Sunday 26 August 2012

What Exclusivity Gets You: Perth Fashion Festival Gift Bag

The final model has just click-clacked her path off the runway for the 2012 Sydney Fashion Festival, and soon it will be Perth’s turn to rain a week-long torrent of parades, stiletto mishaps and lurking street style photographers.

But, while VIP Sydney tickets offered an otherwise elusive ‘backstage tour’ for a bumped up price, PFF is not going to follow suit. West Aussie amoureux de la mode can buy a seat for almost all of the shows, luncheons and events, excluding a small selection of invite only industry and media events.
Of course, it’s those unattainable attendances that we mere mortals crave the most.

Imagine, then, how I kicked myself when I was lucky enough to be invited to the PFF official launch…but missed the date. I would have loved eavesdropping on the conversations of the ever-fabulous Mariella Harvey-Hanrahan, or Perth Lord Mayor Lisa Sacffidi, and gawking at Nicole Pollard, face of PFF, in all of her impossible beauty. Luckily, my internship editor, lovely woman that she is, brought a gift bag back for me.

So, it is with a little disappointment and no juicy gossip that I present: The Contents of the Perth Fashion Festival Goodie Bag.

Consolation Prize: Perth Fashion Festival 2012 Goodie Bag
 L’Oreal Professional ‘Absolut Repair Cellular’ Cleansing Balm
Want silky haired goodness?
Because who doesn’t want the shiny, bouncing blow wave of a lithe model clad in Cebiche swimwear? It’s the lactic acid in this thick, glossy crème that will supposedly have your hair looking like Brad Ngata himself has tended your tresses. The rinse-out treatment needs to be massaged into shampooed hair and left on for “a few moments,” but that seems a little optimistic. Forget the back of the pack instructions. I’m happy to use it as a leave-in conditioner, slicked through my strands and wrapped in a warm towel for 3 minutes before thoroughly rinsing out.

T2 Teas in French Earl Grey and Gorgeous Geisha Tea
Drinkin' Flowers: T2 French Earl Grey
As anybody would expect of T2, these cutesy teas smell divine. Gorgeous Geisha, in particular, has a heavenly sweet scent. The French Earl Grey tea itself is almost too pretty to brew, its lavender hued leaves sprinkled with rose petal pieces and bits of fruit. Admittedly, as delicious as Gorgeous Geisha may be, it does look a lot like weed – but, hey, potential arrest for suspected possession of an illegal substance is a small price to pay for two sachets of free tea. 

It's tea, I swear: T2 Gorgeous Geisha
Slim Secrets ‘Low Carb Fit Balls’ in Choc Mint Chip
Glamorous?
There is no delicate way to put it: this is a bizarre gift bag inclusion for any fashion event. Slim Secrets will apparently allow you to “burn it up on the gym floor with these great tasting, carb-conscious Fit Balls.” To call these little carbo-loaded rocks ‘great tasting’ is to take an extreme liberty with the truth. What they lack in palatability, they do not make up for with cheap-looking packaging and general unattractiveness. Sure, working the week-long festival would require energy-boosting snacks. But a Tupperware container of carrot sticks would have been better received than these. 


Will you be going to any of the Perth Fashion Festival shows?

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Sunday 26 August 2012

What Exclusivity Gets You: Perth Fashion Festival Gift Bag

The final model has just click-clacked her path off the runway for the 2012 Sydney Fashion Festival, and soon it will be Perth’s turn to rain a week-long torrent of parades, stiletto mishaps and lurking street style photographers.

But, while VIP Sydney tickets offered an otherwise elusive ‘backstage tour’ for a bumped up price, PFF is not going to follow suit. West Aussie amoureux de la mode can buy a seat for almost all of the shows, luncheons and events, excluding a small selection of invite only industry and media events.
Of course, it’s those unattainable attendances that we mere mortals crave the most.

Imagine, then, how I kicked myself when I was lucky enough to be invited to the PFF official launch…but missed the date. I would have loved eavesdropping on the conversations of the ever-fabulous Mariella Harvey-Hanrahan, or Perth Lord Mayor Lisa Sacffidi, and gawking at Nicole Pollard, face of PFF, in all of her impossible beauty. Luckily, my internship editor, lovely woman that she is, brought a gift bag back for me.

So, it is with a little disappointment and no juicy gossip that I present: The Contents of the Perth Fashion Festival Goodie Bag.

Consolation Prize: Perth Fashion Festival 2012 Goodie Bag
 L’Oreal Professional ‘Absolut Repair Cellular’ Cleansing Balm
Want silky haired goodness?
Because who doesn’t want the shiny, bouncing blow wave of a lithe model clad in Cebiche swimwear? It’s the lactic acid in this thick, glossy crème that will supposedly have your hair looking like Brad Ngata himself has tended your tresses. The rinse-out treatment needs to be massaged into shampooed hair and left on for “a few moments,” but that seems a little optimistic. Forget the back of the pack instructions. I’m happy to use it as a leave-in conditioner, slicked through my strands and wrapped in a warm towel for 3 minutes before thoroughly rinsing out.

T2 Teas in French Earl Grey and Gorgeous Geisha Tea
Drinkin' Flowers: T2 French Earl Grey
As anybody would expect of T2, these cutesy teas smell divine. Gorgeous Geisha, in particular, has a heavenly sweet scent. The French Earl Grey tea itself is almost too pretty to brew, its lavender hued leaves sprinkled with rose petal pieces and bits of fruit. Admittedly, as delicious as Gorgeous Geisha may be, it does look a lot like weed – but, hey, potential arrest for suspected possession of an illegal substance is a small price to pay for two sachets of free tea. 

It's tea, I swear: T2 Gorgeous Geisha
Slim Secrets ‘Low Carb Fit Balls’ in Choc Mint Chip
Glamorous?
There is no delicate way to put it: this is a bizarre gift bag inclusion for any fashion event. Slim Secrets will apparently allow you to “burn it up on the gym floor with these great tasting, carb-conscious Fit Balls.” To call these little carbo-loaded rocks ‘great tasting’ is to take an extreme liberty with the truth. What they lack in palatability, they do not make up for with cheap-looking packaging and general unattractiveness. Sure, working the week-long festival would require energy-boosting snacks. But a Tupperware container of carrot sticks would have been better received than these. 


Will you be going to any of the Perth Fashion Festival shows?
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