It’s Australian fashion week for which designers are showing spring/summer 2008. Like any of the billions of fashion weeks that take place outside of Paris, Milan, London and New York, the pickings are slim, but still worth a look-see.

Here’s a few that caught my eye:

^^Dhinl: Nothing truely groundbreaking but still kinda neat in a futuristic cloud sort of way.

^^Brooke Benson: You’d look pissed if you had to wear this get up, too! (Seriously, I am so not one to criticize cutting-edge fashion looks, but I’m sorry, just no. A gold-plated coconut bathing-suit top that is, worse yet, LAYERED over another shirt doesn’t work for me.)

All images are from Wire.

And surprisingly, some U.S. celebs showed up, too. See our bootilicious favorite and some more designs after the flip…..

When last I spoke to TooFly, she was mentioning how she needed a new system for keeping herself better organized and on top of all her appointments/events. Given that she not only sent me the flier for this post AND the last one–both events which she’s participating in–as busy as this woman is, rather than any new system, she might wanna try cloning herself!

This show takes opens on May 3rd at Fuse Gallery and will be curated by Queen Andrea and GMO$, both of whose art is also featured, along with TooFly plus three more.

Here’s the flier…

After the flip are some sample images from the show, and more are here.

This came across the news wires while I was away so sue me if you’ve already seen it on all your favorite sneaker sites! The event is a “glow-in-the-dark” charity art exhibit, featuring the work of 12 female street artists. It all goes down this Thursday, May 1st in SoHo, New Yawk.  

If you wanna go or need more info, visit LeFemmeSole < -----(Love the name!)

^^This ridiculously cute show poster is courtesy of none other than Highsnobette beloved TooFly.

We posted up images of this Vans Niagara collabo awhile back when Samia and I visited the Vans showroom, but here are some spiffier images that give a better view of the art:

If you’re not familiar, Niagara is a female artist, known for her femme fatale imagery. A couple of her quotes on her website are funny: “I paint real strong women; a Niagara girls [is] revengeful, but she gets her own way.” And even more humorous: “It’s the men who cry in my paintings.” Well that’s nice for a change!

I’m back from vacation. It was a wonderful trip, but it’s nice to be back in BK!

Today I’m going to try and catch up on some news that came in while I was gone and what better way to start than with news of the May 5th M.O.B. X Colette X RBK kicks launch:

^^Buy ‘em at the M.O.B. shop. Hit up the MobLiving blog for more images.

Accept no copycat lips (or haters)!

More later!

Lois

Tonight, Claw Money will be celebrating the release of her Boosted case and bag collection in Los Angeles. The event starts at Barracuda and will continue later on at Bordello with performance by Devlin & Darko, Roxy Cottontail and a Special Guest.

Expect an A-List of guests at the event. Rumor also has it that Santogold will be at the event, just another reason to make it over there.

As part of their Spring 2008 Delivery II, Hellz Bellz presents several collaborative items. They worked with artist duo The Collabros, graffiti artist Grotesk and also with Missbehave Magazine. Expect these pieces to be in stores soon.

WWD shows already some trends for Fall 2008. It seems like once again black and white are back as the "it" colors and geometry gets mixed with rock’ n ‘ roll, whatever that is supposed to mean! Read the article here.

Lanvin has been killing it ever since they launched their Pret-A-Porter collection. Men go nuts about their sneakers and we like a loooot their new metallic series of bags. Especially the Peplum Series caught our eyes. Great size, good for a day in town or a night away.

You can now purchase it online at Barneys!

The newly released Kate Moss Fragrance has arrived in the Colette online store.

“KATE is a multi-faceted and memorable floral-musk fragrance. Feminine, sophisticated, wild and unforgettable, a mix of elegant and risqué.”

Sounds like something you should take a closer look it!