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Cate Blanchett’s New Career As a High Fashion Hand Model

Lester Brathwaite — Thu, 07 Apr 2011 13:00:43 +0000

The gorgeous and talented Cate Blanchett can do no wrong in my eyes. She’s always a welcome — sometimes demanded — presence in film and a striking subject for fashion photographers. In May’s Harper’s Bazaar Australia, the Oscar winner subtly displays for Will Davidson‘s lens the grace, and ability to grab at nothing and seemingly everything all at once, that any hand model worth her salt should know.

Jillian Davison provides the elegant styling with gowns from Romance Was Born that frame Cate’s delicate digits. Is anyone else feeling inspired? If so, it should look something like this:

Recalling a past love:

Checking your weave:

And on a related note, these dresses are absolutely beautiful. Romance Was Born’s love of “kitsch Australiana” (I had no idea that even existed or even what it is, but i’m completely on board) informs their line of finely-tailored and craftily-constructed garments.

I would certainly call those curtain tassels a work of crafty construction. Scarlett would be proud.

Photos: Fashiontography

JUKO: Romance Was Born Brings Bright Lights To Clubwear

The Fashion Web — Tue, 25 May 2010 21:56:03 +0000

Romance Was Born is an Australian label that is getting tons of notice in the industry as the next great club brand. Hitting the runway during Rosemount Australian Fashion Week, the labels ‘Renaissance Dinosaur‘ fashion show garnered applause and praise for designer Luke Sale and Anna Plunkett’s eclectic mix of bright metallic Harlequin styled dresses. Check out more from the collection here.

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Romance Was Born: Spring 2010 Collection

Corey Moran — Thu, 25 Jun 2009 16:27:53 +0000

What if I had a beard that grew in like that? I don’t know about you guys, but I’d be pretty excited!

Gallery: Romance Was Born: Spring 2010 Collection

via Men’s Rag

Designer: Romance Was Born

Rebecca Alexander — Wed, 20 Aug 2008 18:00:01 +0000

A love of kitsch Australiana, crafty construction and fine tailoring help Australia’s sentimental favourites Romance Was Born to turn the dreaded cultural cringe on its head. These New Romantics are the loveable design duo Anna Plunkett and Luke Sales, their unquashable enthusiasm and sheer love for what they make and do is contagious. This passion permeates their designs and is vital to the garments construction, combining seamlessly with their technical pattern-making wizardry. Resulting in clothes that are more than just the sum of their parts, they create a clothing experience. Romance Was Born collections are irreverent and fun rloving, fabric and colour combinations are what inspire their playful outfits where sparkle, texture and bold prints jostle together in a harmonious jamboree of style. Romance Was Born is much loved for their original larrikin spirit, poking a cheeky tongue at convention. Their lavish aesthetic often includes a pastiche of craft work like appliqué, tie-dying or crochet, these are the fabulous hand detailed features that set their label apart from the flippant trends of the fashion madding crowd.

Thanks JC Report