Miss Green's Garden Party Designers
Miss Green approached a number of local designers to create a design "fit for the races" out of sustainable fabrics. A short description is listed below.
Jenny Bannister
“The Jenny Bannister fashion label stands for contemporary eveningwear with a difference. Jenny’s garments are chic and elegant but embody her own unique design signature forged through twenty-five years of successful trading as a Melbourne-based fashion designer and wholesaler.”
Jenny Bannister's Charity of Choice:
Grey St Mission
www.sacredheartmission.org.com
Nicolangela
“Nicole Williams designer and founder of nicolangëla is a leader in the move toward a pared-down, unstructured silhouette in women's occasion wear. Her designs, often characterized by understated glamour, luxurious fabrics and unique exclusive prints, have introduced ease and streamlined modernity into Australian dressing.”
Nicolangela's Charity of Choice:
Beyond Blue
www.beyondblue.org.au
Miss Lyndel Yeo
Described as Tokyo Street chic, school girl innocence, MISS LYNDEL YEO followers have come to expect a burst of fresh styles & fun colour with the release of each new limited edition collection!
The award winning label focuses on a balance of strong lines and stunningly feminine silhouettes. Dramatic cuts, bold shapes and soft embellishments have become the perfect recipe for creating pieces that are sure to stay with you forever.
Miss Lyndel Yeo’s Charity of Choice:
AIDS Trust Australia
www.aidstrust.com.au
Tiffany Treloar
Tiffany Treloar was just 10 years old in the mid 1970's when her mother, leading Australian designer Prue Acton, gave her a sewing machine. Young Tiffany immediately put the machine to good use - she began sewing blankets for her horse.
Today, the pattern for that horse blanket has long since disappeared, but the name Tiffany Treloar has become a by-word for high quality, textile-based fashion amongst discerning Australian women.
Alexi Freeman
Alexi Freeman is a Melbourne-based fashion designer whose collections for women are manufactured locally incorporating elements of hand drawn & printed textiles worked into drape juxtaposed with tailoring. Informed by his grounding in printmaking and sculpture, Freeman’s eponymous label explores urbane elegance for women who are enamored by the past, but lust after the future. After only six seasonal collections of ready-to-wear, the ALEXI FREEMAN brand is already establishing a strong following in the domestic and international market.
Alexi Freeman's Charity of Choice:
Save the Tasmanian Devil Appeal
www.tassiedevil.com.au
Side Show Design
Locally designed and made in Melbourne, Sideshow Design offers everything from casual wear and lingerie, to made to measure formal wear.
Keeping within a vintage 30s, 40s and 50s theme, its “hints of circus” inspired fun!
Side Show Design's Charity of Choice:
The Lost Dogs Home
www.dogshome.com
Leonard St.
Leonard St is an independent Melbourne based label, which strives to offer a quality product with a unique style. Leonard St embodies a paired down urban elegance. A simple style, of clean lines and silhouettes, a strong colour palette and original print designs combine to create the Leonard St look of easy chic.
Leonard St's Charity of Choice:
The Lost Dogs Home
www.dogshome.com
Made In Donald
Made in Donald is a made to order label focused on creating wearable, interesting fashion garments that are not aimed at a specific age group or are limited by size.
Made in Donald is designed with careful consideration of cut, fit, proportion and style and for women who want something a bit more from their clothing, something individual, special and that which has been made with particular care and detail.
Made In Donald's Charity of Choice:
Beyond Blue
www.beyondblue.org.au
DavisEyes
Through a passion to create and the desire to design the fashion unique, Sydney based fashion designer Justine Davis has grown from a small operation started in 2006 to become a recognised international exclusive brand. Throughout each collection, Justine creates a signature aesthetic celebrating the influence of different cultures and merges this with architectural shapes of glamorous punk. The pieces offer an effortless and independent style of colour-rich texture and contradiction.”
Davis Eye's Charity of Choice:
YWCA Big Brothers Big Sisters – mentors
www.ywcansw.com.au
K.B.A.D
K. B. A. D is the essence of young modern design, flawless construction combined with a strong awareness of body shape and high quality control.
Focusing on classic elegance with a twist of modern edge elements, K. B. A. D garments are a guarantee of long lasting timeless pieces that will keep you looking fabulous for seasons to come.
Owned by 23 year old designer Karin Bochnik Altman, who moved to Melbourne in 2004 to pursue a career in fashion design.
Determined to conquer the fashion world, Karin launched her own label in 2007, K. B. A. D is aimed at chic and stylish women who have a great sense of style and elegance but enjoy a “twist”.
K.B.A.D's Charity of Choice:
RSPCA AUSTRALIA
www.rspca.org.au
Sara Victoria
Sara Victoria takes her inspiration from nature and finds joy in discovering ways to preserve it. Creating organic softwears is a new endeavour which combines various skills and knowledge accumulated through prior experiences in natural therapies, film & theatre production, costume making and her keen interest for design and artistry.
Lady Petrova
Created by Petrova Hammond, Lady Petrova is a label that has evolved into a coveted and intrinsic part of the Melbourne fashion market. As described by Kristy Hinze, Petrova’s designs are “Beautiful, bright & breathtaking, a very distinctive style that makes you stand out from the crowd.
Her clothes provide that bit of luxury that every girl craves. With their distinctive mixture of the ethereal and fashion forward edginess, they are beautiful to look at, and easy to wear.
Targeting an audience who love life and dressing up, Lady Petrova is stocked throughout selected boutiques throughout Australia and in their own flagship store in Flinders Lane Melbourne.”
Lady Petrova's Charity of Choice:
Cancer Council Victoria
www.cancervic.org.au
Eva Q
Eva is Melbourne born and raised. She made the best of the creative environment that her dressmaker mother and graphic designer father created. “I’m a combination of both of them.” She studied Textile Design at RMIT majoring in knitwear and after finishing last year struggled to find a job.
Eva Q's Charity of Choice:
Clean Up Australia
www.cleanup.org.au
Anna Campbell
Anna Campbell is a Melbourne based fashion label, specialising in sweeping goddess-like gowns, eye-catching cocktail dresses and stunning, delicate fascinators. All dress and fascinators are made in Melbourne, created using Australian sourced, luxury fabrics. Dresses are made in limited number, and stocked only in selected boutiques."
Anna Campbell 's Charity of Choice:
RSPCA
www.rspca.vic.org.au
Joolz
Designer Airdrie Makim has been creating beautiful jewelled artistry ever since she was a child, growing up on a remote rural property in outback Australia. Now based in Melbourne, Airdrie continued her love affair with jewellery when she started her brand Joolz just a couple of short years ago – and she has been nominated for awards ever since.
Drawing inspiration from 1920s Hollywood glamour, Joolz uses a range of environmentally friendly materials, from pearls, the only sustainable gem on the planet, to recycled vintage playing cards and children’s toys. These materials create striking statement pieces in bold black & white, sometimes including a splash of red, or a dash of cream.
As a designer/ milliner Nikolina hopes to impart the craftsmanship and quality synonymous to the great masters of fashion, as she acknowledges the need to preserve such traditions within contemporary fashion. Nikolina’s work is defined by her particular sense of beauty and a great love of hand crafts, where she imparts as much of her hand onto the cloth to give it life beyond the means of the wearer. Her vision for the contemporary woman is one that relishes in fashion, yet has a developed sense for quality and extravagant detail. With those ideals in mind she has embarked on developing Nikolina Concepts.
Nikolina Kucan 's Charity of Choice:
Private Donation for child suffering a form of leukemia
http://www.krijesnica.hr/
(Please note that the information on related websites is in Croatian)
Hopeless
Hopeless Handmade Lingerie specialise in high end lingerie and sleepwear, handcrafted from silk, organic cotton and the softest bamboo jersey, with exquisite detailing and vintage flair. Their mission is to provide garments that empower the wearer and celebrate the female form.
Hair Fascinators
Handcrafted fascinators for all sorts of occasions, Weddings, parties, anything! HairFascinators.com use only the finest materials and offer both Made to Order designs in colours to match your outfit, as well as a selection of Ready Made Pieces for immediate dispatch.
Historic and era inspired designs with a modern color palette and fabric selection. Established recently in 2009, designer Cara Messina’s signature feminine details- with a modern edge- showcases a new range of garments including ready to wear, cocktail, millinery, and unique hair pieces.
Messina Designs are all made in Melbourne-Australia and all fabrics are sourced from vintage and commercial fabric shops in Australia. As a designer I am always experimenting with new and different tailoring and draping techniques. I also enjoy working with a range of different untraditional fabrics to more conventional fabrics, and couture hand sewn fabrics.
Cara Messina 's Charity of Choice:
Kidney Health Australia
http://www.kidney.org.au/
