Mercedes-Benz Fashion Festival Brisbane Day 1

And so here we are again at the start of another Brisbane Fashion Festival. With bright lights, pretty dresses, and air-kisses all around it's a terribly exciting time for Brisbane fashion lovers.

The first show off the rank was 'Virgin Australia Group Show' with brands Scanlan & Theodore, Akira, Aurelio Costarella, Lisa Brown, and Easton Pearson as well as 'Kisses' on James st showing there wears.

Stand out's were Aurelio Costarella with his haute couture like garments of feathers and drapery, Lisa Brown with her 60's hippie inspired feminine dresses, and Easton Pearson's African fabrics inspired print.

Aurelio Costarella

Lisa Brown





Easton Pearson

When Easton met Pearson

For the people who know me, you will of course know that I can’t do a blog about Brisbane and fashion and not do at least one on Easton Pearson.

A Brisbane label that started in 1989, this year saw the 20th anniversary of Easton Pearson, which in any industry, let alone fashion, is a milestone.

The way they celebrated was to hold a 20-year retrospective at the Gallery Of Modern Art here in Brisbane.

The exhibition opened on the 28th of November with a very fanciful cocktail party and because it was inconjunction with the start of the annual Brisbane Fashion Festival, everyone who was anyone, or at least thought they were was there. In other words there was a lot of people in attendance.

I definitely thought It was the highlight of the festival.

The exhibition ended last Sunday, but I managed to return a few days before for one last look and brought along my camera to photograph some of my favourite outfits.

So without further ado, here are my photos (I’m still not great with my manual camera and there was no flash allowed)!

"the top is made entirely out of metal sequins and skirt is silk tafetta with metal sequin detailing"


"I call this "The African Princess dress" "

"I call this "The flamenco dress"

"Love it"
"Just a random shot but I do like that coat dress "