When it comes to Melbourne, the city is closely associated with the fashion industry.
There are various areas that represent fashion such as Fitzroy, several boutiques offering vintage fashion stuffs such as OP Shop and vintage shop, the renowned Australian Design University RMIT, and the collision of street art and traditional culture.
Two interviewers, students from RMIT's fashion related course, will also talk about their understanding of fashion.
We will look at Melbourne from some different perspectives to show its connection with fashion.
4 June 2022
Traditional Chinese embroidery combined with traditional food
Sally Wang, 22, student of RMIT fashion design, works in a restaurant that sells traditional Chinese food at Melbourne Central, and their uniform is designed by the employees themselves. When we talked about fashion, she started to talk excitedly about how the store's decoration came from landscape brush paintings and upside down fortune characters-FU, and our uniforms were embroidered with one of China's greatest philosophers, Lao Tzu." the traditional and ancient culture is fascinating, and in the age of fast fashion compared to the uniforms of stores like McDonald's we are inspired by our traditional culture" Sally said.
5 April 2022
Chinese lion dance and traditional martial arts costumes
Melbourne is home to many international students and immigrants from China, so there is a lot of fashion associated with Chinese culture. Chinatown is a great place to learn about Chinese fashion and culture. Crystal Jade Restaurant is an elegant Asian cultural restaurant serving Chinese styled dim sum. The uniform of the restaurant is traditional Chinese martial arts costumes, and they perform Chinese lion dances in the streets during the corresponding Chinese festivals. Melbourne's street fashion is always filled with a variety of cultural elements, giving the city a unique fashion vibe.
3 June 2022
New aesthetic trends arising from different professions - Delivery Boy aesthetic
The COVID-19 pandemic has been the most developed years for the delivery industry. Kenny Chen, 20, student of RMIT Fashion merchandising major, delivery boy as his part-time job. "Nowadays, different trends can be related to different professions, such as fishman aesthetic, delivery boy aesthetic and different store decoration, LED lighting, stuff clothings also represents different aesthetic trends, from which I can get a lot of inspiration. I like to go to some stores with different styles of cuisine to pick food, such as American burgers, Thai restaurants, where the service staff and store decoration are very unique" Kenny said.
23 April 2022
RMIT design student is reading a book at the RMIT university gate
Melbourne's city center is every fashionista's dream, full of fashionable stores of all brands, vintage stores, and people with unique outfits to inspire them, and RMIT has produced top designers for Melbourne. Acyl is a design student at RMIT and her love of reading, watching movies, shopping vintage stuffs and gothic culture is what inspires her designs. Her outfits come from the OP stores and she believes that "fashion is not defined and you can wear whatever you want to express your personality in Melbourne".
29 May 2022
An elegant man in a suit with hat
Despite the freedom of dress, professional men need to dress appropriately in the workplace, so custom suits have become the first choice for many professional men. But few people will choose a suitable dress hat when wearing a suit. In the 50's Hollywood movie stars like to wear tweed hat and felt hat, hat is the first choice of fashion people. However, a decent hat is a timeless fashion choice, whether it was popular in the 1950s or now in Melbourne. Men's romanticism will always be associated with suits, bow ties, hats, and leather shoes.
30 April 2022
A cellist playing music in front of vintage style coffee machine store
At night in Melbourne's Italian-style street, the melodious sound of the cello attracted countless people to stop by, and he and the cello made the street look more romantic. The cellist was wearing a vintage suit and a formal hat that had been specially crafted for him while he played a cello that had been around for more than 100 years. He would play randomly on the street, and this vintage coffee machine store was his favorite place where we could see posters of Hollywood stars and landscape.
25 May 2022
Ballet Dancer is performing 'Swan Lake' in Melbourne street
The winter in Melbourne does not stop the romantic street fashion art, embracing people from different national backgrounds and different professions, helping these people to achieve their dreams. Bianca Carnevale is a young ballerina of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. She earns enough money to make her dreams come true through street busking, and she loves it when people stop to watch and clap for her performances. Through people's donations to her, she saved enough money to continue pursuing her ballet dreams in London. She will complete her training in London in August to bring a more stylish ballet performance art to Melbourne.
14 April 2022
A stylish mannequin in the window of an OP store in Fitzroy
Fitzroy has bohemian streets and is known for its street art and fashionable retail stores. This is Melbourne's second-hand shopper's paradise, where you can find all kinds of vintage fashion, buy high quality vintage clunkers and you can see the most fashionable scene. You may easily locate the outfits that are most appropriate for disco at this OP store, which focuses primarily on selling some really vintage clothing. You might even dress up as this mannequin model by donning a trendy headscarf of this kind.
1 April 2022
COVID-19 pandemic, masks and fashion
It's been more than two years since the COVID-19 pandemic, and masks are nothing new, but not long ago the state of Victoria officially lifted its mask restriction order. People are free to walk the streets wearing masks according to their personal wishes. During an epidemic of the COVID-19 virus, people can cover their beautiful faces with masks, lowering their risk of catching the virus. However, wearing masks does not stop people from finding fashion and beauty. People walking down the street either choose not to wear masks or wear masks of a different colour to match the outfits they are wearing.
1 May 2022
Nature in Fashion
The study of nature, an environment in which fashion is always present, is a source of inspiration for many fashion designers. The pattern of the waves and the hues of the setting sun can provide fashion designers with both a source of inspiration and a fresh point of view on the fashion industry. Since the beginning of time, there has been a strong connection between the world of fashion and the natural world. The natural world has always played a significant role in the creation of clothing, from the fabrics used to the patterns that are used.
