Rosemount Australian Fashion Week - Day Three

Well here we are.....at the end of another exciting and very long day at Rosemount Australian Fashion Week! The day started nice and EARLY with a cup of hot water and lemon to cleanse the sytem and a gorgeous hot shower to wake the body and get us moving to our first stop in Surry Hills to view the new LifewithBird range for summer. Loved it! Luckily we stumbled across a great cafe called Bill's.... which turned into yummy Organic Scrambled Eggs on Sourdough Bread (Bill's specialty) for Princess D and a Bircher Muesli with Honey and Strawberries for Princess J. Delicious! Oh and of course coffees - soy cap and skinny cap! We later discovered that Bill Granger is a very well know restauranteur and people around the world have been known to wait 3 hours for a table at one of his restaurants. The Princesses sure know how to pick 'em - we can sniff out delicious food a mile away!

Next we took the long way back to RAFW central, as we had a little time for a spot of shopping....We couldn't let a spare moment pass us by...could we? Anyway Elissa Coleman for summer 10/11 was next and we loved it. Beautiful plain and printed silks in exquisite colours, we haven't even had a winter season yet and we are already looking forward to summer fashion! Crazy!

Our next parade was back at the OPT for the Men's and Women's Ready to Wear Collection. We got to view the debut collection from last year's Project Runway winner, Anthony Capon. It was a packed house and a great show by all the designers involved. We also got to see some gorgeous male models walking down the runway for a pleasant change!

Hunting down a seat and a quick snack was next on the agenda....this lead us to a chance meeting with another on-line boutique owner, Sarah from Beginning Boutique! We chatted for ages as we had a lot in common and many stories to share. We had plenty of time to chat as we were in the line-up for the Nookie parade which ran almost an hour late which seems to be a common occurence during any Fashion Week. It was a fantastic parade and well worth the wait! It was however a mad rush out of there to our next appointment to view the Rachel Gilbert range for summer. Absolutely stunning is all we will say about these gorgeous dresses which will add a glamourous touch to the designers we have available at Style Palace.

Our last stop for the day was to the Ivy Pool Club for the Nookie After Party. What a stunning venue on the 4th floor of 320 George St. It is centred around a huge turquoise coloured pool which looks absolutely amazing, a super stylish spot! Unfortunately instead of being thirsty we were hungry and lucky for us there was a sushi train on Level 1. All you can eat and we ate all we could!

Back to the Westin and here we are looking around our hotel room and wondering how we are going to pack all this stuff back into the same bags we brought them in! We are also laughing at the fact we haven't needed to wear even half of it! How does this happen when we had carefully planned and styled an outfit for each day? Our theory is fashion can't be planned all the time and your inspiration has to come to you spontaneously from within!

Enjoy the day's pics.....plenty more to come!

With love from your SP Princesses xx (obsessed with all things resembling designer clothes and shoes!) xx zzzzzz Princess D is snoring in style already! Sweet dreams.

Rosemount Australian Fashion Week - Day Two

Let's start with letting you know that we are obsessed with checking out the gorgeous boots and shoes that everyone has been wearing during Fashion Week. We do have a question though ... we have seen hundreds (maybe thousands) of beautifully dressed people today and we didn't see even one person who was wearing the same pair of shoes as someone else! Are there really that many different styles of shoes available in Australia? And not just normal shoes - there were mainly boots of many variations ... wedges, stilettos, flat, over-the-knee, ankle, peep-toes, cut-outs, zipped, unzipped, cowboy and the list goes on and on and on. This was merely an observation - and a very enjoyable part of the day. We love boot watching!!

Our second day at Fashion Week got off to a slow start because it was our allocated retail therapy morning. We are working late every night so we thought we deserved a little sleep-in before heading to Oxford Street, Paddington. As much as we love shopping at stylepalace.com.au, we like to share the love with other favourite Australian labels including Sass and Bide, Shakuhachi, Kirrily Johnston, Willow, Ksubi and Camilla and Marc. Luckily all of their flagship stores were situated within walking distance to each other so we just shop-hopped to each one and damaged our credit cards along the way. No more needs to be explained!

Our first appointment for the day was with the gorgeous girls from Camilla who showed us the summer collection titled 'Babylon' at a secret location in Sydney's CBD. All we can say is that it brought one of the SP Princesses to tears (seriously) - it was an overwhelming experience which we will share with you when the collection arrives later in the year. It is truly exquisite.

A chocolate fix was required before we headed back to RAFW central in Circular Quay so we hunted down the Lindt Cafe for a hot chocolate (highly recommended). Back at the OPT we viewed the Women's Ready to Wear Collection including Gary Yang and Breathless. The Flannel show was held shortly after at the Cargo Theatre and we were excited to see this show as the designer is a fellow West Australian and the show didn't disappoint - it was a beautiful collection.

Our next stop was to view the collection of a new designer to Style Palace - Carly Paiker Jewellery - another West Aussie - we do breed great talent in the West! Look out for Carly's gorgeous leather wrap bracelets coming to SP very soon. We heart very much!

Our second day at RAFW ended at Fox Studios for the highly anticipated Ellery parade. We waited for over an hour to see the show. Both Princesses were standing the whole time in new Beau Coops boots and were such troopers. Jodie had aching little toes and Darlene was starving, but we all have to suffer for fashion! The wait and pain was worth every little bit ... the parade was sensational and the designs, amazing. There wasn't much that we didn't love at all including watching the stunning Jennifer Hawkins shining in the front row!

Back at the Westin we ordered a late night snack for 'brain food' so we can share our day with you. Our job is over for the day so good night and sweet dreams to you all from the
SP Princesses xx. Enjoy our pics and we will report back to you again tomorrow ...

Rosemount Australian Fashion Week - Day One

The SP Princesses have just finished a very fashionable, busy and productive day. We will keep it short and sweet as we believe pictures tell a more exciting story! Our day started with a quick trip to Mecca Cosmetica and the MAC counter for last minute essential makeup purchases needed for the week ahead (as if we can't buy them back home or did we even really need another mineral powder and body lotion!) - this is a buying trip after all - that's our logic!!

Back to the Westin Hotel with a muffin and takeaway coffee followed buy a shot of Noni Juice to give us energy for the day ahead, we added the finishing touches to our styling that started at 7.30am and the day hadn't even begun yet! Once we checked each other out with a nod of approval we walked (Princess Jodie's choice) to Circular Quay in our platform wedges (it will be Princess Darlene's choice tomorrow!).

We started our first day with the Camilla parade which didn't disappoint. It was then a mad rush to the Lucette parade - a newcomer to Style Palace this summer. The Women's Ready to Wear collection was next where we saw Story by Tang and Uscari (another new addition to the Palace). We then made our way to the glamorous Rachel Gilbert show and visited a few new labels before settling into our final show for the day ... Bec & Bridge. We loved all the shows and are so glad we are bringing you more of your favourite Style Palace labels as well as introducing some gorgeous new Australian designers to our ever-growing stable. Stay tuned for what's to come this summer at the Palace - you will pleased to see our hard work during Fashion Week resulted in some great styles coming your way!!

It's hard being a fashion lover and a 'Style Palace Princess' so we felt we deserved a relaxing evening with friends and a glass of Pinot Grigio at the most delicious Italian restaurant in Sydney - 'A Tavola' in Darlinghurst - a must if you are ever in the area.

It's hard to keep our stories short - as you can imagine there were many more funny moments throughout the day. Instead of lots of words, here are lots of pictures for you to check out as we have to give in to our sleepy heads and go and dream of all the beautiful clothes and wedged boots that we saw today - it was the best eye candy ever!!!

Sweet dreams xx SP Princesses

Story by Tang.. parade pictures live from Fashion Week Sydney

Uscari coming to Style Palace this Summer...

Style Palace will welcome Uscari through the cyber doors of the Palace this Summer - we can't wait!!!!

Check out the parade pics below hot off the press from Rosemount Australian Fashion Week today...

The Camilla Parade at Rosemount Australian Fashion Week, Sydney - 3 - 7 May 2010...

The Princesses have snapped a few pics from the Camilla show at Rosemount Australian Fashion Week ... hot off the press..

Like Sharon Stone, Prince, Nicole Kidman, Mischa Barton, Kim Cattrall, Elle Macpherson, Fergie and Beyonce - Style Palace are HUGE fans of Camilla!!!!

Rosemount Australian Fashion Week

It's nearly 2.00am in Sydney and the SP Princesses are getting ready to hit the pillow for a couple of hours sleep before our crazy schedule starts for an exciting Fashion Week in Sydney. We will be reporting back to you daily on what has been happening. We are going to some great shows and seeing some great new designers to bring to Style Palace and we are super excited!

Our very stylish outfits are ready for the week (we have been planning these for quite some time - it's a very stressful job!) and the shoes are laid out ready to choose from. We are obviously delirious and ready to sleep but had to take a quick pic of our gorgeous shoes to share with you ... it all begins here. We will be back tomorrow to report back on our first exciting day at Sydney Fashion Week. Sweet dreams xx SP Princesses