Iro, available at Husk. CULT Melbourne fashion and homewares emporium Husk has finally made its way north, to Sydney's well-heeled Mosman. With four stores in and around Melbourne and another two in Adelaide, owners Damian Taylor, Rohan Sutherland and Craig Kimberley felt the time was ripe to spread to Sydney. "For many, many years people have asked, 'When are you coming to Sydney?' " says Taylor. When you're building a business and a brand you've got to do it right. We knew Sydney would be big. There's something to be said for getting some lessons in other states. Taylor anticipates they will open three or four stores in Sydney, and then look to the boom state of Western Australia. After that, the world could well be their oyster. I guess we'll look at international expansion after that. We get a lot of people who come back from overseas, especially to our Toorak store, saying they've just travelled the world and there's nothing like us anywhere. Probably the closest is Merci in Paris. We're curating a unique offering that no one else has. And that's what keeps us ahead of the pack. Husk's a destination where customers come to be inspired and fulfilled. That offering may include papier-mache animals created by children in Haiti from French poetry books or cast bronze pieces from artisans in Vietnam. "We really want to go back to the source," says Taylor. The fashion offering includes Husk's own label, with pieces in cashmere, silk and leather, which hangs beside Australian brands including Lee Mathews, Akira Black Label and Easton Pearson, and internationals such as Zero + Maria Cornejo, Alexander Wang, Helmut Lang and Iro, pictured. The doors at 880 Military Road, Mosman, opened on Friday afternoon to an "unbelievably overwhelming response," says Taylor. We're part of the village, next to the butcher, the baker and the florist. We like our stores to be part of the community. Gatsby a go-go BAZ Luhrmann wreaked havoc with fashion timelines with the six-month postponement of The Great Gatsby. Last year, everyone was ready to go flapper mad for the festive season, only to have to hold off until the new release date at the end of next month. Now Gatsby fever is back in full swing. In particular, there is much anticipation of Miuccia Prada's party outfits, as reworked from her Prada and Miu Miu collections of recent years in collaboration with designer Catherine Martin. Tiffany & Co is also amping up its part in the film, having supplied the glittering jewels for the character Daisy Buchanan, played by Carey Mulligan. It unveiled Gatsby-themed windows at its Fifth Avenue store in New York last week, featuring archival and custom-designed pieces, with Luhrmann and Martin doing the honours. There followed the launch of its annual Blue Book Collection of one-off designs, again inspired by the Jazz Age and all things Gatsby. Luhrmann and Martin were among the stellar guest list, as was Mulligan. Perhaps in an attempt to avoid being typecast as a frivolous society girl, the actor opted for the ultimate in red-carpet chic: a tuxedo. And not just any tuxedo, but a Victoria Beckham caped tuxedo. Surely that's the cat's meow, as Daisy Buchanan might have said? Dressed for drama BUT, wait, there's more Gatsby to come. When the Hollywood Costume exhibition opens at Melbourne's Australian Centre for the Moving Image tomorrow, there will be some local additions to what has come from London's Victoria & Albert Museum. One of Janet Patterson's costumes for Abbie Cornish in Bright Star will join the line-up, a maroon 19th-century gown with bonnet and sash. A month into the exhibition, three costumes from The Great Gatsby, designed by Martin, will also join the mannequins. This will coincide with the film's Australian release days later. Other Australian designers represented in the showing include the sequined dress worn by Marilyn Monroe in Some Like it Hot, by revered Hollywood costume designer Orry-Kelly from Kiama in NSW; Keanu Reeves's black coat from the Matrix, by Kym Barrett; Vanessa Redgrave's embroidered gown from Camelot, designed by Melbourne's John Truscott; and Nicole Kidman's sequined leotard and headpiece from Luhrmann's Moulin Rouge!, another piece from Martin, with Angus Strathie. Hollywood Costume opens tomorrow and runs until August 18. See acmi.net.au.