press up's

yay viva day!! the super sweet bunny print swimsuit that we are excited about arriving this week was featured in the swim wear round up and there was also a mention of our xmas-store-within-a-store featuring an andrea crews triangle tote bag. yay! thanks viva!

xmas gift idea #1

instore now is a fresh batch of kitsune candles just in time for christmas, with stunning packaging and a choice of la glace au sesame noir (black sesame icecream) and la glace au pain d'epices (gingerbread icecream) who wouldn't love to receive one??

kitsune la glace au sesame noir & a glace au pain d'epices are $120 with free shipping up until christmas!!

buy here

loosing freight

merry christmas!! to celebrate the egg-nog season we are offering free domestic and international shipping on all purchases made in our online store over $100 nzd. stay tuned for daily gift ideas, and the opening of our christmas-store-within-store!!

start shopping here!

if anyone can vicky chan can

flicking through the papers over breakfast this weekend we were very excited to see our very own vicky chan featured as one of sunday magazines picks for best dressed 2009. extolling the importance of embracing individuality, and looking amazing in a material by product dress and necklace (due in february/march!) we are very proud of ms. chan!!

jensen-isms

image courtesy of ponystep

we've had the word, peter jensen's resort spring/summer 10 collection has left the uk and is winging it's way to us as we speak. we are big fan's of jensen's quirky take on british buttoned up primness, one part demure, one part disarmingly cute. we'll post pics of the collection when it arrives, but in the mean time brush up on your peter jensen general knowledge with this very thorough interview with ponystep magazine entitled '77 peter jensen-isms', our favourites are:

2. peter’s best friend at school was lise lotte, who was cross-eyed and wore bigger glasses than he did.

15. peter was once stung by a jellyfish.

26. peter’s favourite danish pop group are shit & chanel, who were renamed after being taken to court, to shit & chalou.

47. peter’s biggest regret is not saying hello to vivienne westwood when he once saw her.

58. peter hopes that in ten years time from now he will still be doing what he does at present, but by then would be massively rich and own a summerhouse in sweden, as well as two pug dogs - one called thelma and one called olga - and would look fantastic and talk like posh women and say things like, ‘how silly!’

click here to view the full article

r.i.p

so sad. she was a vision.

tee time

the humble tee is truly a cultural icon, from cladding a certain oh-so-sexy rebel without a cause, to katherine hamnet's supersized and slogan emblazoned tee's. they have been deconstructed, all but obliterated, mass produced and made luxurious, and they show no signs of going anywhere. 

so we were very excited to hear about the mehr als ein t-shirt (more than a t-shirt) exhibition at the bielefelder kunstverein in germany that centers around the notion of the tee shirt as an artistic medium - featuring international artists, designers and fashion designers all contemplating and exploring the idea of the tee shirt through a variety of medium. one of our favourite labels postweiler hauber will present a video and 3 of the spray t-shirts from his “i love my t” ss07 collection, as well as a tapestry made out of t-shirts … he is joined by artists such as tracey emin and jenny holtzer, designers such as vivienne westwood and bless and many more.

the exhibition opens on friday 13 november, for more information visit the bielefelder kunstverein's website here