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The Weekly Collection #67
The new guard, the old guard and the changing of the guard – it’s all change in the Weekly Collection.
The Weekly Collection #66
Cotton On ups their inclusivity, Game of Thrones brings the heat to the red carpet, the latest in ridiculous fashion, and your fave wrap-up of fashion sales. What more could you want?
Introducing … Mountain and Moon
Perth-based jewellery label Mountain and Moon has been not so quietly delivering glamour and colour to our Instagram feeds for the past little while. The work of power duo Audrey Allen and Ashton Cameron, the label is asking us to image a world slightly more opulent, but without forgetting those who make this possible. We chatted with Audrey about how this has all come to pass.
The Weekly Collection #65
Tracking the highs and the lows of the fashion industry, this week we see the field go from sublime to surreal.
VAMFF Opening Night Street Style
While inside Melbourne’s Royal Exhibition Building models may have been presenting the season's most covetable pieces on March 4, sartorial panache was in no short supply off the runway. Industry insiders and fashion enthusiasts alike flocked to Carlton to greet VAMFF's opening event in style.
The Weekly Collection #64
CFDA Award Nominees, a favourite flats brand branching into heels and a sneak peek at CHANEL PHARRELL - dive right into the Weekly Collection.
The Weekly Collection #63
It’s been a busy week in the world of fashion, and we’ve wrapped up the highlights for you in this week’s Weekly Collection.
The Best Fashion Newsletters To Subscribe To
So here’s the thing: you want to stay on top of all the latest in the realms of fashion, from style trends to business announcements, but who has the time to actively seek all that out? Find your tailored solution in Backyard Opera’s curated list of the best newsletters to subscribe to for your regular fashion fix.
The Weekly Collection #62
This week: Adidas announced a collaboration with one of the biggest shows on TV, Calvin Klein makes a major change to their company strategy and a model calls out the fashion industry on a hairy problem. And psst: the Big Fashion Sale is back in Sydney this weekend, so get in quick and score a hot deal.
The Weekly Collection #61
In this Weekly Collection, discover the winner of the National Design Award and check out recent runways by FOMA and Chanel, plus catch up on the latest sales.
The Weekly Collection #60
Burberry takes a step in the right direction while Australian fashion labels do the opposite, and our weekly wrap of the best in upcoming sales - it’s time for another Weekly Collection.
Akira Isogawa: Cross-Cultural Fusion
With a highly successful and expansive career spanning more than 25 years, Japanese born and Sydney-based creative Akira Isogawa’s work is a rare combination of eclectic fashion, timeless art and a smorgasbord of strong cross-cultural influences. In a celebratory and eponymous exhibition on now at the Powerhouse Museum, Isogawa’s life and works are presented for a broad audience.
Oscars 2019: Hits and Misses
Ah, the Academy Awards. The Oscars. The night of nights, in the film industry. The night that unites us all as we become fashion and film critics in a heartbeat despite a shocking lack of expert insight in either of those areas. Like many, BYO was watching the drama unfold and has selected our favourite fab (and not-so-fab) looks - read on!
The Weekly Collection #59
From saying goodbye to a fashion great, to the announcement of the program for the second SCCI Fashion Hub in Sydney, to the International Woolmark Prize winners, it’s been a fashion-frenzied week - catch up on all that (plus the latest sales) in the Weekly Collection.
The Weekly Collection #58
An unexpectedly themed theme park, a footwear faux-pas, a new activewear line and this weeks’ best fashion sales: read on for The Weekly Collection.
The Weekly Collection #57
This years’ Mercedes Benz Fashion Week Australia opener, David Jones’ Fall/Winter Collection launches in Hobart, and the first look at Justin Bieber’s foray into fashion: that’s this week’s collection.
Storming The Pacific
Brenna Harding and Ezekiel Simat are both nominees of the 2018 Heath Ledger Scholarship, which has opened up a world of opportunities in Hollywood. Here they reflect on a life to be lived across the Pacific, connections to home and how home looks different in light of their experience in Los Angeles.
Dior SS19
A statement of intent from newly appointed artistic director Kim Jones, the Summer 2019 collection was both a return to heritage and an escape from tradition. On January 30, a select group of Sydneysiders was able to experience the vision of Jones and the future of Dior.
The Weekly Collection #56
Fashion news from here and there, with 2019 looking like a year of change and flux.