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Made in Melbourne Made in Melbourne is a celebration of Melbourne's independent fashion and art scene. The show will include a first glimpse of Spring/Summer 2009 collections from Artechoke, Limedrop, Lenko Boutique, Restinpeace, Who Am Eye, KOSI KOSI, Die Pretty and SERENA van der WOODSEN. All proceeds from the event will be donated to the Reach Foundation. Thursday 24 July, 7:30pm The Order of Melbourne Level 2 401 Swanston Street Melbourne, VIC		thewhitebook.com.au is a collaborative and evolving fashion website promoting emerging and established Australian labels through regular news and updates. Subscribe to receive our monthly newsletter packed with the latest fashion news. Help spread the word about thewhitebook and tell your friends. Please contact us with any queries including how to feature your label, store or sale on thewhitebook. e info@thewhitebook.com.au t + 61 403 329 620 f + 61 2 9012 0189 Join thewhitebook group on Facebook to receive regular fashion news on sales and events during the month. 2threads Design Federation Hope Street Markets Kripy Lost At E Minor Stylehunter Two Flat Whites Two Thousand We Are The Image Makers


Raffles Graduate Exhibition Hot Custard, this year’s theme for the annual Raffles College of Design Graduation Exhibition, is all about the graduate. More than 50 final year projects from the college's graphic design, photography and fashion students will be displayed. On now until Friday 25 July 10am – 5pm (week days only) 99 Mount Street North Sydney, NSW


re:visited This exhibition features contemporary jewellery and object art and design from wearable pieces to installation works by Nicolette Skobier, Carlie Henderson, Linda Blair, Brooke Johnston, Jane Reynolds, Christina Adamson, Sian Edwards and Bridget Kennedy. Thursday 31 July to Tuesday 12 August Gaffa Gallery Level 1 7 Randle Street Surry Hills, NSW


Student Fashion Fashion designers draw their ideas from many sources and a new display of graduating students work at the Powerhouse Museum reflects some surprising connections between fashion and cell division, Dada, Star Wars and the Geisha. This year the exhibition showcases work by Dion Lee from The Fashion Design Studio, Sydney Institute TAFE NSW, Robby Tjia from the University of Technology, Whitehouse Institute of Design student Alison Davis and Allison Berger who graduated from Raffles College of Design and Commerce. On now. Powerhouse Museum 500 Harris Street Ultimo, NSW Map	Robby Tjia, University of Technology


State of Design Recognised as the peak design event of the Victorian calendar, State of Design explored the ways in which design responds to the changing needs of business and our society. From the creative individuals and their stories that shape our future through to the valuable commercial, ecological and social outcomes that can result. The festival will have four key event arenas, the Premier’s Design Awards, Design Capital, Design for Everyone and Design Made Trade, each created to stimulate interest, engagement and inspiration amongst design professionals, business groups and the general public. Experience lectures, exhibitions, walks, talks, shows, parties, moments, events – all offering conversations on design: what is it and what it means to us all. Wednesday 16 to Thursday 24 July.


Melbourne International Design Festival The fourth annual Melbourne International Design Festival, themed Srength in Numbers combines more than 50 events ranging from exhibitions to forumns, workshops and installations. One of the highlights of the festival is the PopUps program which encompasses 22 creative events which pop up across Melbourne at design studios, galleries and public spaces. PopUps is an integral part of the Festival, created to inspire, surprise and engage with the general community. The Melbourne Design Market is also on Sunday 20 July with everything from fashion to jewellery, products, homewares, graphic design and much more. Thursday 17 to Sunday 27 July.


Don't Sweat Shop The Don't Sweat Shop is an ongoing project initiated and managed by Ambiguous Horse. The purpose is to provide a space where people can create their own designs and have them screen printed onto T-shirts or other items on the spot. The Don't Sweat Shop also aims to educate people about sustainable manufacturing and the social, environmental and ethical implications of their everyday actions as consumers. Saturday 26 July: 2pm-6pm ArtPlay Birrarung Marr, VIC


Refashioning the Fashion An exhibition featuring seven contemporary jewellers whose work is at times experimental, confrontational and non-functional. Alice Lang, Tiffany Parbs, Julia de Ville, Leah Heiss, Chelsea Gough, Gabby O’Conner and Melinda Young rebuild, recreate, restore, renovate, remake, reassemble, refashion and re-enact to create works that transcend convention and the body, and take the notion of jewellery to a new level of understanding. On now until Sunday 24 August Object Gallery 417 Bourke Street Surry Hills, NSW Map	Diabetes Rings by Leah Heiss


How You Make It How You Make It explores artisanal fashion design practices that draw on traditional tailoring techniques to form contemporary collections. Existing garments are deconstructed: unpicked, reconfigured and reworked, using fine tailoring and conceptual templates in order to create a new style of clothes. On now until Sunday 24 August Object Gallery St Margarets 417 Bourke Street Surry Hills, NSW Map	Paula Dunlop, Tijdelijk 2008. Photography: Cameron Attree


Black in Fashion: Mourning to Night This exhibition draws upon garments and accessories from the mid-nineteenth century to the present from the National Gallery of Victoria’s (NGV) Fashion and Textiles collections together with a number of public and private loans. Black in Fashion will also feature portraits dating from the seventeenth to the twentieth centuries, from the NGV’s collection of paintings. On now until Sunday 31 August NGV International 180 St Kilda Road Melbourne, VIC Map


Fashion Week Wrap Read about some of the highlights from fashion week here. Finally a return to the original energy and innovation we expect to see from one of the most anticipated events on the fashion calendar. The schedule of over 60 shows produced many stars including Easton Pearson, Freidrich Gray, silence is golden and Konstantina Mittas. Front row celebrities were Miranda Otto, Mischa Barton, Miranda Kerr and Eve. Best forgotten were the "Don't you know who I am, I don't wait in queues" tantrums outside the shows, the "Don't you know who I am, I must sit in the front row" tantrums inside the shows, goodie bag snatchers who stop at nothing to steal bags which don't belong to them and that smell in The Cargo Hall....	sass & bide Backstage Photo courtesy of 2threads


thewhitebook Fashion Exhibition thewhitebook proudly hosted its very first fashion event from Thursday 24 April to Tuesday 6 May 2008. thewhitebook Fashion Exhibition showcased key pieces from Spring Summer 2008/09 collections by Alexi Freeman, BelleBika, Charmaine Baltis, Ghost & Lola, Kanchi, Lady, Limedrop, Mwasi Kitoko, Premonition, Smena and Vicious Threads. These talented Sydney and Melbourne based labels presented a diverse and innovative range of womenswear, menswear, jewellery, shoes and accessories and provided an exclusive glimpse into their newest collections. See photos from the event here.