My trek into the world of Australian Indie Fashion keeps getting more and more interesting. I keep finding gorgeous pieces on each effort of searching. It’s very fulfilling. This time around is an indie accessory designer, Simone Walsh, wow-ing us with her handmade jewelry.
One of the pieces that stood out in my book is the Picture Frame Pendant.
This beautiful Victorian-inspired picture frame pendant has been intricately cut out by hand from sterling silver.
The centre of the rectangular frame is left empty, allowing your skin or clothing to show through the cut out sections of the pendant. The pendant has a …read more

Another unique find in the Australian Indie Fashion scene is Surface Art.
Surface Art produces a range of fabric designs mainly in 100% cotton that can be used for home wares, furnishings and clothing.
All the fabrics and prints they make are proudly Australian.
I love their Summer collection. It’s very fun and bright. I particularly like DOTTO, Kinomi (on dresses), Dispersal and Mikko (on tees), Bed Feather and Doov (on fabrics by metre).

Here’s more of Australia’s Indie Fashion Scene. Now, we’re off to Sydney to check out KISU Design with Mylinh heading the team of designers under the label.
Browsing through designs that are heavily influenced by East meeting West, I had a hard time choosing just one so I ended up picking out four (4) favourites of the lot. Mind you, the decision wasn’t easy.

KISU Red Leaves Dress
You’ll notice how Japanese accents are prominent in the designs. I love this Red Leaves Dress most.
Red Leaves Dress, $99.

KISU Red Rose Dress
I’m currently obsessing about floral prints and patterns. I like the prairie …read more

For the past couple of months, it’s an alternate between shoes and accessories. I mean, if I’d find myself some free time to shop, I’d be browsing through shoe selections OR accessories/jewelry ideas. I’ve actually shopped more accessories than shoes!
I guess that’s why when I stumbled upon this accessory shop online yesterday, I couldn’t help but browse through their selections of necklaces, bracelets and earrings. The shop is called Coquito Designs. My heart settled on this adorable drop hoop earrings called Abigail.
Part of the summer 2007 “Alloy & Earth” Collection, these brushed 18k gold vermeil briolettes are handwrapped in sterling …read more

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I love Asian fashion. There’s something about those who live in Japan and Korea, they seem to have this totally different sense of what style is than here. It’s more done-up, but not quite in the scary too-much-makeup way.
Indieshopping introduced me to Angie Hearts, a store with a bunch of Asian designers. These stores are hard to come by and YesStye is the only one I know of with a decent reputation. It’ll be good to have some new competition.
I love all their dresses and the quirky accessories. The prices are totally reasonable as well.
Some favorites: a totally adorable …read more

Refinery 29 shops just added Stuart and Wright to their listings. The physical store is in Brooklyn and it has a lot of casual modern stuff, from a few great lines, including APC and lesser known labels like Chimala, Samanta Pleet and Ulla Johnson (like the gorgeous sweater above).
There’s some great guys stuff, like some this great plaid shirt and some outerwear as the weather gets colder (it already is at night here).
So check it out among the other fantastic refinery 29 shops.
Link

Pear Threads is a team of two twin sisters, Mary and Tracy Kruger. Everything they make is made by hand, and it’s all very sweet. Their site has mostly purses, although there are belts and some headbands that I couldn’t seem to look at for some reason. It all has a hand-made look, but not cheap handmade. loved handmade. The clutch shown comes in a vriety of fabrics and is treated to be stain resistant. I need one of those for my weekends. ($42)
I think their site is really cute and well done. So check them out.
Link.

Des Kohan is a LA boutique owned by former trend forecaster Desiree Kohan. It’s got an eclectic mix of mainstream and emerging designers. Here you’ll find brands like: Viktor and Rolf, Robin and Carmen Ho. The site only sells a selection of what is available at the store, but everything is very crisp, simple and modern.
 Store link.
I dug around and found these lovlies:

Silk Organza dress from Castle Starr, $485

Trench with full skirt from Mel en Stel, $475