Fashion news

Insight's it's "almost" Christmas party set off the festive season with a bang!  The Oxford Art Factory packed out with fashion, music, skate, surf and arts finest, downing Jager shots, Smirnoff cocktails and Sol beer, getting messy to the tunes of Chicks on Speed, Straight Arrows, Surf City and The Disbelievers (to name a few).  Steve Gorrow's art took over the gallery wall and a lucky 250 guests also walked home with a limited edition tee made just for the night.

Beautiful lingerie might be a secret passion or a thing you lust after but seldom can afford, but whatever the state of your smalls, it shouldn't stop you from visiting Dirty Pretty Things.
The boutique is decked out as a Parisian boudoir fit for a lingerie Queen. Owner Melissa Gallagher has made lingerie from the pretty in pink to the delectably naughty her speciality. Labels include Roberta Glass, Willow, Chantal Thomas and Damaris. Shoppers can also indulge in swim suits with a vintage touch, the odd piece of burlesque paraphernelia and now book their own Salon Burlesque evening where they can sip champagne while learning the subtle art of lady like seduction!
Silk, lace, canapes, tease... That's no ordinary shopping experience.
Dirty Pretty Things, 225 Glenmore Road, Fiveways, Paddington. 

From now on, your new favourite website (beside this one of course) should be Leeloo.com.au. Officially launched today; Leeloo is an online store that aims to nurture upcoming Australian designers while providing us with the exclusive, one-off goodies they so cleverly make! Stocking clothing and accessories, jewellery, home wares and other lovely little bits and pieces, leeloo is an ideal Xmas shopping destination for those who appreciate their gifts made lovingly and locally. P.S To celebrate their launch, Sydney’s only art based club-nite; The Wall, is hosting a wee knees-up for Leeloo this Wednesday. Entry is free and there will be D.J’s and door prizes and everything!!

Last week I posted about the birthday of Darlinghurst’s favourite boutique; Capital-L. Unfortunately, due to the shitty weather of the day (and on Melbourne cup day!), their killer sounding block-party was postponed. Since then though, I have been assured that the party will be back out swinging this Thursday. Head down to 333 South Dowling Street from 3.p.m and have yourself a wee dancey-dance to tunes from the Ro-Sham-Bo, Health Club and Hoops D.J’s. You can also admire Capital-L’s fantastic new community garden mural; gifted to the shop by some of Sydney’s best underground artists.

             
Try not drool on your keyboard as you survey the stunning Autumn Winter collection from London-based Australian lass Katherine Pont's ladies clothing label Mine. With gorgeous greys, plums and rusty hues it tells the story of a 'Damsel In This Dress', a girl whose long tangled locks get swept by salty waves as she rides her parasol across the sea top. Brimming with whimsy and interchangeable layers, stay tuned for Spring Summer oh 8, entitled "I Gave my Love a Papercut". The fairy tale continues with the story of a paper doll, who wakes from her sketch pad and climbs into the dress up box that is Mine. Kewp as pie and sweet as sugar plums!
Available now at Dobry Den Sydney amongst others.

Tomorrow, Sydney’s favourite hidden fashion gem, Capital L, turns seven and to say happy birthday, a group of talented local artists- including Jonathan Zawada, XXX’Zilla and Miss Erin Forsyth, have given the boutique a beeeeautiful aerosol makeover. To celebrate their new face, the South Dowling Street boutique will be holding a mad cool birthday block-party! Weather permitting, the festivities will start 3pm tomorrow outside the store and, as all good block-parties should, will spill out into neighbouring laneways until the police break that shit up. So tonight pray for good weather and, even if the party isn't on tomorrow (I'll keep you posted on that one), go down to say happy birthday and check out the amazing wall art anyway.