Sydney
IVI ORGANIC LAUNCH
Pure and pretty was the vibe at Woollahra���s Chiswick Restaurant for the introduction of a new organic skincare range to an all-girl crowd, including TV vet Katrina Warren, IVI founders Jeannette, Dominique and Giulia Tolomeo, and Natalie Headland, of Paspaley.
Hannah Saul at Clicquot at The Winery. Photo: Cai Griffin
Pure and pretty was the vibe at Woollahra���s Chiswick Restaurant for the introduction of a new organic skincare range to an all-girl crowd, including TV vet Katrina Warren, IVI founders Jeannette, Dominique and Giulia Tolomeo, and Natalie Headland, of Paspaley. Even the gin cocktails were organic, made with sage from the garden.
G.H. MUMM PARTIES WITH WILL.I.AM
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There was plenty to celebrate for will.i.amin a week when his protege, Anja Nissen, won The Voice , but he took time out to perform an intimate gig at Darling Harbour's Cargo Bar to kick off the new After Dark Party series, joined by local DJ acts Fingers and The Backhanderz.
MASERATI CENTENNIAL LUNCH
Sexy Italian cars lined up beside sleek yachts at Woolloomooloo as Glen Sealey, general manager of Maserati Australia and New Zealand, hosted a celebration of 100 years of four-wheeled flair at Otto Ristorante. Guests went for a spin in gleaming Maseratis, including the latest model, the Ghibli. Desert was hazelnut and white chocolate mousse, silver-dusted coco nib tuile, peanut butter wafer and white-chocolate ice cream.
AUSSIE RULES THE WORLD PREMIERE
AFL lovers united at EQ Hoyts to celebrate this cinematic love song to their favourite game. Narrated by David Wenham, Aussie Rules The World follows AFL superstar Brett Kirk on an international mission to save the game, uncovering people���s passion for footy in unexpected corners of the globe. AFL stars present included Craig Bolton, Amon Buchanan, Jarrad McVeigh and Tadhg Kennelly.
AFTER DUSK BRIDAL COLLECTION
Samantha Wills��� elegant new bridal jewellery and hair accessories were the centrepiece of a wedding wonderland on the top floor of a former Surry Hills church. Bouquets of white roses, glittering chandeliers and delicate sweet treats completed an intensely girlie spectacle. Token boys included Donny Galella and wedding frock designer Steven Khalil.
LAST DRINKS AT THE LANGHAM
The luxury hotel in The Rocks is closing until December 1 for a makeover, and the head honchos hosted a champagne-fuelled celebration of what���s to come in summer: a transformed, super-luxe residence.
WATSON X WATSON LAUNCH
Fashion designer sisters Liberty and Somer Watson showcased their watson x watson Resort 2014 Collection at Rushcutters for a fashion-savvy crowd, including Laura Csortan, Nikki Phillips and husband Dane Rumble, and actress Emma Lung. The designs featured night orchid and python prints against the backdrop of a living green wall.
VEUVE CLICQUOT WINTER PARTY
The theme was cold, but this do at The Winery was a hot ticket for those keen to experience an apres-ski lodge with skis, snow and a gondola, all accompanied by flutes of the host���s champagne and a gourmet barbecue.
Melbourne
MELBOURNE SPRING FASHION WEEK LAUNCH, CITY
It is a festival of fashion at your fingertips; a car, a tram, a train away. At the Melbourne Spring Fashion Week launch on Tuesday the Lord Mayor, Robert Doyle , described Melbourne fashion���s first week in September best - ���You can see it, you can try it, you can buy it, and you can wear it��� ��� because all ready-to-wear featured during the week, will be ready to buy. MSFW ambassador Ashley Hart is ready to buy ... and getting ready to wed, becoming engaged to her longtime beau Buck Palmer last week.
What spring fashion will you be looking for?
���I���m coming with an open mind,��� Hart said. ���Spring, that happy kind of feeling, that rebirth, it���s almost romantic, everyone is so happy, it���s breaking through from winter, it���s my favourite thing, and spring fashion is a reflection of that.���
What about your wedding look, have you started; do you have a wedding folder?
���Can I just say I just got on that Pinterest, which I���ve never tried before, because it���s a great way to start doing folders. I was never one of those young girls who dreamt about weddings so my ideas have just started bubbling. I���ll definitely be looking and being inspired for dresses even this spring fashion week. There is a folder under way but there are so many different ways I could go with it!���
TARGET TOY EVENT, 1000 £ BEND
Perhaps it was a wish upon a star or, more likely, a wish, a whinge and an ongoing whine to your Mum and Dad for that one toy you longed for. At the Target toy event on Tuesday night at 1000 £ Bend we wanted to know, what was the special toy you really, really wanted when you were growing up.
For Dan Anstey it was all about Jurassic Park: ���There was a Velociraptor I wanted that made a noise. I had the one that didn���t, and I���ve never forgiven my parents for that. That���s part of the reason I���m such a messed-up individual today, I think.���
���I was obsessed with all things Strawberry Shortcake,��� Pia Miller said. ���I remember I used to collect the stickers and they would just make my world.���
���The Barbie car,��� Rachel Holland said. ���I never got it, and I���ve never recovered.��� Holland���s mum, Jane Swann , confessed that she just didn���t like Barbie: ���I thought they were stupid.��� But a lucky dip upon leaving changed everything, gifting Holland with ��� a Barbie car, a Pepto-pink Volkswagen.
See, some wishes do come true; not immediately, but definitely.
THE EMINENCE PRE-RELEASE EVENING, CARLTON
Not now, but soon, The Eminence will arrive. The Eminence will not be cloaked in robes, will not move among us, instead it will be an ever fixed mark; 14 levels of elite apartment living in Carlton with a $1 million communal rooftop, the work of two prominent developers, Lechte Corporation and Crema Constructions.
At the pre-release evening at the Queensberry Street display suite we wondered, if you were creating an apartment would you insist on anything ... unusual? ���A slide,��� Melissa Juratowitch said. ���If it was double-storied it would be cool to have a slide inside. I���ve tried to convince my mum but she doesn���t really go for it.���
���An anti-gravity chamber right in the middle,��� Georgie Holliday said. ���Everything else has been done; a hammock, a fireman���s pole, you go to a loft in New York and there���s the fireman���s pole. And you need a nail salon inside your house, a special room, and you���ve got someone in there so you can get your nails done whenever you need.���
A poor person in there the whole time? ���Maybe. We could push food under the door.���