Nancybird

Autumn Winter coming soon!

admin — Thu, 02 Feb 2012 09:09:22 +0000

We’re a little excited here, our Autumn Winter range is not far away!

Expect to start seeing the range in stores in about two weeks time. To give you an idea of what’s coming up, we will be previewing the range from early next week!

Check out the gallery section for a small selection of our favourites…

We hope you enjoy looking through the range, we’d love to hear your feedback on facebook!

The great big nancybird blogging giveaway of 2012

admin — Thu, 19 Jan 2012 07:59:28 +0000

We’ve been cooking up a family sized giveaway here at nancybird…

Would you like to win up to $800 worth of your dream nancybird booty?

We want you to put together your dream outfit – including your fav nancybird things of course – but also how you’d wear it – with shoes, clothes, jewellrey etc. It could look like a magazine spread, it could be an illustration, it could be a collage, or just a series of fav images. You could have a theme like “beach day” or “me in vancouver” or whatever takes your fancy…

You can lift any images from the nancybird website – mess around with them any way you like – and we’d love to see how you incorporate them with other favourite local or international things!

And the best bit, you could win all the nancybird things that you feature, up to the value of $800!

You just need to post your entry on your blog, and post a link to our facebook page. If you don’t have a blog, you can send us your entry via our facebook page.

And as a little sweetener, every entry will get an individual code giving you 10% any nancybird purchase (from the nancybird website only). Just email us the link to your entry!

Entries close on the 6th Feb, and we’ll choose the winner on the 8th Feb.

*We can only give away items we have in stock! So please either choose from stock available, or we will chat with you about a substitute in another colour or style if you’re the winner!

Hello 2012!

admin — Mon, 16 Jan 2012 01:20:23 +0000

Things are now running back at 100% here at nancybird HQ… We had a lovely first week back last week, just solid designing and planning, which we really needed – sometimes tricky to fit in when there’s lots going on in the studio!

I’m excited about this year!

We have a new team member, Sarah, who is working with me on lots of new designs – so lovely to have a new perspective on the range and a fresh pair of design eyes! I hope that you see an evolving of the nancybird aesthetic over the coming seasons, still very much “us”, with some new surprises to come.

We’re expecting the new Autumn Winter range to arrive in the next four weeks, and we’ll be showing you some peaks of the range between now and then! Like the new Ziggy Clutch:

It’s a colourful leather and fabric clutch in three colourways… This is the Orange.

More to come!

Enjoy the weather (in Melbourne at least – the sun is finally out! Unusual recently, but great!)

xx Emily

Happy Holidays!

admin — Thu, 22 Dec 2011 23:25:34 +0000

Just a quick little note to say a big THANK YOU for being interested in and supporting our label.

We’re off to rest and read books and camp and visit sisters in Katherine and hang out with the kids and try to find the Woollemi Pine.

We’re back on the 10th January!

Wishing you and all your loved ones a happy restful break.

xx Emily and the gang

Can’t resist sharing…

admin — Sun, 18 Dec 2011 23:31:33 +0000

Can’t resist showing you a little of next season’s collection… I’m terrible at keeping secrets! Available in stores Feburary, yeehar!

Sneak peak…

admin — Mon, 12 Dec 2011 06:45:24 +0000

Just thought I’d share a little pic of the shoot we did a little while back… It’s on of my most favourite things to do, hanging out at Tony’s studio styling the pics for the new season, placing a strap exactly so, moving a vase over a little, getting the folds right on the scarf and WHAM! It all falls into place. Love it. Anyway, these are a couple of the new things for next season – CUSHIONS! A BIG SCARF! And plently of other new things, can’t wait to show you.

Belki Chair

admin — Mon, 05 Dec 2011 23:04:34 +0000

There’s a super ace store in North Carlton called Belki.
I used to live around the corner, and when I was starting to make things on my sewing machine in the corner of my bedroom (circa 2001 or 2002, roundabouts), I brought them into Belki to see if they’d like to sell them. I still remember my fear!
Oh my gosh those first few stores that I approached have been etched into my memory.
Even though I had some crazy designs – prints of VFL football players, ripped frills hanging off the bags, etc etc, Tania from Belki kindly said that she really liked the colours I used but the footballers weren’t going to work for her… So I went away, thought about it and came up with a little range that she did end up selling at Belki.
They’ve been selling nancybird ever since, and we’ve been so lucky to have a store like this support us the whole way along.
Therefore I have always very much respected Tania’s opinion and her eye.
So ANYWAY, in a roundabout way I wanted to show you the chair Tania has just reupholstered for her kids… It’s in a Nancybird print, which is exciting, and I think it looks super cute!

I hope Tania’s little ones (or not so little now) enjoy the print with its fishing boats and nets and the fish swimming happily below.

Emily’s Christmas Picks

admin — Sun, 04 Dec 2011 05:29:17 +0000

If you are like me, and have been known to be buying all my Christmas presents on the 24th of December at closing time, this post might still be a bit early for you.
But for the rest of you that are totally onto it and are already thinking about that perfect present for partners, friends, sisters, I’ve got some suggestions for you.
They are my picks of the latest range – either things that have been super popular or my personal favourites.

I’ve even tried to think of personality types and budgets – I’m working for you, people…

Here goes:

Nougat West Bag – $450

This bag is seriously great. Jackie from Flourish in Hyde Park, Adelaide, was rocking this bag when she visited us in Melbs recently. Slouchy, great colours, love the print on the front. You could use it as an overnight bag, but I think it’s perfect as an every day bag.

As an add on, the Painting Thin Scarf would look PERFECT tied onto the bag or worn at the same time… It’s $39, and 100% silk.

Nice, huh. So these would work together or individually.

Another cute coupling are these two items. They’re for people that usually were mostly muted, simple colours and shapes and aren’t massive on crazy prints.
The Black Scarf Bag has been our most popular bag so YOU CAN’T GO WRONG. I promise.
It’s $240. And you can wear it 3 ways.

So this bag would sit really nicely with the Ink Long Scarf. It’s 100% silk and looks great on. $95. We have a hunch it’ll be on Offspring next season, and I’ve been wearing it on those chilly spring nights out as an alternative to a heavier winter scarf…

Then there’s the Water Canvas Tote, which is my pick of our bags to take to the beach. It has a leather strap, a big pocket with lovely mottled blues, and a heavy canvas body, with inside zip pockets. Perfect for beach holidays! And only $139! She’ll love it!

For crafty types, we have some fabrics… Handprinted in Melbourne by the lovely Ink and Spindle ladies, in exclusive nancybird designs and colours… This one is $18 per 25 cm length. Perfecto for summer craft projects – cushions, re-upholstering that old chair, quilts…

And finally for the man in your life, my pick is this bag. It’s not too huge, a really good every day bag size. It’s got great lining, a wide adjustable strap, and you know, all those things that men seem to need. It’s $330, and in Italian leather of course!

Hope this has helped! Of course there’s a miliion other options! Email us if you need any other suggestions, we’d always be happy to suggest something.

And there’s always our Gift Voucher option too!

Happy Christmas!
xxx Emily

Nancybird in The Age

admin — Wed, 02 Nov 2011 05:44:19 +0000

We were a little bit excited to see a great article on Nancybird in The Age last weekend!

Have a little read:

Nice, huh!

Design Assistant at Nancybird

admin — Tue, 25 Oct 2011 03:03:57 +0000

Nancybird is looking for a design assistant!

The role would require the following:

Excellent proficiency in Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign and Excel
Prior experience working within the fashion or design industries
Textile design skills
Product design skills
Strong interest fashion, design, art and the natural world

The position requires a highly organised person that can work to strict deadlines. The role will involve (but not be restricted to) liaising with local and offshore manufacturers, coordination of production schedule, designing new textile prints and products.

This role is 2-3 days per week.

Please forward through folio and CV to emily@nancybird.com before 11^th November.