Yeojin Bae Brings The 40′s Back

Yeojin Bae, the 30-something Australian fashion designer known for her tailored separate and beautifully detailed vintage dresses, has done it again.

This season, with Alfred Hitchcock and the 1940′s as her inspiration, Bae has brought in asymmetrical style to seductive tailoring. With the smart use of color and impeccable attention to detail, every piece from this new collection is a must have.

Yeojin Bae graduated in 1992 from the Whitehouse School of Fashion, and has since interned for Marc Jacobs and Anna Sui, as well as having worked for some of Australia’s top designers, including Charlie Brown and Saba.

In 2007, Bae won the coveted Tiffany and Company Designer of the Year Award in Australia. She has been covered in every major fashion magazine, including ELLE, Vogue, and Marie Claire.

In March of 2008, Bae opened a lofty salon shop in Prahran, Melbourne. 

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Andrea Innocent

Above are some of the brilliant works by Australian illustrator Andrea Innocent. After receiving her B.A. in Fashion Design and her M.A. in Multimedia Design, Innocent spent three years in Japan, living and breathing the culture of the locals. 

She is an artist of caliber, and she moves seamlessly between Eastern and Western styles, almost never noticing the borders society has put upon them. The degree to which Japan has had an influence on her work is obvious, and welcomed.

Otoshimono (meaning lost and found in Japanese) is the name of her website and also provides symbolism. On her about page on her website, she clearly acknowledges her ability to move into a head space between her home country of Australia and Japan.

I am completely in love with her work, having lived several years in Japan myself. She has captured what the culture gives to the life of a Westerner.

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Matt Weston

Like I was saying, the Aussies are on point today.

Meet Matt Weston, supreme jeweler.

As a sought-after jeweler for Hollywood and fashion, this Sydney-based designer has been making statements with his bold, dark, simple designs. 

The best part?

The pieces are unisex – so if you buy one for a significant other, you can always borrow it.

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LUMI Rainwater Tanks

The Aussies are always combining style with eco-conscious design.

Full Tank, an adjunct from a Melbourne-based architectural firm, is one of the first environmentally conscious design firms. As such, they built this style-conscious rainwater tank.

That’s right, I said rainwater tank. 

If you live in any big city, you know by now that rainwater tanks help save on water by taking the rain that falls off buildings, purifying the water and then sending it straight back to the building.

Only problem is, the tanks are mostly ugly and unappealing. So Full Tank came up with LUMI, which illuminates during the day and at night, and comes in an array of cool colors.

Someone tell me that these tanks will soon be available in America, because I want one.