It was another early start for Shopgirl, and as you can see from our sometimes creative, sometimes shiny gold invitations, it was a full schedule!

Our first port of call was the Konstantina Mittas show. A label we have dabbled with before, Konstantina showed off her bling as glittery eyed models took to the catwalk like spectacularly sparkling disco balls.

After the show we scooted off to an Arnsdorf showing, and were impressed by the lashings of coral and architectural cut outs. Even more impressive was our Jade photographed by Paris street fashion blogger Garance Dore, featured below. If you haven’t seen Garance’s blog yet, you probably should- she captures style from a softly feminine perspective while capturing unique, fleeting fashion moments.

Next in the line up was the Dhini and Gail Sorronda show. While Dhini presented a marching band themed military collection, Gail’s range was more befitting of tragic beauty, think Blanche Dubois or a female Gatsby. Gothic flappers faced off in starkly juxtaposed black and white and delicately feathered accessories.
Dhini:

The eternally gorgeous Gail Reid (middle) with models wearing her label, Gail Sorronda:

Starving, we raced out of the show to a harbour side lunch of salad, salmon and Thai style salt and pepper squid. Yum! With full tummies we bundled into a cab to pay a visit to the lovely Stephanie Downey of local Melbourne label Dress Up. Giving us some special Margiela-esque shouldered tops (which are quickly becoming a Melbourne staple) Stephanie made Shopgirl quietly content with her versatile brand of everyday wear.
In the afternoon we finally got to see Marnie Skillings in action! The show opened with a sexy, punk rock lady in spangly bikini top beating away at a lone drum kit, and as the models poured out from behind the scenes, they marched to the tough, hard, pulsating beat. We loved the raw biker chick edge of the collection and the way it was offset by the tea stained floral print and picnic princess aesthetic. Some favourite peices included boiler suits adorned with unexpectedly placed exposed zippers and sequined blazers that made us dream about next summer at Alice…



