The Fashion Capital of Australia?!
One of the first things that I noticed when I arrived in Melbourne was the strange taste in clothes people seem to have, and the majority of people wear the same style. Its like no one seems to match the clothes that they are wearing, its like they thought “hmmmm, I like those orange leggings, and I love my green skirt, oh, and that red top, teamed with a grey cardigan” with no thought that none of the items go together, and everyone does it. I must say, it took a bit of getting used to, I tried to go shopping so many times but came back with nothing, which is certainly something that has never happened to me before!
I thought that maybe Melbourne only gets the hand me downs from the other cities wholesalers but then I was surprised to learn that its actually the fashion capital of Australia! If that’s the case Australia certainly needs some top designers to come to the rescue. At least when I’m in Melbourne and I can’t really be bothered to make much of an effort I cant just throw on anything and it looks like I’m being “fashionable”.
Spring races draws the crowds from far and wide and that’s when you see some of the true monstrosities. The trend at the moment seems to be ill fitting dresses that make even the girls with the best bodies look a strange shape, and as for the guys, it seems skinny jeans are in. Jeans so tight that leggings look baggy in comparison, these skinny jeans are worn low down, you know, so you can see almost all the underwear and so the crotch of the skinny jeans come down to the knees and it looks liked they have soiled themselves from the back end - how do they manage to run for a bus I wonder? Fashion capital of Australia ay? Australians must have a field day when they go abroad and see what fashion is actually all about!
November 25th, 2008 at 11:21 am
I live in Melbourne but have done my fair share in travelling. I would say it’s fair to suggest that Australia is somewhat behind in the fashion industry compared to other parts of the world. But you could also says that Australians don’t bother with much materialistic BS.
In highschool, when we had ‘free-dress’ days, everyone wore the same thing (red or blue trackies, havainas and the school rugby jumper). Of course that sounds quite lazy and slobbish but I think we all enjoyed having a ‘uniform’ that everyone belonged too.
Also, I think Australians have a love for practicality and comfort- we do have a chilled lifestyle!
But I whole-heartedly agree with the Cup statement…I’ve seen my fair share of ‘mutton dressed as lamb’ moments. Haha
Also, take the Melbourne weather into account, we can’t predict it so we wear everything so we can deal with it
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