Getting on the Turps

Words: Clare Kempnich
Photos: Paul Sparrow

Saturday, Jul 24

It was time for another elusive Turpentine Fashion Night – this time held at Brisbane’s Port Office Hotel. Showcased was a selection of pieces by the likes of Ark°, Everything’s The Same, Ashlee Hart, Jimmi Paige, Evelyn Curtis and Saralli Designs. All credit to Paul Sparrow for the photography used in this article.

If you have a thing for fashion, then this was certainly the place to be on July 8. Designs ranged from colourful evening and day wear to swimwear; with my personal highlight being a velvet black evening dress with some amazingly adorned sleeves! And it wasn’t just for the ladies; the designers even catered for the happening Brisbane male (much to the delight of the majority of the female audience).

The clothes were enhanced by the stellar work of makeup artist Elana Mullaly who gave ‘bling’ a whole new context. The models’ diamante-encrusted faces were hard to miss as they paraded the catwalk – although I’m not sure that’s a look that many of the audience would be willing to sport on a night out…

As was to be expected, it was a great night. The drinks were flowing, the dancing was excessive and the clothes were fantastic. Let’s hope we don’t have to wait too long for the next night of fashion education from the people at Turpentine!

Turpentine is back – July 24

Make sure you head to the Port Office Hotel Saturday 24 July from 8pm for a rauciously good time.

Turpentine Night is offering up yet another amazing Fashion Parade showcasing emerging Fashion Designers and Accessory Designers hailing from Brisbane and the Gold Coast.

Showing the likes of:

Ark°
Ashlee Hart
Joy French
Jimmi Paige
Everythingsthesame
Evelyn Curtis
Saralli Designs

With FREE goodie bags including:
Turpentine Zine
Boutique Vouchers;
CD’s;
Lookbooks;
Mad shit.

With five social photographers and three special guests filming the night we’re sure you’re going to get your mug seen.

Tickets are $10. Head here to get more info!

QUT Cheerleaders place at States

 

Q Cheer has competed for a third year running at the Australian All Star Cheerleading Federation’s Queensland Championships achieving with podium finishes in both Pom and Cheer.

A second placing in the Pom routine was pleasantly surprising after officials played the incorrect version of the music, missing two main sections.

Q Cheer’s Coach Shannon Moule felt the team covered the missing segments seamlessly and praised the team for soldiering on.

“If you hadn’t seen the routine before you wouldn’t have known that part was missing,” Moule said.

The Cheer routine earned the team third place and included one-legged stunts, basket tosses and an advanced pyramid where three flyers were flipped.

“That was the neatest routine. Those stunts were so solid,”an audience member said.

The team hopes to raise the level of their Cheer routing stunts for Nationals in November.

Members of Q Cheer also won individual competitions for Most Pirouettes, Best Jumping Combination and Highest Co-ed Basket Toss.

On the road to Nationals in Sydney, Q Cheer is hosting a party at the Port Office Hotel in the city on Saturday 5 September.

$10 entry will earn guests $5 drinks from 8 to 11pm, all welcome.