I just did a very quick sketch of a pocket square layout. A capsule wardrobe in your pocket 😁. I also did a couple of quick paintings with @Christine Vabre this morning in her watercolour group just to get into the creative groove. Now to go clean my office. Share what you are working on.

Wow what a crazy busy school holiday period. Auckland, Queenstown, Texas Qld, Gold Coast and of course back home in Brisbane. I will be live again each week to hand sew pockets squares/bandanas/scarves with you. Chatting live with you which I just love. 👋 See you soon.

Hi everyone, The 1st of July seemed like a great time to change the pricing structure of this group. I have done this for one reason: I want more people to make gifts for the men they love! So how does introducing paid tiers do that you may ask? 1. Skool are giving priority to promoting communities with paid tiers and I want to take advantage of that. This way we may see more beautiful people like you creating thoughtful gifts for the special men in their life. 2. It gives you another option to get access to the amazing workshops created by talented guest artisans that you otherwise only get access to free for a week or you pay $29 for...until now. FREE - nothing changes from what has already been happening PREMIUM - $24/MTH you get access to all workshops for as long as you are a member VIP - $144/YR = 50% off Premium or $12/mth unlimited access to all current and future workshops for as long as you are a member.

Yesterday I was at the Texas Art Gallery - a tiny community run gallery, where I grew up. This was a display of the most exquisite little dresses with beautiful embroidery and smocking and handmade lace from the 1930s to the 50s. Jane Henry, the curator, was perplexed as to how to display these garments so went across to the newsagent, bought a roll of brown paper, stuck it to the wall and then hung the dresses. What started to happen was people writing little notes with pencil next to the dresses. An expression of appreciation and awe.

Ken Sakata gives an excellent historical summary as to why. Ken is a fashion designer from Australia now living in Japan. His brand is Front Office and gives incredible thought into each season’s designs as you will see. Enjoy.