The Council of Textile & Fashion Industries of Australia Limited (TFIA) wants to teach small to medium enterprise designers how to navigate their businesses and government regulations over the next year (while being ethical and sustainable). They are running a few information seminars over the next few months that are free (you need [...]
Short & Sweet Style Wrap #23
Paper queen Cristina Re now offers high tea, crafty workshops called the Papercraft Academy in her flagship Collingwood store ‘Where a Girl Goes’. Good for crafty types or making your own invites or cards for big events. Call to book your group.
Drink Me Alice designer jewellery has a shiny new website to check out and [...]
Alexi Freeman AW 2010 Preview
Here is your extensive sneak peek at Alexi Freeman’s Winter collection for 2010.
Hands down my favourite piece is the “Holographic Mesh Party Dress”. The dress is made special by a little flashy shine courtesy of a holographic teal material overlaid by mesh to subtle effect. The same reflective material also appears in the designer’s [...]
Hussy ‘The Killing Moon’ Winter 2010
It is a tiny shame we’ll have to wait a while to add some pieces from Hussy’s Winter 2010 collection to our wardrobes. I had a sneak preview of the upcoming range title “The Killing Moon” last week courtesy the Bowerbird in Collingwood and there were some fab pieces. Hussy designer Marie Hatzis, [...]
Trenery launches
Country Road welcomes a big sister (and brother) in new label Trenery which recently launched. Named after CR’s first offices, situated on Trenerry Crescent in Collingwood since way back when, the label aims for a more mature clientele who are often overlooked in the fashion stakes. The idea is to take the classic, [...]
Marker Gallery’s Final ‘Winter Set’ Exhibition
Time has come for Marker Gallery to depart it’s current residence. Their final exhibition is titled ‘Winter Set’ and is part of a series co-presented by themselves and the Freshly Baked gallery that runs both in real life and as a virtual exhibition concurrently.
It opened just last night; featuring the talented likes of artists Mephisto Jones, Aida [...]
The New Order Magazine Launch
The New Order is the print version of SLAMXHYPE, an international online mag dedicated to street culture, art, music, cinema and fashion. The first issue is bumper big; it somehow looks like VICE, black on white, simple fonts albeit with notably less of an elitist attitude and assault on well, everything. Inside the cover we [...]
