Red and black Kazurri
Sterling silver pendants
Died howlite
Antique metal spacers
Dates for your calendar
Fashion Parade – Saturday September 15th 2pm
We are getting busy for this parade. As well as BM Designs and our stuff we will feature Amie Christie who specializes in formal wear for young ones. As well MABU from Perth will feature their contemporary designs for larger sizes.
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Kazurri and glass
Links and hooks
Brown and blue died howlite
Busy Barb
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Picture Perfect is the the theme of the Spring/Summer Fashion Parade at Benedict House this Saturday 15th September at 2pm. ‘Sing Australia” will entertain guests from 1.30pm.
A gold coin donation will be donated to the Sisters of the Good Samaritan who are celebrating 150 years in Australia this weekend. As well as local labels of Mumba, Fabfrocks and BMdesigns guest designers from Perth will also feature.
Mabu is an exciting new Perth based label specialising in larger sizes with classic and casual designs. The Mabu style is east meets west, creating timeless appeal. Using predominantly natural fabrics and a variety of textures, the garments can be layered to create both a casual and dressy look. Mabu suits a wide range of ages and comes in a range of sizes from 10 to 20.
Aime Cristie – from Perth-is a label based on passion and love. A passion for style. A passion for art and creation. The labels catch cry is, “Passionate Women, Passionate Clothes.” Cristina has created an entire lifestyle package for her clientele. Her collection houses an eclectic range of cocktail wear, casual wear, and gallery pieces. Her clothing is artistic, sensual, romantic, vintage and timeless.
Cristina Moldovan, the designer behind the label Aime Cristie, has been made a finalist in Directional Evening Couture 2 years in a row in the WA Fashion Design Awards at the Perth Fashion Festival and along with Directional Lifestyle in the latter year. Aime Cristie label has sold to boutiques in Ireland and Amsterdam was exhibited at international fashion events in Europe & Ireland. More recently Cristie exhibited at World Boutique Hong Kong and Preview showcase at Fashion PREVIEW in Sydney & Melbourne and was invited to represent Australia at the SILK INTERNATIONAL FESTIVAL CHINA with her exclusive artistic collection of original special occasion pieces.
Launched at The Source@Rosemount
Australian Fashion Week earlier this year, Mumba includes three
ranges of jewellery using materials of high quality from Italy,
Greece, Kenya and Czech Republic as well as vintage pieces. The 'Mondrian' range features Venetian hand blown glass beads in
bright primary colours on rubber and leather. A similar range uses
Kazuri beads from Kenya. A softer and romantic range is presented
using quriky vintage beads with chain, Czech glass and crystals.Greek
ceramic beads, coated in silver enamel complete the third range.
Barb from BMdesigns at Benedict house is a designer who is busy – two parades this week and off to New Zealand next week. One of her textile based outfits has been chosen as a finalist in WOW, The World of Wearable Art international design competition in Wellington New Zealand. Barb takes her style from many areas in the history of both fashion and the textile arts; she relies not on current fashion trends but on quality and individuality. Her inspiration comes from the environment, its colour, texture and structure, the layers and regeneration of nature, the overlaying of tone and shadow.
Working as a custom designer she makes use of handmade textiles to fashion garments and accessories marketed with the individual in mind regardless of age or size.
Barbara says’ I feel it is important to carry on the textile arts and bring them into mainstream design work.’ Her studio at Benedict House is well worth a visit, she is also currently teaching textiles and creative headwear at Canberra Institute of Technology where she graduated in 2005 with a degree in Fashion Design.
My tip for the week is – get out your ‘old’ favorite music and play it ‘loudly’ when you are doing chores you don’t enjoy.
Proverb
‘Do not salt other peoples food’ Bulgaria
We saw ‘Lady Chatterley’s Lover’ this week. Though my husband had to wake me a couple of times as I was snoring loudly – the film was long- and I had to watch all those intimate scenes with a strange man on one side – I really thought this was an excellent film. Directed by a female – it is very much from a female perspective.
The lucky newsletter voucher for this week goes to Marjo Jones. Must be collected from the bead shop by next Thursday 20th September 2007.
Cheerio,
Kate
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