Australian Street Style

[Lauren-W]

I need to look for a cocktail dress for an event at the end of the year. With $300 you oculd probably get something nice from David Jones or a nice boutique of some sort but if you wanted something mmore individual try vintage or something of that kind. I'm going to get my dress from a second hand/vintage store not too fussed as long as it suits me and is a reasonable price. Perhaps you could go down the same road? Just a suggestion anyway

 

[xxilovepinkxx]

I love the Australiab street style
It is amazing
OMG, it is so creative and colourful

 

[kiss&tell]

There is a Bettina Liano sale right now in Melbourne. I can't wait to go there!

 

[kachi]

Haha! I posted a thread on vogue forums on how every second post is about Alice Mccall or Lover and how boring it is.

I got a message saying they will ban me if i do anything similar again! VFP are disgusting pigs.

really? i couldn't believe they'd ban you by that. how ridiculous they were. i thought it was a good thread. although i'm a fan of alice mccall and lover.

 

[tastes_like_chic]

I would not spend $1 on Alice MCall.....

 

[Little Voice]

I would not spend $1 on Alice MCall.....

haha! me neither.

 

[kathkt]

you know I've never heard of alice mccall until this read.. u learn something new every day
whats the website? where can you get their clothing?

 

[Lauren-W]

Alice McCall is a Australian Sydney based designer. Her clothes are stocked in David Jones department stores in Australia and a few boutiques as well as overseas. She reccently showed a collection for London fashion week and is rising in popularity for her cute, quirky and fun designs most notably her dresses. Her website www.alicemccall.com.au for more info. Hope it helps!

 

[bliss_]

Not exactly 'street' style, but Australian party style ... Sydney

2threads.com

 

[bliss_]

More, 2threads

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[ellis_girl]

This is the Alice Mccall dress I've been thinking about getting for $305. It's quite reasonable for a party dress I think Karen Walker is double the price so Mccall seems like a realistic option.

 

[Lauren-W]

I think Alice McCall looks quite attractive in pictures but whenever I've seen it at David Jones it just looks like the fabrics are of poor quality and the garments seem to be out of shape. However I don't actually own anything by her so I can't comment in concrete, just an observation. I think the above dress is cute if you'd get a lot of wear out of but I think you could find something very similar in a vintage or secondhand store because it looks predominately 70s.

 

[bliss_]

Couple more 2threads.com

 

[bliss_]

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[bigb3n]

nothing really special about that particular dress, not worth the 300 in my opinion, unless its in some uber avant garde material that sets it apart from the rest.

bottomline you gotta like it!!! if it speaks to you...get it!!! you know what I mean!!

 

[UNiQFashionista]

sorry but again, do anyone of you aussies own battina jeans? i want to order online but the sizing srats at 26 and ends at 34, i usualy wear a 26 what size should i order? thanks

 

[lemeray]

^ So you are a size 6? Yeah order size 26, the fit nicely and do strect a bit. But I haven't worn bettina jeans for ages but my friend wears the 26.

 

[Label Basher]

I just got back from Melbourne and while about 90% of people I saw were really well dressed what is up with -

a) Girls not brushing their hair? OMG I saw these girls walking around with bird nest on their heads. It wasn't natural "bed hair" I actually think they made it that way. Why. I just don't get it. Did they really look in the mirror before they left the house and thought "Yeah man my hair is so hot"

b) Bad dye jobs. Why has everyone got really bad highlights. I saw so many blondes (and I mean like Christina blonde) with black streaks. The highlights started half way down as well. I just don't get it. And then their were Women, not girls WOMEN, walking around with "patches" on their heads. PATCHES. One women had a pink yes pink patch on the back of her head and a pink fringe. Did she let her teenager son or daughter do it. My mother wouldn't be caught dead with hair like that. I could understand it if the women was a Betsy Johnson type character with funky clothes but this women just had on a black top and a demin skirt. It just looked so so so wrong.

Do these people seriously think they look good?

Anyway beside that Melbourne is such a wicked place to be. I just love going back there. Everyone should visit before they die.

 

[Lauren-W]

Ah yes it would seem it's not just Melbourne that has been struck with these "interesting" hair styles. They're all over Sydney too. Hideous mullets teased into large puff balls with at least one fluro shade streaked through in sections. I think the reason for it is people actually like this over the top couture like hairstyle. Those that sport the do themselves that is.

 

[bigb3n]

amazingly, I don't think they are hideous at all, I just feel the Australian hair market hasnt been exposed enough to once again Europe and the USA, because these are the latest styles, and yeah its weird now, but come next year when Australia catches on to the style, it will be normal, moreover I never felt local culture has really latched on to the truly fashionable, but thats just my style perception.

Reason for the influx is that the hair shows just ended, and these are done by the international stylists.

and well style is simply perception, just because what might constitute to looking good down here, which honestly uggs on skinnys doesnt cut it, doesn't mean that "the different" arent absorbed into their own style, and to call them hideous is simply being incredibly narrow/shallow minded as to what is the NORM.