Best Christmas Wishes !

We are off celebrating and looking forward to the New Year, best Wishes to all, see you in 2011 !

Vintage Tulle Bow Headband

Just the in's and out's of the perfect bow, one of my students calls me 'The Queen of Bows' and the best results are achieved by hand gathering.... slow but the results are usually perfect, here are some that I made this week.
Many of you will see my favorite colour here in this nude vintage tulle. I have mounted these tulle bows onto copper metal bands as the patina looks great with the nude.
Am also making big bows in navy blue velvet for winter for a wholesale customer and I'll post them as soon as they are in store. Navy velvet is sensational and hard to beat - tricky to work with but luckily I have a very good quality German cotton backed velvet which is practically making itself..

Beautiful Panama Straws have arrived

These are direct from Ecuador and we have them every summer. The styles this year are great for total sun block, we have a superalone (super soft) very large ladies brim - think big and glamorous, in natural bleached colour as well as black. Standard 'classic' men's Borsalino shape is really a versatile shape for men and women. These are the finest, softest panamas we have ever had.

Folly ! by Julie Fleming STOCKISTS

VICTORIA

Black Bird & Fox	Shop 14, Troubadour Arcade 673-681 Glenferrie Road, Hawthorn 03 98193957
Two Byrds	188 Union Road, Ascot Vale 03 9077 1480
Sybilla Says	29 Blessington Street, St Kilda 03 9593 6200
Mocking-birdsings	60 Mostyn Street, Castlemaine 0400 331 608
Excessories	HQ 48 Sydney Street, Kilmore 03 5782 2155
Safade	94 Douglas Parade, Williamstown 03 9397 1196
Julie Fleming Melbourne	456 Malvern Road, Hawksburn 03 9525 2456

NEW SOUTH WALES

La Luna	Shop 4/ 30 Kingsway, Cronulla 02 95444060
Treasury Byron Emporio	363 Darling Street, Balmain 02 9818 1020 Shop 4, 15 Fletcher Street , Byron Bay 02 6685 5150
Ruby Maine	86 Dandaloo Street, Narromine 02 6889 5500
Not Just a Salon	Lord Howe Island 02 65632140

QUEENSLAND

Ma Belle Amie	10 Albion Road,Albion 07 3862 1955
Something Different	Shop 1, 32 Upper Dawson Road, Rockhampton & Townsville 07 4927 3730
McCartney &Creed     Towoomba  NORTHERN TERRITORY  Pink Hill 08) 89812795	07 46598831

Happy Days

Just snapped some photo's.......of our favorite belt 'Cheeky Girl'. Still have some of the teal vintage velvet ribbon left but it is disappearing rapidly.

Saturday is Coffee time....

Come and join us for Coffee on Saturday's leading up to Christmas....

Add a photo of YOU at the races.....to my blog !

Add your favorite photo of you at the races wearing Julie Fleming and we will include you in our gallery of photo's....Charles and Camilla have sent in their entry (above)........to add a photo email it to juliefleming@bigpond.com.au and stayed tuned !

Daily Addict

fashion addict?

More New Editorial...Melbourne Cup..Rachael Finch and Daniel McPherson....!

Rachael Finch wears 'Nice Day for a Wedding Headpiece' $279.00
(pictured with Daniel McPherson)

Above Left : 'Blown Away Bow' $220.00
Right : 'Nice Day for a Wedding Headpiece' as above

Above : Rachael wears 'Black Glossy Gloss Gloss' $525.00

Above : Rachael wears 'Our Love is True' $399.00

Above : Rachael wears 'Look in His Eyes' $210.00

Above : Rachael Finch wears vintage headpiece
from selection at Julie Fleming Melbourne POA

Excitement all round..we love new Editorial

from 'The Field' in Melbourne's
'The Age' newspaper published on Sunday October 3rd

**BIG thanks to the lovely Isabelle Gaspard for helping out -
letting us use her head at such short notice !

Spring Racing 2010

A hat for the new season.

I love the way it curves around the head.

The texture of the vintage cherry coloured straw
and the bright pink feathers adds a dimension that I adore.

Sewing the head fitting in place .

Some hefty hand sewing through several layers to keep
all nicely tucked under the head fitting..

Deciding where the support detail will go as I don't
really want it seen from the front or back - tricky. Can't see it from front (above)
and will live with the small amount I can see from the back.

Curving the piece of straw I have decided to use as a
support for the feathers.

I ran a gather thread through the straw to pull the inner side
in tight so it would curve to fit the feathers and hopefully not
be seen from the front or back.
I then hit the curved straw with the iron and wet rag
to make it a permanent curve. Magic.

Just realizing that the feather will need some
support.....although I had backed it in some pale pink felt.
Here I am assessing how wide and how long the curved
piece of straw needs to be.

Woo hoo new season is here ! although it is still freezing outside! Just adding the finishing touches to a design for the shop and available here. Complex little hat in the end which started out when I found a cherry coloured a piece of vintage strip straw and just adored the bright cherry colour . The shape grew, then the silk flowers, then the feather trim, then that needed support and it seemed to go on and on, but finally here is the result.

Real Life Bride - Kate

Some charming candid guest photo's have just arrived from Kate of her wedding on Santorini, Greece. Wow, what a stunning bride she made, her little silver sequin floral headpiece I made for her looks beautiful, such a wonderful backdrop for a wedding - the deep blue sea. The couple look so fabulously happy !

Latest Bridal

Just love our new faux leather flowers, here starring in a bridal headpiece I have just finished. I have used a very delicately patterned vintage veiling. We also have this super leatherette flower in black (for the bridesmaids). Buy it here.

Life inStyle

Here we are at Life inStyle - have only just surfaced after very busy time and a big thank you our wonderful wholesale customers and 'hello!' to our new friends/customers. That's Keva trying on 'Cheeky Girl' - now that's a belt !