Fashion Fail!

Vintage 1980s polkadot tiered dress, by Hammels. John S. // DreamCanvasToday my friend Rapunzel and I were going to go to a couple of fashion exhibitions that were on in Melbourne. We strolled up to the second floor of the NGV International and stared in open-mouthed surprise as we realised that the Lace in Fashion exhibition had ended already. I was gutted. How could I have mixed up the dates so badly? I – when I love lace so much! Even the exhibition catalogues were sold out.

Never mind, we consoled ourselves; we could go to the other fashion exhibition on at the Ian Potter Centre at Federation Square: Australian Made: 100 Years in Fashion.

No such luck. We stared in dismay at the temporary walls barricading the entrance to the fashion gallery. We’d missed this one too!

We saw some photography exhibitions instead; I had chai latte and a raspberry macaroon (Rapunzel, coffee and date cake), and amused ourselves by taking Hipstamatics everywhere. The afternoon was not a total loss. 

However, below is a sample of what we should have been seeing this afternoon.

Evening gown of silk, Vilene, acetate, nylon, polyester, metal, cotton, by Hall Ludlow, 1954.White muslin dress, bodice part lined in black chiffon, guipure and filet lace, by Beer of Paris, 1912.