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"I like this place and willingly could waste my time in it" 
~ William Shakespeare, As You Like It.

Don't you wish this was your backyard?

~ Clare x

RAFW 2011 ~ Bowie, Saint Augustine Academy, Stolen Girlfriends Club & Backstage Antics

Today I bring you some awe-inspiring pics of last week's Rosemount Australian Fashion Week taken by my favourite photographer & friend, Reef Gaha. I'll let his amazing photos speak for themselves...

Bowie - Runway



Bowie - Backstage


Saint Augustine Academy - Runway

St Augustine Academy - Backstage

Stolen Girlfriends Club - Runway

All photos by Reef Gaha

For more backstage antics & after parties, check out Reef's website. How lucky am I to have had such a talented photographer take my wedding photos?!!

~ Clare x

Giveaway: 2 Tickets to Fashion Weekend Sydney

Quick Giveaway! 

Any Sydney gals out there wanting 2 freebies to Fashion Weekend next week? Well I have 2 tickets to giveaway. The tickets are or use for either Friday 13th May or Sunday 15th May - your choice. 

 

It's an event not to be missed by any fashionista. Shop from over 120 designer brands, from the high profile to the emerging, selling a selection of current and past season's collections along with samples and one-off designs. All at discounts of up to 70% off the retail price. 

 

To enter all you have to do is become a follower of Looking Glass & leave a comment before Tuesday 10am EST. If you blog about the giveaway or facebook then you get an extra entry, just be sure to leave another comment telling me you did so.

 

The 2 tickets are for entry into the Fashion Weekend event only in Sydney. Giveaway closes Tuesday 10th May 2011 so I can get the tickets to the winner before Friday. So get in quick!!!

Check out the list of designers at the event here.

~ Clare x

Night Photography of the 20s & 30s

All images found at Vanity Fair

 

There's something about images of the 1920's & 30's that makes my heart skip a beat. Almost a feeling of nostalgia, as if I've been there before... Strange, I know, but that's how I feel. I'm loving these night scenes from some of Europe's pioneers in photography: Brassaï, Ilse Bing, Robert Doisneau, and André Kertész. Wish I could make it to New York to see them up close at the Bruce Silverstein Gallery.

~ Clare x

Credits:
André Kertész, Eiffel Tower (Summer Storm), 1927, 1927
André Kertész, At the Bobino, Paris, 1932
Brassaï, ens du Milieu, 1932
Brassaï, Paris, Canal Saint-Martin, c. 1931

Ilse Bing, Can Can Dancer, Moulin Rouge, Paris, 1933

Ilse Bing, Orchestra Pit, Theatre des Champs-Elysees, Paris, 1933

Robert Doisneau, Jeu du Trapeze Aerien, Paris, 1949

Robert Doisneau, The Stairway, 1952

Robert Doisneau, Untitled (no date)

Mad Love Teaser

Check out the teaser vid for brand spankin new label Mad Love!! This video was shot by Cybele Malinowski during the photoshoot for the Mad Love lookbook, which I was lucky enough to attend & bring you guys some sneaky behind the scenes shots. You can check out my post here if you haven't seen it yet.

Here's a little message from Mad Love designer, Gill Lawrence:

Welcome to the world of Mad Love, where life is one big festival and your clothes are the music. We have brought together some talented, inspired people to make Mad Love happen, and the result is everything we hoped for - crazy, fun, cool. Very cool.

To invite you into our world, we have produced an amazing short film that captures the essence of our brand and overwhelms your senses.

Directed by Cybele Malinowski, accomplished fashion and music photographer that has worked with some of the biggest names around - Slash, Lady Gaga and Crowded House to name a few, Cybele has applied her sharp and vivid style to motion picture, bringing her photographic vision to life.

The uber cool edit is the magic touch of Stephen Claxton, Steven spends his time shooting short interviews with film stars and musos and lately he has worked on live streams for Katie Noonan and The Versus. He is also the vocalist of Sydney band Go/No-Go.

And the soundtrack... that leaves you wanting more. An original piece by Sydney musician Dan Arena, who has worked with Sarah Blasko and 78 SAAB and is the guitarist/keyboardist of Sydney band Go/No-Go.

But for now - you only get the teaser. The full length version will be available closer to launch date. But it's a taste of whats to come, and it's so very very amazing.

We hope you madly love it as much as we do.

~ Gill

Links:

Cybele Malinowski www.bangbangdot.com

Stephen Claxton http://www.youtube.com/user/MrStephenClaxton

Dan Arena http://remaincalm.org

 

 

Here's to a week of falling madly in love!

 

~ Clare x