Locked, loaded, cocked and primed, Daniel Garofali gets into gear for Oscar Calvo’s Male range.

DNA #134 – Aussie Man, March 2011, Pg. 66

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CALVO wins Fashion Award

This week signalled the close of the 2010 Melbourne Design Awards voting. Setup to recognise the broad range of design categories open to design professionals, students and those that commission design.

170 of Melbourne’s design commissioners, creators and followers gathered in a relaxed atmosphere to witness the reveal of the 2010 Melbourne Design Award recipients, as voted for by Melbourne and Australia’s own Design Community. Awards winners were presented with two award trophies, recognising the important contribution of not only the designers/creators but also the project commissioners.

After a non-stop week having show cased his latest collection ‘Male’ at OC Communications & Events Catwalk Circus; the votes had been counted and the awards ceremony was held on Wednesday night.

Among a collection of Melbourne’s elite Designers from all design disciplines, Oscar Calvo was awarded the top prize in the fashion category. Having both commissioned and designed the collection Oscar Calvo was awarded the double accolade for his 2010 male collection.

Photographed by Jessica Klingelfuss
Stylist:  Hayley Hughes
MUA:  Megan Harrison
Models:  Blair from Priscilla’s Model Management and Rhianna from EMG Models

Melbourne Design Awards
VOTE for OSCAR CALVO

Vote for OC OSCARCALVO, a young, cutting edge contemporary Melbourne-based label making its mark on the Australian fashion scene.

We strongly encourage Oscar Calvo fans and supporters to help celebrate his latest Collection Male, by simply voting for him in the Melbourne Design Awards menswear fashion category. Calvo’s latest Collection captures the contemporary genre and injects the menswear fashion scene with its unique brand of modern and sexy wearable offerings for the active urban man. The collection for this season continues its tradition of excellence in quality, fit and construction, favouring a range of natural luxurious fibres including cotton, silk and linen blends. The label offers pieces that allow the OC man to imprint his style and signature in any type of setting always looking his best.

Voting Open Now!
The voting phase of the Melbourne Design Awards is now open until Sunday 13th of February, design professionals and the design interested public are able to participate in the democratic design process by casting their vote in the awards.

HOW TO VOTE
1. Register or Sign In to commence voting
2. Place your vote by selecting the appropriate number of stars

Finalists
Towards the end of January the Top 5 finalists in each category will be announced.
Voting will remain open until 13th February 2011.

Award winners will be announced at the Melbourne Design Awards Evening on 17th February 2011.

Thank you for all your support!

From the team @ Oscar Calvo

OC OSCARCALVO, a young, cutting edge contemporary Melbourne-based label making its mark on the Australian fashion scene is unveiling its latest Collection.

The Collection and Designer re-invent the contemporary genre and inject the menswear fashion scene with its unique brand of modern, sexy, edgy yet upscale and wearable offerings for the active urban man. The collection for this season continues its tradition of excellence in quality and construction, favoring a range of natural luxurious fibers including cotton, silk and linen blends.

Oscar Calvo gives a nod to the 80′s New Wave California beach culture and New York’s emerging Hip Hop scene, cleverly mixing materials like mesh and snakeskin with touches of neon colours with a unique spin, tempering the looks with black, white, and gunmetal. The use of unique accents like rope, eyelets and zipper trims completes the look and gives the collection an edgy sense of modernity.

The collection has offerings that allow the OC man to be confidently dressed for any occasion in his active, adventurous lifestyle. Highlights of the collections include tailored pieces with detailed pockets and large covered buttons, fitted shirts with small collars, hoodies, trench coats, updated board shorts, retro polo shirts and the label’s signature decadent knitwear.

With this trendsetting collection, OC OSCARCALVO will certainly cement its reputation as the contemporary luxury label of choice for the style-savvy urban man.

Words by Milla Kruse

Photographed by  Emily Abay
Stylist  Oscar Calvo
MUA  Merton Muaremi
Model  Daniel Garofali