Amelia

Amelia, design student
Sydney Road, Brunswick
Top, Ruby Patootie; Pants, op shop; Shoes, Camper
Favourite item: "My shoes. They're so comfortable."

Leena

Leena, musician
William Street, Melbourne CBD
Hat, City Hatters; Jacket, Cubec; Top, Club Monaco; Bag, Celine; Shoes, Juicy Couture
Favourite item: "My hat".

Rebecca

Rebecca, media student
Little Bourke Street, Melbourne CBD
Cardigan and dress, Country Road; Necklace, shop in Rhodes; Bag, Furla; Boots, Gorman
Favourite item: "My necklace."

Maggie

Maggie, sales assistant
Elizabeth Street, Melbourne CBD
Dress, Ben Sherman; Bag and Boots, Sportsgirl
Favourite item: "My dress."

Jackie

Jackie, assistant manager, Skin and Threads
Little Bourke Street, Melbourne
Shrug, dress, belt, wedges, all Skin and Threads
Favourite item: "The shrug. It's so easy to wear and goes with everything."

Mary-Anne

Mary-Anne, lawyer
Little Bourke Street, Melbourne CBD
Jacket, Scanlan & Theodore; Jeans, Acne; Shoes, Peeptoe; Bag, Gucci
Favourite item: "My jacket".

Jennifer

Jennifer, communications consultant
Little Bourke Street, Melbourne CBD
Cardigan, Skirt, Anthropologie; Scarf, street vendor in New York; Bag, Orla Kiely; Boots, Midas
Favourite item: "My skirt. I love the colours, the fabric, and the fit - everything".

A shot at redemption

Stelios (September 10, 2011). Reproduced by kind permission of, and © Shot By Shooter 2011

I've known D since I was at school. He was always the coolest person I knew. He was the year above me at Glasgow University, during which time I really got to know him; he always had great taste in music and a sharp sense of style. He lived in Milan for a while and then London; we shared a flat for a while. I went to his first exhibition of photographs in Hoxton: supermodels, popstars, catwalk waifs. These days he takes street portraits. When I started this blog, it was inspired by D's incredible photography. His blog, Shot by Shooter, is so far above the rest, including the over-rated The Sartorialist (the man takes a lovely photo, but often seems to lack any connection with his subjects and all too often seems fixated on superskinny fashion victims). D's photographs, on the other hand, reveal so much about their subject, with the eyes often almost inadvertently seeming to open up a plethora of questions and answers, that sometimes it's almost hard to look. D chooses his backdrops carefully and sequences of photos taken over several days can refer wittily to each other: the most recent sequence has yellow as its theme, whether subtly picked out in Felix's dress or Eric's scarf, or foreground, background and centre stage in Kate's case. D's use of light and shadow is so subtle that it's clear just by the texture whether it's summer or winter.

Over 250 people follow Shot by Shooter, but rarely does anyone comment: I think this is because D's photographs are so peerless, there's nothing more to be said.

Emma

Emma, fashion design student
Bourke Street Mall, Melbourne
Dress, Sunny Girl; Cardigan and necklace, market in Holland; Shoes, Studio Gas
Favourite item: "My necklace."

Alison

Alison, marketing
Little Bourke Street, Melbourne
Coat: Bianca Spender; Boots, Dolce Firme; Bag, Mimco
Favourite item: "My boots."

Lauren

Lauren, regional manager, Willow
Little Bourke Street, Melbourne
Jacket, Top and Pants, all Willow; Necklace, Tiffany, with charm from market in Queensland; Shoes, boutique in Armadale; Clutch, Oroton
Favourite item: "My shoes. They're so comfortable."

Ella

Ella, architect
Lonsdale Street, Melbourne
Dress, Petite Robe Noire; Cardigan, Witchery; Tights, Sussan; Boots, Wittner
Favourite item: "My dress. I got it in Paris."

Alice

 

Alice, marketing and communications

Little Bourke Street, Melbourne

Dress, Scanlan & Theodore; Top and Cardigan, Vintage; Scarf, eBay; Boots, Acne

Favourite item: "My dress".

Marina

Marina, art director
Little Bourke Street, Melbourne
Jacket, Temt; Dress, Staple; Boots, Zomp
Favourite item: "My dress. It's new."