The Tribune:  noun

1.  A boutique.

2.  Located at 164b Arthur St Fortitude Valley, Brisbane.

3.  Stocks luxury labels by such names as Balenciaga, Chloe, Marc Jacobs, Yves Saint Laurent.

4.  Stocks emerging designers labels by the likes of east of grey, Tia Carrigan, Skirts Like These, Zemelita and many more.

Sally and I did some shopping in Brisbane the other day and we took lots of photos inside The Tribune, what an amazing boutique, concept and people.  Memories of Queensland is their newest concept, an exhibition by the boutiques’ emerging designers reflecting on their memories of a Queensland summer.  I will be putting together a small piece of artwork and it will be situated upstairs in the window – the best spot I reckon…..make sure to pop in after the 11 August to check out the exhibition.

So here are some photos of The Tribune and east of grey garments instore.

The spot my Memories of Queensland Summer piece will sit

Some exciting news, I have entered ‘Follow the Fashion’ competition which gives emerging designers the chance to win a retail space in Queen St Mall Brisbane for 6 months rent FREE!  Can you believe this!  So I need your votes, go to www.followthefashion.com.au and rank east of grey 5 stars.  You can vote once everyday.  So when you vote you go into the draw to win a $10 000 shopping spree in Queen St Mall, yew!  What an incentive to vote haha…

Kim

so I say after creating my newest pieces! Check them out….

Dibdin Dress – Copper, Maroon & Brown

Cinicelli Cami – Copper & Black

Francois Cami Brown, Pink & Blue

Hope you like the new pieces

Kim

xoxo

It’s just the best, I sit at my machine and create, not a flat drawing, not a computer generated image, but a 3-d form, fabric and thread, can you believe these two things come together to create something you adorn your body with?  Oh how clever we are to have invented all these machines!  

So I am sewing some new Ballerina on Horseback pieces, I am halfway through 3 Francois Camis, 2 Cinicelli Camis and 3 Dibdin Dresses – they are coming along fabulously, and they are for the web shop so keep your eyes out and get in before they go.  Remember all items are one-off so once they sell you will never see it again!  

Check out the pics I took with my new amazing camera….

Francois Camis

Dibdin Dress

Dibdin Dress

Dibdin Dress

The cardis are done and sent, Melbourne girls get into Design A Space and check out the newest additions for winter…a sneak peak for those who can’t get instore.

Ed Cardigan – Light Blue Stripe

My first day off in 7 days, finally I can sew some Winter stock for Design A Space (Chapel St, Melbourne), sorry guys, I have been neglecting you!  I have cut out some cool cardi designs, blue stripes, navy stripes, red knit, mauve knit – I hope you will be liking them! I woke up this morning and turned on my computer (the procrastination begins haha) and lo and behold I had an email from my contact us page on the website, I LOVE these emails, it’s such a surprise, who is it going to be?  Well it was Kerryn from The Gold Coast Bulletin (the local paper) and they are running a story on vintage fashion and want to run a spread on east of grey – wow, I am so STOKED right now.  It will be in the Coast Confidential section so look out for it, I will have exact dates for you later.
So now I best stop procrastinating and sew these cardis…..

So you know how I said one thing in your life falls apart, but the other thing in your life thrives and grows – well that is crap!  So I am not one step closer to anything, except a pile of fabric cut out for nothing in particular, well not nothing, but not the new boutique I thought was going to happen.  Life, it just throws you around and around and around, but I won’t give up, these pieces of fabric will be sewn into pieces of clothing, and they will be loved by somebody out there! Who?  I don’t know yet.  But I will find another boutique, one with charm and character, charisma and awe, a boutique you just can’t walk past, one that draws you in, tantalizing your every sense, overwhelming your every thought.  Do boutiques like this exist anymore?  So I do have a place in mind…..you will have to wait and see!