Australian Fashion Week: Day 3

I apologise for being a tad misleading about posting a designer that showed on a previous day- I'm only as good as the Vogue updates. Reliable as the SMH is, their pictures are not so forthcoming.

I was so excited to see what Antipodium had to offer yesterday as they are so spot on in delivering a sassy, yet commonsense outfit for a gal like me. Having said that, I found their collection quite fussy and at times, not altogether original. I think I've seen half their look in Zara already and I know the Antipodium girl is more aware than that!

Nerd that I am though, damn I am loving the socks and sandals look. So comfortable for the toots and utterly eye catching.

Marnie Skillings delighted me in the most terrific of garden party ways. She makes you feel like skipping and drinking tea, whilst eyeing off a cucumber sandwich. Her prints are heroines and patterns are flattering. The Skilling's girl went to charm school!

Onto the lovely kiwi Kate Sylvester.

If only we could all be this good looking whilst being outdoorsy! Those prints, colours and cute-as-a-button knee high socks serves this designer a tremendous thumbs up from me. Never dull, her desire to explore outside what is currently popular (ie, florals), gives Kate fashion longevity. And I applaud her for coming back and showing at RAFW, after her less than favourable reviews last year. The more Kiwi's the better, I say.

Oh, one more gush- to Kate's model booker, I salute you. Your ladies (and gents) were lovely, fresh and nourished. Yay!

Now onto the 'widowed/bride and her mean daughter' collection of Konstantina Mittas. I just named the look right there on the basis of what popped into my head, though in fact the show was titled 'The Strangeness'...I concur. A look of fierce hair (not Tyra finger shaking fierce, but actually scary fierce) and awesome gold eye coverage helped me enjoy the show, though I'm just about done with cut-out, peek-a-boo gaps thank you very much.

Overall Konstantina's look did catch my eye in a good way, though I'm not backing her tailoring. Too much drapery doesn't really do a lot for our ever increasing waistlines. I do love her bottoms, I think it was just her tops that let her down in my eyes. Meh, a simple white jersey tee would have been tres beau with that little gold mini. Vogue's Damien Woolnough sums it up nicely- 'Like Jerry Seinfeld, I don't need to see another pirate shirt...'

Aurelio Costarella- extremely short collection that left me wanting more. See all 11 looks here.

Images courtesy of Vogue.