Australian Fashion Week: Material Boy
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Thommy (with ruby-red bow tie and cap) at his catwalk debut. Source: gettyimages
On Sunday Rozie and I went to our first Australian Fashion Week show (ok, so I think it’d be my first fashion show ever, hey, I’m IT guy…) to watch Thommy in his catwalk debut for Melbourne designers Material Boy. The outfits were all pretty crazy with them being heavily influenced by Super Mario Bros (bonus points there for daveg fashion relevance!). Pointy boots, tight jeans with super-low crotches, puffy shorts, all in hyper-real, video game primary colours. Can’t say I’d see alot of that stuff being worn day to day (how often is that point anyhow at fashion shows?) but the concept was kinda cool I guess.
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9:30 pm on May 2nd, 2006
O M G ! THOMMY
9:04 am on May 5th, 2006
I just saw the rest of the collection on gettyimages. It reminds of a wacko label called cassetteplaya (she dresses M.I.A)
4:19 pm on June 7th, 2006
hey who are to judge material boy
this guy is a high end ledgend and a inspriation to all up young up coming fashion designers
‘cool i guess’
get with the times, its from JAPAN thats how its done
its hard for people to change things these days
the 70′s look done and been done agen same with the 80′s material boy is here with something that you cant picture someone wearing.
it pains me to see that critics are not understanding that you arent here to voice bad info. but to voice the peoples words
4:24 pm on June 7th, 2006
“it pains me to see that critics are not understanding that you arent here to voice bad info. but to voice the peoples words”
Ruben, I’m not a “critic”, just some regular guy who has his own personal blog who went along to see his friend model. Its just my opinion, you don’t have to get all pissy about it. In other words, I’m also “the people”.
As for your comment “get with the times, its from JAPAN thats how its done”, get it right, Material Boy is a Melbourne based designer.
4:29 pm on October 25th, 2006
who wouldn’t wear it day to day, i would and i do. It’s frwsh and fantastic. i want the entire collection….
6:26 pm on March 29th, 2007
who are those guys in the photo? there great! but one of them needs more nutritious food.
10:46 am on March 30th, 2007
great! i wanna be like those guys on the photo! i like their style!
1:47 am on July 3rd, 2007
I like the guy on the left with the bow tie, hes got it going on! The look is quite fresh too.
Matt
8:46 pm on August 8th, 2007
material boy is pretty dope
im from perth and only one outlet i know of sells it here, but i jst cant see alot of ppl getting along with this kind of fashion, perth isnt ready for something as farout as this, melbourne for sure, but perth kids follow trends and bigname brands, it if starts getting alot of ware mabe they will catch on
2:26 pm on May 21st, 2008
OMG! he is sooo fu**en pretty!
dude im a girl and even i would wear that or get my bf to wear it!
but yes, i agree with “bazza” im from perth aswell and i dont think perth would go along with this trend at all! we dont roll liike thaat??
xxx
2:09 am on June 7th, 2008
Fashion shows are awesome. I’m sure it won’t be the last one you attend.
5:54 am on June 16th, 2008
pure gayness
7:11 pm on June 29th, 2008
It sure is fun attending a fashion show like the one you went to in Australia. I like photography and I like taking pictures of women on the catwalk doing their thing.
5:24 pm on July 14th, 2008
Holy crap!
Tht is oh so happy go lucky emo.
That scared the pants off me!!
2:13 pm on August 13th, 2008
guys!.. fashion is a crazy job they look as if they are into cheap fashion. its just like entertainment, you get some thing sound crazy yet outstanding. its cool
1:06 pm on August 17th, 2008
This just shows how much these two little plumbers influence our way of life.
6:43 am on August 19th, 2008
rudy vas a pensar que digo lo mismo pero excelente fotografía, como todas, ( o la mayoría ) pero esta foto no se tiene un toque como muy europeo.
12:01 am on August 26th, 2008
Agree with you “fashion games” thats amazing
1:12 pm on August 28th, 2008
I love when fashion shows feature a touch of the absurd, I can totally see the Mario bros connection.
5:51 pm on August 30th, 2008
Fashion week is always a treat… Just like the Bali fashion week last week. It was great
6:33 pm on April 3rd, 2009
Hi! I noticed that my website isn’t appearing well just in case you want to read what I think about fashion being a fashion buff that I also am. Cheers!