It's the time of year where all the new collections are coming out. One I always look forward to seeing is Melbourne label Gorman, I love their fun use of colour and print.

See more from the Gorman A/W 2012 collection on their website here.

sponsored post / advertisement

The National Drugs Campaign is running a tshirt design competition and the winner will get their design printed on a t'shirt to be given out at festivals as well as $2000 in cash and festival tickets!!

So if you're in Australia and aged between 15-21, simply create an image that shows your support for an anti-drugs theme, including this year's tagline "Ecstasy. Face Facts" somewhere on your design and upload it the Face Facts online gallery. The top designs as voted by the public will be in the running for great prizes.

Visit www.facefactstees.com.au for more details and to enter.

Love these backstage photos from the Spring-Summer 2012 Ulyana Sergeenko show. 

(via kisses and cross stitches)

Photographer: Claire Wallman
MUA: Julia Green
Hair: Peter Tadrosse
Stylist: Jessie Bush
Model: Erica Fletcher (Vivien’s)

One of the swimwear collections I was swooning over this summer was the amazing vintage collection by Australian designers We Are Handome. You probably are already familiar with their designs, if not do checkout their website asap!!   I was checking out their blog and this collaboration between We Are Handsome and photographer Clare Wallman caught my eye.

Read an interview with photographer Clare Wallman and see more from the shoot here.

More A Handsome Project Collaborations. (They are seriously amazing, I could blog them all!)

PS. HAPPY AUSTRALIA DAY!!! One of my favourite holidays of the year. Where I can have a bbq, a few drinks, listen to the Triple J countdown, maybe go for a float down the river...and just generally kickback and enjoy the sunshine.

Nancy Straughan is a printed textile designer specialising in fashion fabrics and homewares.

Inspired by Scandinavian and 1950s textiles she creates simple and refreshing contemporary products for you and your home. Made in England, and in keeping with her sustainable ethos, each print is carefully designed and printed using the finest and eco- friendly fabrics and papers.

See more on her website and etsy shop

One of the really fun parts of having a boutique is the buying and getting to preview a designers new collection early. Soon as the Lilya lookbook came in Jen said to me "you will love this collection!" and sure enough she was right, the skirts, florals, textures and glowing light... love! So I was very excited to click over to fellow Queensland blog Oracle Fox and learn that Mandy was the stylist behind this lookbook. Ahh I should of known!

The Lilya Elemental collection is due in at Style Milk come mid Feb, but if time permits we should have it up a few weeks early for anyone wanting to put in pre-orders.

PS. Ally of Unknown Pleasures also teamed up with Lilya recently to shoot this collection for her blog...check it out here.  I love that Lilya collaborates with local bloggers!! 

I have a few creative and blogging related competitions that are happening right now to share on the blog this week. I wanted to share with you all in case its something you might like to enter, and because the last competition I blogged about one of my lovely readers won, yay! I was like a proud mumma :) So first up...

Dragon sunglasses : The Roosevelt and the Experience

Dragon are on the search for an Australian blogger!! The winner will get flown to all their VIP events throughout the year and report back on them via their social media and blog. So the snow in winter, bells beach for summer, product launches and VIP parties.

Enter now on their Facebook page!