Archive for February, 2009

Wednesday, February 11th, 2009

Remaking Fashion exhibition – National Gallery of Victoria

[ September 26, 2008 10:00 am to April 19, 2009 5:00 pm. ] Now on – cut and pasted from the NGV site.

26 September 2008–19 April 2009
Myer Fashion and Textiles Gallery, NGV International
St Kilda Road Melbourne
Level 2
Admission Free

“Remaking Fashion examines the process of making – and evidence of the process of making – in contemporary fashion. In recent years a new aesthetic has emerged where elements of [...]

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Thursday, September 25th, 2008

Glove Day

I’ll tell you a secret: I really enjoy hand washing clothes, especially vintage clothes. It’s a good thing, because I have to do lots of laundry for Circa, and when you wash a garment it tells you it’s secrets – what it’s made of, how it’s made and how it wants to be treated. A [...]

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Monday, September 22nd, 2008

Spring Racing Carnival – hats!

It’s that time of year again, and at Circa, we’re getting ready for Melbourne’s Spring Racing Carnival…Nadia Bailey from The Vine popped in as we started to get some of the new hats out and snapped a few pics of Fay, our 1930s mannequin modelling the new arrivals.

Photo courtesy The Vine.
These colourful little beauties [...]

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