Ginger and Smart Fashion Collection 2010

Australian luxury brand GINGER & SMART is about creating inspiring product to a design-literate customer. Always sophisticated and sharply modern, ‘Chic, Modern and Effortlesss’ is the strict style mantra for each collection. The Fashion, Luxury Accessories and Spa collections are the happy result of the strict philosophies of luxury, quality and innovation.

The label was founded in 2002 by Sydney-based sisters, Alexandra and Genevieve Smart out of the desire to combine family talent to build a strong fashion-lifestyle brand. With Alexandra’s creative business background as an Editor and Publisher for luxury lifestyle magazines, books and the internet combined with Genevieve’s years spent at the helm of Lisa Ho as Senior Designer, and her grounding with Australian swimwear and fashion luminaries, Zimmermann, their united industry knowledge covered every possibility, probability and all the potential of a successful and exciting family fashion business.

Their three buzzing retail stores, designed in harmony with their unique concept, have created welcoming havens to reinforce the core conviction of the ‘Luxury Escape’ – even if it is in your lunchtime. GINGER & SMART product is also placed with carefully selected and prestigious stores throughout the world. Available in over 100 boutiques in Australia, including David Jones and over 40 leading international stockists including Matches, UK; Cara and Co., Russia; Lane Crawford, Hong Kong, CK Tang, Singapore.

T h e T r a n s c e n d e n t SS 2010/11

The inspiration for this collection is The Transcendent, or the fourth state of consciousness, lying beyond waking, dreaming and sleeping.

Magnetic prints illustrate this blissful wakefulness and future beauty, through diffused angles and blurred perspective – the light and images you see when you close your eyes.

The depth of colour palette meanders from calm shades of nude, lilac and mint to vibrant injections of blush and grounded tones of olive, smoke and oily blue.

Silhouettes are fluid, modern and effortless with sleeveless jackets, sexy slouchy trousers and chic dresses worn with silk printed lingerie.

The Ginger & Smart Accessory line accompanies this collection including sharply modern shoes with angular metal heels and ultra -soft bags in draped and twisted perforated leather in grind grey and nude.

Available nationally from Ginger & Smart boutiques David Jones and selected stockists from July.

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The first day of Rosemount Sydney Fashion Week has been known throughout its fifteen year history for being a day of highly-charged chaos.

The Overseas Passenger Terminal at Sydney’s Circular Quay was brimming with anticipation before the first show

At 9am sharp, a long line of fashion guests were lead into the darkness of the runway hall. Samantha Harris, of Indigenous Australian background was the first model to set foot on the runway. Harris was given the honour of opening for Lisa Ho. Lisa Ho is a designer famed for her wearable designs that are loved by many.

While Lisa Ho started the runway schedule as a veteran fashion week exhibitionist, the second runway show was a first time debut. Seventh Wonderland proved themselves to be a label that will be long remembered for the stunning swimwear in their Spring/Summer 2010 collection.

Carly Hunter, Guanabana Designs, Story By Tang and Uscari all followed in the women’s ready-to-wear show

Following the women’s ready-to-wear was more ready-to-wear, but this time, it was coming from New Zealand. Zambesi showed a runway which made spectators sigh for a Summer far-away.

Rachel Gilbert and Bassike were also first timers on the Rosemount Sydney Fashion Week runways.

As the afternoon wore on, experienced exhibitioners Bec & Bridge and Aurelio Costarella brought the events at the Circular Quay to a close.

Stay tuned to BLK1 to see full coverage of Rosemount Australian Fashion Week

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“Perfect” was the only word that could describe the conditions on Bondi Beach on Sunday 10th January. Bright and early on this day, hundreds of swimmers made the effort to swim almost 2kms around the Bondi Ocean Swim course.
The swimmers wore everything from budgie-smugglers to body-steamer wetsuits but the warm water made the former the most appropriate. Competitors of all ages and both sexes took part alongside each other.

Despite the fact that moored boats and ocean currents set up obstacles for the swimmers, the scorching sun was not the only thing to warm this day, the vibes of unity and good sportsmanship also were shining down on all the people involved in the 2010 Bondi Ocean Swim.

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Australia’s emerging surfing stars shone brightly at the Arnette Australia Junior Surfing Titles, held from November 28 to December 5 at Coolum Beach Queensland.

Traditionally, the Arnette Australia Junior Surfing Titles has been a showcase for future stars of Australia’s under 18 surfers.

This year, the spotlight shone most brightly on Tyler Wright, who won the under 18 girls final.

In doing so, Wright has added to already stellar junior record, which some have suggested is the greatest junior record in the history of surfing.

At just 16 years old, Wright has already has a 2008 ASP World Tour victory to her name, and is also an under 18 World Champion and Australian under 16 champion.

The under 16 girls final was also very memorable, with Ellie Jean-Coffey making a huge effort in the final five seconds, coming from second place to win the event.

Jean-Coffey defeated Eden Putland, who was in the lead for the majority of the final.

Tim Macdonald was claimed a narrow victory in the boys under 18 final.

Macdonald won the event with a score of 18.54, defeating Wade Carmichael on 16.54.

Matt Banting was the winner of the boys under 16 final.

As well as winning titles, Banting, Macdonald and Wright can all look forward to being automatically selected for the Travelsim Team Australia, which heads to New Zealand in January 2010 for the World Junior Surfing Championships

The Duke Kahanamoku and Ma/Pa Bendall/Isabel Letham awards for rising male and female junior surfers were received by Matt Banting and Eden Putland.

The awards are given to those who show a high degree of sportsmanship and international surfing potential.

Finally, the blue ribbon MR shield finals that decide the top schools in surfing were dominated by NSW who came in first place in the event.

The 2010 Arnette Australia Junior Surfing Titles will be held at Phillip Island, Victoria in early December

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November 29th was the second last day of Spring, and the day that a great Summer sport descended on Coogee Beach.

Hundreds of men and women took part in the The Coogee Island Challenge open water swimming event for 2009. This open water swim happened in the early morning and involved competitors covering a distance of over 2000 meters.

The 2009 Coogee Island Challenge was given a shot-point start by Peter Garret, MP and environmentalist. Less welcome guests at the Island Challenge swim were a school of jellyfish, which were floating to greet the swimmers at the end of the race.

Despite the jellyfish, there was no menace of cold waters or unpleasant weather which turned Coogee beach into the perfect setting for a perfect day of open water swimming.

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Straight from the heart of Sydney Australian Designer Suzie Rose Vella accepted the invitation to launch Pizzuto Spring Summer 2010 on the catwalks of Nolcha Fashion Week NYC, an amazing Platform for Designers to introduce their collection to the American Market.

28 year old designer Suzie Rose of Pizzuto has a unique fresh collection to offer, Compiling vibrant hand painted silks and has a passion for injecting feline prints, contrasting fabric textures and interpreting drape couture into ready to wear is Suzie Rose Vella’s signature style.

This collection is aimed to attract the attention of boutique buyers with an eye for attention to detail, cut, and quality retail-able price effective pieces.

The concept behind Suzie Rose Vella’s Designs for the White sands collection is drawn by inspiration from Australian iconic Beaches such as White Haven, Bay of Fires, Bondi and Manly, she has developed styles that reflect the flirtiness and fun of the 50′s whilst still maintaining a strong feminine edge.

The tonal aspect, loose free falling cuts combined with geometric edges and the use of natural fabric choices like silks, cottons and linens reflect the vibrant and earthy envision Suzie Rose anticipated for when designing the white sands collection, Pizzuto’s Spring Summer collection for 2010 is vibrant, crisp and fresh .

This carefully structured collection is a color palette made up of earth tones, highlighted with chartreuse and Indigo Blue, refreshed by whites and bright coloration.

The White sands Collection reflects Suzie’s true love for the Fashion industry through each of her signature designs

Suzie Rose Vella has successfully been operating in the industry for eleven years. As demand for the label grows, her desire now is to export Pizzuto internationally.

Pizzuto Operates from a beautiful Showroom in Sydney’s CBD, Surry hills (Sydney’s renowned wholesale district.)

Pizzuto Supplies to over 300 boutiques Australia wide, New Zealand and Indonesia.

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After months of speculation about her future, Jodie Henry announced her decision to retire from competitive swimming on September 30.

Henry, who is 25 years old, enjoyed a relatively brief but fruitful career and will be fondly remembered as one of the most gifted and successful female athletes Australia has produced in the past ten years.

Henry began her competitive swimming career when she was 14.

Competing in the 1997 Commonwealth Youth Games held in Edinburgh, Henry won a total of five gold medals.

Her career continued to blossom at the 2002 Manchester Commonwealth Games where she won the women’s 100 metre freestyle event.

Henry was also a member of the team who won both the 4×100m freestyle relay and the 4×100m medley relay.

Her greatest achievement in the pool was at the 2004 Athens Olympics, where she won a total of three gold medals in the 100m freestyle, 4x100m freestyle relay and 4x100m medley relay.

Henry won each of these three events in world record time.

In recognition of her astonishing accomplishments in 2004 she was named Australian Swimmer of the Year and is one of only three women to receive such an honour.

Remarkably, Henry once held the Olympic, Commonwealth and World Championship crowns in the 100m freestyle.

She performed spectacularly at the 2006 Melbourne Commonwealth Games, winning one gold and two silver medals.

And at the 2007 World Aquatics Championships in Melbourne, Henry’s star once again shone brightly as she won gold medals in the 4x100m freestyle and medley relay

Unfortunately, her career was halted by a pelvic injury which left her unable to represent Australia at the 2008 Beijing Olympics or the 2009 FINA World Championships.

Henry’s decision to retire comes hot on the heels of comments made by another Australian swimming starlet Libby Trickett indicating that she is considering retiring after she did not win a gold medal at the 2009 FINA Word Championships.

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