SLOW WAVES: FW21 /
SLOW WAVES
Our debut at Melbourne Fashion Week /
TOWN HALL RUNWAY 5
Featuring Slow Waves, Claudie Pierlot, LEFT Melbourne, Madam Virtue & Co., Maje, MASONS, Reina Melbourne, Sandro Paris and Shifting Worlds
“Get set for one of Melbourne Fashion Week’s most anticipated runways as it showcases a collection of the city’s most innovative multi-brand international retailers. As the home to some of the world’s most desirable and coveted labels, these go-to stores will showcase key trends of the season encouraging a fashion-forward wardrobe. Featuring looks from the most prestigious ready-to-wear collections and accessories for women and men, Town Hall Runway 5 is the ultimate luxury fashion destination.”
Wed 4 Sept | 6.30 – 7pm
Buy tickets from Ticketek HERE
ACCLAIM: Charli XCX /
Charli XCX is Ready to Do It All
Y/PROJECT Silver Pearl Spiral Earrings from SLOW WAVES
Charli XCX was on the road for the better part of 2018, one of the three support acts who joined Taylor Swift’s record-breaking Reputation tour. Between Taylor’s dates, Charli released a string of stand-alone singles—some of the most joyful music of her career—without an album in sight. That was until January 3rd, weeks after our meeting, when she announced her sole New Year’s Resolution would be to give fans an official studio album.
Y/PROJECT Silver Pearl Spiral Earrings and Thigh High Tartan Boots from SLOW WAVES
The morning we met, Reputation had landed in Melbourne for a few days before heading to Japan. Charli arrived with a trio of friends: twin sisters Danielle and Nicole Kahlani—her makeup artist and hairstylist, respectively—and Henry Redcliffe, her behind-the-scenes photographer. “Taylor is so global,” Charli reflected, tucked away in a corner of the cavernous photostudio where we’d just wrapped shooting. “She plays in stadiums, and on my own, I could never do that.” (Ticket sales from a single Reputation show routinely grossed more than $6 million dollars).
In many ways, Charli’s Reputation experience was as close as she’d gotten to a traditional mass audience since 2014, when two songs she’d written cracked the Billboard 100 top 10. ‘Boom Clap’ peaked at eight, and Iggy Azalea’s ‘Fancy’ spent seven weeks at number one. Reflecting on the mega-hit, Charli laughed “I’m really happy I co-wrote it, because it paid for my house.”
At the same time, between Taylor’s super-shows, Charli was playing her own smaller headline dates, and throwing Pop 2 parties in tiny nightclubs supported by local queer performers. The parties’ namesake mixtape, released December 2017, is full of progressive and challenging pop recorded with icons like Kim Petras and Mykki Blanco. “The fans are a little older and mainly people from the queer community,” she said of the club events. “It feels more like a house party than a show.”
A few years ago, there might have been a clearer demarcation here: between Reputation Charli and Pop 2 Charli. Or maybe a sense that the weird, pop mad-scientist Charli would have to sever her ties to the underground to reach the mainstream heights her talent warranted. That idea feels incredibly distant today, particularly to Charli herself. “I never solidified myself in either one area or the other—at the time, that felt really negative. Now, that feels quite positive because I can really span between the two.” And this year, she’s ready to record the album where she does it all.
Photography Constantine Virtanen
Styling Sarah Pritchard
Hair Nicole Kahlani
Makeup Danielle Kahlani
Beauty Direction Georgia Gaillard
Styling Assistant Nat Pluch
Words by Acclaim, read the full interview HERE
GLAMCULT MAGAZINE: #129 Utopia Dystopia /
SKIN DEEP
Photography- Mia Rankin
Styling- Kurt Johnson
Hair and Make Up- Joel Babicci
Clothing- Slow Waves
Buy a copy of issue #129
PANSY MAGAZINE /
Jack by Jordan Drysdale
Photography Jordan Drysdale
Styling Kevin Cheung
Grooming Georgia Gaillard
Florist Hattie Molloy
MM6 Maison Margiela Silver Coat, Y/Project Pearl Spiral Earrings and Cuffed Pants from Slow Waves
Filles A Papa Chance Crystal Sweater from Slow Waves
Y/Project XL Lining Blazer from Slow Waves
MM6 Maison Margiela Silver Jacket and Y/Project Pearl Spiral Earrings from Slow Waves
Filles A Papa Chance Crystal Sweater and Alex Mullins Jeans from Slow Waves
AMBUSH Letter Block Beads Necklace from Slow Waves
See the full editorial HERE
Vogue Italia: Editorial /
Masterpiece by Agnieszka Chabros
Y/Project Open Toe Mules from SLOW WAVES
Photography: Agnieszka Chabros
Styling: Sarah Cant
MUA: Rob Povey
Models: Awillo & Carol
View the full feature HERE
COLLECTION- works by Clinton Hayden /
Join us in-store Friday April 7th from 6-9pm for the launch of COLLECTION, a solo exhibition by Clinton Hayden
COLLECTION is a fundraising exhibition of photographs, objects and assemblages in preparation for residency at the Berlin Art Institute
clintonhayden.com
SLOW WAVES IN i-D /
slow waves represents a new kind of retail—but is australia ready?
'The Melbourne store is bridging a widening gap in Australian consumer behaviour. But being a trailblazer isn’t a simple job.'
Interview by Isabelle Hellyer
In a comparatively short time, Slow Waves has come to feel like a retail destination — no doubt in part because it's so beautiful. Artful spaces do tend to obscure the day-to-day practicalities of running a shop, like ordering receipt paper or counting the till. Does that invisible work bum you out?
To be honest, the majority of my time is actually spent doing that stuff: cleaning, admin, emails. We're a small team, and I guess I could leave the minor tasks to my two staff — Scarlet and Kevin — but at the same time, I want them spending their time working on things they actually want to pursue. Scarlet is the model for our shoots and handles the social media, and Kevin is our photographer. Really, I think being the boss sometimes means doing the stuff that no one else wants to do.
Read the full interview HERE