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front row, back row, backstage, leftfield fashionalysis from a sydney-based journalist.
#5408 in All , #1040 in General Fashion

Close encounters of the KL kind

rose smith backstage at carl kapps SS1112 show, sydney, may 2011 Publicists would disagree, but any journalist worth their salt will tell you the best stories never come straight off a press release....

5 days ago

Rose scholar: Imogen Morris Clarke for Jigsaw Australia Autumn/Winter 2012

Jigsaw Australia hired Jacquetta Wheeler to front its Spring/Summer 2011/2012 campaign. Now for Autumn/Winter 2012 the brand has tapped another English rose: doe-eyed beauty Imogen Morris Clarke. Bur...

29 jan 12

Flame war - Elliot Ward-Fear and Thom Kerr do battle for Autumn/Winter 2012

Elliot Ward-Fear’s moment in the sun has been a long time coming. The 23 year old NSW TAFE graduate, who hails from the picturesque Blue Mountains just outside of Sydney, has yet to make a standalone...

27 jan 12

Carl Kapps couture capers in KL

via balik pulau A burgeoning Aussiewood fanbase already lusts after Carl Kapps chic draped silk evening gowns and killer tailoring, but now Kapp can add political stylist to his repertoire. On Decemb...

26 jan 12

Is Andrej Pejic about to sign a fragrance deal?

jean paul gaultier FW1213/getty via daylife Frockwriter was interested to watch the following story on Andrej Pejic which aired overnight on Sept à Huit on France’s TF1 Channel. The story followed Pe...

24 jan 12

Man up

Australian women have become a force to contend with on the international runways, now here come the guys. The Fall/Winter 2012/2013 menswear shows are currently underway in Europe and while there is...

20 jan 12

To Marcs with love

Another day, another Australian Autumn/Winter 2012 campaign reveal. After casting Julia Nobis for two seasons, opposite rising Oz stars Broed Dilleward and Nick Hinman, sportswear chain Marcs upped t...

12 jan 12 1 person likes this

Emma Balfour gives David Lawrence a code red for Autumn/Winter 2012

Happy New Year to frockwriters readers. New year, new look for Emma Balfour? Behold a first look at a red-headed Balfour in the Autumn/Winter 2012 campaign for David Lawrence, her third consecutive c...

10 jan 12

Prue Lewington: style editor, photographer, exhibitionist

We’ve read a lot about self-taught blogger photographers. A good eye and an even better camera can work wonders for anyone seeking to fill their online publishing ventures with original photographic ...

15 dec 11

Andrej Pejic wraps 2011 in a lingerie campaign for Hema

parool Its Victorias Secret all right. He closed Jean Paul Gaultier’s haute couture show in Paris as the traditional bride. He channelled Marilyn Monroe. He was presented to the Queen at Buckingham P...

13 dec 11

Liv life

thom kerr Whatever happened to Olivia O’Driscoll? In 2008, at age 17, she emerged as one of New Zealand’s most promising modelling newcomers. Repped internationally by IMG, she walked in four Paris h...

12 dec 11

The high Low

chic management Twenty-two year-old Brisbane-ite Angus Low may prove extra popular on the international circuit, once any runway colleagues suffering from back pain twig that he doubles as a physio. ...

05 dec 11

Paul de Gelder: Navy diver, shark attack survivor, smoking hot swimwear model

silke stuckenbrock/the navy diver   Aimee Mullins meet Paul de Gelder. Much has been written – and broadcast - about de Gelder’s near brush with death on February 11, 2009, when the then 31 year...

03 dec 11

In any office other than Terry Richardsons, this might be considered sexual harassment

detail/diesel mexicos twitter Just another day at the office for Terry Richardson, photographed here during what appears to be a Diesel photoshoot. Below is the original photo as it appeared on Diese...

01 dec 11

Lanvins Lucas Ossendrijver covers the launch issue of Manuscript

Sydney-based freelance fashion journo Mitchell Oakley-Smith isn’t one for resting on his laurels. Already the author of one coffee table book through Thames & Hudson Australia – Fashion: Australi...

15 nov 11

Kim Kardashian wants you to buy her handbags but shed rather carry Balenciaga

splash via the daily mail Sydney-based entrepreneur Bruno Schiavi managed to convince Kim Kardashian to sign a global fashion and accessories deal, so youd figure he would have taken care of a little...

04 nov 11

Chloe Sevigny covers Candy as Terry Richardson

screen cap/luis venegass vimeo Candy, the world’s “first transversal style magazine”, frocked up model Luke Worrall and actor James Franco as women for the covers of its first and second issues. For ...

02 nov 11

Transsex and the city

screen cap transsex & the city Chloe Sevigny channels Terry Richardson on the cover of the third edition of Candy, Luis Venegas’s irreverent “transversal style magazine”. And inside the edition, ...

02 nov 11

Colourblocking with the stars: Melbourne Cup 2011

getty via daylife And theyre off. The 2011 Melbourne Cup race day is underway at Flemington Raceourse and the fashion competition is heating up. A few shots to dribble in indicate that colour is an e...

01 nov 11

The fashion commute

steven meisel via vogue.it In one of those amusing art-imitates-life scenarios, the ever-creative Vogue Italia released a preview of its November cover story overnight. A 26-page fashion editorial le...

01 nov 11 1 person likes this

But Dita Von Teese was the belle of the ball

getty via daylife Dita Von Teese might have bucked with tradition at Flemington Racecourse today by failing to adhere to Derby Days traditional black and white dress code. But while there were some t...

31 oct 11 1 person likes this

Miss J is the belle of the Derby

getty via daylife Derby Day is in full swing but at time of posting, not a whole heap of fashion coverage was forthcoming either from the mainstream media or the real-time crew. In the interim, here ...

31 oct 11 1 person likes this

Bambi Northwood-Blyth covers V magazine with Lindsey Wixson

v magazine Australias Bambi Northwood-Blyth is on a roll. Behold the latest cover of US fashion magazine V starring Northwood-Blyth together with Lindsey Wixson - one of four covers of Vs issue #74, ...

29 oct 11

King Flinn

The live finale of Australias Next Top Model is tomorrow night at the Sydney Opera House, a time thats sure to prompt a little soul-searching amongst ANTM-ites. Questions such as "Will the series...

24 oct 11

Triggonometry

iris van herpen haute couture FW1112/style.it Adelaide is emerging as quite the model springboard. This time last year frockwriter popped over to the Adelaide Fashion Festival and stumbled upon a new...

21 oct 11 1 person likes this

Royal commission: The Queens Australian tour wardrobe

reuters via daylife Because noone ever seems to track what eightysomethings wear on the red carpet, frockwriter thought we would buck with tradition and clock the frocks in which HM Queen Elizabeth I...

21 oct 11

Bull market

tom bull by justin chung Andrej Pejic is the undisputed king of Australian mens’ modelling right now – even if he’s rocking womenswear half of the time. Although yet to make the big dollars, in terms...

20 oct 11

Andrej Pejic and Geoffrey J Finch gear up for their hot date at Buckingham Palace

geoffrey j finchs facebook, juergen teller/photoshopped by frockwriter Our recent post about Andrej Pejic heading off to meet the Queen at an upcoming Australian-themed reception at Buckingham Palace...

19 oct 11

Blowout at Buckingham Palace

antipodiums facebook So Buckingham Palaces Australian reception is done and dusted. Three hundred and fifty guests descended on the palace last night for a special meet-and-greet with Her Royal Highn...

19 oct 11

Middleton English

getty via daylife Queen Elizabeth II has touched down in Australia, where she will attend the 2011 Commonwealth Heads of Government meeting in Perth. Less than a week after she greeted Elle Macpherso...

18 oct 11

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