There was romance on and off the runway at the Alice McCall show on the last day of Australian fashion week in Sydney.
In the front row at the designer's ethereal presentation were Tim Robards and Anna Heinrich, the couple who found love on Australia's first series of The Bachelor.
Also in the priority seats were former The Voice contestants Prinnie Stevens and Emma Birdsall, actress Emma Lung and model Nikki Phillips.
"I've been a fan of Alice McCall for some time," said Heinrich, who accepted Robards' final rose seven months ago.
The couple, a chiropractor and a lawyer, held hands and laughed during the show.
"I'm actually meant to be at work right now," said Heinrich, who was not sporting an engagement ring.
"Not yet," she said referring to her bare finger.
Celebrating her label's tenth birthday, McCall took inspiration from dreams and the surreal for her spring/summer 2014 collection.
Adorned in soft, romantic colours - powder blue, pistachio green, carnation pink and lemon chiffon - the models hit the runway in sweetheart rompers, jumbo scalloped skirts and transparent negligees that revealed triangle bras and full briefs.
The second tranche of the near 40 looks were bomber jackets, paper-bag trousers, futuristic sweaters and envelope clutches that featured digital prints - collages of pyramids, serpents, cosmic skies and naked voluptuous women - by US artists Beth Hoeckel and Eugenia Loll.
Next up, New Generation, a group show composed of up-and-coming designers, filled the runway with youthful, audacious and vigorous outfits.
Common looks were menswear-inspired jackets, Japanese anime-influenced graphics, fake fur coats, feathery pom pom ties and platform shoes.
Over at the theatre at Redfern's Carriageworks, young Brisbane-based designer Hayley Elsaesser's solo show got everyone in a festive mood with pumping music, a bright colour palette and playful silhouettes.
Titled Redneck Nostalgia, her outfits referenced the 1950s and paid homage to good girls gone bad.
The wearable collection of boxy t-shirts, a-line skirts, asymmetric dresses and bikinis were emblazoned with fun prints of giant dices and palm trees.
Next up, Sydney sisters Beth and Tessa MacGraw, showing for the first time at fashion week, presented their fifth collection, Sail Bomb, a line-up of daring designs featuring hand drawn prints.
"Sail Bomb takes our love of stripes, textures and exclusive playful prints, mixes in a Frenchy Lou Doillon-esque girl and drops her off at the seaside," the sisters wrote in their notes.
The final day of Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week Australia will wrap up after label Song for the Mute, a creative union of graphic artist Melvin Tanaya and fashion designer Lyna Ty, presents on Thursday night.
