Australia 's cult labels were on show on Monday night at Virgin Australian Melbourne Fashion Week 's opening premium runway events . Samantha Harris stole the spotlight walking for designers including Camilla and Marc , Dion Lee , and Tome . The beautiful 24-year-old model remains a firm designer favourite , and stole the spotlight at the two catwalks shows held at Central Pier . In the spotlight : Samantha Harris , in Camilla and Marc , walked the catwalk at Virgin Australian Melbourne Fashion Week 's opening premium runway events on Monday night . It Girl : The model turned heads in a number of Australian designs , including Être Cécile ( right ) The 24-year-old beauty remains a firm designer favourite . Samantha turned heads in an off-the-shoulder lace and fringe dress by Camilla and Marc . She also walked for Être Cécile in a bright blue cropped parka from the label's Pre-SS15 collection . Premium Runway 1 , presented by Miss Vogue , showcased creations by Dion Lee , Camilla and Marc , Tome , Scanlan Theodore , Être Cécile , and Bassike . All black everything : Model sin sunglasses opened Premium Runway 1 at Central Pier . A parade of models in head-to-toe black and sunglasses opened the show . Scanlan Theodore continued the black theme , sending models down the runway in an array of elegant evening wear . The event marked the debut on an Australian runway for internationally established brands Être Cécile and Tome . The former showcased slogan tops and prints , accessorised with bowling hats . New York-based Tome presented metallics and mesh skirts , as well as bright pops of colour . The second runway of the evening , presented by Frankie magazine , showed designes by Alpha60 , búl , Gorman , Kloke , Kuwaii , and Limedrop .
Monday night saw two premium runways shows take place at VAMFF . The first show was a runway presentation by the designers of the new collection for Spring 2018.