If there’s one thing you’ll want after looking through our Sydney coverage, it’s the perfect summer dress. Oz designers do such a good job creating the floaty, flowing things, it’s hard to imagine buying them anywhere else. Lee Mathews, who returned to SFW after a brief hiatus, made the biggest splash with many summery frocks, which ranged from an ethereal white number to a graphic gingham sundress with rope detailing. Albus Lumen offered up a lovely cornflower-blue knit maxi dress and waft-y sheer chocolate brown minis for beach babes everywhere. Christopher Esber’s Aegean blue slip dress will be hard to resist, as will the well priced midis from Acler. Repeat Bianca Spender and Karla Spetic also had their fare shares of delicate hits. Unsurprisingly, buyers have taken note. Lee Mathews is new to MatchesFashion.com, while Albus Lumen is now stocked on Net-a-Porter.
Sydney Has Summer Dresses Covered
If there’s one thing you’ll want after looking through our Sydney coverage, it’s the perfect summer dress. Oz designers do such a good job creating the floaty, flowing things, it’s hard to imagine buying them anywhere else. Lee Mathews, who returned to SFW after a brief hiatus, made the biggest splash with many summery frocks, which ranged from an ethereal white number to a graphic gingham sundress with rope detailing. Albus Lumen offered up a lovely cornflower-blue knit maxi dress and waft-y sheer chocolate brown minis for beach babes everywhere. Christopher Esber’s Aegean blue slip dress will be hard to resist, as will the well priced midis from Acler. Repeat Bianca Spender and Karla Spetic also had their fare shares of delicate hits. Unsurprisingly, buyers have taken note. Lee Mathews is new to MatchesFashion.com, while Albus Lumen is now stocked on Net-a-Porter.
Where’s the Hype?
If streetwear hasn’t really caught on in Sydney, there are a handful of brands trying to make it happen. Double Rainbouu favors sentiment over street cred, but its graphic sweats and contrast-sleeve knits have a contemporary appeal. Client Liaison, meanwhile, did a complete collection of workwear jumpsuits, printed tees, and quirky separates that had the buzz of a streetwear launch, if not the look.
The closest thing to actual streetwear might be Ten Pieces, a brand founded Lucy Hinckfuss and her husband Maurice Terzini now in it third year at SFW. At its start, it was a Yeezy-esque take on loungewear; this season, Hinckfuss and Terzini expanded into denim, ready-to-wear, and tailoring. It was a smart evolution for the brand, and a rare injection of hype into the week.
