STONE AND METAL LATEST PRESS

Turquoise Necklace from Stone and Metal Gallery in Russh Magazine

Samantha Anderson, metalsmith and owner of Stone and
Metal Galler, featured in Marie Claire Magazine

STONE AND METAL GALLERY RUSSH ONLINE

Turquoise Disc Necklace at Stone and Metal Gallery
Image source www.russhmagazine.com

STONE AND METAL GALLERY IN Q WEEKEND

Hi Everyone, Queensland's Q Weekend Magazine featured Stone and Metal Gallery 9 times in their jewellery shoot last week. Check it below.

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In the spirit of Crown Oaks Day at Flemington here is some more press for Alexandra Harper

Amber Renae in Alexandra Harper Couture Millinery

Alexandra Harper Couture Milliner in Q Weekend

Alexandra Harper Couture Millinery Q Weekend

ALEXANDRA HARPER LATEST PRESS

Alexandra Harper Couture Millinery Grazia

Alexandra Harper Couture Millinery Marie Claire

SOPHIE MONK WEARS SALITA MATTHEWS

Sophie Monk wore a Salita Matthews top with her Stella McCartney legging-boots on the red carpet in LA last month.

BEHIND THE SCENES SALITA MATTHEWS AND SURAFINA

Salita Matthews and Surafina featured in a shoot by Sunday Mail Fashion Editor Kellie Alderman who shot the Queensland finalists of Australia's Next Top Model in designs by our fair state's leading fashion talents.

Check out the behind the scenes action below:

Surafina Eden Print Dress $199 (right) www.surafina.com

Salita Matthews Golden Idols Dress $520 www.salitamatthews.com 

Surafina (right)

Surafina (middle)

Images sourced from www.couriermail.com.au

THE DEVIL WEARS YELLOW

The fashion marketing powers that be have instructed me to purchase yellow and I have acquiesced big time. Purchasing a trend like it is going out of fashion (for high-up fashion industry types it probably already has) does not come highly-recommended and considering the eye-watering tendencies of this particular hyper shade of traffic controller citrus, the death knell on completing an outfit with blasts of hyper colour is probably not far off.

I dipped my toe in yellow one fateful Wednesday evening, balancing my laptop on my knees as I half listened to the tellie, innocently buying a yellow patent skinny waist belt from British online store Asos. Harmless enough you might say, but drunk or partially blinded by my hyper-coloured acquisition I awoke the next morn to whip out my credit card and make a Cambridge Satchel Co. shoulder bag in said sunny shade all mine before I had finished my morning coffee.

Here’s some evidence of my yellow infused spending spree

Asos Belt www.asos.com

Cambridge Satchel Co. 11" shoulder bag www.cambridgesatchel.co.uk

And apart from these buys which are en route as we speak, I am also lusting after one Shourouk necklace featuring a bejeweled lime green dove from Jean Brown, a nylon canary shopper bag by Louise Gray (asos again) and an amber snake skin clutch also from asos.

Looking at street style shots outside the shows this month, I’m not alone in my yellow fixation. The collective tonal-mania brings to mind that great Devil Wears Prada moment where Miranda Priestly waxes lyrical about the trickle down timeline of trends from the runway to a high street clearance bin (the scene is actually from a 1950s film of which I can’t for the life of me remember the name).

But no matter, as much as I try to be as sophisticated as the Anna Wintours and Kate Moss’ of this world, I’m counting down the days until my new golden accessories lighten up my life and my wardrobe. Hey at least you won’t lose me in a crowd.

Xx L

NORTH, SOUTH, ONSITE, OFFSITE

I took the obligatory 'fashion-week-invitations-strewn-on-the-hotel-bed' shot last week. It really was a gruelling schedule and we traipsed around the city like true fashion troopers thanks to our generously sponsored Audi cars and driver.

Apart from the big guns Zambesi, Trelise Cooper, Stolen Girlfriend's Club and Twenty-Seven Names, the schedule was packed with fresh new talent and street wear labels many of whom touted a prepubescent hot-goth look. Black Luxe below really went to town with the theme, sending out a crafty coven of gothic witches complete with crowns styled from twigs which got caught in the models hair as they changed looks throughout the show (check it out below).

Blak Luxe

Off-site shows in backstreet locations proved popular by far the most popular of the week being Stolen Girlfriends Club which packed gleeful punters in an inner-city warehouse like sardines.

Stolen Girlfriends Club

Labels wanting to stand out opted for photographic and vignette presentations of their Autumn/Winter 2012 collections, two of the best being Twenty-Seven Names and Never Black the latter of which also trotted out a gaggle of models.

Twenty-Seven Names

Never Black

NZFW DABBLES IN THE DARK ARTS

Our friends across the ditch put on their annual kiwi fashion-do last week. The black malaise that was NZFW (Auckland's fashion crew have a particular penchant for layered noir looks) is slowly clearing in my mind and I shall attempt to pinpoint the highlights over the coming days.

First things first, Sydney's Lola Van Vorst was undoubtedly the queen of the catwalk, stalking down the runway like a sartorial albino zombie for all the big names including resident NZ dark lords, Zambesi, as well as street kings Stolen Girlfriends Club.

SALITA MATTHEWS AT THE MONSTER HALL

Sarah Hawkins snapped this amazing image of Lady Gaga’s Monster Hall Concert last week while hanging in the VIP area.

Here she is on the red-carpet in Salita Matthews AW 2011 'Vanitas' Collection. Gold Perception Leggings $360 and Visual Distortion Top $320. Head to www.salitamatthews.com for further details.

GENGHIS REMEMBERED ADDS A FINISHING FLOURISH

Brisbane-born, Stateside-based milliner Alexandra Harper’s ‘Genghis Remembered’ headpiece has been the finishing touch for many an editorial so far this season.

 Be it Grazia's metallic layering  

Kimberly Gardner's lounging rock chick in Brisbane News

or Courier Mail Fashion Editor, Laura Stead's swinging Cirque Du Soleil shoot last week.

Alexandra Harper Couture Millinery is available at www.alexandraharpermillinery.com or Brisbane luxury retailer Jean Brown.

OK! Magazine loves Salita Matthews

SUNDAY MAIL FEATURE

Kellie Alderman asked a number of Brisbane’s fashion set to comment on dressing for your age in a web-special to coincide with 97.3FM ‘Feel Good For the Woman You Are’ campaign. Here’s my take on the issue, wearing a Salita Matthews necklace of course!