yui and me

i've said it before, and i'll no doubt say it again, and probably a couple of time after that... but, we are lucky enough to have a great little cafe outside our store, and it's one of my simple pleasures to sit down with a flat white, a bagel, and my laptop and catch up on blogs - it's the equivalent of reading the morning papers (which I also sometimes do, but the pictures aint as pretty...) so I was stoked to come across 'a slowboat to mediocrity' by australian bred, but tokyo based gal yui. she blogs about all kinda cool stuff like rediscovering scandanavian 90's one hit wonders aqua, the amazing film paris is burning, geodesic domes, bernhard willhelm shoes, cool haircuts, and her latest fashion crushes. she also has my favourite postweiler hauber dress that just happens to be in the shop at the mo' (pictured above).

we love yui! check out her blog here.

press up's - no means yes!!

there's few things we love more than couching it with a fresh pile of magazines and new zealand's no magazine is one of our (many!) fav's. lucky for us issue 6 features plenty of eye candy from our store including (from the top) :

andrea crews fringed hoody with makin jan ma leggings worn on hat

commence devil pendant

c.neeon amaretini dress, and pina colada scarf worn in hair

jimmy d facet gown and commence leather neck piece

thanks! no thank you...

to a tee

all images courtesy of jak & jil blog

we love a good collaboration, and we are also huge fans of jak & jil blog - you'll find us most mornings drooling over our keyboard at their images of the most sartorially gifted people in the world often rocking the most inspirational/sexy/precarious heels around. so we were more than a little excited to see jak & jil collaborate with one of our new additions for next season complex geometries (we have several new labels which we will reveal in the lead up to next season - stay tuned!)

complex geometries signature is clever, sculptural plays on basics such as singlets and tees with tricksy pattern cutting and super clever drape and is stocked in some of the worlds best boutiques including browns focus in london and reborn in montreal.

we'll keep you posted on complex geometries deliveries but in the meantime check out complex geometries: the white tee project here

tv is on!

melbourne based designers monika tywanek and ingrid verner's autumn/winter collection 'lucky' is finally here, and it was hellah worth the wait!! a bomber with dino-like spikes, out sized polo necks, shredded 'mum' jeans (mum = high waisted dontcha know?), clever merino dresses with spare arms that can be tied or wrapped around the body, and THE sexiest one shoulder 'toga dress' that would be the perfect party/ball/when & where ever dress. all in a palette of black, tan, coral and acid washed denim. and not to be forgotten is the notoriously fabulous tv trash bag, in black vinyl with yellow handles just like a, er, trashbag.

check out the full collection here and instore now!

hey mickey!

photos by jean michel bertin

self proclaimed 'fashion activist'  andrea crews has been holding guerilla style fashion workshops since the label's inception. the latest was commissioned by pictoplasma, an international organisation dedicated to contemporary character design - and what more iconic character is there than mickey?? in typical andrea crews fashion the character and garments are deconstructed and then brutally reconstructed - the results are killer siamese mutant mickeys, with frankenstein like combinations of body parts. hot. i want one!

press up's

(above) jimmy d featured in the new issue of pilot magazine

(above) trosman featured in the the new issue of pilot magazine

(above) six scents by gareth pugh featured in 'horror show' feature in sunday magazine

(above) romance was born feature in viva magazine

fringe benefits

we are weary of trends, fad's just 'aint our thing really. but it's a funny thing that whole 'collective consciousness', and this season there is definitely a bit of fringe fanaticism going on. i can relate to it, i like designing and wearing big oversized shapes, there's something nice about swimming in fabric, and i can imagine the same thing goes for long lengths of tassels and fringing - that and the whole shamanistic, tribal vibe.

andrea crews has gone for touches of hot pink fringing on hoodies and bags, and, uh, real fringes (as in hair) peeping out from the neckline of sweats. romance was born as gone more tribal with it, slashing and dip dying their way through the collection - the fringed yeti eye pendant is staring at me as we speak...

so, ignore your friends, you can definitely pull off a fringe, in fact i think it's gunna suit you...