Popsicle

For one awesome week running concurrently with the Perth Fashion Festival, William Street hosted Popsicle. The event saw the most indie of Perth fashionistas trot between fifteen rad locations collecting adorable free badges and sampling some of the finest local talent in fashion. On the opening night the strip was crowded with people tussling to get into the packed-out stores to see what kind of wares were on offer. While most of the stores featured live DJs, free beer and awesome designs up for sale, there were a few stand-out spectacles. Tú had the most beautiful live model posing in the window of their store, while 246 William had a collection of outstanding streetwear designers showcasing their amazing products that would make just about anyone froth at the mouth. Finally, the Cert IV design students from the Central Institute Of Technology presented their work with an extravagant runway show in the popup store Prototype – these kids have been hard at work and the result was a series of beautiful fabrics in original, tactile and unique designs that really captured the audience's imagination. The show was excellent with banging tunes, people from wall to wall and of course lots of mandatory champagne and wine. Admittedly everyone seemed pretty exhausted by the end of the first night and no doubt the rest of the week was just as busy – here's hoping for a great show next year, and thanks to all the local designers and Onwilliam for putting on such a neat event!