I am delighted and creatively stimulated by the brilliance of Cynthia Erivo's frock: a mad folly of extraordinary craft, labour and money that will be worn only once, but will live on in memory and in the diffusion of its aesthetic down through the more affordable items we will be buying next.
Wicked star Cynthia Erivo wears the ' Look 28 ' frock by the creative designer of the storied house of Schiaparelli , Daniel Rosebery.Her name is Look 28 . She walked the haute couture runway in Paris earlier this year: a simple black velvet bodice, a butterfly-curved explosion of black tulle for a skirt, decorated below with a mosaic of fine beading, that continued down the leg of the model, making her part robot, part ancient Byzantine ceiling.
Designers and labels have made public representations to state and federal governments to help save an event that is tied to fashion, manufacturing and retail industries that employ thousands and economically contribute billions. Over the years the event has launched genuine design stars like Akira Isogawa, Collette Dinnigan and the Zimmermann sisters, and was always the happy hunting ground of icons like Carla Zampatti.
If you are not actually revealing a new season collection to potential local or international buyers anymore — and nobody comes over the waves these days to see our designs — then what is the purpose? In a digital-led space, do you hold a costly event like fashion week just to keep sweet with influencers, who certainly seem to be the majority presence at the Melbourne event?Like filmmakers and musicians, our contemporary designers work in a connected, international world: one well aware of what...
In my many years of journalism I've been an industry and manufacturing reporter — a private passion of mine in the state of Victoria that has lived through both rust-belt and innovation periods. I've been an art, fashion and design reporter, as well as a happy consumer of new styles, so I feel the pull of many influences when I write this.
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