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 | | KIWI FASHION LABEL ON A HIGH IN SYDNEYBy Carolyn Enting - Stuff.co.nz / The Dominion Post
The models were wearing skyscraping Jimmy Choo stiletto heels but the focus was on the glamorous body-hugging knits of New Zealand fashion label Sabatini.
The knitwear label marked its 20-year anniversary with an intimate salon-style breakfast show at the swanky Sydney Cafe on Circular Quay yesterday...
Australian makeup mogul Napoleon Perdis flew into Sydney from Los Angeles to personally supervise the makeup look – "1960s Twiggy meets 90s Helmut Newton muse" – for the show.
Australian model Lauren Brown, fresh off the Paris catwalk where she walks for Chanel, opened the show and was one of the many high-profile models secured by Sabatini for the anniversary celebration.
The fashion show was attended by Australian fashion media heavyweights including Australian Vogue editor Kirstie Clements and respected Frockwriter blogger Patty Huntington.
"It was the best show of Sabatini I've ever seen – small and tight with a couple of showpieces, and that excites people. It was distilled down to a grand statement," Huntington said.
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Photo: Carolyn Enting
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 | | SABATINI'S IT GIRLSBy Patty Huntington - Frockwriter
On Friday morning, Sabatini hosted a breakfast at Café Sydney to celebrate 20 years in business in Australia and preview the Spring/Summer 2011/2012 collection. Of course, the third generation New Zealand knitwear company is much older than that – 58 years to be precise (in September, frockwriter visited its headquarters in Auckland).
A tightly-edited presentation of just 12 strong looks, this was Sabatini’s best ever show. Brother and sister Margi and Tony Milich now run the business, but great to see Margi’s daughter Danielle Evans-Milich with more of a hands-on role these days.
In what is a signal of the calibre of models we can expect this week in Sydney, the cast included Lauren Brown and Alice Burdeu, who recently returned from the northern hemisphere show circuit. Both Brown and Burdeu are among a group of models who were launched out of Sydney’s Priscillas agency and onto the world stage by former Priscillas booker Doll Wright. Wright moved to New York three years ago to work at Priscillas’ US affiliate Elite, but has just resigned from Elite. Although she’s not saying much right now, according to industry whispers Wright is heading to cashed-up competitor Ford – which recently poached Catherine McNeil from the Next agency. And word has it that McNeil might not be the only Australian model to be nabbed by Ford once Wright touches down there.
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Photo: Patty Huntington
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 | | CELEBRATING 20 YEARS OF SABATINIBy frockaholics.com
This mornings Sabatini show celebrated 20 years of iconic fashion and grace.
The collection, said Creative Director Margi Milich was inspired by poetic imagination, femininity and ethereal movements. From the moment the first model stepped onto the runway at Café Sydney it was obvious that this was going to be a stellar collection.
Guests feasted on pieces reminiscent of the 1920’s flapper dresses, cut out back detailing in vivid colours of burgundy wine and subtle neutrals of cream and stone grey. The real beauty of the collection is that it celebrates the female form, the natural curves of the body and the ethereal magnetism inside every woman!
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