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Belgian designer Walter van Beirendonck recently spoke at RMIT University. The whole room was in Storey Hall with fashionistas and the most avant-garde public filled. If the audience van Beirendonck, who bears his drawings was asked, many of which are design hub on display at the university, rose only two numbers. Hermes new sonctance Octavius ??la Rosa and his life and his business partner, Holly-Rose Butler, van Beirendonck went head to foot. La Rosa was bright yellow strips in order. And Butler wore a sweater with hand knit with a smiling face. These outfits are just a minute sample of what is hidden away in small 1960s apartment the couple in South Yarra. The second bedroom has been converted into an exhibition hall, with racks wall-to-wall clothing from the 1980s to early 2005. As a whole rack Beirendonck it Comme des Garcons, Issey Miyake and Yohji Yamamoto designs of the recent past. These sophisticated designs of fashion designers in the world, already caught the eye of pink like a teenager. In the 1990s he was modeling children's clothing sold in his father's shop. At 16, his mother bought him his first suit Beirendonck in Paris. A few years later, he was charged in the internet looking for the best that he could find a few hundred dollars for a Comme des Garcons jacket reversible controls large pink and brown on one side and on the other Tweed. Aunt Octave, based in Italy, has his interest and he dealers and collectors in Europe fueled itself. Hermes ostrich During the trip, he went and Butler observed in a small town in northern Italy to Issey Miyake jacket since the mid-1980s. Coated with wax, and now in the collection of the couple, it carries a price tag of $ 1,500. Holly Rose and Octavius ??La Rosa model fashion designer Walter Van Bierendonk a part of their collection. Like finding a missing piece of a puzzle, continue unabated hunting. During a trip to Italy, bought a pink velvet jacket printed continued Ace. He found the matching pants on another trip to Japan. These combinations are now on sale for $ 1700, but others in the collection are nearly $ 1,000. As Rosa, Butler, also an independent make-up and hair came to vintage fashion after working in retrostar (Nicholas Building, Swanston Street). You may also have designer clothes and their adventurous Pink accumulated over time. 'Hermes passport holder' That's not all. There is plenty of storage space and more expected from Italy in the coming months,'' Butler, who said his own favorite in the collection.