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WORKING TOWARDS PERMANENCE IN MELBOURNE, 2016

THE FITZROY POP-UP LASTED FOR THREE MONTHS, AT THE END OF WHICH, ROSE AND I WERE EXTREMELY EAGER TO MAKE A PERMANENT SPACE IN MELBOURNE. WE KEPT IN TOUCH WITH OUR LANDLADY FROM THE POP-UP, AND AGREED TO SIGN ONTO A TWO YEAR LEASE THE FOLLOWING YEAR IN 2016.

THE YEARS THAT FOLLOW, 2016-2018 THERE IS A NOTABLE VIBE SHIFT IN TERMS OF DESIGN, WHERE I REMEMBER STARTING TO PAY ATTENTION TO FASHION BEYOND INSTAGRAM, TUMBLR AND RUSSH MAGAZINE, AND STARTED TO ENGAGE WITH STREET FASHION IN MELBOURNE, WHILST SIMULTANEOUSLY (THANK GOD) TONING DOWN ON THE STUDDED AND FRINGED COACHELLA MARKET. SEE BELOW;

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2015, MELBOURNE HERE WE COME

IT WAS JULY 2015 THAT WE OPENED OUR GERTRUDE STREET POP-UP STORE. I CANNOT ACTUALLY REMEMBER HOW THE OPPORTUNITY AROSE.. I THINK I HAD BEEN HOLIDAYING IN MELBOURNE EARLIER IN THE YEAR AND SIMPLY CALLED A TELEPHONE NUMBER IN THE SHOP WINDOW SO GLEAMING WITH OPPORTUNITY. WE MADE IT HAPPEN, THE STUDIO WAS PUMPING OUT STOCK, AND WE GATHERED UP ALL OF OUR COW-HIDE RUGS AND LEATHER TASSELS AND MADE OUR WAY DOWN. I REMEMBER MY OLD DOG WOODY MADE THE TRIP TOO, AND OUR BEAUTIFUL LITTLE MELBOURNE COMMUNITY WERE SO HAPPY TO SEE HIM!

ROSE MY SISTER CAME DOWN AND HELPED SET UP, AND THEN I THINK WORKED THE SUBSEQUENT 3 MONTHS OF THE POP-UP, SLEEPING AT A FRIENDS PLACE AND TAKING HERSELF HAPPILY TO GERTRUDE STREET YOGA EVERY AFTERNOON IN THE FROSTY WINTER.

AS YOU CAN SEE, THE LAIR BELTS WERE STILL REIGNING AT THIS TIME, THE CHOKERS WERE HOT AND I'M CERTAIN WE WERE MAKING A LOT OF SKIRTS AT THIS TIME TOO..