Australian "cloth colourist, costumier and r(eco)fashion designer" India Flint has a truly unique attitude to clothing.
Currently living on a property in the Mount Lofty Ranges in South Australia, Melbourne-born "botanical alchemist" Flint, uses natural plant materials to dye fabics.
The result is the inimitable "ecoprint" (discovered by Flint in 1999) - where the distinctive fingerprint of nature is delicately transferred to wearable materials.
And, for each garment that is created and sold by Flint, a tree is planted in its absence, thus continuing a sense of "ecological balance".
Her book "Eco Colour: Environmentally Sustainable Dyes" was released in March 2008 and can be found at all good bookstores.
www.indiaflint.com

If the tired 'The' [insert band name here] titles get you down, sidestep this one just for a minute. Ed Knowles, lead singer of Kiwi band The Checks, snatched everyone's attention at Oxford Art Factory a couple of Wednesday's ago when the band opened with 'What you heard' (starting the set with a ripper of a scream).  Knowles and crew were energy incarnate and, refreshingly unafraid to pull out some Jagger-like jives.
Myspace this, myspace that - just check out a gig and you'll know what I mean.

If you thought Gordon Ramsay's kitchen was hot, check out the collaborative effort of designer Phillippe di Méo et al, soon to be displayed at Paris' L'Elaireur. These guys managed to turn seemingly innocuous kitchen objects such as bottle stoppers into dangerously phallic-like implements that are more suited to the bedroom than to the kitchen. And if the designs themselves weren't enough, each object has a specifically crafted recipe which aimed to mimic it in 'thought and in deed' (says wallpaper.com).
Don't miss: The body brush with warm chocolate sauce infused with aphrodisiac herbs. Each item will be accompanied by its recipe and short film counterpart at the exhibition when it's served up in July.

The seventh 'Designers for Target' collection hit Australian stores today. It's creator: relative newbie Zac Posen.  Since his ready-to-wear debut in 2002, Posen has been seen on celebrities from Rihanna to Helen Mirren, but today, us 'normal' kids can joyously embrace the chance to own a piece of his beautifully tailored, alluringly coloured and cleverly embellished collection. 

A recent trip to the City of Lights saw the discovery of a store that should replace Le Tour Eiffel on international key rings as the symbol of old Pair-reeee. Colette, a multi-level store on bustling rue St Honoré, (stylishly up the road from the Louvre) was unmissable with its snow white Fiat Cinque-cento wedding window display and downstairs water bar. A jaw dropping layer cake of Prada draped free standing mannequins, modern art displays and irresistibly kitsch objects (including my purchase of Hemingway, Kafka and Tolstoy mini editions that fit into cigarette packets - tres cool). So impressive was this store, that on ascension to the third level, my fashion designer friend appropriately gasped, "This is the chic-est shit ever". Keep a eye out for the two blue circles.