Pant suits, animal print and textured coats and dresses are all Deb Arnott's fashion predictions for winter.
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The owner of Warrnambool store Style 105 offered her fashion forecasts as a fundraiser held on Sunday raised money for South West Healthcare .
Mrs Arnott said as the city prepared for lower temperatures and an onslaught of rain, stylish women would be stocking up on warmer clothing in preparation for the next season.
"Woollen overcoats are a bit longer than last year, some colour and velvet, mustard, navy and the silvers and greys are all popular," she said. "As well as head-wear for the races."
The Liebig Street trader said the afternoon fund-raising event included champagne, nibbles, prizes and giveaways to help raise funds for a second portable x-ray machine for Warrnambool operating theatres.
"We do this a couple of times a year," she said.
"This time it's for the hospital and we're hoping we can really give back to the community and help a lot of people with this new equipment."
The machine, also known as an image intensifier, is used by orthopaedic and reconstructive surgeons to ensure good placement of plates and screws when performing surgery to fix broken bones.
It will be accessible to operating theatres at South West Healthcare.
The $150,000 appeal was launched in February, with community partnerships manager Suzan Morey hoping to install the machine by Christmas.
"This is a really important appeal for our region," she said.
"It will make such a difference having a second portable x-ray machine for our theatre patients.
"If we hit our $150,000 target by June 30, we can have the machine ordered, supplied from the US, and in our theatres by Christmas."
The appeal has raised $16,000 since its launch at a long lunch earlier in the year at Deakin University, Warrnambool.
