all fanatical

we are in the midst of buying for next season at the moment, digging up all kind of rare and exciting gems for ya'll... 

we are big fan's of postweiler hauber's so here's a little sneak peak of next season's collection 'ausbau' fresh off the catwalk...

you scared the bigeni out of me!!

gary bigeni is a talented young man. i first remember spotting gary's pieces in a showroom on my first trip to sydney for fashion week about 5 years ago and could never quite shake the image of his cleverly sculpted jersey dresses in deliciously bright colours, so i'm super happy we are able to carry his label in our store.

since that first time i spotted gary's clothes he's been a busy boy, working as josh goot's right hand man (i imagine they bonded over their love of jersey), and most recently has been nominated as a finalist in the woolmark awards that one of our other designers romance was born just won.

oh, and it's gary's birthday today!! happy birthday mr!

following is the world famous children of vision interview...

name: gary bigeni

right now the time is: 9.58pm

and where about’s in the world are you?: i'm in sydney, australia

date of birth: 25/03/1981

label name: gary bigeni

year label started: 2004

my new collection is entitled: floating under water

concept/motivation behind new collection: my collection is based around the deep blue ocean, crashing waves, silent lakes and moving waves. i wanted to create the movement of these element in my collection through twist and drapes.

the ultimate gary bigeni lady or gent is: someone who love classic with a mordern edge. desire quality garments and has a fresh approach to fashion.

what do you know about new zealand? it is cold, and they have great clothing. xo

complete this sentence, i had a vision and my vision was… to create a collection that is inspired by fluidity and free movements. To make obstensively simple pieces that are infact so complex in design and construction that they can be transformed into different configurations dependant on the wearers whims and desire.

thank you.

gary bigeni's first drop for autumn/winter is in store now.

smell-o-vision

i'm always buying candles as gifts, i think it's because i secretly always want to be given them... i figure if i put enough candle-gift-giving karma out there it's gotta come back at me right? (and a cheap lavender scented tapered candle from the warehouse aint gunna cut it...!)

so, if you are a fine candle appreciator like me (read:snob), then you are about to get obssessed. we have just received a delivery of kitsune candles from paris. stocked at such iconic stores as collette, these candles are a collaboration between perfumer james heeley and clothing label/record label kitsune.

we have both candles in the series:

la glace au pain d'epices (gingerbread icecream) features warm strong scents of ingredients utilized in the classic french recipe including cardamom, cloves, cinnamon, white pepper, and ginger with subtle notes of vanilla and dark honey.

la glace au sesame noir (black sesame icecream) is based around deep gourmand notes of dark caramel, immortelle, honey and dry wheat, its rich smooth darkness is highlighted by a soft, almost sweet, creamy scent of vanilla.

yum.

the made in france candle will yield over 50 hours of burn time with a high quality woven cotton wick with pewter armature to ensure the wick never wanes.

kitsune candles are exclusive to children of vision in new zealand.

get this party started right now

also check out fellow blogs blacklog, aych, fashion behind the scenes and thread for more on the par-tay!

huge thanks to everyone that came and made it the debaucherous party we were hoping for, thanks to our awesome dj's la beat debauchery, babes! babes! babes!, tbones, and cyril orson.

thanks to rosemont, pure blonde beer, glaceau vitamin water, our lovely bar tenders sarah and adrian and finally a big thanks to mint condition!!

thanks to chris lorimer for the photos - more pics of the store to follow...

congratulations!

congratulations to anna, luke and the romance was born team for winning the $10,000 woolmark designer award at the loreal melbourne fashion festival!

in addition to the cash, the prize includes $10,000 worth of travel to either pitti fialti in milan or première vision in paris, as well as introductions to australian wool innovation's worldwide supply network or expert weavers and manufacturers.

"we're really into developing our own fabric so we'd really love to travel to pitti filati to see how we can develop our knitting techniques. we don't so much want to start manufacturing overseas, but it would be great to see new things and bring them back," said sales.

also in the running for the prize was the children of vision stocked label gary bigeni.

we say well done guys!!!

we couldn't agree more

the australian, march 16th 2009. story by georgina safe.

"As some sectors of the industry embrace conformity and "greige" in the face of economic uncertainty, the technicolour exuberance of inventive young designers such as plunkett and sales, of sydney label romance was born, has never been more important in exciting customers to spend."

"in tough times you need to be more creative and more exciting, to inspire people and give them more reason to come into your store"

"this year the festival (melbourne fashion festival) has a mantra of "ban the bland", and will celebrate innovation"

got me lookin' so (crazy in love)

i have to admit i hadn't heard of trosman until vicky threw the website url at me, and ever since i've been a little obsessed with this buenos aires designer's pretty-off-beat-beautifully-wierd creations. 

"admirer of national geographic magazine and nostalgic for legendary designers like charles eames, frank lloyd wright, le corbusier and van de rohe, trosman takes distance from the classic methodology of a fashion designer. she walks through the silhouette taking scientific decisions and developing each piece like an architectural process where parts are apparently not sewn but become ensemble. while doing so she reveals shapes that flow along the body as if they were predestined."

stocked in amazing stores such as l'eclaireur in paris (one of our favourite stores!), and featured in publications such as taschen's 'fashion now 2', and phaidon's 'sample', if you don't already know about trosman you'll soon want it.... alllllllllll of it....

trosman will be instore when we open on march 19th