Hi Everyone!
Hot off the success of their London Fashion Week presentation,
Antipodium's Geoffrey J Finch was in town yesterday for us to
preview his new Hothouse collection.
We caught up again last night for more fashion gossip and
a bite to eat at popular Brisbane eatery, The Cross Town
Eating House.
The London Observer picked the Antipodium collection as one of their
Top 10 Fashion Week Moments along with Richard Nicoll.
I loved the colour palette and the prints created by ex Brisbane,
now New York based illustrator/animator Craig Redman of Rinzen
fame.
Craig is more recently known for the creation of his adorable Darcel Disappoints character,
with a blog that follows Darcel's funny world and hs unique way of looking at life.
He has done recent exhibitions in London and Paris' Collette where
Karl Lagerfeld came along to fall in love with Darcel!
Karl Lagerfeld at the Darcel Disappoints exhibition, at Colette earlier this year
Take a look at Craig/Darcel's blog where he has been currently
doing the fashion week circuit, going to shows and parties
and generally looking adorable.
Alors Craig, nous vous aimons!
darceldisappoints.blogspot.com
You may have heard a bit about the BARI Festival?
BARI is the Brisbane Artist Run Initiatives Festival.
Originally formed by the team at Jugglers Art Space in
Fortitude Valley, with the idea of encouraging and
celebrating Brisbane's independent arts and creatives,
in all it's forms.
The festival runs all through October and there is an extensive
calender of happenings that you can follow through their blog -
barifest.blogspot.com
Last Sunday night, I made an early visit to the Troubadour to see
a performance by amazing singer and song writer McKisko.
McKisko is Helen Franzmann and in 2009 she received the
Grant McLennan Memorial Fellowship for songwriting.
Her voice and songs are so beautiful and if you haven't had
the chance to see McKisko live, she is doing a residency
through the month of October at The Powerhouse.
These residencies are a great way to start your weekend, after
work on Friday nights.
They start at 6pm and are free!
brisbanepowerhouse.org
Here's the latest new arrivals...
Mary Katranzou, London
northern hemisphere AW 10/11
on the runway...
in the store...
Snuffstrip Dress $1260
Napoleon Dress $1344
Mantel Rose Dress $1344
Robodam Dress $1260
If you have never seen Mary Katrantzou's pieces in real life, I have to
make it clear now that these are all digitally printed silks.
You may see swathes of silk, layered textures, popping jewels and draping
chains.
Yes, they appear three dimensional because Mary is a master at imagery
and creates the silhouette through her print design.
These Rococo delights were inspired by portraits of Madame de Pompadour
and paintings by Fragonard and Nattier.
Mary just previewed her very latest collection at London Fashion Week on
the 19th of September to rave reviews.
It seems she has a lot of fans.
See the style.com review by Tim Blanks here -
style.com/fashionshows/
Also see the fab LFW wrap up in Grazia this week.
It's great to see the shots in prints so quickly!
Mary Katrantzou is available exclusively in Queensland at Blonde Venus!
Karen Walker Eyewear
The very latest addition to Karen's eye wear collection are these
frameless beauties called Apollo!
We also have them available in Black with a dark smoke lens and they
are $295-00.
What's new at The Outpost?!
For more Outpost updates, please visit Matt's blog -
the-outpost-store.blogspot.com
Karen Walker Jewellery
Cat and Dog Pendants in Sterling Silver $87
Rabbit and Bear Pendants in Sterling Silver $87
Some new additions to Karen's Superfine Critters collection.
We also have these little cute little fellas in Rings and Ear Studs.
These styles in-store now at The Outpost!
Iggy and Loulou, Melbourne
Scalloped Edge Porcelain Pendants on Sterling Silver Chain $70
Disc Porcelain Pendants on Sterling Silver Chain $90
Limited Edition Porcelain King and Queen Figurines $190 each
Limited Edition Porcelain Swan Queen Figurine $290
Our long love affair with Irene Grishin Selzer's distinctive
porcelain pieces continues.
We have received more of your favourite little Woodland animal
pendants as well as these new pendant styles AND more of
her limited edition collectables.
Iggy and Loulou available exclusively in Brisbane at The Outpost!
Back in stock!
A follow up to the original Disposable: A History of Skateboard Art,
Sean Cliver has put together this beautiful hardcover book with
368 full colour pages in a comprehensive visual overview of
skateboards in print.
A great gift idea! $99
Monster Children
Issue 28
Featuring Mark "the Gonz" Gonzales on the cover and still only $9-95.
If you in The Valley, drop in to Nine Lives Gallery and see their
latest show which opened last night by Gold Coast artist Sam Smith.
Tonight, Melbourne band Barishnykov are playing at Burst City
with locals Turnpike, Sweet Dreams and Pastel Blaze.
They are doing another show tomorrow night at the Step Inn,
with some of my favourites, Feathers, The Keep on Dancin's and
Sunshine State.
Also Saturday night Brisbane band Velociraptor are playing
at Woodland with guest DJ's James Krizler and Cameron Hawes
from Slug Guts.
Naturally if you're in Sydney you would be going to the RIP Industries
Success Summit at The Annandale with Royal Headache headlining!
See you soon,
Thea X