9:34AM Clem Bastow | If you’re one of those fans who just can’t wait to see what your favourite Australian star wears to the Logies, you’ll likely be excited by this news: about 90% of the Logies frocks – which are borrowed for the night – are
on their way back to the designers.
However, those wishing to snap one up and wring out the sweat of their idol may be disappointed: not all the dresses are going back on sale. But that won’t stop them from sniffing under the arms looking!
A few will be kept in designers’ stores for customers to try on, but a handful – including Lauren and Patti Newton’s frocks – will hit clearance stores at a discount.
Fans of Sibylla Budd can walk into designer Gwendolynne Burkin’s Fitzroy store to try on her near-$4000 dress.
But it’s not for sale, and the best her fans can do is order one the same, as a few did for her flowing, heavily beaded oyster-coloured dress by Gwendolynne for last year’s AFI Awards.
The $3000-$4000 Mariana Hardwick dresses worn by Lauren and Patti Newton will be part of a Logies gowns display in the designer’s Sydney Rd, Brunswick, store by the end of the week.
Home & Away fans who were hoping to wear Sally’s beautiful skin, sorry, dress, will be able to, but only once the $1299 Lisa Ho dress ends up in stores in August.
Forget this year’s frocks, though – I’m still trying to find out where I can get my hands on Sandra Sully’s
Technicolour dream dress from last year. And to think those scurrilous rumourmongers say she likes a bong or four…
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