This Week's Picks - Natalie Smith

29 June, 2009

This week Sydney fashion writer Natalie Smith lets us in on her favourite things on GS. NZ born Natalie is the features writer for Russh magazine, the Sydney fashion writer for The Vine, the co-creator of fashion blog somuchtotellyou.co.nz, as well as a stylist and writer for advertising and film.Read more


Sneak Peek Chronicles of Never new eyewear collection

22 June, 2009

Here's a sneak peek of the Chronicles of Never ss09/10 BLIND SILENCE AUDIBLE VISIØN eyewear campaign for your viewing pleasure. Images shot by the talented Jeff Yiu. Read more


Fashion Pack step out to 'Coco Avant Chanel' Premiere

17 June, 2009

Sydney fashionistas stepped out in style last night for the Australian premiere of the highly anticipated film 'Coco Avant Chanel'.Read more


This Week's Picks

17 June, 2009

Welcome to the very first edition of This Week's Picks a new guest spot where each week we have a different personality choose their five favourite products available on GS and tell us what they love about them, where they'd wear them and what with.Read more


And the CFDA winners are...

15 June, 2009

The Council of Fashion Designers America Awards has just wrapped at the Lincoln Centre in New York in a celebration of the rising stars of American fashion and a peoples choice nod for an American fashion legend. The awards recognize the outstanding contributions made by individuals to American fashion. To announce the nominees this year the CFDA decided to do away with models and have Craig McDean shoot the designers in their own creations, resulting in a crossdressing Jason Wu in a sheer chiffon gown and black suit, Marc Jacobs in his infamous Louis Vuitton bunny ears, and a raunchy shot of Alexander Wang in a chest-revealing torn up black tee.Read more


New Store - Trimapee

15 June, 2009

The Trimäpee Online Store has arrived! Read more


Size Does Matter

9 June, 2009

The Grand Social recently attended a roundtable discussion for fashion bloggers staged to spark debate around the highly contentious issue of clothing sizes in Australia. Up for discussion was the issue of widespread clothing irregularities across labels in Australia, the changing shape of Australian women and the need for a new national sizing survey. The discussion was hosted by Australian Consumer magazine CHOICE and attended by Melissa Hoyer, Sassy Bella's Helen Lee, freelance writer Natalie Smith and chaired by Rag Trader editor Tracey Porter (Frockwriter's Patty Huttington was also to attend but sent her apologies). Read more