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Fashion: ShadowPlay

September 2011 will see Perth Fashion Festival’s Fashion Paramount shine bright inside its new home, Hackett Hall.

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Award winning luxury brand ae’lkemi and structurally bold womenswear label S2 will illuminate individual style in their own highly anticipated standalone shows. Elsewhere, emerging menswear brand Zsadar featuring Alister Yiap accessories and dynamic jewellery range Totomoto Australia will represent the new guard as part of designer capsule collections.

Here, OUTinPerth captures all these labels together inside the contrasting architectural heart of the Western Australian Museum.

(Above) Jae wears ae’lkemi high neck sequin gown ($989) from ae’lkemi and Totomoto Australia Passionflower & Bee cuff ($395) from Behind The Monkey. Stee wears Zsadar Dazed merino wool cardigan ($345) and Iconoclast jersey pants ($180) both from Zsadar. On the cover, Stee wears customized Alister Yiap headwear (POA) from Alister Yiap with Totomoto Australia Passionflower & Bee neck collar ($395) from Behind The Monkey.

(Above) Jae wears S2 shadow play dress ($325) and Phong Chi Lai handcrafted sandals ($435) both from S2, with Alister Yiap One Short of Eight necklace ($1050), Eight Main Components choker as cuff ($888) and Eight Carat ring ($224) from Behind The Monkey.

(Above) Stee wears Zsadar Chemical linen shirt ($235) and Blaze line pants ($250) from Zsadar with Eighty Carat Chaton pendant ($888) and Eight Carat ring ($224) from Behind The Monkey.

Shadowplay brought to you by
photographer: Wayne Nicholson photography assistant: Claire Leach

stylist: Scott-Patrick Mitchell
make-up: Strykermeyer
models: Jae West & Stee Cameron-Juss Andrews
location: Western Australian Museum – Perth.

special thanks: Trish McDonald & Denise Johnson @ Western Australian Museum, Jacqui Brown @ Perth Fashion Festival & Darian Bradara for behind the scenes documentation.

// STOCKISTS // AE’LKEMI // 337-339 Stirling Hwy, Claremont // (08) 9284 2736 // info@aelkemi.com // www.aelkemi.com // BEHIND THE MONKEY // 479 Beaufort St, Highgate // (08) 9227 7886 // monkey@behindthemonkey.com // www.behindthemonkey.com // // S2 // 26 Angove St, North Perth // (08) 9227 1139 // store@s2perth.com.au // www.s2perth.com.au// // ZSADAR // customer.care@zsadar.com // www.zsadar.com/eshop //

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