RUNWAY - CALICO BRIDES 2011

WINNER

RUNNER UP

 HIGHLY COMMENDED

MY ENTRY

OTHER ENTRIES

Just a few runway shots i was able to take during the pre-judging!

Congratulations to the winners!

PEARLESCENT

CHANEL SUMMER 2012 PARIS

Such an interesting beauty look from Chanel... channelling the underwater world, the models adorned pearls in their hair and on their face... almost like piercings! 

BACKSTAGE - CALICO BRIDES 2011

T BY ALEXANDER WANG, SUNGLASSES BY HOUSE OF HARLOW, 

SKIRT BY CHASE.DAKOTA, SHOES BY CONVERSE

I attended the Calico Brides Design Awards last night, equip with my abnormally tanned model (i swear I'm not that pale standing next to a normal person!!), my dress i whipped up last minute (not a good idea), and a little bit of excitement and anticipation. 

We arrived backstage mid morning to see all the professional bridal designers dress rehearsal ... and i will admit, seeing the quality of their dresses, i didn't even want to pull mine out of it's garment bag haha.  Intimidation aside, the rest of the student designers started to rock up, and then i was a bit excited to see what everyone else had done.   The detail and construction of some of the student designer dresses were absolutely amazing... and back goes my dress into it's garment bag lol... kidding!  

The day was long, with walk-throughs, pre-judging, photographs, and then the final parade for the audience, and a lot of waiting around in between. 

At the end of the day, i didn't end up winning an award, but it was a really good experience, and a good day (long day... but good).  However a big congratulations to Liezl, who did take home a highly commended award!!  

Just wanted to say a big thanks to my model Taryn, to Liezl for making the day so enjoyable, and to Mat, Dan, Kt, Kate, Chris and little Ty for coming along to support.

# note to self for next time - start on dress early, don't change the design last minute, and get a tan haha 

xx sammi 

CARVEN

Carven - Ready to Wear Spring 2012

Paris

The whole collection was gorgeous and fun, but these are my favourite looks from the show.

ALWAYS A FINALIST NEVER A WINNER

Like the saying goes... always a bridesmaid.. never a bride!!  in my case it's always a finalist never a winner!

So yeah... i didn't win the Linen & Lace competition... but still pretty happy to have been a finalist.  But anyway.. above are the winners and below is a short video they made of the finalist dresses. 

And this was my entry...

DECISIONS

Which one?.... or both?

1. Lisa Marie Fernandez - http://www.net-a-porter.com/

2. Zimmermann - http://www.zimmermannstore.com/

SETAREH MOHTAREZ

I stumbled across this collection "Brightness Dawn" by Setareh Mohtarez, through just a lazy morning blog.  I'm was blown away by the sculptural detail, and am loving the cross between galaxy print, and what i would imagine your clothes would like look if you got caught in the Indian festival "Holi".

CURRENTLY COVETING

1. T BY ALEXANDER WANG - WWW.NET-A-PORTER.COM

2. ASOS - WWW.ASOS.COM

3. FRIEND OF MINE BOOTS - WWW.DOWNYONDER.COM.AU

4. ALEXANDER WANG SHORTS - WWW.SHOPBOP.COM

FINALIST - LINEN & LACE

soooo stoked... i made it to the finals for the Tessuti Awards!!

Now i just have to post in my dress so they can scrutinise my sewing !!!! slightly terrified, but optimistic :) 

MARINA STREET STYLE

Just a little bit of street style at the marina, from the lovely Kate.  Sporting a white singlet, cuffed jeans, and some killer suede orange platforms.  You can get the shoes on ebay!! I just ordered mine in baby blue.. and i might be back for some green and orange :)