Queen of Diamonds: Designer Spotlight: Alice McCALL

As I mentioned earlier I'm a Melbourne girl. For the moment anyway. This morning I took a little gander down to Bridge Rd, Richmond and browsed the shops there. Richmond is a godsend. It's about 4km from the Melbourne CBD, with direct transport routes to the city (the most convenient in my opinion is the tram). And it's the shop 'til you drop area, simply bursting with fashion boutiques and all the best factory outlets. There is little that it doesn't have or isn't close by to.

Anyway, while enjoying a flick through the rack at Green with Envy, a glamourous fashion boutique that stocks a great range of the best Australian designers, I came across several items that hit my radar like a fly on a UV light buzzer. My mouth began to water with the sheer desire to take it all home, but it was love at first sight with an Alice McCALL skirt from her first S/S 2010 Collection. Needless to say that after I tried it on and realised it flattered my shape perfectly, I promtly pulled out my Hermes purse to buy it.

It's just what I needed for this season, and it's versatile so I can easily where it any time of the year-beautiful bear legs in summer and black tights in winter. A cherry on the top is how easy it is to dress up or down. We really need more items such as this, for I have a tendancy to splurge on beautiful dresses and orgasmic heels which, unfortunately, are simply not appropriate for venturing out of my house to walk my dog. It seems these days like we actually need an excuse to really dress up. I guess it's a good thing I am almost always happy in a good pair of comfortable, flattering and well-fitting jeans.

Alice McCALL "Little light of mine" skirt
1st S/S 2010 Collection
AU$239.00

Alice McCALL is a truly inspiring Australian fashion designer and I tell you now that I'm a big fan. Unfortunately, and I have found this to be the case with many other designers as well; department stores such as David Jones and Myer only stock a small part of the range. However, the Alice McCALL website has a delightfully easy-to-use online boutique so you have the full range at your disposal to view and purchase as you please. I particularly like this site because it has a section of ON SALE items from previous or current collections that you can purchase online, so it is definately worth the look.
This skirt is part of "The Gilded Garden" Collection, but recently, I think in the last week or so, a 2nd S/S Collection, "The Accordion Girls" has made it's debut on the site. It only took a second for me to realise that there was so many fantastic pieces that I might be about to go into an Alice McCCALL overload-but something tells me that will only bother me if I splurge my entire paycheck for the next few months...

Here are some previews of "The Accordion Girls" Collection: