• Skip to main content
  • Skip to secondary menu
  • Skip to primary sidebar
  • Skip to footer
  • Home
  • Contact
  • About Us
    • Published Works
  • Privacy Policy
Food • Arts • Fashion

Food • Arts • Fashion

  • Home
  • FOOD
  • ARTS
    • BOOKS
      • Beltin: Stejjer Minn Nies Minsija
    • THEATRE
    • MUSIC
  • FASHION
  • NEWS
You are here: Home / FASHION / A celebration of womanhood

A celebration of womanhood

October 8, 2019 by Ramona Depares Leave a Comment

House of Lilly Mae show

The House of Lilly Mae Fashion Show

You know me, I’m more likely to be seen scoffing down a scone than soaring on sophistication. But, when I received an invite to this second edition of the Lilly Mae fashion show I was intrigued.

Although I had missed the previous year’s, I’d heard that it was great fun. And some lovely people were behind the organisation of the event, and I love catching up with lovely people. For starters, Daniela Said, my former colleague and events manager at The Times of Malta. And the ever-charming Jo Caruana was hosting.

Then there was Carina Camilleri, her of Models M and the eternal good looks. Seriously, how does she do it? Carina was in charge of making sure the models did their thing – while ferrying plates of food to them, a fact which I absolutely LOVED.

And which also answered that age-old question: do models actually eat? Happily, these do, so more of that please!

Later that evening I also got to meet a visibly emotional Maria Borg, the powerhouse of a woman behind the Lilly Mae brand, and I was even more glad that I attended. More of that later.

The models were showing looks from all the Lilly Mae labels – Marina Rinaldi, Gerry Weber, Penny Black, Elena Miro, Tai Fun, Samoon and Un Jour Ailleurs.

With so many looks being shown, it would have been very easy for something to go wrong. But these models were clearly chill AF and truly enjoying the experience. They smiled. They made eye contact. Some of them bounced around happily. Others strutted. Some others kinda floated with grace, and of those I was slightly jealous. But in a good way, because the vibe was just so positive.

And – wait for it – some HAD CURVES. And others didn’t. And it was all right, because it was very obvious that these were real clothes for real women. And real women can be whatever shape they like. And look amazeballs with it.

Somehow, the show felt that it wasn’t just about the fashion, but was a true celebration of womanhood. Later, when I had a quick two minute chat with Maria herself, she confirmed that this was very much her ethos. In fact, some of the models were actually longterm clients and friends of hers.

More of this please! A well done to The Villa at the Corinthia Palace is also due – always such delectable food. And yes, I scoffed all the scones.

The Villa at Corinthia Attard

Want to learn more about Malta’s fashion scene? Check out local designer darlings Charles & Ron, discover Luke Azzopardi’s ethereal designs or Parascandolo’s unique street style.

If theatre, food or books are more up your alley, visit my main page here.

Filed Under: FASHION

Reader Interactions

Leave a Reply Cancel reply

Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *

Primary Sidebar

  • Facebook
  • Instagram
  • RSS
  • Twitter
  • YouTube

Theatre Highlights

theatre-next-door

A new performing space for Malta

fm-theatre-ross-and-rachel

Superb one-hander, leaves the audience raw

Food Highlights

bettas-culinary-flavours

A gorgeous foodie levent at a truly unique location

Nduja Osteria Valletta

Close your eyes, enjoy & pretend you’re dining in Italy

Fashion Highlights

Mark Mallia

A re-interpretation of the white crow

Mon Eclat

New Love – Mon Eclat Jewellery to help you shine

Books Highlights

marta-marta-loranne-vella

Oppression in a patriarchal society

Francesco Grech kollox jeħel magħna

Looking forward to seeing this writer’s work mature

Arts Highlights

les-nuits-barbares-miaf

A fusion of Mediterranean cultures on stage

rito-malta-international-arts-festival

A stunning and ground-breaking performance

News Highlights

A mesmerizing interpretation of Dante’s Hell

hell-and-exile-three-palaces

An immersive and multi-faceted journey

Footer

  • Home
  • FOOD
  • ARTS
    • BOOKS
      • Beltin: Stejjer Minn Nies Minsija
    • THEATRE
    • MUSIC
  • FASHION
  • NEWS

Copyright Ramona Depares © 2022

Manage Cookie Consent
We use cookies to optimize our website and our service.
Functional Always active
The technical storage or access is strictly necessary for the legitimate purpose of enabling the use of a specific service explicitly requested by the subscriber or user, or for the sole purpose of carrying out the transmission of a communication over an electronic communications network.
Preferences
The technical storage or access is necessary for the legitimate purpose of storing preferences that are not requested by the subscriber or user.
Statistics
The technical storage or access that is used exclusively for statistical purposes. The technical storage or access that is used exclusively for anonymous statistical purposes. Without a subpoena, voluntary compliance on the part of your Internet Service Provider, or additional records from a third party, information stored or retrieved for this purpose alone cannot usually be used to identify you.
Marketing
The technical storage or access is required to create user profiles to send advertising, or to track the user on a website or across several websites for similar marketing purposes.
Manage options Manage services Manage vendors Read more about these purposes
View preferences
{title} {title} {title}