Linda Farrow Sunglasses AW17/18 |
July 10th, 2017 |
It was back in the 1970’s that Linda Farrow established her eponymous eyewear range. With a background in fashion design, it was natural for Farrow to see sunglasses as a fashionable and covetable item and become a forerunner in collaborating with designers to showcase them as such.
The brand was relaunched in 2003 under the helm of Farrow’s son Simon, whose renewed interest in his mother’s eyewear occurred when he came across a vast array of vintage sunglasses in the family’s warehouse.
The AW17/18 Linda Farrow collection new in store at Poepke features cats eyes, aviators and Iris Apfel-style frames in tortoiseshell, rose gold and black. To see our selection, come in and try some on with us, or browse online here.
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July 3rd, 2017 |
Y’s by Yohji Yamamoto Pre-Fall 2017 |
June 26th, 2017 |
Y’s by Yohji Yamamoto new pre-fall collection for 2017 has arrived at Poepke, with strong splashes of colour alongside his usual sculptural basics of black, white and navy.
One of the new prints features Jackson Pollock style drip painting reminiscent of origami cranes.
A signature piece from the collection is the quilted house coat made of patchwork pieces of printed pyjamas in fleur-de-lis and paisley. Sourced from French and German pyjamas form the 1960’s and 1970’s they are a soft blend of cotton and viscose that are perfect for reclining in the winter sun.
Haider Ackermann – ‘Paradise Birds on Acid’ SS17 |
May 25th, 2017 |
Growing up, designer Haider Ackermann was constantly on the move. His father was a cartographer and would bundle up the family and take them on journeys to locales such as Algeria, Chad and Ethiopia, before Ackermann settled down in the Netherlands to attend high school.
Hints of these travels can be detected in his clothes; the dramatic drape of a silk robe, or the concertina of a sleeve. But the notion of movement is what Ackerman finds most seductive, his garments simultaneously revealing and concealing the wearer’s skin. It is this movement of women that haunts him most:
“You know, when you’re walking down the middle of this very, very narrow street, and a woman passes you like a ghost? It’s like you see those white veils, but then suddenly you will hear all the sounds – the fabric brushing, the clink of jewellery – and it’s just so mysterious. I think that’s what attracted me when I was so young – that idea of these women who were passing by all the time. You didn’t know what would happen. Like sometimes you would see some detail or discover a flash of skin of the knees. It’s quite beautiful and very, very sensual at the same time.”
– Interview Magazine, 2011
Describing the collection as ‘Paradise Birds on Acid’ and featuring fluttering ribbons and couture details, Poepke is proud to have garments from Haider Ackermann’s SS2017 collection, in store now.
Text:@shanachandra
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May 22nd, 2017 |
Like a schoolgirl refusing to come in from the playground when the bell rings, Rei Kawakubo the designer and founder of Comme des Garçons, has an aversion to the boundaries people like to confine her to. Whether it is designing clothes akin to sculptures that evade the silhouette of a woman’s body or shunning words that seek to bind her and her work to meaning, Kawakubo is a renegade to the definitive. “The meaning is that there is no meaning”, she says of her work.
150 of her designs are currently being celebrated by the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York, the first for a living designer since 1983. In following her command, no text appears on the walls of the exhibition. Instead the garments are organised under neither here nor there ‘expressions’ that embody Kawakubo’s reverence for spaces in between. Design/Not Design, Fashion/Anti-Fashion and Self/Other are a few examples.
Despite her wish to refrain from themes from her work, our favourite is that which staff writer of the New Yorker, Judith Thurman evokes in her article on Kawakubo entitled “The Misfit”. Capturing the CDG girl perfectly, it also captures the spirit of Rei herself:“Her clothes suggest a kinship with a long line of fictional holy terrors: Pippi Longstocking, Cathy Earnshaw, Claudine – motherless tomboys who refused to master drawing-room manners and who, when forced into a dress, hiked up their petticoats and climbed a tree”
Poepke is pleased to have Rei’s labels Comme des Garçons Girl, Comme des Garçons x dr martens and Comme des Garçons x Spalwart in store.
Text:@shanachandra
Tags: Comme Des Garcons | Comments (0)Pre Spring Summer 2017 Collections Now On Sale! |
May 18th, 2017 |
Pre Spring Summer 2017 Collections are now 30% off online & in store!
Stella Jean, Haider Ackermann, Lemaire, Issey Miyake, Y’s by Yohji Yamamoto, Maryam Nassir Zadeh & Joao Vaz.
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Dries |
May 12th, 2017 |
Screening at this year’s Sydney Film Festival is an intimate portrait of Dries Van Noten as seen through the lens of documentary filmmaker, Reiner Holzemer.
In a world of trends and globalisation, Dries has retained his independence working with his long-term partner in life and business, Patrick Vangheluwe, for almost 30 years. Notoriously private, Dries opened his elegant home to director Holzemer’s camera. The film also takes in extravagant fashion shows, visits to his dedicated embroiderers and the studio where embellished silks and fabrics of every hue are displayed. Dries’s creative process and distinctive approach to fabrics and prints is lovingly detailed in this intimate documentary.
For ticketing information and session times, check the Sydney Film Festival site.
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May 9th, 2017 |
The origins of the word kowtow comes from China. Here the act of kowtowing is considered the highest form of reverence where one kneels and bows so low, their head touches the ground. A fitting name for a clothing line whose aim is to respect not only the earth their organic cotton comes from, but each of the hands that touch its garments.
Kowtow’s origins began in Wellington, where designer and founder Gosia Piatek grew up after fleeing Poland with her parents at the age of five. Despite having no background in fashion, after graduating from University, Piatek was in search to do something meaningful. When a friend suggested founding a Fair Trade organic cotton business, she took the idea and ran with it.
Piatek and her team work solely with organic cotton to create apparel from the seed to the garment. The transparency of this journey allows their customer insight into the origins of their clothing item. To do this they work exclusively with a farm and factory in Calcutta, where fair wages are a must and ethical work standards and balanced hours for their employees means working a season ahead of most other labels.
The quality of Kowtow’s fabrics and their eye for details – each button and trim is sourced and produced ethically, both environmentally and socially – has garnered Kowtow a cult following of women around of the globe. The label now has retailers in New York, London, Paris, Copenhagen and Tokyo and is celebrating ten years in the business.
Poepke is proud to have this considered label adorn their hangers.
Text: @shanachandra
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April 27th, 2017 |
Latest delivery of new season Y-3 has arrived!
Come visit us at Poepke to see the exciting range of sneakers, bags and clothing.
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April 21st, 2017 |
Just in time for another lazy long weekend the Maison Balzac new season’s homewares and candles have arrived.
Delicate handmade drinking glasses in tinted pyrex now come in two sizes and four colours; rose, greenery, smoke and teal blue.
The new carafe and drinking glass set “J’ai Soif” (translates to “I’m thirsty”) was inspired by a traditional French bedside table set for night time hydration.
Plus all your favourite scented candles have been restocked along with the extra long candles. Just add wine, water, bath salts.
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Lemaire Spring Summer 2017 |
April 20th, 2017 |
This week our second delivery of Lemaire has arrived and it is even more beautiful than anticipated.
The Spring Summer 2017 collection blends Lemaire signature style crisp cottons with feminine pleating, ruching and smocking All over prints sit next to cream, tobacco and deep indigo hues. The cropped wide leg sailor pants, fine striped cotton shirting and the amazing red pleated dress are just a few of our favourites.
Comme des Garçons x Dr. Martens |
April 13th, 2017 |
Poepke is excited to announce the arrival of the capsule collection between Commes Des Garçons and Dr. Martens. The line consists of Dr Martens classics with a Commes Des Garçons twist.
Dries Van Noten Silent Archive |
March 16th, 2017 |
Each day, for the next 100 days, one video of a past Dries Van Noten fashion show will be posted in random order, in the ‘Silent Archive’ section of the Dries Van Noten website.
Here is the link!
http://www.driesvannoten.com/silentarchive/
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February 6th, 2017 |
Gathered cottons, jerseys and tulle detailing from Simone Rocha’s new collection.
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February 6th, 2017 |
Issey Miyake’s latest pleats and perfection have arrived in store.
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