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Spring Fashion Week

It was the Melbourne Spring Fashion Week last last wk! Only managed to get the standing tickets for thur's parade titled "The Looking Glass". Regretted not buying tickets earlier for the friday's show "Object of Desire" (haha it even sounds more irresistible also) or get the reserved seating which costs just 3 bucks more! We were so afraid that we'll be blocked by all those tall caucasians and wouldn't be able to get a clear view of the stage. However, much to our relief, the standing room space available was only for a row of people :) Although we'd to stand throughout, think we still made the right choice in getting the standing tickets over the balcony ones which were much further away from the stage.

On wed, I went down to Myers and indeed caught a glimpse of Jennifer Hawkins during the public fashion show! Btw she is '04 Miss Universe from Aus. She looked simply gorgeous and definitely more alluring in person. When I arrived, I was trying to pinpoint which of the models was her but couldn't seem to recognise any and was starting to doubt if I've actually missed her. Haha it turned out that even if u've never seen her picture before, u'll know immediately who the star of the show was. At the end, she appeared alone and was the only model to be walking somewhat in her own casual style, smiling brightly and waving at the audience. The rest of the models looked so alike and were simply expressionless as compared to her. I guess it's not the models' fault anyway since they aren't allowed to smile in the first place. So it does look like only when one has become a celebrity model, only then can she smile and attract attention more to herself rather than the clothes she's wearing? haha. Caught the last 15 min of the show only and was standing on top of this metal bench, if not bet I can't see a single thing at all :p Steph arrived early and she was right in front! Met her for lunch in Melb Central and then saw another public show there as well :)

In comparison to those public shows, the parade on thur was much more professional and fanciful. The models were adorned with so many different accessories, be it the shiny bags, belts, hats and those super-ultra tall high-heel shoes while some were a combination of platform and high heels! Gosh I wonder how they maintain their balance so well somemore with so many pairs of eyes looking at them. Pity their spines which have to maintain such high mechanical stress throughout. There's a model who tripped slightly over the stairs and it was so obvious! Oops haha can tell that she was really embarrassed about it but she regained her composure and expressionless face immediately after. Here's some of the clearer snapshots taken of the models:

haha managed to capture this model who was smiling subtlely at the camera when posing..& i think she's the only one who actually did smile

there's this designer who had the models wearing sleeveless singlet inside the evening gown dresses and along with converse shoes??! A very weird combination indeed but felt that it'd made the dresses seem less appealing. Looks like the designer was trying to portray a casual image of his dresses.

outside the entrance to town hall

Make-up stations were set-up outside the entrance where they were doing some simple make-up and hair styling on the models. Not sure if that's where the real dressing room was might be more of a promo tactic?

the publicity image used for the fashion wk.. what a flawless porcelain face. haha bet there's some photoshop work done on it as well.

We head on to the free entry after party with our ticket which was held at The Calrton Hotel on that night.

"If you haven't experienced the eclectic world of The Carlton, here's you special invitation. Imagine designer cocktails around the decadent bar, plush velvet booths, outdoor courtyard with DJ Damo and DJ Eddy Mac on the decks."

The interior design rather's unique and there's some statues and animal figurines around. Wonder what theme they were trying to protray..maybe tropical? :p No chance to try the velvet booths. all occupied. a small outdoor courtyard with this fake coconut tree which was actually the smoking area. arghz hate the smoky smell. Luckily the bar inside was smoke free! Heard that the smoke free law was imposed on all bars and clubs recently.

The fashion wk cocktail special at half price. A glass costs just $5! It tastes quite nice haha but not sure what it's made up of. A kind of champagne with some peach pulp in it.

While on the way home, noticed for my first time that people were indeed playing with the big big chess set on the streets! Always thought that they were non-movable statues!

posted by i was here ;) @ 6:15 PM