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Here’s the thing. Yesterday at Bec & Bridge I opted to forgo my seat and stand. I sometimes do this in order to get a better photo. Anyway, there I was, standing next to another photographer (whose name alludes me right now) – not in anyone’s way, in front of a giant square iron pillar. Minutes before the show started, a woman approached me. First, she told the guy next to me he wasn’t allowed to take photos from where we were standing, unless he was the house photographer. Secondly, she asked me for my photographer’s accreditation. I told her I had none, which is true – I have a media accreditation which is different. (The photographer’s accreditation lets you into the media pit at the end of the runway, the media accreditation lets you everywhere else – including into your seat if you have one.)

She told me I wasn’t allowed to take photos during the show if I didn’t have a photographer’s accreditation. I replied, ‘even just for my blog?’ She looked at me and shook her head. I asked her how I could get a photographer’s accreditation attached to my media one. She said it wasn’t possible – you weren’t allowed both. You either have your seat, or you have your photos, “you choose”. Then she told me to take my seat as the show was about to start. I then had to clarify again, because it seemed ridiculous: “So, I’m not allowed to take photos from my seat, even?!” She responded in the negative and asked me to move again. I moved.

Because my seat had already been filled by someone else, I ended up standing in a separate G.A. section behind about 5 people. I was screwed. I couldn’t shoot a thing and I was irked. I could see glimpses of wet look hair, and wet look skin, a model I’ve been hunting down all week to no avail (Melissa Johannsen) and a beautiful white panelled dress. It wasn’t until a guy shifted his legs that I found my opportunity. I sat down on the ground and shot what I could see from between his legs. I took what I could and ran with it. These are the results – it made for some pretty dramatic looking shots if you ask me:

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Rose Smith.

The first thing I noticed upon walking into the tent for Alice McCall’s show, were the rows of large pastel laptop case ‘goodie bags’ lining the front two rows. Being in Row C, I have to say I was a little disappointed that one of those babies wasn’t going to be mine, but not as disappointed as some around me. As the lights went down and they called the audience to ‘move forward and fill any available seats except for the front row’ people literally scrambled to take those Row B seats. I haven’t seen girls in full head-t0-toe ‘fashion week’ outfits (read: high heels, accessories, the works) move so fast.

For all of us who didn’t bother moving forward or for those who got beaten to the punch – it was okay, we weren’t leaving empty handed. The Alice McCall collection was sweet and lovely and above all: incredibly wearable. My favourite things? The baby blue pieces, a white sheer dress with full skirt and floral print on the front – anything sheer and white, actually.

Check it out for yourself, below:

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Who: Emily Jean Bester
Agency: Chic

Where are you from? Northern beaches.

What did you have for breakfast this morning? A cream cheese bagel.

What’s the last thing you bought? A new bag.

Where were you at 9:15pm last night? Having dinner at Chinese restaurant, actually.

Tall or Short? Tall.
Blonde or Brunette? Brunette.
Gold or Silver? Silver.
Vans or Chucks? Vans.

Pick two – Attractive, emotionally stable, intelligent: Attractive and intelligent. I can have some fruit loop – I don’t really mind [laughs]!

What’s the best thing about being an Australian? I can travel easily.

Best advice you’ve ever been given? I have no idea! I don’t remember these things!

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If I had to describe the Magdalena Velevska collection I saw tonight in three words, they would be these:

Clean, beautiful and expensive.

Lucky I got three words out because three is just about as much as I can do in this state tonight. The venue was quite lovely – outdoors at the National Maritime Museum, with a view of the boats in the harbour. I know it was part of my three words but the clothes were incredibly beautiful and so expensive and luxurious looking. Check out some of the details in the photos below:

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Ella Drake.

This afternoon I rocked up to my second row seat at Toi et Moi. The show was completely cast from girls from Chic models – including our two kiwis, Ella Drake and Olivia Lefebre. Sitting in the second row can be tricky if you like to take a photo. Obviously, it’s much easier from the front row because nothing’s going to get in your way – even a standing G.A. ticket can afford you a better place to shoot from. I often am known to give up my seat to go stand in a better position, but today, as soon as I plonked my backside on that cushioned bench, I knew I was there to stay.

Hence the profile top half shots of the girls:

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