Last night (after another wonderful meal at Mamasita), Miss J, Miss D and I went on a bit of a treasure hunt around Melbourne to find a pop up launch buried deep in a laneway north of Melbourne.

The preview night for SS10/11 for BAM Brands was housed in a loft space off the beaten track that required much Google mapping to find. After finally locating the hallowed space, we were thrilled to find more than ten labels in the one place and some fantastic Visual Merchandising/Art by artist Nicholas Thompson to boot.

Spotting many designers and bloggers in the crowd, we perused the wares and as fabulous as they all were, none were more impressive for me than the bags by Mercurialist. I fell in love with the Doctor Cairo bag the minute we walked in the door and it is now my mission to find a stockist. These gorgeous bags are all Australian – all Melbourne actually and I am sold on them.

Mercurialist were also a favourite of fashion blogger OhJamie, who blogged about them right after the show last night and also has a fantastic selection of photos from the event, including this one of Miss D, Miss J & I!!

Other labels featured on the night included French Kitty, Sosume, Dan Jones, Oscar Mimosa, VanGuard, Study Footwear, Trash & Luxury, Jamie Fame, Hamish Monro and Stampd’LA.

In other blogger news, I was also photographed by Fashion Hayley at the Chambord Shine Awards on Tuesday night!! Hayley also has some great shots from the event, so whip up a Chambord Cocktail and check them out.

Images thanks to BAM Brands and OhJamie.