Your ultimate guide to RESORT on James Street

RESORT is back! The urban vacation returns in 2015 from Thursday October 15 to Saturday October 17.

RESORT is a celebration of James Street as a creative hub for fashion, lifestyle and design influenced by Queensland’s tropical climate. Over three days, the shopping destination will transform into a desert oasis, playing host to panels, workshops, collection presentations and exclusive collaborations. The streetwide celebration will be presented by ELLE Australia.

Australian based global influencer, Margaret Zhang, will attend James Street for the three-day program. Zhang will take part in the RESORT Trailblazers panel hosted by ELLE, joined by fashion entrepreneur Lisa Gorman from Gorman and up-an-coming jewellery designer, Holly Ryan.

RESORT 2015 features a series of collaborations with retailers including MAC Cosmetics, who have produced an exclusive RESORT collection and Molten Store, who have partnered with Demeter Fragrance to create a RESORT Eau de Parfum. The MAC Cosmetics custom RESORT collection features an eyeshadow palette, three lipstick shades, strobe cream, blush and bronzer. The RESORT collection is to be launched at the MAC Pro Store on James Street and is available to purchasing during October 15-17.

Thursday October 15 marks the launch of the Molten Store RESORT fragrance and the sundowner party with Optiko and Oliver Peoples.

Join Vogue Living’s Brisbane Editor and Publisher of MoreMargie.com, Margie Fraser for an intimate fashion panel discussion at midday on Friday 16 October. Make sure to visit JamesSt.com.au to reserve your tickets. Then bring in the weekend with RESORT AFTER DARK presented by ELLE Australia, all your favourite James St destination will be buzzing until 9pm.

On Saturday October 17, James Street will be jam packed with action! At 9.30 am, join 2XU on the grassy area outside their store for a strength conditioning session to work out all those post-holiday kinks. If getting sweaty is not your thing, enjoy a healthy BV breakfast and dance to the MORNING RAVE tunes brought to you by Multiple Man DJ’s with visuals by Callum McGrath at Blonde Venus.

At 10.00am, join the Easton Pearson Designers, Pamela Easton and Lydia Pearson alongside stylist Christie Nicolaides for a turban styling workshop or meet Lorna Jane for a morning of all things Move Nourish Believe, inspired by their Active Living philosophy.

Beauty lovers can learn the art of contouring and highlighting with M.A.C Australia’s Senior Artist, Carol Mackie at 11.00am. Call M.A.C James Street on (07) 3852 2444 to reserve your seat.

Finally, join Margaret Zhang, Lisa Gorman and Holly Ryan at 2.00pm in The Box for an intimate forum discussion hosted by Damien Woolnough, Editor-In-Chief of L’Officiel Australia. Visit JamesSt.com.au to reserve your ticket.

This exciting line up has something on offer for every interest. Don’t miss your chance to hear firsthand from some of Australia’s most influential fashion and beauty experts, get in quick to book your tickets!

Undress Runway is the sustainable event of the year

It’s that time of year again. The 5th annual Undress Runway will be bringing its sustainable runway to Brisbane, Melbourne and for the first time ever, Sydney, this October.

This year’s show will feature beautiful sustainable fashions created by local and international designers, including Pure Pod and Prophetik just to name a few.
Undress Runway director, Eddie Hamar, is thrilled with the designs which will be showcased this year, some designers who have been at Undress runway before who are showcasing their new designs and some fresh talent.

“We’ll be working with some incredible brands this year... the innovation behind some of these labels when it comes to sustainability is inspiring,” said Ms Hamar.

A photo posted by @undressrunways on Oct 4, 2015 at 1:04am PDT

The beauty of the sustainable garments featured on the runway proves that you can still make a fashion statement while caring for the environment.

“We’re blown away by how these brands are able to bring such a high level of sophistication and aesthetic to their garments without putting the environment or the people involved in the manufacturing process in a compromised position,” said Ms Hamar.

This year’s Undress Runway is set to be the biggest ever, with big name sponsors including BMW i and The Fabric Store, Undress Runways launch of their sustainable fashion magazine, The Naked Magazine and their sustainable clothing label, VIHN.

With the fashion show running only for one night in each city, tickets are set to sell out fast!

“Our Brisbane show sells out quite quickly each year, as did our first Melbourne show last year...if you want to see one of the shows, you’ve got to get in fast,” said Ms Hamar.

Undress Runway will commence in Brisbane on October 10th, in Sydney on October 17th and then conclude in Melbourne on October 24th. For more information and tickets can be purchased here.

This Kardashian-Jenner cover is causing major controversy

A photo posted by Kim Kardashian West (@kimkardashian) on Oct 4, 2015 at 6:24pm PDT

There's been a whole lot of controversy, or should we say kontroversy, over the Kardhasian-Jenner clans magazine cover for the 50th birthday issue of US Cosmopolitan.

Whilst by just seeing the reality stars is enough to enrage most people, it’s the accompanying text alongside the image of the Kardashian-Jenner women in crisp white shirts which is causing said outrage, stating the clan is “America’s First Family”.

Why? Well because the cover, the first of all the women together since 2011, is directly comparing the Kardashian-Jenner’s, who are famous for being, well... famous, to America’s actual first family, the Obama’s.

America's First Family. @Cosmopolitan #COSMO pic.twitter.com/1UVlanm0Hn

— J. Renee (@ReneePrudhomme) October 5, 2015

Cosmopolitans shade towards the Obama’s has caused many readers, or should we say ex-readers, to launch numerous angry tirades to the magazine on their social media accounts.

People already started destroying Cosmopolitan's Wikipedia page. #AmericasFirstFamily pic.twitter.com/J4PlHSx77j

— Bryan (@Bryan4King) October 5, 2015

However, there have been rumours that the disrespect is being created for publicity,as Cosmo’s Editor in chief, Joanna Coles, stated on her Twitter that she is open to conversation about the magazine's November cover.

May the conversation begin! We're celebrating our 50th BDAY w/the Kardashian/Jenner women http://t.co/QyXZYLdnXT pic.twitter.com/bw4H9TmahX

— joanna coles (@JoannaColes) October 5, 2015

No word yet from either the Obama’s or the Kardashian-Jenner’s, although we are suspicious that this could be yet another ploy for the Kardashian-Jenner's to take over the world.

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">People already started destroying Cosmopolitan&#39;s Wikipedia page. <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/AmericasFirstFamily?src=hash">#AmericasFirstFamily</a> <a href="http://t.co/J4PlHSx77j">pic.twitter.com/J4PlHSx77j</a></p>&mdash; Bryan (@Bryan4King) <a href="https://twitter.com/Bryan4King/status/650913519794286592">October 5, 2015</a></blockquote>

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"Chanel Airlines" jet sets for SS16 show

Chanel will be transporting their fashion show to cloud nine on “Chanel Airlines” for their SS16 show at Paris Fashion Week set to take off today at 10.30am Paris time (6.30pm AEST).

A photo posted by JUAN | Smith Journals. (@juanchmarquez) on Oct 5, 2015 at 1:56pm PDT

The luxury travel theme has been a predominate subject for the couture houses previous shows. Creative director and mastermind behind the dramatic fashion shows, Karl Lagerfeld, had models exit from two Chanel-branded jets for the 2008 Cruise show, and held the Spring 2012 Couture show in an exact replica of an Airbus A380.

A video posted by CHANEL (@chanelofficial) on Oct 5, 2015 at 9:16am PDT

We can bet all attendees to the much anticipated show will receive a first class experience.

The real reason Instagram banned female nipples

When it comes to violating the rules of Instagram, posting a photo of a female nipple is a big no-no! You are most likely to get your photo removed. Just ask Miley Cyrus, Rihanna, or Chelsea Handler along with all the other females who had their photos removed.

@mileycyrus in this months Paper magazine.

A photo posted by Free The Nipple (@freethenipple) on Jun 10, 2015 at 8:39pm PDT

The issue of male nipple versus female nipple has caused many users to rally against this double standard, bringing forth the #freethenipple hashtag! Advocates are Photoshopping male nipples onto female bodies and posting images where female nipples are covered with X’s, all to make a point.

#regram @vixenityrose #freethenipple #equality

A photo posted by Free The Nipple (@freethenipple) on Apr 18, 2015 at 12:34pm PDT

This has been going on for almost a year and finally, Instagram has responded! Business Insider reports that Instagram CEO Kevin Systrom has finally explained one of the key reasons that the company censors pictures of female nipples! And it is not quite what you would have expected... Blame the iPhone is what Instagram has said! Apple’s App Store has strict guidelines on what kind of content is allowed and violating these rules could cause the app to be removed. In order to keep Instagram available for iPhones, it has to abide by the company's standards. Unless the app is specifically restricted for adults only, it can’t feature any nudity.

Despite the censorship, Instagram remains “committed to artistic freedom,” according to Systrom. He continued that “in order to scale effectively there are [some] tough calls.” For Instagram, banning #FreeTheNipple is one of these tough calls. Apple has not yet responded but we are interested to see how they receive the blame.

Rick Owens controversially showcases his SS16 collections

We all know that fashion can be a pretty out there, especially when it comes to high fashion. Rick Owens, known for his controversial fashion shows, took the craziness to a whole new level at Paris Fashion week, sending his models draped- or better, straddled- by other models for his SS16 collection.

The harnessed models hung upside down against the walking models, almost like backpacks, making it confusing as to what the looks actually were. If purchasing items from the collection would we need to find someone willing to strap to our bodies?!

A photo posted by The Business of Fashion (@bof) on Oct 1, 2015 at 10:16am PDT

However, the message behind the confusing show has been cleared up on by Owens himself, who told Dazed that the show is a nod to feminism.

"Women raising women, women becoming women, and women supporting women,” said Owens.

We’re just impressed by how strong some of these fashion models can be.

How to take the perfect sexy selfie minus the duck face

Attempting to take the perfect selfie can be such a time waster. After you've tried to snap at least 50 different angles and find the right backdrop and lighting, you finally end up choosing the one that best shows off your features.

And if you're anything like us, you would agree that the famous duck face has quickly become exhausted. But that is why there's a new face in town and it's also named after an animal.

That's right ladies, the duck face is no longer a thing, the new look is now the fish gape. Best seen on the red carpets and on famous Instagram feeds worldwide, our favourite celebrities have conquered this look to be picture perfect and flawless at all times.

So what are they actually doing here? Well, The Daily Mail have pointed out that they are sucking in their cheeks while keeping their lips slightly parted which results in the fish gape.

It's seriously fierce and so damn sexy. Rosie Huntington-Whiteley, Jennifer Lopez and Gigi Hadid have owned the look like no other. So, excuse us while we go and take another 50 selfies to work this fish gape like a pro before the next trend pops up.