Our team has been busily sifting for gold as we celebrate CityMag’s 50^th print edition.

In a city glowing with stylish new bars and restaurants, it was time to dig deeper and uncover some of the creative, community and architectural gems making Adelaide such a precious city.

With ADL Fashion Week just around the corner, mission one was to meet some of the city’s up-and-coming designers.

The 23^rd August label delivered for our cover shoot with model Lara’s chic golden gown right at home in Honeydripper lounge bar.

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We chatted with the team industriously organising the upcoming fashion week lineup and discovered the city’s most talented can suddenly materialise right across the city.

It was a befitting surprise when bespoke gown designer Cristina Tridente appeared among the dog owners we met for our Golden Retrievers of Adelaide story.

It hasn’t all been speakeasy.

There were martinis to be tasted in true James Bond GoldenEye-style and we visited some of the best new venues to sample their food and drink offerings.

The team studied some of the city’s best brutalist architecture from some 50 years ago and featured a restaurant cementing its spot as a local institution, Golden Boy.

Always ones to support a party, we took a photographer to the Rundle Mall where the city’s fashion mecca is celebrating its own 50^th birthday this year.

There we captured the favourite fits of local fashion designers based in the stunning Adelaide Arcade.

So that’s a golden wrap. Best you now get yourself a martini, shaken, not stirred, and settle in. There’s a treasure trove of reading ahead for you to trawl through.

Find CityMag’s latest edition at city bars, cafes or at our newsstand out the front of 165 Grenfell Street, Adelaide. It’s free!