ETHICAL FASHION SHOW BERLIN

This week was Fashion Week in Berlin and I went to the Ethical Fashion Show. Some of my friends were showing their stuff there and it was pretty interesting to see what everyone is doing and to meet some new people.

I went to see the stall of Lebenskleidung, my new main supplier, to check out their certified organic fabrics. 

Naturally I showed up 5 minutes before closing time asking about fabrics, availability and delivery times, as you do. Great fun!

Then I went to see my friend Maria Seifert who was there presenting her label Maria Seifert Collections. She is very talented and isn't she sweet?!

Then I went to see the lovely people from Aluc, who had a booth together with Brainshirt. Arianna(on the right) is also part of the awesome Upcycling Fashion Store in Berlin.

There were info tables by Get Changed!, The Fair Wear Foundation and GOTS, giving out informations about their projects, sustainability, certifications and organic and fairtrade fabrics.

I also went to the British Upcycling Showroom at the Upcycling Fashion Store, there was a dance performance by Zeitgetroffen Kollektiv and lots of cool clothes by British labels.

So yeah, fashion week was a lot of fun. It was great to see new designs and meet new and old friends.

Giveaway

I said in this post I might do a Giveaway once I hit 400 Etsy sales. I hit it a while ago, but never gotten around to setting it up.

So yeah, I will randomly draw 5, from this and next months customers, to receive some dresses of their choice(depending on availability). Might even throw in something extra for some of my repeat customers too. Coz I Love, Love, Love my customers, especially the repeat ones!:)

Deadline is the 28th of March and I'll announce the winners on my blog.

Other then that, Everything is 50%off in my shop at the moment. Have a look, I can still make certain custom orders, but not for much longer. All the Best. Love.x

A SALE AND NEW DESIGNS

Made a couple of leggings lately. What you reckon?

 Platinum Leggings

This is the first pair i ever made, pretty awesome right?! I wear leggings every day in winter. Every. Day. Strict No Pant Rule. So yeah, dunno why it took me so long..

 Cherry Blossom Night

One of my favourites, kind of subtle, but kind of not. Cute print too.

Bubblegum Scrunchy Leggings

And those ones, not so subtle, but still one of my favourites(you notice a theme here?)

They and everything else in my shop are on Sale at the moment, just put in coupon code: 'IWANTSUMMER' at checkout and receive 20%off(until Sunday).

Have a super awesome and lovely and sunny weekend.:)

LYPTIS UPDATE

Have you seen the feature on Lyptis on Maddablings blog? It was pretty fun to answer some questions and take some pictures of my studio.

That's me in my studio

I'm planning on doing a Giveaway once i hit 300 likers on my facebook page. At the moment i got 100, give or take a few, but i just wanted to give you a heads up. The Giveaway has to run trough my blog though, because of Facebook's policies, which is kind of annoying, but that's how they roll.

Thinking about giving away one of these.

I might even do one when i hit 400 Etsy Sales. Watch this space and i'll also keep you updated on my Facebook page of course.

Other then that here are some new items.

Hoodie Cowl Jumper in Cherry Red

High Waisted Circle Skirt

Making some shrugs tomorrow which i'll list throughout the week. And i'm thinking about listing some fleece jumper dresses in white. What you think?

THE MIRROR

Last Saturday i went to see the show for Hopeless Lingerie’s new range The Mirror. Inspired by the duality of good and evil it’s an all white collection made for honeymooning brides and of course everyone else.

The show was held at the Butterfly Club, a kinda kitschy/creepy cabaret bar in Melbourne’s South, which is just an extraordinary venue.

Anyways, the show was nice and Gaby was nice, we had only met over the internet previously so it was great meeting her in person and to have a bit of a chat to her.
We got there a bit early, but the atmosphere was surprisingly relaxed and loungy, not at all as stressful and frantic as i expected.

Not being used to shoot pictures in dimly lit rooms i was fiddling around with my camera settings for half of the time, but i’m actually quite happy with how the pictures turned out.

My favourite piece

So i thought i would ask Gaby a couple of questions about the show and the range and she was so kind to answer them for me.

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So first of all i wanna Congratulate you again on a successful show. It was really cool. Do you wanna tell us a bit about the people that were involved in organizing it?

I pretty much organized it all myself! I only had a week in which to do it, and thankfully two of my wonderful model friends were happy to help out. And also another friend who is a makeup artist was available to do that side of things at short notice. The venue is owned by a friend of a friend so that side of things was also very lucky!

How many shows have you done already? How are they different? What are you learning from them?

I have only been part of one other group show - and that was with 7 other brands - it was a very different experience and much more stressful, as I did not get to make any decisions about models, running order, timing or anything else. This was a much better experience as I could really do what I wanted to do, and could run things to my liking. Next time it would be great to have a little more time to invite guests and have a couple more models. Other than that there is not much I would do differently! I think the most important thing is to have a great venue, and then most of the work is already done for you.

How did you come up with using Tony from Terry Gilliam's Imaginarium of Dr Parnassus as an inspiration for the range?

I always base my ranges around a film. And I am a huge fan of Terry Gilliam - after watching the film I thought it would be best to take one element to use as inspiration, as there as so many visual elements I could have been distracted by. I like how Tony always wears a white suit, and you are never really sure if he is good or bad.

Gaby with her lovely models

What’s next for Hopeless?

I plan on doing 3 more small ranges this year (one for each season) and then another show at the end of the year!

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Spammers, News and a Fashion Show

Yeah, i know, i havent posted anything for AGES! There never seem to be any time and the blogspot/safari/firefox combination is frequently spazzing out on me.
First of all, i enabled comment moderation now, so there will be a delay in comments showing up. Im sorry about that, i didnt want to do it, but i had my blog frequently attacked lately with stupid spammy mass comments. So yeah, it was necessary.

Other news, ive got a new day job now. Yay! I mean *yay!* as far as it goes day job wise.
It pays well, i can sit down(well away from people) and yeah everyone seems to be nice. What more can i asked for?! Because it is quite time demanding i reduced the items in my Etsy shop now, but after i worked things out over here, i will hopefully be adding more again soon.

And yeah, the Slow Fashion Show im participating in is happening this Saturday(like tomorrow) in Melbourne. If you got time, its FREE. Yeah, so i will be there and there is the Sustainable Living Festival happening on Federation Square, could be a nice day out.

Ok, hopefully see you there and have an AWESOME weekend!:)