fashion history was made. Ever...

INTERVIEW: JAMES NOLEN – FILM PROGRAMMER FOR ACMI

Lena Tuck

September 2, 2012

Face Behind The Space, Fashion, Fashion Week, Insider, Lifestyle, MSFW

ACMI’s James Nolen; the man behind the magic that is the Deep in Vogue: Fashion on Film series talks to Couturing’s Lena Tuck MSFW is due to start tomorrow, and one of the must...

INTERVIEW: LIMEDROP

Claire Story

September 1, 2012

Fashion, Fashion Week, Insider, Interviews, MSFW

After meeting in the Northern Territory and studying together at university in Queensland, Clea Garrick and Nathan Price moved to Melbourne and joined forces to create innovative fashion label Limedrop in...

CHIN CHIN

Katherine Ng

August 29, 2012

Insider

I've always been one of those people who love to try new restaurants and whenever I read about a new restaurant, or walk past one that I haven’t been to before, I always get excited at the...

STEVIE DANCE X MELBOURNE’S GPO

April 8, 2012

Beauty, Beauty Event, Insider

Since the opening of his first concept store in 1995, Napoleon has developed a reputation as one of Australia’s most successful make-up artist. A regular with his team at Australian and New York Fashion...

INTERVIEW: WOLDY REYES

April 6, 2012

Fashion is portrayed as being a glamourous industry however, after movies such as the Devil Wears Prada is the industry all that it seems? Couturing interviewed New York native Woldy Reyes who has interned at...

THE TALENTED MR MATICEVSKI – INTERVIEW: TONI MATICEVSKI

April 4, 2012

Fashion, Fashion Week, Insider, Interviews, MBFWA

Fresh from his standout solo show at L'Oreal Melbourne Fashion Festival, designer Toni Maticevski is gearing up for his much anticipated Spring/Summer 2012 runway show in Mercedes Benz Fashion Week Australia....

STEVIE DANCE FOR MELBOURNE’S GPO

February 26, 2012

Couturing were lucky enough to go behind the scenes at Stevie Dance's latest collaboration with Melbourne's GPO for their Autumn/Winter 12 editorial. One of the world's most in demand stylists, this is...

INTERVIEW: ALEX PERRY FOR SPECSAVERS

November 22, 2011

Fashion, Insider

There once was a time when the term 'ethical fashion' conjured up images of hessian sacks and cotton t-shirts. As organiser of this Friday's Fair@Square fashion event, writer and blogger Leeyong Soo has set...

INTERVIEW: RUPERT NOFFS FROM GIDEON SHOES

September 22, 2011

So I have been dying over Gideon shoes since the very man himself, Rupert Noffs sent me a little tweet asking us to come down to the opening of the Bondi Store. I think I literally died when I saw the...

INTERVIEW: STEVIE DANCE – MELBOURNE GPO FASHION AMBASSADOR