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Image courtesy of Craft ACT. There are a number of professions in Australia that contribute to a diverse design industry, including architects, interior designers, landscape architects, graphic designers, jewellers, industrial designers, fashion designers...
While Australia has no single uniform national costume, an Australian national dress style, based on specific local dress styles, has emerged in response to climate, lifestyle and identity. An Australian style can be seen clearly in the main types of loc...
A wide variety of Australian fashion textiles - hand-coloured, printed and painted silks, woven wool, dyed discharge and devore prints, ground velvets, and ochred designs based on traditional Aboriginal body paintings have all contributed to the definitio...
Nicola Finetti, Dress of silk georgette, silk chiffon and metallic embroidery on silk organza. Fashion can be defined by colour, cut, cloth, garment type, garment styles and interpretation of looks. Chinese silk embroidered shawls and Chinese surcoats b...
L'OrÚal Melbourne Fashion Festival (LMFF) (more info)
For one week in March each year, the L'OrÚal Melbourne Fashion Festival (LMFF) promotes Melbourne as a centre of fashion and style, stimulates ideas and highlights trends in design, innovation, business, the arts and all things fashionable. LMFF's unique
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As part of this year´s Melbourne Fashion Festival Linden is presenting on the cross, an exhibition and performance project which crosses the boundaries between art and fashion. Leading artists and fashion designers have been invited to form collaborative ...
> > Ms Milgrom is one of Australia's leading businesswomen and a strong supporter of the Australian Arts community. Ms Milgrom will join the ACCA Board in September prior to her appointment as Chairman in January. Ms Milgrom has also served on a number o...
Hot Australian fashion designer Peter Morrissey is among the special guests confirmed to speak during Fashion and Film, a fabulous film season presented by ACMI as part of the L'Oreal Melbourne Fashion Festival. Morrissey, together with designers Akira Is...
Melbourne Spring Fashion Week's first public event appeared to be a cold fizzer. Rising international catwalk star Sally Graham, 23, is the face of this year's Melbourne Spring Fashion Week. At today's launch of Spring Fashion Week, the women behind Fat ...
NYC-based filmmakers Roberto Guerra and Kathy Brew discuss the NYC new media arts scene. Includes screening of ID/entity: Portraits in the 21st Century, a video presenting nine interactive projects involving collaborations between artists and technologis...
Hot Australian designers, the House of Berlei, Swinging London Fashion, Vespa-riding mods and some seriously stylish guest speakers will be in the spotlight for Fashion and Film (March 8-11, 2007), a fabulous film season presented by ACMI as part of the L...
Frocks, footware and even foundation garments feature in this season presented as part of the L'OrÚal Melbourne Fashion Festival. Followed by two short films. Australian photographer Robyn Beeche introduces this fascinating programme of short films dire...
Featuring interviews with Chapel Street identities, proud owners of trendy fashion boutiques and local designers including Peter Alexander, Jenny Bannister and Prue Acton, Chapel of Chic is a behind-the-scenes look at the Australian fashion scene. Karen ...
This year's Melbourne International Film Festival will screen films from world-renowned filmmakers, as well as some unknown, hidden gems. Five short films made by young local film makers celebrate the diversity and dynamism of new African Australian cultu...
Fitzroy Shorts presents The Fitz Best Short Film Awards: a screening of the ten best short films for 2007. Short Flicks 2007 is a collection of nine short films created by La Trobe University students through the Student Theatre and Film office. The 17th ...
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