Currently Trending: Two Strap Stiletto Heels


Updated 05/18/12 3:39 PM · Posted by Alison Parr · 0 comments

Shoe Trend to Try and Buy: The Minimal Two-Strap Stiletto. Shop our Edit from Chloe, ASOS, Tony Bianco, Stella McCartney + More

It was the shoe we spotted on every fashion insider during Mercedes Benz Fashion Week Australia, and heck! We even dedicated a street style gallery to it. We are, of course, talking about the two-strap stiletto. The double strapped heel has (along with our other very good friend; the pointy-toed pump) signalled the death of those ubiquitous chunky platform pumps. The low-to-the-ground profile Read more

Meet Our Intel Front Row Street Style Winner from Fashion Week!


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Meet the Fashion Week Front Row Street Style Winner of our Intel FabSugar Australia Winner: Elise Crossman!

A big, fashionable Fab congrats goes out to Elise Crossman who won our Intel fashion week competition! We asked for your best front row-worthy outfits, and our six well-dressed finalists certainly made it hard to pick a winner — but it was this Sydney-sider's way with two of this season's biggest trends, the animal print skinny and the ever-present peplum, that got her over the line. Elise Read more

2012 MBFWA: The Ultimate Runway Trend Report


Updated 05/18/12 7:14 AM · Posted by Alison Parr · 0 comments

Top Runway Trends from 2012 Mercedes Benz Fashion Week Australia: Peplums, Neon, Prints, Pastels + more!

Mercedes Benz Fashion Week may be done and dusted for another year, but we're still thinking about the new season trends that stalked the Spring/Summer runways. From the omnipresent peplum to the only style of trouser to be seen in, photographic florals to pops of neon, this is your ultimate guide to next season's strongest looks. We might be staring down the barrel of Winter, but these Read more

Five Fab Minutes with Moda Operandi's Taylor Tomasi Hill


Updated 05/14/12 3:53 PM · Posted by Alison Parr · 0 comments

We Chat to Moda Operandi's Taylor Tomasi Hill During Fashion Week for Oroton

Not to get all weird and stalkerish, but Taylor Tomasi Hill is the kinda girl you want to be your best friend. Friendly, down to eath, ridiculously stylish in that impossible to replicate, effortless kinda way, we were bowled over by how — well, normal — the super stylist was when we interviewed her during Fashion Week. Taylor is an industry superstar of sorts thanks to her flawless street Read more

2012 MBFWA: Top Five Wardrobe Updaters To Steal From the Front Row


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Top Five Wardrobe Updaters from Fashion's Week's Front Row: Shop Key Pieces from Yasmin Sewell, Jodi Gordon, Kate Waterhouse

As much as we adore scoping the new season threads from the runways at Mercedes Benz Fashion Week, the front row was just as perve-worthy. The the 'fits sitting front row can be just as directional, and just as important for forecasting trends to come. We've taken the top five pieces from our most-stylish list and found similar, so you can invest now in the pieces that everyone else will be Read more

2012 MBFWA: 6 New-Season Ways to Update the Classic Ponytail


Updated 05/11/12 5:14 PM · Posted by Sarah Macrae · 0 comments

2012 MBFWA: Ponytail Styles

Ponytails are a style staple globally but if you're struggling to think of ways to make yours look, well, more interesting and not so gym-chic, you're in luck because Fashion Week just served up six new twists on the classic style. From a simple, two-second trick that'll add an instant glam factor to dual-textured and two-toned styles to equestrian-esque takes on the look, you can be as Read more

2012 MBFWA Trendspotting: Mohawk Styles


Updated 05/11/12 2:01 PM · Posted by Sarah Macrae · 0 comments

2012 MBFWA Beauty Trends: Mohawks

With punk references cited as inspiration at several shows including Ginger & Smart, Manning Cartell and Zimmermann, it made sense that as well as pops of colour, we were going to see a Mohawk or two. Now, traditional Mohawks may be a polarising style that’s not really suitable for the office but Fashion Week showcased some more wearable ways to take on the trend. From Zimmermann’s rag Read more

2012 MBFWA: See Our Front Row Intel Competition Finalists!


Updated 05/16/12 9:19 AM · Posted by Alison Parr · 72 comments

Snoop the Front Row Fashion Week Street Style Finalists From Our Intel Ultrabook Comp: Who Deserves to Win?

We asked for your best front row outifts, and got them we did. And then some! As well as powering our Mercedes Benz Fashion Week coverage, our pals at Intel are also giving away an ultra zippy  Ultrabook™ — Inspired by Intel to one Fab reader whose fashion week style we deem worthy to win this super chic tech accessory. We've rounded up our six stylish finalists and now need a little input Read more

Five Fab Minutes With Style By Kling's Elin Kling


Updated 05/11/12 2:13 PM · Posted by Alison Parr · 0 comments

Style By Kling's Elin Kling Talks About Designing Her Nowhere Collection, Travel Essentials, H&M, Australian Style + more!

Fashion week was awash in style inspiration for us. Not only did we sit down with Whitney Port (so doe-eyed in person), talked shop with Taylor Tomasi Hill (cue killer girl crush!) and discussed wedding dresses with Yasmin Sewell (life envy, plus some) we also had a cup of tea with blogger extraordinaire-turned-designer and all round Swedish style queen, Elin Kling. If you’re not familiar Read more

2012 MBFWA Trendspotting: Luminous Lit-From-Within Skin


Updated 05/10/12 3:58 PM · Posted by Sarah Macrae · 0 comments

2012 MBFWA Beauty Trend: Luminous Skin

When it came to makeup, there was one standout trend of Fashion Week: luminous skin. Whether the brief was young and fresh (Ellery) or "ladies of the lake" (Bowie), it all translated to one beautiful finish: glowing skin that looked as though it was lit-from-within. From cream illuminiser to lip gloss to loose pigment to cream shadow, just about anything was used to create a fresh-faced feel. Read more