Ginny and Jude's Two Shoes

Monday, February 15, 2010

Collection tease Winter 2010...h a r l e q u i n

With all the sticky Sydney humidity and unrelenting heat, it can be hard to cast your mind into the cool shade of Autumn and Winter. Yet, at Ginny & Jude HQ we have been lolling in the delicious shade of our Autumn / Winter collection for 2010.
h a r l e q u i n takes it's cues from pierot and pierette - their colour palletes, shapes, pom-poms, stripes and repetitive shapes.

Have a peek at our inspiration wall...

Ginny & Jude featured in Calico And Co

Last month we were awfully chuffed to be featured in Amanda Fuller's lovely indie and handmade blog Calico and Co in her regular Monday Spotlight column. She found our stall at the Summer Finders Keepers markets and liked what she saw...

You can read the whole feature here

Different local designers are featured every week, so it's worth tuning in to the Monday Spotlight regularly!

Amanda is also responsible for the recent launch of The Wedding Blog - a very pretty source of inspiration for all things wedding in Australia and definitely worth a wander through!

g&j
xo

Wednesday, December 16, 2009

Market Fever at the Finders Keepers!

Another Summer, another Finders Keepers Markets...

With plenty of space through the addition of Fashion Rooms One and Two, I think everyone would agree that the experience of both shopping and selling was far more relaxed!

We had what we would consider our best display yet - we would like to offer a big thanks to Kiki the fabulous florist from the Hamper Store who procured the fabulous magnolia branch for our display. It looked breathtaking!

Never before have we had such a breadth of lovely things to offer...

...cute corsage brooches with bright lacquered mushrooms, silk flowers and glass berries...

...starburst brooches...

acorn pendants...

Buttoned moleskin notebooks...

Bow-tie headbands...

And a multitude of headpieces

For the first time we had skirts! Made from the painstakingly unpicked panels of vintage and antique Japanese Kimonos in two lengths, a number of lucky shoppers snapped up these one-of-a-kind pieces!

And a big thanks to those who blogged about us:

Catkin and Teasel loved our skirts

Little Black Book was rather in love with her new headpiece

We thoroughly enjoyed ourselves and look forward to next year which is rapidly approaching...

And keep your eyes on our etsy store...all new stock will be uploaded VERY SOON!
...skirts...straw headcombs (our very favourite pieces from the markets!)...more headpieces...acorn pendants...and more

Merry merry!
ginny & jude xo

Sunday, November 15, 2009

Ginny & Jude Designs at The Finders Keepers - Part Two

We have lots in store for these markets. Beyond our first range of clothing we have so many exciting new designs to share with you along with our tried and tested .

Not to give too much away we can offer these little morsels...

Acorn Jewellery

using brass and silver findings and handmade wooden acorns

Corsage Brooches and Hair Slides

using antique millinery trim - fabric flowers - glass berries - painted mushrooms

Notebooks

Felt and button detail

Felt Hairclips

In every colour of the Rainbow

Straw Headpieces

Using restored antique straw millinery trim

See you at the Markets!

g&j

Skirts wonderful skirts!

We continue to have beautiful Kimono's arrive from Japan and be magic-ed into lovely circle skirts. It's all very exciting!
We've been having a read about the different common kimono fabrics and so far we think our favourite kimono fabric is the light-weight Silk Meisen - a favoured fabric from the early Showa era. It's a lovely stiff silk which sits with a most delightful 'pouf'.

The cute little 'nouveau' length skirt below uses the Meisen - it is ridiculously cute!

~ Size: Medium ~

As is this lovely deco patterned Rinzu Silk piece :

~ Size: Medium ~

We used a 1970s cotton Yukata to make this one:

~ Size: Small ~

And this was once an 'extra tall' Kimono made from Chirimen Silk

~ Size: Medium ~

This 1930s Chirimen Silk piece was the very first Kimono we purchased...it's a sentimental favourite

~ Size: Small ~

This one has tiny fans printed all over the fabric in Coral, Sky Blue and Grass Green

~ Size: Medium ~

Navy Blue flowers on White

~ Size: X-Large ~

And this gorgeous lightweightfabric was completely sheer, so we've lined it with a soft chiffon

~ Size: Large ~

Aren't they all so lovely! It's getting increasingly difficult to pick a favourite.

Remember, as we make them, we'll post them, so stay tuned...

g&j

Ginny & Jude Designs at The Finders Keepers! Part One...

Yippee! Our favourite design market - The Finders Keepers - has extended the invitation to us again and we will be setting up our wares at their Summer Markets, held over December 4th and 5th.
There's some slightly amended times this year - much to our delight! The markets will run on Friday from 6pm-10pm and then on Saturday from 10am to 8pm.
There is a bar for all your beverage requirements - and on the saturday the Eveleigh fresh food markets will be running just outside of Carriageworks - as well as live music and djs so drop by, grab yourself a drink and have a browse!