Shelley

As most everyone has probably heard, City Chic (the well-known Australian plus-size label) achieved a milestone yesterday by staging a runway show that was part of the official events of Melbourne Fashion Week, the top fashion week in Australia.

The was a brief article about the event a few days ago.

http://www.heraldsun.com.au/enterta...6-1226015617970

See if you catch the local colour:


Nice to hear her saying that the key to a "beautifully shaped body" is eating. Of course it is! All of the most gorgeous plus-size models have definitely acquired "beautifully shaped bodies" thanks to generous self-indulgence rather than starvation.

I must admit, I smiled when I read "kangaroo" listed as one of the food that the models would be consuming. Definitely an Australian fashion week.

Anyway, although the official video for the show, from City Chic, is still forthcoming, here's a brief press clip. I wish that it had depicted the entire show and not just concentrated on the final look, but it's still worth a view. The best moment is definitely Sakina Czubowski looking luscious at 0:40 and following.

http://www.aapone.com.au/SearchPrev...60003 05732406

Also, here's one photo gallery of the event:

http://www.facebook.com/album.php?a...150122191034170

From that album, this is Sakina's best look, which is also the one shown in the above video, and is my favourite dress from the show. (The black borders are in the original photos.)





Another gorgeous look from Sakina:



This, I believe, is Kate Erin. I like the first hairstyle more than the second:




Great motion shots from another look, on a different model, near the end:




It looks like it was a fantastic runway show. Sakina's looks especially stand out. I can't wait to see the official video.

Chad

Getty Images has a few more photos from the event, such as another picture of Sakina looking oh-so-curvy in her red dress.



Another Sakina look:



Here's Kate at the head of the runway in a wider shot that shows how the whole setting looked:



Another twirling photo of the final look:



A Sydney newspaper features a different highlight reel of the event. It's great to see more footage of this runway show. Courtney Maxwell appears at 0:11, while show-stopping Sakina emerges in fiery red at 0:38 in the video.

http://media.smh.com.au/national/se...ay-2236991.html

It looks like it was an exciting show.

Graham

I've discovered a few more important items to add to this thread.

First, the most complete video yet of the show, a full 5-minute clip at the official Melbourne Fashion Week site. The Sydney newspaper's vision is a shorter version of this video, but this upload has much sharper visual quality and is much more thorough.

You'll notice that LMFF chose a shot of Sakina in her red dress to be the thumbnail for the video. Excellent choice.

http://www.lmff.com.au/index.php?nodeId=551

In the video Courney emerges at 0:52, followed by Kate. Sakina appears in her first look at 2:06, then at 3:06 in the scene-stealing red dress, followed by Blaise McCann in her fur wrap. And of course, there are those splendid shots of Laura's skirt-twirling at the end.


But I've also discovered by FAR the most comprehensive and thorough photo gallery of the show in existence. And the quality of the photography is unrivalled. Here's the link:

http://www.lucasdawson.com.au/main.php?g2_itemId=101484

Here's just a small sample of what's in that gallery. More thrilling images of Sakina in red:



Her face is so round and pretty,



but she looks so seductively dangerous.



Also, her elegant dress:





And the finest presentation of Kate's ultra-curvaceous figure I've yet seen.




I'll offer direct links to each of the best looks, but be sure to browse the entire gallery to appreciate the whole show from start to finish.

Sakina in red;
http://www.lucasdawson.com.au/main.php?g2_itemId=102042
http://www.lucasdawson.com.au/main.php?g2_itemId=102044
http://www.lucasdawson.com.au/main.php?g2_itemId=102046
http://www.lucasdawson.com.au/main.php?g2_itemId=102048
http://www.lucasdawson.com.au/main.php?g2_itemId=102270
http://www.lucasdawson.com.au/main.php?g2_itemId=102272

Doubled with another model:
http://www.lucasdawson.com.au/main.php?g2_itemId=102054
http://www.lucasdawson.com.au/main.php?g2_itemId=102056
http://www.lucasdawson.com.au/main.php?g2_itemId=102058

Sakina in elegant grey:
http://www.lucasdawson.com.au/main.php?g2_itemId=102172
http://www.lucasdawson.com.au/main.php?g2_itemId=102174
http://www.lucasdawson.com.au/main.php?g2_itemId=102176
http://www.lucasdawson.com.au/main.php?g2_itemId=102308

Kate solo, then in profile:
http://www.lucasdawson.com.au/main.php?g2_itemId=101970
http://www.lucasdawson.com.au/main.php?g2_itemId=102314
http://www.lucasdawson.com.au/main.php?g2_itemId=102294

Emily

Sakina looks so luscious in that red dress that at least one more image deserves posting -- but the entire series in the gallery that Graham linked is worth seeing.



She also looked fantastic in her silver dress, so fitted that it appears as if it could barely contain her swelling curves. City Chic produced a boldly size-positive show.




The company has also posted an official photo gallery of its own, here:

http://www.facebook.com/album.php?i...04461&aid=57304

One photo that struck me was this one, prior to the show, which features the magnificent Melbourne cathedral in the background:



This is a truly magnificent, Neo-Gothic structure. I wish that more of the show's photographs could have been angled in such a way as to incorporate the cathedral into the frame. What a splendid backdrop it would have made, despite the grim urban buildings around it.







Countless more images of the cathedral are available online:

http://www.google.com/images?hl=en&...ch+Images&gbv=2

Karsten

City Chic commendably got its hands on the AAP press video to which Shelley linked in the first post in this thread, and the company has now posted it on YouTube at a much larger size. It's the same footage, but with much higher resolution.

As before, the high point is definitely Sakina and the sensual commotion in her figure, starting at 0:40:



I wish it had been a complete video of the show, though, as the edit leaves out Sakina's grey-dress look. More footage of Kate would have been nice as well, although she does appear at 0:13. Still, it's a marvellous visual record of this thrilling show, and especially of Sakina's voluptuous look in her red dress.