I have worked on Collins Street for the past three years. I can still remember the first few weeks of being in the city everyday, dreaming about the ‘Paris’ end of Collins – while I worked at the west end, coined the “New York’ end by the workers jaded by their fashionable counterparts six blocks up.
These days the New York end stretches right into the Docklands and the Paris end has undergone many a facelift. Lesley Sharon Rosenthal, a documentary filmmaker and writer, has put together a feature on the history of Collins Street, ‘Boutique Magnifique: memories of fashionable Collins Street.’, and you are invited to attend the launch of the film this September.
The film is a selection of stories about the fashion history of Collins Street through the focus of its famous magnificent boutiques and elegant department stores. People are encouraged to dress in vintage style in keeping with the historical theme of the evening’s screening, so get your corsets and stays out, hike up your stockings and grab a parasol!
September 23, 7pm
Capitol Theatre
113 Swanston Street
Melbourne 3000
Tickets: $20
email: lesleyrose@dodo.com.au for bookings.
Please note: there will be no door sales.
Visit That’s Melbourne for more information.
Thanks to That’s Melbourne for image.
Oooooh, this looks like so much fun!
I too, had the pleasure of working in the Paris end of Collins street… only to have my company move me slowly down the street, eventually ending up in Docklands proper. My entire office and I mourned the move, trust me…