Father's Day

This was Tim's present. I was so excited about it, I love it. It was a custom order from westbyron.etsy.com. She went out of her way to get it to me by Father's Day and included a little extra gift. So incredibly pleased.

We decided to make a day of the Melbourne Aquarium, because Tim loves living creatures and we've already exhausted the zoo and children's farm. (I promise I won't be making a habit of the crappy quality phone photos.)


The jellies creep me out, but they somehow enticed me to inspect them closely.


Mr. Scuba Diver wasn't as interesting as the lady who talked before him. She explained how the 7-gilled sharks were like 1987 cars and the 5-gilled ones were like the new models. The 7-gilled ones were incredibly wussy and on the dopey side, such that they needed to put a big yellow stripe in the tank below the tunnel, so the sharks would stop bumping their heads. Too cute.

RAW Sustainable Fashion Parade

I was fortunate enough to get tickets to the RAW Sustainable Fashion Parade before they sold out. It was on Friday night. Ellie stayed with the grandparents while Tim and I trekked out to the Docklands, which, may I say, is quite confusing to navigate when your maps are old, given that it's newly developed.

A lovely lady approached Tim and I while we were figuring out directions with an 'Are you heading to the fashion parade?' Given that we were still a 15 minute walk away from the venue, we were quite chuffed that she thought we were fashionable individuals. Of course, she might have just seen us rushing and figured that we must both be running late to the same thing. But I'll just pretend that we looked good for the sake of gloating.

The parade showcased clothing and accessories made from recycled or organic materials. I really enjoyed the show, apart from me feeling like I was going to faint halfway through and needing to sit down. Wonderful Tim took photos for me though.

What I didn't consider was that my phone is not the ideal picture taking machine I thought (hoped) it might be, because I didn't want to lug the proper camera around.

Here are a few of my favourites for which the photos weren't a blurry mess (Photoshop couldn't fix them completely, I'm afraid).


Reconstructed shirt by Mucke. I think this was my favourite. The way it draped was just beautiful. I loved that the ties at the back actually looked like shirt sleeves, but weren't bulky at all.


Dress made from vintage kimono/obi fabric by Fourth Daughter. Love love love the colour combo and cut.


Made from reclaimed materials by Rachael Cassar. The leggings look significantly better on the model than those girls from Southland but I'm still not a fan of wearing them as pants. But this top and dress are just divine. Miss Cassar defines her style as 'transeasonal' which I do appreciate.

A fun and inspiring night. I would love to be involved in this next year!

Ethical shopping workshop in Melbourne

I stumbled across this event while looking for web pages about the RAW Sustainable Fashion Parade that I attended last night, which I'll make a post about later. Melbournians, check it out:

Ethical Shopping workshop

"Come along and hear about sustainable and ethical purchasing practices for the everyday consumer. This workshop may well change your purchasing habits by providing information on products, companies, issues and alternatives to assist in making better choices. A trip to the local supermarket will be part of this workshop followed by a light meal from the purchases."

Sounds good to me. It's so great that this kind of thing is available. I'll be attending. Another great thing is that the workshop is FREE.

Link

When
29/11/2008
2:00 PM - 4:30 PM

Where
Kensington Neighbourhood House
89 McCracken Street
Kensington 3031

Candy Suckled

Just put this dress, 'Candy Suckled', up on Etsy. I haven't been listing as many new things as I would like because I'm working on a wholesale order. Once that's finished I'll have a shiny new stockist and I'll be able to make more exclusively for Etsy! Stay tuned.