Showing posts with label melbourne. Show all posts
Showing posts with label melbourne. Show all posts

Wednesday, May 18, 2011

Penelope Red now available in Design-A-Space, Melbourne


A HUGE announcement to make! My Penelope Red designs are now available to buy in Melbourne!!!

They are stocked in the indie designer boutique, Design-A-Space, on Chapel Street, Windsor.




As you can see, there is lots of colour in my display- I wouldn't have it any other way!


And I think the big Penelope Red sign at the bottom, and the smaller one at the top finishes it nicely!

Some of the designs stocked in Design-A-Space, Chapel Street shop include:



The Black and Gold Judith Dress, The Liberty Flowers Wool Bolero, The Black Rose Red Jersey Knit Dress...


The Brown, Cream, Orange and Yellow Wool Pallas Athene Jacket, the Emilie Asymmetrical Blouse, the Ornage Sphinx Blouse....


The Black Rose Jade Dress, The Oriental Red Cherry Bolero, and the Silk Road Winter Dress.

More designs are in stock in the Melbourne shop, and as they are sold, other designs will be added to the shop.



My Emerald Green and White Winter Coat came in handy in the afternoon. The photos above and below were taken on my way to the museum to see the King Tutankhamen exhibition. I was walking through this park, and the autumn leaves against the bright green grass were calling out to me, saying "photo moment!"

Through out the day, three people asked, "where did you get that coat from?"- so business cards were given out, and I told them a little about what I do.

I started to want to sell because every time I went out, people would ask about my designs, and ask that exact question (because even when I wasn't designing full time, I would still wear my own designs).




Above, I am standing inside the Design-A-Space shop, next to my designs. I am wearing one of my tailored winter dresses, which is a similar style to one of the dresses in stock at the shop.


New Penelope Red swing tags for each and every design!


Outside the shop, on Chapel Street.


Bag packed and ready to head down to Melbourne- my big Penelope Red sign makes it look so much more professional- don't you think?!

Now I hope Melbourne likes what I have decided to show off to them!

Friday, March 18, 2011

My Melbourne Adventure



My husband gave me a trip to Melbourne for my birthday! We arrived in Melbourne bright and early on Friday, and headed straight to the cafe's for breakfast.

The above photo is of me in our hotel room- we stayed at the Windsor Hotel- a very old fashioned hotel (which I love)!




We had dinner on Friday night in St.Kilda, in a great restaurant named, Rococco. I would recommend ordering the dips and bread- freshly baked foccacia bread- I almost ate the whole thing!

I wore my Paris Bow Dress to dinner.




I had always wanted to do a French Cooking Course, so my hubbie booked one for me to take while I was in Melbourne! Some of the recipes I learnt...



short crust pastry, made into a Leek and Onion Tart...




and a beautiful chocolate souffle! We tried many more recipes, including a Coq au Vin, which I happened to cook last night for dinner!

I had a lovely time in Melbourne shopping and eating!

Thursday, November 26, 2009

Melbourne and Bottega Restaurant

Recently, my sister and I had a girls weekend away in Melbourne. Her husband organised it (isn't he sweet), and I was only too happy to oblige!

We stayed in the city centre, at a very lovely hotel, The Hotel Windsor. A very old-fashioned, elegant hotel. The service was fantastic, and I loved the room! The walk-in wardrobe was almost the size of my sewing-room!


Unfortunately the weather was bad for most of the time we were there, so we didn't get the chance to venture out of the CBD and visit Chapel Street, etc, but the CBD has some lovely alley ways and old-fashioned shopping malls.


We had dinner at "Bottega"- a modern Italian restaurant. I love Italian food! When we arrived, the restaurant was completely booked (lucky our friendly concierge at the Hotel Windsor was happy to book us a table!)- always a good sign that the restaurant is good...

I wasn't disappointed either. We both had the Suckling Rutherglan Lamb, sage, sweetbread and eggplant caponata. Divine!

While the service was a bit slow, I would still recommend this restaurant to those who enjoy a hearty meal, with a touch of refinement. Just only go there when you are not in a hurry!


As we walked around the city, there were so many Churches. There are probably others that are prettier, but this one caught my eye...