Bruno Schiavi takes on Jayson Brunsdon in the style stakes

BRUNO Schiavi has built his business on celebrity fashion, but he’s going in a new direction and collaborating with Australian designer .

Fashion designer Bruno Schiavi and two models

BRUNO Schiavi has built his business on celebrity fashion, but he’s going in a new direction and collaborating with Australian designer .

The man (pictured, right) who brought us the Kardashian Kollection as well as celebrity lines from Kelly Osbourne, Priscilla Presley, Delta Goodrem and Janet Jackson said that he wants to take Brunsdon’s brand to the rest of the world.

Brunsdon was stocked in high-end US department stores Neiman Marcus and Barneys pre-GFC, but hasn’t had a strong international presence since.

“Bruno contacted us and wanted to know if we were selling internationally,” Brunsdon says.

“We pared back following the GFC but we’d love to again. He wanted to create more lines — childrenswear in particular — and we’d just had a baby so we were really interested.”

The range, for babies and children, is due to launch early next year.

DJs has reduced designer bridal gowns to half price for a limited time.

BRIDAL BARGAINS

WITH wedding season approaching, David Jones has an early nuptial gift for brides-to-be.

The department store’s Elizabeth Street Bridal Suite has reduced a selection of its designer bridal gowns to half price for a limited time.

International designer gowns by Carolina Herrera, Alexander McQueen, Oscar De La Renta and Lanvin have been reduced as well as local labels Collette Dinnigan, Johanna Johnson, Karen Willis Holmes and Rachel Gilbert. By appointment only. davidjones.com.au

FUTURE FASHION

IT has been one year since the formation of the The Australian Fashion Chamber and to celebrate
the organisation is holding a party tomorrow.

Jessica Mauboy is set to perform at the event, which will be held at the AMP Building.

Vogue Editor in Chief and AFC Chair Edwina McCann said: “We’ve already done a great deal to advocate for Australian designers in Paris, New York and here at home, but the year ahead will solidify our momentum and we hope to double that effort.”

The event will also include a showcase of designs from Romance Was Born and RachelAlex.

Monogramming by the Daily Edited.

PASSION PROJECT HAS SIGNATURE STYLE

MONOGRAMMING has become the fashion alternative to Dymo label writers and it’s a trend being embraced by more and more Sydney women.

So much so that lawyer Alyce Tran has turned the small side project she started in September into a fully fledged leather brand and monogramming service, The Daily Edited.

“We’re putting in more infrastructures,” she said. “We used to monogram only twice a week but now we’ve got the presses going full bore 9-5 every day. It’s a passion project but it’s taking over my life a little bit.” thedailyedited.com.

Originally published as Bruno Schiavi takes on Jayson Brunsdon in the style stakes