Tag: melbourne
WANG GONGXIN AT THE NGV: VIDEO ARTIST
Wang Gongxin is one of China’s most renowned video artists. He is a man who plays with history and tradition, and is…
TALKING ALL THINGS HAIR WITH SIMONE VAN HALTREN FROM THE BLOWOUTBAR
Made popular in the stylish city of LA, blow dry bars have become all the rage…
THE HYPNOTIC RULE OF THUMB
You know something different is about to happen the moment you walk into the Malthouse Tower…
YGAP LAUNCH #5CENT CAMPAIGN AT FEAST OF MERIT
The 5cent campaign is simple: giving those unwanted five cent coins to people who need them. In…
YOUR SKY HIGH WORKOUT
I think we’ve all harboured dreams of running away and joining the circus at one stage…
YO-CHI – FROZEN YOGHURT NEVER TASTED SO GOOD
Healthy eating has just got a whole lot better with Yo-Chi, the latest brand to jump…
A NIGHT OF INDIE ROCK WITH LOON LAKE
The first time I saw Loon Lake live, I was under the big top tent at…
THE TOWN MOUSE: AN INTIMATE VENUE WITH INTENSE FLAVOURS
Carlton’s The Town Mouse may only seat 42 diners but it is far from meek. The…
HAMISH MUNRO NAMED AS KISHO PRIZE WINNER
This week within the heart of the city, Hamish Munro revealed his innovative installation paying homage…
SOMETHING OLD, SOMETHING NEW – H&M LAUNCHES AT MELBOURNE’S GPO
As we walked through the doors of Melbourne’s iconic GPO for the launch of H&M Australia…
A BARREL OF LAUGHS – MELBOURNE INTERNATIONAL COMEDY FESTIVAL
A highlight of the events calendar sees Melbourne’s finest funniest return to the city for the…
VAMFF BACKSTAGE BEAUTY: RUNWAY 5 PRESENTED BY COSMOPOLITAN
Runway 5 presented by Cosmopolitan at VAMFF showcased some of Australia’s favourite labels including FINDERS KEEPERS, Cameo, Jaggar,…
A BEAUTIFUL SPACE, A SANCTUARY FOR YOGA
With a clear vision in mind mother-daughter team, Susan and Clare, are excited to open their…
POP DOWN TO THE JOSH GOOT POP UP SALE
Head down to the much-anticipated Melbourne Josh Goot pop-up sale to get your hands on…
COINTREAU LIQUEUR – SOPHISTICATED DRINKING
Founded in 1849 and still going strong, family owned business La Maison Cointreau is back on…
REKORDERLIG LAUNCH AT VAMFF
This week super stylish and Swedish Rekorderlig Cider launched the Rekorderlig Fashion Lounge to Melbourne’s fashion elite for the star studded opening…
VAMFF 2014 DAY 2 STREET STYLE
Images by Jacob Medina.
CAPTURE BEAUTY CAPTURE STYLE – VOTE FOR YOUR FAVOURITE FINALIST AND WIN!
Voting has now begun for Gusto & Elan’s ‘Capture Beauty Capture Style’ Fashion Photography Competition! After…
TRIED & TESTED: BROWN SKIN SECRETS HYDRATING SYSTEM
Being a brown gal in a white-dominated culture such as Australia has its cons when it…
FREE IS BETTER
We have spent more than half a billion dollars paying for what should be a fundamental…
FASHION MEETS COFFEE: MICHAEL LO SORDO COLLABORATES WITH LAVAZZA
Melbourne is renown for it’s love of coffee so to celebrate the up-coming VAMFF, it seems…
H&M AUSTRALIA: WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW
Swedish giant H&M is the latest overseas retailer to come to our fashion loving shores. Launching…
WIN TICKETS TO VAMFF 2014 WITH NORTHLAND SHOPPING CENTRE
Want to see some of Australia’s best designers on the runway at VAMFF? Northland Shopping Centre…
TAKE A JOURNEY THROUGH MUSIC WITH THE MSO
You can’t call yourself a lover of music, if you haven’t experienced a concert performed by…
HIDDEN GEMS – EAU DE VIE
Eau De Vie is quite frankly a place that can easily be mistaken for something other…
THE HAPPIEST 5K ON THE PLANET
Sunday the 2nd of March saw Melbourne’s entire Albert Park Grand Prix track coated by a…
SCREEN MY SHORTS COMPETITION – PROJECT HOMELESS
Project Homeless is a joint Screen My Shorts Australia and Parramatta City Council initiative designed to…
RUN DON’T WALK TO ELLERY’S SAMPLE SALE
Looking to update your wardrobe? Good news. The much anticipated Melbourne Ellery sample sale is coming.…
SUPERGRAPH – A GRAPHIC ART FAIR DEBUT
Five years in the making, the inaugural SUPERGRAPH launched in Melbourne with Australia’s newest Contemporary Graphic Art…
BOO WHO? BOOHOO!
Do you have a clue about Boohoo? Since launching in 2006, the self-proclaimed ’24-7′ fashion hotspot…
WHITE NIGHT TO SHINE AGAIN THIS SATURDAY
Inspired by the Paris Nuit Blanche festival, White Night is by far Melbourne’s most stylish festival…
BEG, SCREAM AND SHOUT AT THE ABBOTSFORD CONVENT
The city of Melbourne is nothing if not eclectic. It likes to think it provides a…
CAPTURE BEAUTY CAPTURE STYLE FASHION PHOTOGRAPHY COMPETITION
Calling all avid shutter-bugs! If you’ve got the knack of capturing the true essence of couture,…
SPECTACLE – VIDEO KILLED THE RADIO STAR
A dizzying exploration of music video as an art form… The Australian Centre for the Moving…
FORKLIFT – CONTEMPORARY CHOREOGRAPHY OF BODY AND MACHINE
It’s the graveyard shift and three women find themselves in an industrial wasteland, willing to risk…
ALL THE FUN AT THE FAIR, ST KILDA FESTIVAL
With a mesmerizing beach backdrop and palm trees scattered throughout, St Kilda came to life for…
WHY WOULDN’T YOU WANT TO HAVE YOUR OWN UNIQUE SCENT?
It’s a simple question and yet, bottle after bottle, celebrity fragrance after celebrity fragrance, the art…
THE COUNTDOWN BEGINS – VAMFF LAUNCH THEIR 2014 FESTIVAL PROGRAM
An intimate gathering of Melbourne’s well-heeled fashion media found refuge from the banality of Monday morning…
UNITED BY STYLE – DULUX X VAMFF
Dulux is proud to announce the return of the ground-breaking ‘United by Style’ project that sees…
THE SUN SHINES ON ST JEROMES LANEWAY FESTIVAL, MELBOURNE
Now in its 10th year, Laneway Festival was the brainchild of Jerome Borazio and Danny Rogers.…
VAMFF ANNOUNCES THE FINALISTS FOR THE 2014 TIFFANY & CO. NATIONAL DESIGNER AWARD
The Virgin Australia Melbourne Fashion Festival is thrilled to announce Tiffany & Co. as Principal Partner…
ROOFTOP CINEMA ANNOUNCE PART TWO OF THEIR PROGRAMME
This week the iconic Melbourne rooftop announced the second part of their summer film programme and…
VAMFF 2014: MODEL CASTINGS
Fresh, new and exciting is how CEO Graeme Lewsey explained the new model talent at the…
DROP BY DRAWING WITH MELBOURNE NOW
The National Gallery of Victoria’s ridiculously popular Drop by Drawing sessions will hold their finale (for…
DISCOVER ONE HOT YOGA, SOUTH YARRA
With the New Year well under way, we’ve all no doubt made some sort of a…
JOE’S BAR AND DINING HALL – SMOKIN’ HOT
Texas BBQ and burgers seem to be the food du jour as of late with food…
AUSTRALIAN OPEN 2014
The Australian Open has officially kicked off for another year in 2014. Held in Melbourne’s Olympic…
MELBOURNE CENTRAL ROOFTOP TENNIS CLUB
Melbournians have long made public their love affair with rooftops and things that are a wee…
BROWN BROTHERS’ SUMMER OF PROSECCO POP-UP BAR
Summer is well and truly here in Melbourne. With consecutive 40 degrees plus weather, Melburnians are…
INTERVIEW WITH BOYEUR
Melbourne boys Tim Ischia and Hugh Middleton blend classical music with modern hip-hop to bring you…
A TASTE OF THE GREAT OCEAN ROAD – LORNE
Situated on Louttit Bay, Lorne is a seaside town along Victoria’s well-known Great Ocean Road. Officially…
ALLEYWAY WONDERS: KRIMPER CAFE
In a city that prides itself on fine dining and exquisite cafes and bars, it’s always…
PIDAPIPO
A method spurred by history. A business inspired by family. Melbourne is well known for its…
LIMEDROP POP-UP STORE LAUNCH
As the weather gets warmer, the drinks get colder, and the people start shopping. Local fashion…
THIS IS WHOLESOME
You’re stuck at work, despite not wanting to be there and coming to the conclusion that…
YO-CHI CARLTON
Frozen yoghurt is steadily taking over Melbourne, with yoghurt bars popping up in practically every suburb…
SEB MONT AND THEE TAKE TO THE CORNER
The Super Unsigned Music Festival took place over the weekend at Melbourne’s iconic Corner Hotel. Amongst…
EVERYBODY DANCE – MEREDITH FESTIVAL 2013
Festivals are pretty much up there as a favourite thing to do for me, dancing in…
MR EARL TEA
Because life’s too short for average tea. As a Melbournian, it might be an offence to…
INTERVIEW WITH EUGENIE MEEKER OF !!!!!
The brain-child behind !!!!! (Five Exclamation Marks), Eugenie Meeker has already set herself as a name…
PRINTISM – REAL ART IN PRINT
With technology at our fingertips and almost having too much choice in every avenue of our…
INTERVIEW WITH SQUARE HEART THE LABEL
Paying homage to natural landscapes and the female form, Square Heart is an up-and-coming, home-grown label…
THE OLSEN POOL CLUB
Summer is officially here, and to celebrate, The Olsen, one of Melbourne’s top boutique hotels, has…
EDITOR’S DIARY – INTRODUCING HEATHER KIPLING
On a trip to Buenos Aires, a year ago in August, my Australian friends spent two…
POLO IN THE CITY
Melbourne turned on the weather yesterday as crowds flocked to Albert Park for the annual Paspaley…
FENIX EVENTS LAUNCH
When it comes to buying and selling property, it’s all about location, location, location. Arguably, the…
MELBOURNE NOW AT NGV
Melbourne Now, the latest exhibition from the National Gallery of Victoria, explores the various ways in which…
GALLIANO AT TASTE OF MELBOURNE
I recently braved the cold to go along to the Taste of Melbourne at Albert Park.…
MARAIS CELEBRATES LINDA FARROW’S 10TH ANNIVERSARY
Linda Farrow has never been a brand that has done things by halves. Famed for its…
A MAKEOVER TO TRANSFORM A COMMUNITY
Australian not-for-profit vintage boutique, Dear Gladys, has set a target of raising $27, 000 to help…
MELBOURNE CENTRAL ONE DAY SHOPPING EVENT
Christmas somehow manages to creep up on us every season, and it’s easy to leave shopping…
SHANGHAI SUZY LIPSTICKS
I’ve always steered clear of a bright lip. Not for any particular reason other than that…
THE SONGS OF JAMES BOND
The most successful franchises of all time, British spy James Bond has captured the hearts…
STATE OF GRACE
In a city where the bar and restaurant culture is among the best in the world,…
WEEKEND WAREHOUSE SALES – DION LEE & WILLOW
Iconic Australian labels, Dion Lee and Willow, will be simultaneously holding their individual Melbourne Warehouse sales…
C&M RESORT CAMPAIGN 2013
Sport luxe enthusiasts will be stunned into a fashion trance at the sight of Camilla &…
REVIEW: 90 SECONDI. 400 GRADI. PERFECT ITALIAN
90 Secondi. 400 Gradi. These are Johnny Di Francesco’s two pizzeria e cucinas located in the Docklands…
REMOTE CONTROL TOURIST IN MELBOURNE
Imagine being able to visit a location, before actually getting on a plane and jetsetting…
CAULFIELD CUP CARNIVAL GALA LAUNCH
Spring is just around the corner, which means Melbournians can look forward to beginning of the…
MSFW 2013 RESORT RUNWAY
As the days lengthen and temperatures rise, the time to embrace cool fabrics, bold colours and…
INTERVIEW: WE THE PEOPLE
Pictured left to right: Matthew Jennings (Lead Guitar, Vocals), Phillip Black (Bass, Vocals, Guitar), Jonathon Ferraro (Drums) and James…
TO DO LIST: AUGUST 26TH – SEPTEMBER 1ST
MONDAY AUGUST 26TH Stripfest More than just a cheeky name, Stripfest is an arts festival held…
TOP 5 GLUTEN-FREE MELBOURNE DINNERS
Navigating Melbourne with gluten intolerance in your back pocket can be tough to say the least.…
CAVALIA
I was lucky enough to attend on of the Melbourne productions of Cavalia, a circus inspired…
CHENNAI EXPRESS
Chennai Express, a humbling tale of life, love and relationships, follows Rahul, a 40-year-old Bachelor as…
PICKS OF THE FLICKS FOR MIFF
The annual Melbourne International Film Festival is one of the big hitters when it comes to…
KICKIN’ IT IN ST KILDA
From its heroin-charged, punk heyday in the seventies, St Kilda sure has changed a lot. A…
TO-DO LIST: JULY 22ND – JULY 28TH
MONDAY JULY 22ND Local Laughs Giggle, titter and shriek your way into the week at…
ARTS CENTRE MELBOURNE PRESENTS- EINSTEIN ON THE BEACH
This winter the Arts Centre Melbourne will see the revival of one of the most groundbreaking…
GLORY BE IT’S GLORY BOX
There are few events that really ruffle Melbourne’s feathers; we’d like to think we’ve seen…
THE NICHOLAS BUILDING
Nestled between Arthur Daley’s Clearance house and Subway on Swanston Street lies the Cathedral Arcade in…
SKIN FOOTWEAR LAUNCHES NEW COLLECTION
The new Skin Footwear lookbook has just dropped and let me tell you – this…
TO-DO LIST: JUNE 24TH – JUNE 30TH
MONDAY JUNE 24TH Hidden Faces of the Archibald Ever dreamed of entering a room full of…
10TH BIRTHDAY CELEBRATIONS: MULTICULTURAL ARTS VICTORIA
Come and celebrate Multicultural Arts Victoria’s 10th birthday with a day of music, dancing, food and…
10TH JUNE – 16TH JUNE
MONDAY JUNE 10TH Screen Sect presents: Dazed and Confused Start the week by mellowing out to…
A WICKEDLY GOOD GIVEAWAY
Award-winning songstress, actress and Broadway star, Kristin Chenoweth will be appearing before her first Melbournian audience…
FESTIVAL OF STEVE
Walking into the Kelvin Club, Couturing writer Darby-Perrin finds a hidden oasis for Melbourne’s modern man.…
FOXTON LANE AUTUMN/WINTER13
Born from a desire to create timeless, elegant garments for the female figure, Foxton Lane…
‘TRUE SELF’ AT MELBOURNE’S GPO
As the home for a totally unique retail and leisure experience, it only makes sense that…
KWENCHER PALE ALE: THE REMEDY FOR WHAT ALES YOU
Hidden in the heart of the Moroccan Mountains, a couple connected over peach iced tea and…