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Second only to being coffined in a sweltering elevator with seven others, the inarguable highlight of Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week Australia 2016 has been eavesdropping on the obscene things people say when they definitely know that they’re being looked at but fail to realise I’m fastidiously taking notes and broadcasting them to tens of thousands of people.
Though for the most part names and details of when they took place have been withheld in the interests of preserving peoples’ anonymity (and, more importantly, their SEO) you can either despair or take comfort in the knowledge that these are the unfiltered musings of Australia’s fashion industry as overheard during the second half of Fashion Week.
You can read more from the first half of the week here.
“Did she leave the table? Is she coming back?”
“Of course she is. She’s not leaving her monogrammed purse!”#GRAZIAOverheard #MBFWA
— GRAZIA Australia (@grazia_au) May 17, 2016
“I CAN NOT have non-organic makeup on my skin!” A model backstage just now #GRAZIAOverheard #mbfwa #meltdown
— GRAZIA Australia (@grazia_au) May 17, 2016
“Are the Italians shooting for Vogue?”
“Yeah, I saw Anna Wintour over there!”
“No darl, that’s Carla Zampatti”#GRAZIAOverheard #MBFWA
— GRAZIA Australia (@grazia_au) May 17, 2016
Overheard while waiting for DI$COUNT UNIVERSE to start: “You’re still a virgin if you’re a Burning Man virgin!” #GRAZIAOverheard #MBFWA
— GRAZIA Australia (@grazia_au) May 18, 2016
“Catherine Baba is the true fashion week icon. Chic.” #GRAZIAOverheard #MBFWA
— GRAZIA Australia (@grazia_au) May 18, 2016
“It’s a backstage beauty how-to mate not a bloody exclusive interview with Barack Obama!” Heard in the Star Lounge #MBFWA #GRAZIAOverheard
— GRAZIA Australia (@grazia_au) May 18, 2016
“Go! GO, GO, GO! Get your ball! Get your arancini ball!” Dark times in the Star Bar at #MBFWA #GRAZIAOverheard
— GRAZIA Australia (@grazia_au) May 18, 2016
Overheard on entering P.Jamé: “It smells like a candle factory exploded in here. And not a Maison Balzac factory” #GRAZIAOverheard #MBFWA
— GRAZIA Australia (@grazia_au) May 18, 2016
Overheard at the same time: “This drink is delicious”/”This cocktail tastes like diabetes”#GRAZIAOverheard #MBFWA
— GRAZIA Australia (@grazia_au) May 19, 2016
While watching street style photographers chase Ruby Jean Wilson: “This is it. This is how your sausage gets made” #GRAZIAOverheards #MBFWA
— GRAZIA Australia (@grazia_au) May 20, 2016
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