tell us about your past
I grew up in the Hunter Valley N.S.W and after finishing highschool I went on to train as a photographer for 5 years at both TAFE and university. These were the days when all things were digital and fun was to be had in the darkroom with chemicals, but when the times changed and things went digital, I turned to a sewing machine instead and enrolled in a clothing production course at TAFE. This taught me the finer skills of sewing and I went on to start my own clothing label inspired by the fabrics and styles of the 1950′s aprons.
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night, one location and two reasons to celebrate Australia’s continually evolving fashion industry.
Thursday evening saw the amalgamation of fashion and writing with the launch of LIFEwithBIRD’s new flagship store ‘Project 7’ and the simultaneous launch of Mitchell Oakley Smith’s debut title ‘FASHION: Australian and New Zealand Designers’.
After having opened their first LIFEwithBIRD flagship store in Melbourne’s GPO earlier this year, designers Nicholas Van Messner and Bridget McCall decided to dip their toes into a location Van Messner describes ... read more
183 St Georges Rd,North Fitzroy VIC 3068
If you have not yet eaten at the Moroccan Soup Bar do so immediately otherwise you may not call yourself a Melbournian! Places like this are one of the reasons I heart Melbourne so much. A vegetarian restaurant that doesn’t serve alcohol (or do BYO for that matter) is constantly packed out! Because the food is awesome, and cheap! The first time I ate the food was when a bunch of peeps got takeaway, and it came to something ridiculous like $5 each. These guys were also on the sustainability bandwagon long before everyone else, getting you to bring your own containers which they
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Last weekend there were adventures afoot all over this city - too many even to be recounted within this post. I have put together a random patchwork of photos that I managed to take while on the run. I say patchwork but really it was sticky tape rather than thread holding my brain together as I galloped around Melbourne. (It was followed by a busy week, which is why I haven't had a chance to sit down and post until now.)Anyhoo, on Friday I spent the day finding the fun at Werribee
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Going through my pictures, I found this one, not a great photo, taken back on the 25th of April 2010, at The Old Bar, band unknown.
Two diverse performances this evening at the MIUC. A new duo featuring one of Melbourne's most exciting emerging free jazz/free rock drummers, Gareth Thomson, with one of Australia's most celebrated contemporary jazz guitarists, Steve Magnusson. And Publik Orgy, featuring three of Australia's most audacious performers, who have been traveling the noise-waves for many years bringing you the outer sounds from way out.
• Steve Magnusson (guitar) and Gareth Thomson (drumkit)
• Publik Orgy, featuring: nylstoch (drums/vox), hart (bass/vox) and campbell (resonant-feedback)
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