A very Melbourne day

Last week I enjoyed a few of the beautiful events that Melbourne had to offer. It was one of those chilly days where I was quite happy to be attending some indoor events.

First up was Melbourne Central’s one day shopping festival. The centre put on quite a show with many retailers offering great savings. There were services from Mecca Maxima, Toni and Guy as well as a range of Food Trucks to feed the troops. I also got a chance to check out the King Kong costumes photographic exhibition which is well worth a look and completely free.

The Melbourne Central Shot Tower.

The Mecca Maxima beauty station.

My feature nail courtesy of Mecca Maxima.

The new Wittner shoe range.

The King Kong photographic exhibition.

I then attended The Clothing Exchange’s clothes swap evening which was held at Shebeen in the city. I hadn’t been to a clothes swapping event before so I wasn’t sure what to expect. The rules were quite simple- bring up to 6 items that you would like to swap- if your items are up to scratch then you receive 6 buttons which you will then use to ‘purchase’ 6 items of your choice. It’s always risky I guess at these events that you will end up with nothing at all that you like, after handing in 6 of your items. The girls are quite good at checking out the items to make sure everything is on par, although I must say I think a few pieces must have slipped in that should not have been there. I ended up taking a pair of leather ankle boots, a leather fringed bag, a Zara jacket, a Marc Jacobs jacket, a Nicola Finetti jacket and some earrings. Not name dropping but just giving you a sense of the calibre of clothing I took. My philosophy is ‘don’t take anything you wouldn’t want to take home’. Unfortunately this wasn’t everyone’s philosophy. Having said that I did have a fantastic time, the event was perfectly organised and run and I did get to take home 2 beautiful silk dresses, a couple of summer tops and some Zara pants. Happy girl!

Setting up for the event.