'(28 Apr 2006) SHOTLIST AP Entertainment 28th April 2006 1. WS Sydney Opera House 2. Sydney Harbour Bridge 3. Exterior Fashion 4. Singer Leo Sayer at ONE TEASPOON 5. Various catwalk ONE TEASPOON 6. Leo Sayer finale 7. SOUNDBITE (English) Yasmin Sewell, Browns Department Store UK: \"I think that I\'\'m looking for something really quite individual, there\'\'s a real easiness to Australian fashion so it\'\'s different to everywhere else in the world, everywhere is different. I\'\'m looking for something that has it\'\'s own point of Aussie point of view, and that usually comes down to being kind of commercial, a little bit of fashion but very easy to wear.\" 8. Various Fashion Week exteriors 9. SOUNDBITE (English) Yasmin Sewell, Browns Department Store UK: \"the eighties thing doesn\'\'t really appeal to me, because I\'\'ve been through it too many times but there are few people who are not doing that who have their own point of view, the one this morning which was fantastic it was completely fresh. The one\'\'s that are standing out are the ones that are not buying into that look.\" 10. Various swimwear group collection show 11. Pull out from Asian buyer contingent to city skyline 12. SOUNDBITE (English) Jo Chan, Coconut Boutique, Singapore: \"What we tend to look for is something that is made in Australia actually produced in Australia, and we look for things that have good quality, in terms of fabric and the finishings of the particular dresses.\" 13. Various backstage at Fashion Week 14. SOUNDBITE (English) Mathew Eager, Designer: \"This season I mean there\'\'s a bit of an eighties feel going on, bit of a sort of late seventies, early eighties feel which we kind of picked up on, you know the one shoulder, the patent belts, the black accessories, very sort of 1979 I would say.\" 15. MATTHEW EAGER Catwalk 16 MATTHEW EAGER finale AUSTRALIAN FASHION WEEK KICKS OFF IN SYDNEY Swimwear and showmanship was the order of the day at Australian Fashion Week, currently in full swing in Sydney. In its 11th year, Australian designers did what they did best - beachwear - for the Spring / Summer 06/07 collections. And many designers turned the catwalk into a concert stage in a bid to snare publicity and those all important sales. The 80s proved a popular theme across most shows ton Friday.. Popular surfwear label One Teaspoon got its retro injection with singer Leo Sayer, who resides permanently in Australia, serenading the scantily clad models. Bright prints and sexy barely there on-pieces were the order of the day - as were swimming costumes were worn as streetwear. The collection has just been snapped up by Selfridges and Harrods in the UK and has a huge celebrity following in the US with fans such as Jessica Simpson & Mischa Barton. As always, Australian designers are courting the international buyers - Yasmin Sewell from UK store Browns, said she was looking for that point of difference compared to other fashion weeks around the world. \"I think that I\'\'m looking for something really quite individual, there\'\'s a real easiness to Australian fashion so it\'\'s different to everywhere else in the world, everywhere is different. I\'\'m looking for something that has it\'\'s own point of Aussie point of view, and that usually comes down to being kind of commercial, a little bit of fashion but very easy to wear.\" Earlier this week, organisers of the Australian Fashion festival claimed Sydney was the fourth most important fashion week after Milan, Paris and New York. Meanwhile at the group collection shows, designers resorted to a puff of smoke and some more singing to dress up their collections. Find out more about AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/HowWeWork Twitter: https://twitter.com/AP_Archive Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/APArchives Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/APNews/ You can license this story through AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/metadata/youtube/e0d1f658b6ba699dd49bde22bbc7a526'
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