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West Elm Store Launch
For anyone who's lived in the US, they'll know it's a big deal that popular homewares store West Elm is set to have its own Melbourne branch at 464 Chapel St, South Yarra. With a lunch at Cumulus: Up...
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David Jones Spring-Summer preview starring Jessica Gomes
When David Jones previewed their Spring-Summer collections in Sydney, there were also a host of people in Melbourne watching the action from a live cross. This is what you need to know: Jessica Gomes...
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Sony Music and smoothfm's A Smooth Night With Kate Ceberano
From the moment the front door opened at David Bromley's gallery - A Day On Earth - in Prahran, you knew you were somewhere special. Following the candles along the staircase to the top floor, guests...
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Myer Spring Summer 2014 Collection Launch
It's all about Jennifer Hawkins, isn't it? It's true, some of Australia's top designers were on display at the Myer Spring Summer 2014 Collection Launch at Fox Studios in Sydney, but it wasn't just the...
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Lucy Folk Launches Pizza
What does pizza and luscious jewellery have in common? Apparently a lot, since jewellery designer Lucy Folk named her latest range Pizza, and used chef Karen Martini to help her do so. Why Pizza? It's...
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Millinery & Style
Each year, several milliners are hand-picked for the Millinery & Style event, in conjunction with the BMW Caulfield Cup Carnival. Milliners show ticket-buyers there wares, and some of those lucky...
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Storm Melbourne Opening
Eight years ago, Deborah Caldwell decided to start a fashion label that was halfway between a high street mass label and designer one. "On trend pieces...at prices that you don't have to sell a kidney...
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Saké Restaurant & Bar's Birthday and Cherry Blossom Festival Launch
There was no doubt that spring had sprung at Saké Restaurant & Bar's first birthday party, which coincided with their launch of their cherry blossom festival. Guests supped on the delicious morsels...
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Harry Juku's Launch
Harry Juku's has a wild concept: the Richmond bar and venue space is inspired by the true story of Mitsuyasu Maeno - Japan's only porn star, samurai, kamikaze pilot and political activist all rolled in...
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Jacqueline Evans Product Launch
A ton of women - and the occasional man - dropped into The Lab Perfumery in North Carlton for Jacqueline Evan's launch of her new products. With a background as a naturopath, Jacqueline was living in...
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David Jones Opening at Malvern Central
For those of us who were very aware of the hole left by Target's absence at Malvern Central shopping centre, there was a big question mark about what the new David Jones would be like. It opened last...
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Dolce & Gabbana Australian Boutique Opening
To step into the first Dolce & Gabbana boutique in Australia - in an exquisite gem-box of a building on Collins Street - is to die and go to Sophia Loren heaven, where dresses are made to...
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Brown Brothers' 18 Eighty Nine Wine Dinner
When the "take a chair" invitation turned up from Brown Brothers, guests knew they were in for something special. They weren't disappointed. Held at an inconspicuous warehouse space in Prahran, the...
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Captain Baxter Summer Menu Launch
When Captain Baxter sent a message in a bottle - invitations to a lunch came wrapped, scroll-like, in a glass vessel with cork - plenty of people were on hand to celebrate. Guests who supped on the...
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West Elm Melbourne Store Launch
West Elm, the US home furnishings brand, has landed in Melbourne, and what a splash it has made. Not only is it in a gorgeous, two-storey heritage building on Chapel Street, but it's the first...
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Emirates Marquee Launch
Every year, Emirates hosts a marquee that's considered le creme de la creme: the cornerstone of elegance and sophistication within Flemington's famed Birdcage enclosure. And each year, a different...
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Mövenpick Launch at QV
Seriously, is there anyone who can say no to an ice cream launch, especially when said ice cream is Swisse's Mövenpick? I thought not, and I wasn't alone: for a bleary Melbourne afternoon, a crowd of...
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The Meatball & Wine Bar's First Birthday
I wrote about The Meatball & Wine Bar in The Age when I told readers how to get a New York experience without leaving Melbourne. Going super-strong after a year, MWB's city venue - CityBalls - in...
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Vitruvius Clinics' Spring Launch
You don't usually go to the coolest late-night bar to launch spring at a cosmetics clinic, but when that clinic is Vitruvius Clinics, and one of the people behind it is Pawn & Co's Josh Lefers, it...
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Yellowglen House with Samantha Wills at Turnbull Stakes Day
It was a proper warm-up for the main spring racing carnival days, when Yellowglen House, together with jeweller Samantha Wills, opened their doors for a special VIP party on Turnbull Stakes Day. The...
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