labels|Gina Kim
Fresh from showing on the Rosemount Australian Fashion Week runway, Gina Kim's Spring Summer 2009/10 collection "Call and Response" is inspired by 80s modern pop. Gina uses a contrasting colour palette of white, silver, black and orange with metallic/lame and soft jersey/georgette fabrics. The result is a refined 80s look with modern, clean lines providing a fresh, simple and confident way of dressing.

www.ginakim.com.au

labels|Gary Yang
Graduating with an Honours Degree in Architecture and an acute sensitivity for the structural form led Gary Yang to the realisation that architecture can translate over to fashion design with the same principle in mind, proportion. The Barcelona Pavilion by Mies van der Rohe was the source of inspiration for Gary's debut collection ‘Woman of the Pavilion’. Sharing the same language as the building, the collection translates the geometrical purity of the building into wearable garments. These appear as pleating, clean line silhouettes and curvedness, reflecting the bronze woman sculpture in the pavilion.

www.garyyangcollection.com

labels|Moire
Moire has resided at Sydney's Bondi Beach for 10 years and was one of the first fashion stores in the area. Over time duo, Jodi Barbara and Malcolm Robertson, have continued to put great emphasis on learning about the variety of women's body shapes and understanding which areas their customers wish to accentuate or hide. Moire stands for comfortable clothing that adapts to all body shapes and breathes through the use of natural fibres. The range is transeasonal, in a soft colour palette and suitable for day wear, yoga wear, sport, travel and even pregnancy.

71 Hall Street Bondi Beach, NSW
www.moire.com.au

labels|Donna Sgro
What a huge last few months for Donna Sgro who was one of only five new brands chosen worldwide to participate in the first SHINMAI Creator's Project show at Japan Fashion Week this year. Donna showcased her Octopus's Garden range which was inspired by the strange creatures that dwell in the deepest dark seas including octopuses and jellyfishes. The range will be sold at the exclusive Isetan Department Store in Tokyo from 10 June 2009, will be part of the SHINMAI Creator's Project Exhibition at the department store, featured in Elle Japan and televised on NHK World. Full details, including Donna's newest Melbourne stockist Rude Health, are available on her website.

www.donnasgro.com

labels|Jessica Turner
Following her successful involvement in the Upcoming Design Expo in April, Jessica Turner has just launched a website showcasing her signature style corsets, skirts accessories and clutch bags. Jessica's underlying theme is an emphasis on embellishment and intricate detail by incorporating silk fabrics, lace, ribbon and sequins to achieve a unique look. The technique also involves hand-dyeing which enhances and brings the designs to life in a range of colours and shades. All pieces are individually hand-made and a bespoke service is also available allowing you to choose a particular style, colours and level of embellishment.

www.jessicaturnerdesigns.com

stores|Mint Shop Special Reader Offer
Mint Shop is currently offering thewhitebook readers a special 20% off any full priced item from a range of the best Australian womenswear and menswear labels around at the moment. These include Illionaire, Arabella Ramsey, White Suede, My Pet Square, Amy Kaehne, Sumakhi, Bec & Bridge, Ebony Eve, Theresa Ruiz and Chip Chop. Kornerd, Illionaire, Love Thy Neighbour, Thousand Reasons, Flux, My Pet Square (pictured right), St Lenny, Vanguard and AM Eyewear.

Shop 8 9-15 Central Avenue Manly, NSW
www.mintshop.com.au
Please enter the code TWB20 at the checkout.

sales|Raw Fashion Agency
Savvy recessionista sample sale with up to 80% off labels such as Kinin (pictured right), Nicola Finetti, Eileen Kirby, Mrs Smart, Andrea & Joen, Underwear of Sweden, Inspired By and many more.

Level 5 - 50 Holt Street Surry Hills, NSW
Wednesday 10 June 2009: 8am-6pm
Thursday 11 June 2009: 9am-7pm
Friday 12 June 2009: 9am-5pm
www.rawfashion.com.au

events|Young Designers' Market
The Young Designers Market features over 80 stalls with some of Brisbane's best up and coming designers and artists selling a range of fashion and accessories, jewellery, homewares, object design, furniture and arts. The popular market has just become a monthly event and is on the first Sunday of each month.

Sunday 7 June 2009: 10am-4pm
South Bank Visitor Centre
Little Stanley Street Southbank, QLD
www.southbankmarket.com.au

events|Linda Hughes Signware
Cautionary street signage is designed to scream its presence. It is rich and compelling in the landscape yet with familiarity can remain invisible amid the sheer everydayness of the streetscape. Lifting familiar motifs into a jewellery context re-examines the subject, shifting the iconography into fiction. Linda's Hughes' intention is to elevate the commonplace which may lead to a compelling presence as jewellery... bold, stop the traffic, wearable pieces.

On now until Sunday 14 June 2009
Craft Victoria
31 Flinders Lane Melbourne, VIC
www.craftvic.asn.au

events|Melbourne Design Market
One of Melbourne’s most popular design events, the bi-annual Design Market attracts more than 15,000 local and international visitors. The "open air showroom" displays the wares of well-known design focused businesses, emerging designers, students and established designers across a range of fashion, jewellery, product and graphic design disciplines. Hamb pictured right.

Sunday 14 June 2009: 10am-5pm
Federation Square Melbourne, VIC
Enter via Russell Street extension or Riverside Walk
www.nationaldesigncentre.com

events|Visible Markings
Alana Clifton-Cunningham utilises traditional and contemporary knitting techniques to explore the knitted form as a kind of ‘second skin’. Knitting here functions as a vehicle for deconstruction with familiar garment edifices transformed into disarticulated ‘body pieces’. Alana incorporates elements of mixed media in her design practices including laser cut timber veneer and leather, exploring juxtapositions such as hard and soft, rough and smooth, mass and gradation. She also focuses on the traditional practice of body scarification.

Opens Thursday 18 June 2009
Craft Victoria
31 Flinders Lane Melbourne, VIC
www.craftvic.asn.au

events|Seize\Collide
A political activist, visual artist, stencil artist, graphic designer and a handful of textile designers unite to insight some reflection on issues of popular culture, identity and the environment. Seize\Collide features the work of high-profile Brisbane-based Indigenous artist Vernon Ah Kee., Sydney stencil artist Jason Wing, poster artist Chips Mackinolty, designer Hina Qureshi and Yarrenyty-Arltere artists Blanche Ebatarinja, Janella Ebatarinja and Tristam Malbunka.

On now until Sunday 18 June 2009
Object Gallery
417 Bourke Street Surry Hills, NSW
www.object.com.au

events|Esmod Fashion Design Workshops
Would you like to develop your fashion design skills and expand your design ideas and visualisation techniques? Register for an introductory workshop at the ESMOD campus where you will gain an insight into the famous ESMOD ‘méthode’ of teaching incorporating the mannequin and design sketching. Places are limited and registration is essential to participate in the two hands-on design & drawing sessions which are $50 each with all equipment provided. The campus also has open days on Sunday 21 and Monday 22 June from 10am to 4pm both days.

Saturday 27 June 2009: 10.30am-12.30pm and 2pm-4pm
2 Short Street Surry Hills, NSW
www.esmod.com.au

events|Fashion in the Age of Jane Austen
Persuasion: Fashion in the Age of Jane Austen looks at the changes in fashion that occurred over Jane Austen’s lifetime. The focus is on English women’s fashion during the first two decades of the nineteenth century, which was one of the most dynamic periods in fashion. Drawing on work from the National Gallery of Victoria’s holdings of eighteenth and nineteenth century fashion, prints and drawings, decorative arts and paintings and complemented by key works from other Australian institutions and private collections.

On now until Sunday 8 November 2009
National Gallery of Victoria
180 St Kilda Road Melbourne, VIC
www.ngv.vic.gov.au