Mercedes Benz Fashion Festival - Brisbane 20-26 August

It’s that time of year again: when Queensland’s fashionistas don the season’s must-haves and flock to the South East, where Brisbane’s South Bank is transformed into a glittering stretch of runways, discussions and stylish cocktail parties.

Mercedes-Benz Fashion Festival – Brisbane, hosted by South Bank, is back for 2011 and promises a stellar lineup of designers and a range of fashionable events to satisfy even the most sartorially starved crowds.
Running from Saturday 20 until Friday 26 August, the Fashion Festival 2011 will showcase Spring/Summer collections from more than 60 local, national and international designers.

This consumer-driven event will present an eclectic mix of fashion, from broad-appeal merchandise and swimwear to independent ready-to-wear designer labels, all of which are available in-store and ready to buy.
Now in its sixth year, the Festival makes fashion accessible to everyone, with nine group shows and an off-site swimwear/resort show. Guests can also enjoy a drink and a catch-up amid the buzz of pre- and post-show festivities in the Fashion Bar at the Cascade Court, QPAC.

If that’s not enough to get you salivating, the Festival will also host a series of fashionable high teas, an Australian Fashion Graduate of the Year competition, a “fashion after hours” discussion program and a gala closing event.

In the wake of the recent natural disasters that have struck the Sunshine State, fashion may be considered a somewhat frivolous pursuit by some, but it is now more important than ever to support our local fashion industry and the many jobs that it provides.

“In what can only be described as a challenging few months for the entire state, we need to promote the best that Queensland has to offer to the rest of the country. The Mercedes-Benz Fashion Festival is a serious business and generates wide exposure for the city and the designers and retailers involved,” said Festival Director Lindsay Bennett.

The Fashion Festival generates huge revenue for the Queensland fashion and retail industry. Last year’s festival alone generated reported retail sales in excess of $4.35 million and print media coverage of more than $8.1 million.

The festival also stages a fashion shoot each year that involves some of Queensland’s most well-known designers at iconic locations and helps to draw tourism for the state.

New Dresses for August!

Although it is Winter here in Brisbane, it's slowly moving into warmer weeks for the entrance of Spring, the days are so mild that you can still wear singlets and dresses quite comfortably. The nights however get really quite cold still!

I thought my stock of sundresses might go the distance over Winter but I have had to produce stock just as much as in Summer. It's been fun but not without a bit of pressure now we're getting closer to the Wedding. (We've started counting in weeks! So exciting and nerve wracking!)

Anyway I digress, here are a handful of the new lovelies I have now in stock and will be available for purchase tomorrow - at The Young Designers Market, Little Stanley St, South Bank 10am - 4pm.

Featured Young Designer: YDM Article

I have had the honour of being interviewed and blogged about over at one of Brisbane's favourite markets, Young Designers Market.

Kitty Boo Boo

These markets are held on the first Sunday of every month in Brisbane at Little Stanley St, South Bank. The next of these is Sunday 7th August.

You can read all about it here at the blog of Young Designers Market

Kitty Boo Boo Hair Clip sale on Facebook

Kitty Boo Boo will be having a sale on Facebook this Thursday 28th July from 6pm AEST.

Here's the link Kitty Boo Boo's Facebook page

Here are some details of the sale

ALL ITEMS ARE $6

POSTAGE 
Postage is $5 for 1-2 items or $7 for up to 500g (that means quite a few pieces!) for Australian residents. Postage will be calculated for o'seas buyers.
Packages will be bubble wrapped for safety and as such become small parcels and postage reflects this.

HOW TO BUY
*To buy them simply write SOLD under the picture

*Sale starts 6pm Qld Time (AEST) Thurs 28th July

*Please do not 'buy' them until the start time on Thursday. Feel free to comment on any pic but any SOLD comments by early buyers will be removed until start time.

*Feel free to tag yourself or others so you know when to buy or to show friends who might be interested

*I will message you the payment details after the sale. Payment can be made via Bank Deposit or Paypal

*Payment must be made within 3 days of receiving your invoice please

Here are some sample pics of clips in the album ... for more simply follow this link to Kitty Boo Boo's Facebook Page.

Ready ... Steady ... Rockwiz

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The.Best.Party.Ever.

Seriously, when Sharon's invitations turned up I was so excited! I love trivia games, I love costume parties and I love music. I also am a big fan of a birthday!

The games were so much fun and everyone put a fair amount of effort into their costumes.
I went as Karen O (rock goddess) and Pete channeled his 90's self. Amongst the guests were - Divo, Freddy Mercury, Cat Stevens, Madonna, Cyndi Lauper, John Williamson, Bob Dylan, Slash, Adam Ant, Radiohead, Bon Scot and heaps more!

Apologies for the quality of photos but I only had my phone with me.


As I mentioned in the earlier post, this party was inspired by two of Australia's favourite musical trivia shows Rockwiz and Spick and Specks. Sharon titled it Shazwiz and Specks.

As soon as we turned up I knew it was going to be awesome. Chris and Sharon had hired equipment and set up the back yard and house so well. The deck was transformed with black curtains into a stage with a 3 piece 'Shazwiz Orchestra', lighting, player consoles and buzzers.

 

The lighting was spread through the yard and all the tables were the hard cases that music and av equipment are packed into.

 

We each received an envelope when we arrived and as the games began we found out that each envelope held a coloured card and each colour was to be a team. We were introduced to the rules by Chris (as Brian) and Jake (as Julia) was introduced.

(Chris also doubled as Dugald the human scoreboard later on).

Each team had a game card with a run down of the games to be played and we filled them out with our names. Each team had a person play each round while Sharon the birthday girl played every round.

There were four rounds and each round was themed with an era. There was a break between each round and food was provided. Again each food break was also themed to the corresponding era. Amazing.

60's & 70's - 'Kitchen Kitsch'

80's - 'Cafeteria Quality'

90's - 'Pretentious Provisions'