Division 2 at Surry Hills

Division 2 is the newly refurbished menswear store at 168 Campbell Street in Surry Hills, Sydney. Division 2 has a simple idea behind their range - to balance comfort and style, with a nod to good design.

Division 2 represents men's denim with brands like London's Superfine and Red Dot, as well as Italian denim options like Gas, JFour and SealKay.

Also stocked are T-shirt designs from Altru, Red Dot and No Star. There also hoodies and t-shirts from Melbourne label Edgar, noted for their understated style.

Drop into 168 Campbell Street to take in the fine selection on offer and the elegant, characterful interior of Division 2. For a preview, have a look at Division 2 online. "Life's to short - get dressed and get on with it".

Division 2 www.division2.com.au
Superfine www.superfinelondon.com
SealKay www.sealkay.it
RedDot Clothing www.reddotclothing.com
Gas www.gasjeans.com
Edgar www.edgarproduct.com
Altru www.altruapparel.com
Wunderbar www.wunderbarla.com
No Star www.nostarclothing.com

Jewellery and Object Design - Girls for Boys

Ten female students/staff (past and present) of the Advanced Diploma course of the Jewellery and Design Department (of Design Centre Enmore Sydney Institute TAFE NSW) have created an exhibition of distinctive handmade contemporary jewellery and objects, made for, and inspired by boys.

The Exhibition will be held at Gaffa Gallery, at 1/7 Randle Street Surry Hills. It will run daily from 28th August to Tuesday the 9th of September 2008, with opening hours 6pm till 9pm. Many of the pieces of the exhibition will be on sale. For more information about the exhibition go online to Jewellery and Objects News.

Jewellery and Objects www.jewelleryandobjects.org
Gaffa Gallery www.gaffa.com.au

Inaugural Rosemount Sydney Fashion Festival

The Rosemount Sydney Fashion Festival will be held from 13th to 17th August 2008. The Rosemount Runway (A specially built state-of-the-art marquee on Martin Place) will be the central location for many of the festival's day and night events.

The festival will showcase spring summer collections of designers like Anna Thomas, Kirrily Johnston, Lisa Ho and Nicola Finetti. Tickets go on sale from Monday 14 July at www.ticketek.com.au. Other highlights include the Fashion Targets Breast Cancer Charity Gala, styling workshops and designer high teas and lunches.

Festival nightlife will include The Official Rosemount Sydney Fashion Festival Bar (adjacent to the Rosemount Runway) and supported by other Sydney bars and clubs.

For more information about the Rosemount Sydney Fashion Festival events and nightlife, go to the RSFF website and go to www.ticketek.com.au to for tickets.

Rosemount Sydney Fashion Festival www.rsff.com.au
Anna Thomas www.annathomas.com.au
Kirrily Johnston www.kirrilyjohnston.com
Lisa Ho www.lisaho.com
Nicola Finetti www.nicolafinetti.com

Made in Melbourne

On 24th July 2008, Melbourne label Artechoke will present Made in Melbourne, a not-for-profit event to promote the independent design community.

Made in Melbourne will feature designers such as Artechoke, Limedrop, Lenko, Rest in Peace, Who Am Eye, Kosi Kosi, Die Pretty and Serena van der Woodsen.

The event will also screen the works of video artists (including Lucy Farmer, Olaf Meyer and Jade Blair, Tom Gleisner and Collette Dane), accompanied by a guest DJ.

Made in Melbourne will be held at the Order of Melbourne (L2/401 Swanston Street, Melbourne 3000), doors opening at 730pm.

Tickets are available at www.madeinmelbourne.org.au. All proceeds will be donated to the Reach Foundation.

Go online to the Made in Melbourne site for more information on the designers, video artists and the event.

Made in Melbourne www.madeinmelbourne.org.au
Artechoke www.artechoke.com
Limedrop www.limedrop.com.au
Lenko www.ilovelenko.com
Rest in Peace www.restinpeace.com.au
Who Am Eye www.whoameye.com.au
Kosi Kosi kosikosiclothing.com
Die Pretty http://profile.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=user.viewprofile&friendid=116013033
Serena van der Woodsen www.myspace.com/serenavanderwoodsenapprl
Lucy Farmer www.lucyfarmer.com
Olaf Meyer http://home.vicnet.net.au/~olaf/web/index.html

IWC Schaffhausen and Zinedine Zidane

Monday 16 June 2008 was the launch of the The Ingenieur Automatic Edition Zinédine Zidane watch, designed by IWC Schaffhausen. Hosted at the Palais de Chaillot in Paris, and presented by Sandrine Quétier, the event unveiled the unique design at 10pm (Zidane's shirt number).

Ten Extra Spaces

Ten Extra Spaces was the independent end of year parade for seven RMIT 2007 Fourth Year Graduate students. The talented designers of Ten Extra Spaces are: Kevin Azzopardi, Jo Baker, Elisabeth Bang, Melanie Bawer, Ryan Evinton, Makiko Fukuda and Jeremy Hershan. The show was held at The Order of Melbourne, located at L2 401 Swanston Street, opposite RMIT.

For a look at the collections at Ten Extra Spaces, go to Ten Extra Spaces online.

Ten Extra Spaces www.tenextraspaces.com
The Order of Melbourne www.theorder.com.au

graniph T-Shirt Competition vol.2

graniph Japan announced the winners of its T-shirt design award vol.2. The Gold prize went to Cho Jo Tzu of Taiwan (winning entry pictured above).

The competition invited original ideas for t-shirts to be sent in. The competition ran from February 1 to March 31 2008, and received 15,000 artworks from over 50 countries.
For a look at the winning competition entries visit graniph online at www.graniph.com/award/index.html

graniph design award t-shirts will be on sale in July at all graniph stores. Sydney's graniph store is located at Shop RG09, The Galleries Victoria 500 George Street.

graniph www.graniph.com

Kirribilli Markets

The Kirribilli Market(pictured above) is held on the fourth Saturday of every month(January-November) and third Saturday(December). It runs from 7.00am to 3pm at Bradfield Park corner of Alfred and Burton Street at Milsons Point and under the adjacent Burton Street tunnel. For more information about the market, go to Kirribilli Neighbourhood Centre site - Markets

There is also a Kirribilli Art and Design Market held on the second Saturday of every month, under the Burton Street Tunnel, 9am-3pm. For more information about the Art and Design Market go to the Kirribilli Neighbourhood Centre site - Art and Design Market

Camilla and Marc - Moving Sale

Camilla and Marc are having a moving sale on Friday 4th July & Saturday 5th July at 43 Rainford Street, Surry Hills 2010. They will be open from 10am - 6pm both days.

Items include C&M swim SS07 and tailored classics from previous seasons and current winter 2008 styles all reduced from 50%-75%.

Cash, Eftpos and Credit facilities available.

For more information, call HQ on 02 9358 5177 or email info@camillandmarc.com