Celebrating the “Art of Fashion”, Fashion Palette showcased a lasting fashion expression on Tuesday night to an A-List crowd. From Arthur Galan‘s contemporary line featuring bold strokes of colour to LAB Homme’s cheeky display of European-esque menswear. Texture, digital print, excess, minimalism and even nudity – it was all there in a celebration of the Australian Fashion Industry.
Arthur Galan
LAB Homme
The Art Gallery of New South Wales made for a dramatic backdrop and appropriate setting for the fashion show that comes on the heels of another exciting Fashion Month. Fashion Palette is the only exhibition of its kind – a platform that catapults both emerging and locally-renowned designers from Australian origins onto an international stage.
Kate Waterhouse arriving at the Art Gallery of NSW.
Via Instagram
Acclaimed designer, Nicola Finetti opened the show with a typically civilized presentation. Finetti sent out an array of impeccably-tailored, block-coloured gowns that characteristically combined effortlessness and elegance. In complete contrast, milliner-to-the-stars Viktoria Novak’s models seduced the crowd in sexy black leotards, encapsulating the strength and seduction of their custom headpieces, veils and crowns.
Nicola Finetti
Viktoria Novak Via Instagram
Newcomer, Nadz and Sabs showed a new way to punch up a formal wardrobe with metallic accents (a trend that is emerging of late) and mirrors that crunched and clanged as they came down the runway, while the Elle Zeitoune models shimmered their way down in glittering yet delicate gowns which I want to sell my car for.
Nadz & Sabs
Elle Zeitoune
Roxcii Fashion also debuted with a contemporary line that instantly proved a hit with the city’s well-coiffed, well-heeled fashion set. Sydney Fashion Blogger, Kate Waterhouse, Tash Sefton and Elle Ferguson (theyallhateus.com) and Tegan Martin were just a few of the notables in attendance, buzzing about the show.
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Front Row: Tash Sefton, Elle Ferguson, Benji Condi, Constantina Louise & Sydney Fashion Blogger. Via Instagram
I’m wearing Camilla & Marc in an ode to Australian Designers
For the finale, Alin Le’ Kal wrapped up the show with a dazzling bridal moment. Think extravagant white ball gown adorned in three-dimensional beaded motifs and a train so vast, it look up half the runway. As the fashionable crowd applauded this magnificent finale, it became abundantly clear that fashion talent is overwhelmingly concentrated here in Australia.
Alin Le’Kal
We are no longer a “season behind” the rest of the fashion world. In fact, as Fashion Palette demonstrates, we are an incubator of fashion inspiration and our designers are capable of pursuing the dream of global expansion like others before them.
See you in New York.
