On the hunt for suppliers?

As a small business, sourcing suppliers can be quite the time wasting affair, let alone the costly with trips back and forth to China to try and find the right quality supplier for your budget. Imagine if you could go to a trade fair where all the suppliers were at your fingertips and you get to look at their work, the quality, colour and material selection as well as ask about minimums, delivery schedules etc. Imagine if you could do this in MELBOURNE?

Excited yet? Well, Australian Exhibition & Conferences (the team behind Fashion Exposed) are offering local wholesalers the chance to source new suppliers at the Australian International Sourcing Fair for fashion, accessories and home. Held in conjunction with the China Clothing and Textiles Expo 2010, the AISF will provide a forum where international companies can establish and consolidate enduring business partnerships with Australian organisations.

So if you're looking for Bags, Beads, Buttons, Childrenswear, Eco Materials, Fabrics, Jewellery, and Leather goods, Menswear, Publications, Scarves/Shawls, Shipment, Trims, Womenswear and Workwear, don't forget to save the date.

Date: 17-19 November 2010
Where: Melbourne Exhibition Centre
Register: here

Styling for Twitchett & Tonge Shoot

Earlier in July, I styled /produced a photo shoot for the Autumn Winter 2010 Shoot for Twitchett & Tonge. The designers approached me to style their shoot as they were wanting to take the label in a slightly different direction. My involvement in this shoot was to style and produce the shoot including; consulting with casting the model, co-ordinating the actual shoot agenda, sourcing accessories and directing the photographer, art director, make-up /hair artist and liaising with the designers. The results are stunning. You can read the designers testimonial about my work below and see a list of the team involved.

"Being designers and looking at your own work continuously for months on end, means that sometimes you need the eye of another creative fashion expert to help with promotion and advertising. Kate stepped in and helped with our styling for our upcoming Autumn/Winter collection 2010. Her attitude and professionalism was outstanding, which inevitably allowed the shoot to run smoothly and successfully.

Kate had excellent creative ideas that were relayed in her well thought out story boards. These boards were then effortlessly executed into some fantastic images. We were impressed with her energy into the project and we will definitely use her again in the future."

Label: Twitchett & Tonge
Photographer: Jarrod Barnes
Art Director/ Re-toucher: Myamn Creative
Hair & Make Up: Siobhan Kelly at Napoleon Perdis
Model: Shoona Stanes at Scene Model Management
Stylist: Kate Vandermeer of iSpyStyle
Gloves & Belts : Tribu
Jewellery: Kitte Accessories
Shoes: Peep Toe Shoes