This week Melbourne Spring Fashion Week (MFSW) celebrates its 15th year!

It’s a fun week that allows our fashion forward city to celebrate its unique style and love for fashion, shopping, beauty and design.

Melbourne will come alive with a festival of fashion from 31 August to 6 September.

Showcasing all our best designers, labels, styles and retailers. Events include everything from fashion parades, exhibitions, film screenings, workshops, seminars and plenty of parties.

Here’s our guide to the best of the festival.

MSFW Designer Series

Each night of the festival, the Melbourne Town Hall comes alive with the MSFW Designer Series. Featuring some of Melbourne’s best designers, you’ll see all the trends for the coming season.

This year you’re sure to find something new and inspirational – perhaps something perfect for the races? The outlook for this spring/summer is bright and exciting, big colours, sexy metallics and plenty of feminine dresses.

The MSFW will feature collections from the following designers:

Easton Pearson
Gwendolynne
Ginger and Smart
Kirrily Johnston
Nicola Finetti
Wayne Cooper
LIFEwithBIRD
Bettina Liano
Arthur Galan
Alpha60
ANTIPODIUM
Jack London
Leopold

Other highlights…

ACMI will be screening the new documentary, ‘Marc Jacobs and Louis Vuitton.’

The event will be hosted by sometime Vogue fashion blogger, Bryannboy.

It’s a film that follows Marc Jacobs’ quest to create the ultimate LV handbag – a must for all fashion fans.

If you can’t get enough of the fashion parades, head down to DJs and check out the David Jones Spring Racewear Lauch.

There’s also the Myer Spring Summer Fashion Launch, as well as fashion parades at QV and the GPO.

Each night the beautiful people will be celebrating their success at various venues around the city.

Bars marked for official parade after parties include: Spice Market, the Red Hummingbird, the Emerald Peacock, Blue Diamond and Baroq House.

For a full program of events, head to www.msfw.com.au.