The haze isn’t the only thing that’s got KL-ites a-buzzing lately. Say hello to two familiar faces in Melbourne’s thriving fashion scene.
IT was the hats that first stole the crowd’s attention. Fun and whimsical, these dreamspun confections took on various shapes, shades and material, from a bright pink floral derby to an ultra-feminine chimney pot chapeaux dressed in plumes of feathers. Their inventor, self-made milliner Kim Fletcher – not the great Philip Treacy as one would assume from these sensational creations – was a chipper blonde from Australia rather than a pale, celebrity-endorsed Irishman.