2009 Opening Party, L'Oreal Melbourne Fashion Festival

While my life seems to be particularly hectic and busy right now. I’ve just had the luxury of a free hour to myself, with nothing too urgent needing to be done. Well…. Nothing urgent that I could think of!!! =S

So during this lavish time of freedom, I as usual, began doing a little internet browsing, looking at fashion, and other exciting creative things! And I reignited my fondness to one particular fashion show which I had previously worked on.
During L’Oreal Melbourne Fashion Festival in 2009 I was lucky enough to not only be helping out as a dresser for the show, but was also a Stylist’s Assistant and a budding Volunteer. It really was a great thrill to be working in this festival, and a great privilege to be working specifically closely with the Opening Party.

What I Love about this 2009 Opening Party Fashion Show was that it really embodied all the incredible talent which the Australian Fashion Industry offers to cultural society. I was completely blown away when I was dressing these girls, as the immaculate detail and consideration to craft, construction and technique amazed me. I feel that the pieces selected for this opening show really illustrated how wonderful the Australian Design circle is, and how much our style is able to be freely interpreted. What was so lovely and cleaver about the styling, was that it not only celebrated Australian Designers, but also beautifully Illustrated the progression of style through time. I truly love this representation of history, and I feel that this show was styled particularly well. It is such a shame that the second show with these garments (for the public) was so poorly and limply executed.

Here are my Favorite Looks!!!!!
LOVEhelen











All Images from:
http://www.lmff.com.au/index.php?do=gallery&galleryCategoryId=36
Sunday March 14, 2009
Government House, Melbourne

Mapping the Tailor Exhibition, Part 2

Here are just some photos of the Mapping the Tailor exhibition, down at Mr Tulk. This display is such a cleaver composition, as the use of the red string accurately pin-points where each student is placed around Melbourne, giving an aesthetic idea a practical application. But more importantly, the choice of jackets is highly appropriate in communicating the core of the research for this project. The technical jacket on on the right can be seen as the 'research' element, signifying the tailors which we tracked down from as far back to c.1900. While the exploratory jacket could be used to represent the student's contemporary development of tailoring!

I truly love what these girls have done with the space.
Congratulations!

LOVEhelen

Mapping the Tailor Exhibition

!!!!Some Very Exciting News Indeed!!!!

As a part of the Cultural Program in L'oreal Melbourne Fashion Festival 2010 there is a tailoring exhibition curated by the RMIT Bachelor of Fashion lectures; Peter Allan and Sue Thomas. This exhibition, Mapping the Tailor, involves 8 students' work, installed in several tailoring establishments across Melbourne. These window displays showcase the tailoring work and toiles of each student in relation to not only the craft of tailoring but also into the research and inspiration of tailors, maps and cartography of Melbourne over the past 150years.

I am very lucky, along with the other seven students to be a part of this exhibition, and would love nothing more that to share it with you! So please start your wonderful tailoring journey at Mr Tulk in the city, and enjoy the adventure of viewing RMIT's Fashion Tailors!

Here is a sneek peak of my work, and my display.
If you would like to see my window display I am exhibiting in:

G Galati
198 Elgin Street (just on the corner of Lygon St)
Carlton, Melbourne.


What: Mapping the Tailor, Exhibition in the Cultural Program of LMFF 2010
When: 15th to the 21st March 2010
Where:
198 Elgin Street, Carlton
328 Swanston Street, Melbourne (Mr Tulk)
33 Johnson Street, Collingwood
68 Bourke Street, Melbourne
313 Smith Street, Fitzroy
108 Rathdowne Street, Melbourne
2c Brunswick Road, Brunswick East
45 Collins Street, Melbourne

LOVEhelen







(All works and images property of HelenPappas2009)

I've Got a Bad Case of F.F.F (Festive Fashion Fever)

Ahhhh… Fashion Week. It really is that time of year, where I live by my daily schedule (Religiously!) just so I can squeeze in all the design goodness that is consuming Melbourne.
This year there are many, Many exciting things happening in the 2010 L’oreal Melbourne Fashion Festival. Some of which I’ll reveal a little later. (tomorrow hopefully!)

One of the first, and the most exciting fashion exhibitions I have been to this fashion season is the one currently on display at CRAFT VICTORIC on Flinders Lane.
This exhibition showcases the works of Adel Varcoe, Kate James Nicholas Jones &Warren Harris.

Varcoe’s “iFold” interactive exhibition is truly refreshing to experience. Her cleaver play on our emotions and the role in which we, the individual, are placed in society is always intriguing and exciting to experience. ….I will not say anymore, other than to GET DOWN TO CRAFT VIC AND GO SEE IT YOURSELF!
As I went to this exhibition a second time, I was surprises that I had completely missed one whole room. This room, really just blew me away. Both Jones and Harrison’s pieces where so delicately and intricately crafted that I do not believe these photos serve Harrison justice. His attention to detail and decoration in conjunction with technique was as elegant as his design. This piece looks heavenly and truly romantic, with traditional tailoring undertones which strengthened the piece.

What: Adel Varcoe, Kate James, Nicholas Jones & Warren Harrison
Where: Craft Victoria, 31 Flinders Lane, Melbourne City, 3000
When: March 11 till April 24, 2010

LOVEhelen