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10 years is a long time in fashion. It's time enough for blogs to go from bedside ventures to business conglomerates, for shows to be sent live from the runway to every corner of the globe and for social media to seemingly take over everything. If it's not quite sink or swim it's at least a matter of adapt or fade away. And camilla and marc have definitely adapted. 30 000 plus instagram followers, hashtagging galore and collections that never look out of place at the hippest of Sydney locales. Yet they maintain a happy equilibrium with their intimate Paddington boutique, their discerning and creative campaign and lookbook productions and their hardworking ethic. Camilla Topper and Marc Freeman, surely Sydney's most recognisable sibling design team (the Christopher and Tammy Kane of the Australian fashion industry, if you will), have stood the test of ten long years. And this runway show proved it.
It was quite an opening. Julia Nobis in a cheetah-print a-line dress with an in-built bandeau, cinched tight with a metallic belt, neck adorned with a hunk of Estelle Deve metal and ears ringing with Ryan Storer details. The stride, the strut - the sexiness - amounted to a bit of an eye-opener at 10 am in the morning on day one. The camilla and marc customer has always been fashion-forward but this was something else. This was the kind of overwhelming confidence and self-certainty that makes you stand tall, walk proud, and toss your hair majestically. The kind of overwhelming confidence you get from a great dress. And that's the essence of what camilla and marc gives you. Sure, there are lovely separates in there - white leather motorcycle jacket and flippy midi skirts, bustiers and pencil skirts in that cheetah print, brocade cigarette trousers to pair a la Isabel Marant with bold, brassy buckles and a plain white singlet - but with camilla and marc it has always been, always is, always will be about the dress.
Customers looking to add another show-stopper to their collection won't be disappointed. They'll have their choice of tuxedo coat numbers, roomy leather shifts, flippy asymmetrical cocktail frocks and filmy sheer lace coveralls (only the very brave, and physically capable need apply). Each and every one captivated the audience's attention when they were on the runway, each and every one a feat of modern, dynamic design, each and every one a testament to the power of a woman, hair slicked back and face provocatively bare, in a dress that can stop a crowd. Here's to camilla and marc, to ten years - to great dresses! - and to always being in fashion.
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