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BLACK FRIDAY is So 2020. Let's Evolve and Put An End to Disposable Fashion.
Arnsdorf has partnered with Black Fridye, a project conceived by Citizen Wolf that makes it incredibly simple to love your favourite clothes longer by overdyeing them black.
Are You Rachel from Friends, Winona from Reality Bites or Hope Sandoval from Mazzy Star?
Channel your 90s heroines: Hope Sandoval? Destiny's Child? Claire Danes? Winona Ryder? The Faye Top is your ultimate 90s inspired halter vest top. Business by day and party at night. Layer it over a Merino Tee or a Classic Shirt for work. Strip it back for night time and add some shimmer, like with some Nars Bronzing Powder.
Dance like Sylvie Guillem in our new ballet inspired, Silvia Top
Jade was inspired by her young daughter Silvia's classic ballet leotard to create our new Silvia Top. Dance like Sylvie Guillem! The top features an elegant, wide V Neckline with a few subtle gathers at the centre front.
NAIDOC Week + Save The Date for Melbourne Fashion Week!
Welcome to NAIDOC Week! At Arnsdorf, we are a team living and working on the lands of the Wurundjeri and Boon Wurrung peoples of the Kulin Nation. We treasure and respect this every day. NAIDOC Week is a time to highlight the history, culture and achievements of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples.
Our Fitzroy Boutique is OPEN + Our New Luxury Palazzo Look
The Palazzo Pant is the ultimate combination of comfort and chic. The high, elasticated waist is finished with a narrow frill edge creating a luxe finish if you are tucking in. The wide leg falls softly and cuts a dramatic silhouette as you stride.
Gelati Tones in our Roberta Tank - Match Them to our Latest Spliced Face Mask
Spring Time says Gelati Time :) Based on a racer style tank but with a more sophisticated curve, our Roberta Tanks take on a fresh spring look in these pastel tones. A slender silhouette, the Roberta is cut from a mid weight Japanese rib in Organic Cotton. Each one is made in our Ethical Clothing Australia certified factory located in Collingwood.
Hello GREEN - Our NEW Mira Trousers in Kelp plus our latest Limited Edition Face Mask
Our classic Mira Trousers take on a fresh new utility tone in Kelp - your perfect new neutral for Spring! Crafted from a premium mid weight Japanese cotton, the Mira Trousers sit high and fitted on the waist with handy front side pockets. They curve out and in at the ankle to flatter and give length.
She's Back! Our Merino Rib in SEAFOAM is Available Now
One of our classic shapes made from a superfine 100% Australian Merino is sewn by us in Collingwood and custom dyed locally using GOTs approved dye. This style is also available in Chalk, Black, Espresso and a neutral colour block version of Black and Chalk.
Join us to Stitch Something with Feeling
SYDNEY! Last chance to shop our current season David Jones Pop-Up
This year, David Jones invited us to stock with them as part of their Sourced with Care initiative where they are supporting a series of brands that focus on responsibly sourced materials and mindful processes to minimise environmental impact.
Read an interview with Arnsdorf founder and designer Jade Sarita Arnott on the collaboration in Vogue Australia here.
A selected edit of our collection including some of our Limited Edition styles and our Permanent Collection is currently available at Sydney - Elizabeth Street Store There is also a small selection of styles available online here.
Our current season David Jones Pop-Up is ending very soon so don't miss out on this opportunity to shop these Arnsdorf styles in Sydney, in real life!
(Tiahnee wears the Arnsdorf Merino Rib Funnel Neck Skivvy in Seafoam with the Vanessa Pant in Sand. Photo by Alex Coppel for The Herald Sun)
We make each piece in our Ethical Clothing Australia certified factory located in Melbourne. Each garment is sewn by one of our incredible machinists that have over 20 years industry experience.
Abigail Crompton, the founder and artistic director of design store Third Drawer Down has just released an art book called Truth Bomb: Inspiration from the Mouths and Minds of Women Artists. The book unites the work of 22 powerful, contemporary female artists including Yayoi Kusama, Del Kathryn Barton, Mickalene Thomas, Kaylene Whiskey, Nina Chanel Abney and Judy Chicago.
Portrait of Mnonja by Mickalene Thomas
A Limited Edition of 250 copies sold worldwide * Includes tear-out poster by Miranda July. The book releases at the end of September and you can pre-order a copy here.
Stay well, from all of us at Arnsdorf X
Ohhhhh Siena! (Sung to Vienna by Ultra Vox) (Go on)
Jerri wears the Siena Top with the Mira Trouser in Black
After lockdown, we love the idea of breaking free into something feminine. Inspired by the neckline of our popular Claire Tee, the Siena Top and Dress have narrow adjustable shoulder straps. They are bias cut from a Japanese low sheen satin of 44% wool and 56% viscose which was residual fabric from our Orla Dress and Tailored Trousers. The fabric has enough weight to drape and fall rather than cling. Wear either as is for a sexy summer or evening look or layer over a top or tee.
Jerri wears the Siena Dress in Black
We Say Farewell to the Visionary Designer Terence Conran
Terence Conran sitting in one of his earliest designs from the 1950s, The Cone Chair
Sir Terence Conran, the British designer who will be remembered for bringing contemporary, simplistic style to UK homes since the 1960s, passed away last week. The founder of the progressive lifestyle retail chain Habitat and later The Conran Shop as well as The Design Museum, Sir Terence promoted British design, culture and the arts around the world.
Images courtesy of The Design Museum
Terence Conran set up his own practice in 1956, launching his Summa Furniture range and designed Mary Quant's first store. He became a household name as one of the key designers of the 1960s introducing his own line of flatpack design furniture in 1962, long before Ikea arrived in the UK.
Images courtesy of The Design Museum
His vision would grow to an empire including restaurants, architecture and household retail brands. "He was a visionary who enjoyed an extraordinary life and career that revolutionised the way we live in Britain, with a very simple belief that good design improves the quality of people's lives" said a family statement. Read a great interview with Sir Terence Conran on the Design Museum site here.
Stay well from all of us at Arnsdorf X
The Power of Ruth
Ruth Bader Ginsburg gave her life's work to the ongoing battle of gender discrimination and inequality. She graduated exceptionally (tying for first place) at Columbia Law School in 1959 where she was one of nine women out of 500 students. After initial difficulties in finding work due to these apparent handicaps - she was a woman, a mother and Jewish, an extreme recommendation by a senior professor gained her a clerkship.
"The pedestal upon which women have been placed has all too often, upon closer inspection, been revealed as a cage."
In 1963 she became the first woman Professor of Law at Rutgers Law School where she was told that she wouldn't earn as much as her male counterparts as she had a husband (who was also a lawyer) with a well paid job. In 1970 Ruth Bader Ginsberg co-founded the Women's Rights Law Reporter the first law journal in the U.S. to focus exclusively on women's rights. In 1972, she was named a Professor at Columbia Law School and then between 1973 and 1976 she presented six gender discrimination cases before the Supreme Court and won five. It was the start of her journey based on the belief that you can fight to make a difference in people's lives. In 1993 Justice Ginsberg was sworn in as an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court.
We stand in awe of her incredible achievements and wonder how we would be situated today without her tenacity and hard work?
Justice Ruth Bader Ginsberg photographed in 1972 by Librado Romero, The New York Times/Redux
"Women will have achieved true equality when men share with them the responsibility of bringing up the next generation."
Justice Ginsberg showing her collection of collars photographed by Jonathan Ernst, Reuters
"As women achieve power, the barriers will fall. As society sees what women can do, as women see what women can do, there will be more women out there doing things, and we'll all be better off for it."
In a perfect example of how clothing and fashion can make political statements, we love Justice Ginsberg's symbolism through her majestic collars and gloves. Read a great article by Vanessa Friedman from the New York Times here on her much admired fashion statements.
Watch the interesting and informative documentary on Ruth Bader Ginsberg called RBG directed by Judy Cohen and Betsy West currently screening on ABC iView here.
"I would like to be remembered as someone who used whatever talent she had to do her work to the very best of her ability. And to help repair tears in her society, to make things a little better through the use of whatever ability she has."
(Main photo: Ruth Bader Ginsberg photographed by Sebastian Kim for TIME)
Stay well, from all of us at Arnsdorf X