“Jennifer has the ability to imbue every character she plays with reality and authenticity, and off-screen, this translates into an elegance that is both natural and relatable," says Matthias Breschan, Longines’ CEO. Photography courtesy Longines. From artful resort wear to a five-decade fashion retrospective, here’s what’s on T Australia editors’ fashion radar this week.
Longines announces Jennifer Lawrence as new Ambassador of Elegance
Academy Award-winning actor Jennifer Lawrence adds another role to her resume as incoming Ambassador of Elegance for Swiss luxury watchmakers, Longines. “Jennifer has the ability to imbue every character she plays with reality and authenticity, and off-screen, this translates into an elegance that is both natural and relatable,” says Matthias Breschan, Longines’ CEO. “She is an inspiration to girls and women of all ages and we are proud to welcome her to the Longines family.” Of Lawrence’s selection, the brand nods to her ability to inhabit each on-screen character and off-screen position with honesty, authenticity, empathy and compassion. She joins the likes of Kate Winslet, Regé-Jean Page, extreme sports pioneer Géraldine Fasnacht and South Korean award-winning actress and singer Suzy. “Longines is rooted in a legacy of innovation and quality trusted by some of history’s greatest trailblazers,” says Lawrence. “I am thrilled to join the Longines family and look forward to our partnership in the years ahead.” www.longines.com/en-au
Commas unveils its Resort 2023 collection
For Commas’ founder and creative director Richard Jarman, the languid, seemingly endless hours whiled away during the summer months offered a design canvas for the brand’s Resort 23 collection. “I focused on those nostalgic feelings of the cusp of boredom on holidays, which leads to a point of new discovery,” he says. An alchemy of Mediterranean and Australian beach cultures shapes the collection, where Jarman’s signature soft tailoring interplay with lightweight knits, organic cottons, hand-drawn prints and fine Biella wool. Finished with hand-crocheted drawcords, pellucid Japanese buttons and fringed linen towelling, the pieces evoke “the feeling you have when time stands still, and a new world of detail opens,” says Jarman. commas.cc
A five decade fashion retrospective opens at Powerhouse Museum
The first retrospective exhibition of renowned Australian designer, business leader, philanthropist and mentor, Carla Zampatti, AC, OMRI (1938–2021), “Zampatti Powerhouse” is currently exhibiting at Ultimo Sydney’s Powerhouse Museum. Drawing from over five decades of material from the Charting Zampatti’s career from the establishment of her business to her most recent work, the exhibition features 100 outfits drawn from five decades worth of archives, including personal items from Zampatti’s estate, the Carla Zampatti Fashion Archive, the wardrobes of well-known women and the results of hundreds of responses to a public callout. The exhibition is free, with no booking required for entry. www.maas.museum
Song for the Mute opens its debut concept store
Earth meets dystopia inside Song for the Mute’s first stand alone concept store, open now at 141 King Street, Sydney. A “physical articulation” of creative director Lyna Ty’s current inspirations, the experiential outpost is bathed in harsh halogen lights suspended from the ceiling, clinical metal benches, latex curtains and weeds – courtesy of a four-way collaboration between between Hermetica Flowers, Colourblind Florist, artist Hamish Powell, and Song for the Mute – bursting through cracked tiles. Open for six months, the Ly and co-founder Melvin Tanaya hope the store will serve as an invitation to visitors to not only experience the current collection and immerse themselves in the brand’s long-form story, but to contemplate what type of future we are moving towards, and what we are doing to get there. songforthemute.com
