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Mar 21, 2011
In collaboration with the Daylesford Makers Market we're holding a frock swap & chop on Saturday 2nd April in the Daylesford Town Hall. Exchange your old garments and alter the new ones to truly fit.
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frock swap & chop
Feb 24, 2011
Time to clear out your cupboard, grab your unfinished alterations and feed off the energy and inspiration of others as we refashion your old wears! Come along to a workshop and join me in slowing the frock up.
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refashioning workshops
Feb 11, 2011
High tech, computerised clothing hopes to offer greater awareness of how the products we consume aid or add doom to the shape of our future sphere.
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on staying afloat
Jan 27, 2011
Aptly named 'Peggy Sue', this elegant oeuvre by Melbourne-based designer Volker Haug, is a pendant light adorned with hundreds of wooden clothes pegs.
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enlightened design
Dec 6, 2010
Hail to the Hoist! Save money by doing the line-dry with a few peg-tips for you to try.
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hang me out to dry
My name is Kim Kneipp. I'm a sustainable designer, personal stylist and workshop facilitator. l work in Melbourne, Australia and am known as the Frockerphiliac.
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In a bid to pacify the retail urge and reduce fast-fashion consumption I custom-tailor existing garments to truly flatter the individual form. Bringing fresh perspective and an inspired eye for detail, I shop within existing wardrobes, sharing new style ideas that flatter the figure whilst building confidence and flare. Intrinsic to this quest is the desire to encourage acceptance of one's physical self; to embrace the body we live in today, not the one we hope for tomorrow.
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