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Who is Viviana Volpicella you may ask? If you’re an avid follower of major street style blogs like The Sartorialist and Jak & Jil then you would know she is one of the fashion industries major style icons. Then again working alongside Anna Dello Russo as the Assistant Fashion Editor of Vogue Nippon, we can understand why her style is just… in one word, amazing. Volpicella's signature style is COLOUR and lots of it. The queen of colour blocking and the muse to my own wardrobe, she is the only woman that can pull off the colour yellow like a boss.  Her two signature elements of style are her rainbow-brite colour choices and her contagious smile. She's a fashion photographers dream!   ...

I, like many people out there is what you can call a magazine hoarder. Having worked in magazines in my early 20's, my glossy page addiction started quite young. After moving into my own home a few months ago I had to part with my magazines that I'd collected since I was 16, then of course the issues I had accumulated whilst working at a leading publication company, which I’ve left in the care of my parents – a very hard thing to part with. Now that I’ve settled into my home I have now found ways to incorporate my growing magazine collection into the great storage ideas. The secret to making these storage ideas work is pretty simple - take a minimalistic approach to stacking your magazines and using it as interior decorative s...

Kirrily Johnston's Spring Summer 2012/2013 collection "The Romanies" is inspired by Eastern European Gypsies. A homage to wanderlust, white magic, nature and freedom, the collection captures a moment where feminine fragility meets resilience and strength. International bloggers Rumi Neely of Fashiontoast.com & Bryanboy at Kirrily Johnston show The collection was launched on Monday the 30th of April 2012, as a part of Mercedes Benz Fashion Week Australia 2012 (MBFWA), at Sydney’s most contemporary new venue Neild Avenue. Cleverly combining feminine, floaty fabrics with strong, sharp, silhouettes which are accented with gold hardware, the colour palette is fresh and vibrant combining acid brights with elegant neutrals. ...

Written by Iyan Difuntorum As Fashion Week was coming to a close, we decided to visit our good friends at BAM Brands in their Sydney office. Founded and run by fellow Melburnian Justin Watson, his lovely team were kind enough to run us through some of next seasons collections from the various brands in their great little showroom. The lovely Anik and Louis began the little run through of some fantastic pieces that would definitely be flying out the doors as soon as they hit stores in the next coming months. One fantastic label for the gents is UK based label Boxfresh. Now my dress sense may be far from masculine, but with clean lines, cool prints and great cut basic tee's, Boxfresh translates well with Australian men's fash...