What to Wear in Melbourne — The Complete PP Wardrobe
What to Wear in Melbourne — The Complete PP Wardrobe
Melbourne — laneway culture, NGV, Port Phillip Bay, variable summer weather.
Melbourne is Australia's cultural capital — the city that prides itself on being more sophisticated and more design-conscious than Sydney, with the laneway café culture, the National Gallery of Victoria (the oldest and most visited public art museum in Australia), the sporting culture of the MCG and the Formula One Grand Prix, and a fashion scene that is more European in its sensibility than any other Australian city. The wardrobe responds to Melbourne's specific character — more composed, more layered, less beach-dominated than Sydney.
The Melbourne weather. Melbourne is famous for its weather variability — "four seasons in one day" is the local cliché. The summer (December through February) regularly reaches 35–40 degrees but can drop to 20 in the same week. A long-sleeve PP linen shirt handles this variability better than a short-sleeve: the sleeves provide a layer on cooler days and can be rolled to the elbow on warmer ones.
“Melbourne is more composed than Sydney, more design-conscious, more European in sensibility. The laneway café culture, the NGV, the Formula One Grand Prix — natural linen in natural colourways reads as considered in this specific urban register.”
— Pieter Petros, founderFor the laneways and the café culture. Hosier Lane, Degraves Street, the Centre Place — Melbourne's most characterful urban spaces. A PP linen shirt in white or a warm natural with linen trousers or linen shorts and leather shoes. Melbourne's laneway culture rewards a composed and design-conscious wardrobe; natural linen in natural colourways reads as considered in this specific context.
For the National Gallery of Victoria and the cultural programme. The NGV International on St Kilda Road — the Ian Potter Centre in Federation Square. A PP linen shirt in white or a warm natural with linen trousers and leather shoes for the gallery visit.
For the Port Phillip Bay beaches. St Kilda beach, the Mornington Peninsula — accessible by ferry from the CBD. White PP linen over natural swim shorts, leather sandals.
For the Melbourne evening. The restaurants of Fitzroy and Collingwood, the venues of the Southbank arts precinct. A navy PP linen shirt with linen trousers and leather shoes.
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