"It's about not being perfect but being loose, and a little bit inky," Angie Réhe stated creating a happy, vibrant, and animated learning environment in the true spirit of the Virgin Australia Melbourne Fashion festival evidently exposing the true overarching message of festival.

VAMFF Fashion Film Series Finalist, Wild West transports the viewer to an ethereal realm of exotic mysticism where narrative is conveyed through a modern synergy of dance, fashion and art. A captivating film that captures the essence of movement and materiality, Wild West is so much more than a desert dance.

Show director Jess West is such an inspiring and strong woman who really opened up about the future of fashion for curvy women and how value judgments on women’s bodies are more often than not unjustified.

It’s easy to become enthralled by the lives of those existing purely on paper. Rendered only by words and imagery, the emotions and intimacies of two dimensional characters spring to life; their trials and tribulations become our own. Just ask performer Lise Rodgers, and she'll tell you a story, or three. On Thursday morning, 'Fashion in literature - Out loud' kicked off the 2015 VAMFF Cultural Program's 'Talks and Tours' section.

The woman who tamed the waratah is back, and she’s come bearing gifts of the most wonderfully woolly variety. On Tuesday night, as part of the 2015 VAMFF Cultural Program, Jenny Kee’s limited edition capsule knitwear collection was launched. Amy Campbell went along to Melbourne’s Pieces of Eight Gallery to check it out.