Jenny Kee, Linda Jackson

Jenny Kee, Linda Jackson
Author: Georgina Safe
Publisher:
Total Pages: 270
Release: 2019
Genre: Costume designers
ISBN: 9781760760458

Step into Paradise explores the compelling stories and creative practice of iconic designers Jenny Kee and Linda Jackson, whose pioneering style created a bold and unashamedly Australian fashion identity. Developed in close collaboration with Jenny and Linda, this first in-depth survey captures the dynamic energy of their partnership and draws on over four decades of their work and archives, including more than 150 garments, textiles, photographs and artworks. The book's vivid photography brings to life their exuberant designs, inspired by the colour and culture of Australia from flora and fauna to bush, reef and rainforest. The images sit alongside first-person pieces from Jenny and Linda, and contributions from key people who have known and collaborated with the designers. Step into Paradise celebrates the designers' rainbow revolution that swept Australia off its feet and continues to enthral decades later.

A Big Life

A Big Life
Author: Jenny Kee
Publisher:
Total Pages: 423
Release: 2006
Genre: Businesswomen
ISBN: 9781920989347

'Jenny Kee? Didn't she design that Koala jumper Princess Di wore when she was pregnant?', 'Wasn't she the Softly lady in all those TV ads?', 'Didn't she create that amazing frock salon, Flamingo Park?' Yes, but that's only part of the remarkable Jenny Kee story. With searing honesty she lays bare her private life- her dysfunctional family; her insecurities as a person and an artist; her love affairs and friendships; the highs and lows of motherhood and marriage to a gifted painter; her relationship with the younger man who became her soul mate, and its tragic end; the personal price she paid for the enormous success - and disastrous decline - of her business; and her road to spiritual and emotional fulfilment. Truly A BIG LIFE.

Australian Fashion Unstitched

Australian Fashion Unstitched
Author: Bonnie English
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Total Pages: 316
Release: 2010-04-06
Genre: Design
ISBN: 9780521756495

Australian Fashion Unstitched provides a compelling survey of Australian fashion over the last sixty years.

Friends, Fashion & Fabulousness

Friends, Fashion & Fabulousness
Author: Sally Gray
Publisher: Arden
Total Pages:
Release: 2020-07-19
Genre: Biography & Autobiography
ISBN: 9781925984590

Manolo Blahnik once claimed that Australia was 'the most creative place in the world'. He was referring to the fashion and art worlds created by the principal characters in this book in Melbourne and then in Sydney, in the 1970s-90s. Four friends were at its heart: designers Jenny Kee and Linda Jackson and artists Peter Tully and David McDiarmid.

Martin Sharp

Martin Sharp
Author: Joyce Morgan
Publisher: Allen & Unwin
Total Pages: 435
Release: 2017-01-25
Genre: Biography & Autobiography
ISBN: 1925575012

'Martin wore tight pants that were striped red, white and blue, like a Union Jack, and an embroidered Afghan vest. In front of his face he carried, like a lollipop, a smile on a stick. As he went, he bowed to passers-by. Even on King's Road, he stood out.' Martin Sharp's art was as singular as his style. He blurred the boundaries of high art and low with images of Dylan, Hendrix and naked flower children that defined an era. Along the way the irreverent Australian was charged with obscenity and collaborated with Eric Clapton as he drew rock stars and reprobates into his world. In this richly told and beautifully written biography, Joyce Morgan captures the loneliness of a privileged childhood, the heady days of the underground magazine Oz as well as the exuberant creativity of Swinging London and beyond. Sharp pursued his quixotic dream to realise van Gogh's Yellow House in Australia. He obsessively championed eccentric singer Tiny Tim and was haunted by Sydney's Luna Park. Charismatic and paradoxical, he became a recluse whose phone never stopped ringing. There was no one like Martin Sharp. When he died, he was described as a stranger in a strange land who left behind a trail of stardust.

Linda Jackson's Rainbow Menagerie

Linda Jackson's Rainbow Menagerie
Author: Linda Jackson
Publisher:
Total Pages: 32
Release: 2018-11
Genre:
ISBN: 9781925322132

I live in the rainforest. I have a spectacular tail that I raise over my head when I sing and dance. A kaleidoscopic introduction to native Australian animals and a celebration of the rainbow. Linda Jackson's vibrant colours and bold patterns bring this iconic designer's spectacular colour and form to a new generation.

Endo Unfiltered

Endo Unfiltered
Author: Erin Barnett
Publisher: Allen & Unwin
Total Pages: 222
Release: 2022-02-01
Genre: Health & Fitness
ISBN: 1761063790

The real life guide to endometriosis and PCOS (from someone who's living it) from international reality TV star and women's health advocate Erin Barnett. 'Endo and PCOS won't stay neatly contained within your body . . . No chance. They'll bleed into every area of your life: school, work, relationships, finances, self-esteem, mental health . . . There's no part of your life they won't touch, and that's exactly why I'm going to come at them from all angles in this book.' In this raw, powerful, medically reviewed insider's guide, Erin Barnett - influencer, women's health advocate and star of Beauty and the Geek Australia, Love Island Australia and I'm a Celebrity . . . - shares her experience of navigating her teens and twenties while living with endometriosis and polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS). At fourteen, Erin had the first of many pelvic surgeries. With another fifteen surgeries behind her, she's a self-taught expert when it comes to dealing with endo drama - whether that's dismissive doctors, random bleeding, chronic pain, multiple medications or relationship drama (the list goes on). With her knack for cutting through BS and her trademark sense of humour, Erin is sharing her story and words of wisdom in the hopes of empowering fellow sufferers to take charge of their own health and wellbeing, no matter their age. Recently named an Ambassador for Endometriosis Australia, Erin is part of a growing movement of endo sufferers giving voice to this previously taboo topic that affects a vast group of people - too many of whom suffer in silence believing their pain and symptoms are 'normal'.

Gifts from David Mcdiarmid

Gifts from David Mcdiarmid
Author: Sally Gray
Publisher:
Total Pages: 85
Release: 2014-05-01
Genre: Artists
ISBN: 9780987353047

Gifts from David McDiarmid traces the artworks, clothing, mix-tapes, objects and keepsakes McDiarmid made for his closest friends and family up until his death from AIDS-related conditions in 1995. Photographed as still-lifes, McDiarmid's gifts forge an at once colourful, playful and poignant taxonomy that points to the act of giving as both creative practice and an articulation of the specificity of interpersonal relationships.

The Fashion Design Manual

The Fashion Design Manual
Author: Pamela Stecker
Publisher: Macmillan Education AU
Total Pages: 308
Release: 1996
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 9780732907167

The Fashion Design Manual is a comprehensive introduction to the world of fashion. It introduces the reader to the cycles and trends of fashion, the principles and practice of fashion design, the range of techniques and skills required to be successful in the industry, and the economic reality of the world of retail fashion. The Fashion Design Manual follows the path a garment takes from sketch to sample, through production and finally via the retail outlet to the wearer. The book is very generously illustrated with drawings, sketches, and photographs throughout.

My Body is a Book of Rules

My Body is a Book of Rules
Author: Elissa Washuta
Publisher:
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2014
Genre: Biography & Autobiography
ISBN: 9781597099691

In My Body Is a Book of Rules, Elissa Washuta corrals the synaptic gymnastics of her teeming bipolar brain, interweaving pop culture with neurobiology and memories of sexual trauma to tell the story of her fight to calm her aching mind and slip beyond the tormenting cycles of memory.