Vanja Stace – Fashion darling!

Stylish Brisbanites gathered for a night of all nights to celebrate an end to Mercedes-Benz Fashion Festival Brisbane 2011.

The Mercedes-Benz Fashion Festival Brisbane highlights parade was held on Friday 26th August and marked the end of a week long fashion festival. Designers featured included Akira, Easton Pearson, Paul Hunt, Foxton Danger, Daniel Alexander Couture, Gina Kim, Francis Leon, Sacha Drake, Aurelio Costarella, Roopa Pemmaraju and many more. There were bursts of vibrant colour and lively pattern in-between soothing [...]

Jamie Louise is a Melbourne stylist living in Brisbane. Here’s what she had to say about her career so far.

It’s eight weeks today that I am leaving for my Europe and US trip. I have no idea what to pack or how to do it. Luckily Anna is there to teach me a few things… When I grow up I want to be Anna. Then I can have my shoe and coat sandwich filled [...]

Ecume is a gorgeous boutique in Paddington (Brisbane). I could have bought EVERYTHING.

So you love new designers but they’re hard to find outside your city. ASOS Marketplace changes that.

Links a la Mode is a weekly roundup of the top posts of the week submitted to Independent Fashion Bloggers. Edited by various successful bloggers, it’s a privilege to be included. Below is the full list of the inspirational posts that made it this week.

Vanja Stace talks to Joseph Anderson, the photographer behind thatwasyesterday’s ‘Beyond Eden collection’. That Was Yesterday is a fashion collaboration of Brisbane fashion designers David Acton and Holly Ashford-Rowe.

Vanja Stace talks to Emma McLean of Foxton Danger to find our where she gets the inspiration for her fashion label.

Vanja Stace talks to Brisbane fashion designer Benjamin Ringuet about the label and the debut collection titled Redemption.

Vanja Stace talks to Brisbane based artist Emma Sheldrake, for Desktop mag.

Vanja Stace talks to Gabrielle Thompson and Shannon Gunn – designers behind Tom Gunn, the Brisbane fashion label.

Vanja Stace chats with Cassie from Brisbane Clothing Exchange about the monthly clothes swapping event.

Waking up this morning to find out that Alexander McQueen had passed away was totally bizarre. I really wanted to do a piece on him and when I saw the email from Desktop Magazine asking me to do just that I thought, ‘let’s do it.’

Brisbane shopping icon, Jean Brown, launch their Brown Bag Sale at 2pm TODAY!

Vanja Stace Style Spies in Fortitude Valley, Brisbane.

Betsey, Betsey, Betsey. This woman has single handedly torn down the walls of gloom, and that’s a great big feat for a small lady. Her use of colour and texture has become well known worldwide and her creativity has won her many awards. It is no surprise then that her Spring 2010 collection is again [...]

I have been obsessed with large shoulders since Chloe did the cowl sleeve t-shirt back in 2000 (or 2001, the date escapes me). It’s great to see so many sculptural shoulders around at the moment, particularly in dresses. There’s nothing more ‘come hither’ than a bold, strong shoulder accompanied by bedroom hair and sultry eyes.

When we arrived in Melbourne it was pretty cold. Hubby was trying to do the manly thing and bear it in a t-shirt but you just know he isn’t coping when you see his face twist as he’s blasted by cold wind. What can yo do though, except to wrap up and carry on.

Weekends are market days in Fortitude Valley and this Saturday I had decided to brave the hot, humid weather and shoot some locals in their weekend get up.