Lavazza is known for it's beautiful coffee and also for being heavily involved with the fashion industry. Having sponsored LMFF for the past five years, the internationally recognised brand has also worked with some of fashions elite, such as Roberto Cavalli, Moschino and Missoni.
In 2013, Lavazza has teamed up with Melbourne based label LIFEwithBIRD (yes my sister Bridget and husband Nicholas Messners label- very proud little sister!) to produce a giant printed Lavazza coffee cup with the famous LWB 'caterpillar' print. Not only this, but international Lavazza ambassador, singer, and former reality tv star Caggie Dunlop, who recently moved from London to Sydney, flew down to Melbourne to join my fellow devotee Jasmin Howell from Friend in Fashion, my sister Bridget and Nicholas of LIFEwithBIRD and I (who were all dressed in the latest AW13 collection, ‘Wild Species Dark Love’), on the morning of March 19th, to unveil the mega sized cup, along with the Lavazza A Modo Mio Lounge- a pop up cafe open at Central Pier, throughout the festival. Lavazza also supplied mini coffee cups with the caterpillar print on them that were sooooo cute!! It honestly is such a great collaboration which I feel blessed to of been apart of, but also to be involved in the festival myself as a devotee is amazing. I have to say, I did feel very special being involved in mornings event. It was such a perfect morning, with unbelievable weather and we were surrounded by such a great bunch of people, which was lots of fun. Caggie was very down to earth and we had a bit of a laugh and lots of fun playing around being silly for the photographers and guests who came along. When you think about it, Melbourne is known for its coffee and for it's fashion, so it really makes perfect sense that the two would collaborate- and what better time then during the L'Oreal Melbourne Fashion Festival. Even though this happened just under a couple of weeks ago, I wanted to share this with all of those who couldn't make it down to the festival to check it out. All clothes worn by Caggie, Jasmin, Bridget and myself are available to purchase online HERE. I am totally in love with the 'Young Love Dress' that I was wearing, which retails for $365. Made from pure silk and in the most beautiful colour, as well as a sexy smoke colour and then also the striking caterpillar print as well. It is truly flattering on the body and I felt so comfortable wearing it! There's actually a lot I could buy from the latest LWB AW13 collection… I have to be careful, cause otherwise I might end up broke!!
The first nine photos below are sourced from Couturing (taken by photographer Gemma Watts). Then the photos in the middle I took on my Cannon G12. The last photo was sourced from the beautiful Nadia Coppolino's blog Chronicles of Nadia - photographed with Nadia Coppolino, Trent Knox from Lavazza, myself, Jasmin and stylist Lana Wilkinson.
Well I have to say, I feel very blessed to of been able to attend the official launch of LMFF at Government House on Monday night. With perfect weather, an amazing location and lots of important people wearing amazing fashion pieces, I felt like a kid in a candy store! Not to mention the food and drinks that were constantly offered to all the guests throughout the night- AMAZING! We were greeted with a couple of friendly speeches from Chairwoman Laura Anderson, the premier of Victoria, and Megan Gale who both spoke beautifully. Guests included Megan, the stunning Barbara Palvin, the talented designer Camilla, Graeme Lewsey the LMFF CEO, Jess Gomes and the great team of devotees (minus Jasmin who was flying in from Bali this morning- lucky thing!!). There were loads of other amazing and beautiful guests who attended the event as well, and it was great to have a drink to celebrate the beginning of a week that has been a year in planning. I also got to meet Suzanne Carbone, from The Age who is amazing and we had lots of fun, then I caught up with the girls at AMPR, the LMFF team, Kim from the Herald Sun and I finally got to meet our other amazing devotee Liz Cambage who is incredibly sweet, and incredibly TALL! Anyway, tonight I have the Opening Event runway at Central Pier which I cannot wait for… I'll take lots of pics and fill you all in after. Until then, here are some pics of the reception last night. Enjoy :) xxx
So I feel so lucky to of been chosen to be a devotee for the L'Oreal Melbourne Fashion Festival for 2013. I am amongst an amazing group of five other inspirational and talented people all based in Melbourne. The LMFF team just did a piece on us on their Blog and I feel pretty spesh ;)
I almost always forget there is only 28 days in February (well most of the time anyway) and have now just realised tomorrow is the 1st of March! Already!! So this means there is only 2 WEEKS to go :)
I'll make sure I keep you all in the loop, as it is such an iconic event you definitely don't want to miss out. I'll include the pictures from the piece LMFF did on the 6 devotees below, but head HERE to be taken to the blog for more information and to see the post. The beautiful peeps in the photo below are in order as follows; The lovely Chelsea from I Heart Bargains in the first, myself from… here ;), the talented Megan also known as Jewelchic, a group photo of us (minus Liz Cambage) at the official program launch at Torcadero. Then the amazing Davis of Davis Diary and Maison Davis, after it's Liz Cambage the star of Women's Basketball in Australia (and you can find her on instagram @cambage), then in the last photo is the beautiful Jasmin from her popular, well known blog Friend in Fashion. So we are the 6 devotees- such a mixed bunch which I love as we all bring something different to the festival, conveying our own messages and thoughts on what we find interesting. While also sharing our adventures through our own eyes on our social media sites. Stay in the loop by following the official LMFF blog HERE, and also keep updated by checking back here when you can :) xx
