Happy Australia Day!

Posted by Helen Lee at 9:49 am January 26th, 2009 | 0 comments

Australia was officially founded 221 years ago today was when the First Fleet arrives at Sydney Cove and claimed Australian as a British colony. So I hope all my Aussie readers are spending Australia Day out in the summer sun and doing some “true blue” Aussie things ;)

For all my international visitors, check out some of my favourite Australian designers and beauty brands below:

Australian fashion designers

• Jayson Brunsdon
• Gywndolynne Burkin (especially paired with Richard Nylon headpieces)
• Karen Walker (well she’s really a New Zealander, but I love her designers anyway)
• Martin Grant
• Mimco
• Nicola Finetti
• Sass & Bide
• Scanlan & Theodore
• Tina Kalivas
• Toni Maticevski
• Willow

Australian beauty brands

• Aesop
• Becca
• Bloom
• Gorgeous Cosmetics
• ModelCo
• MOR Cosmetics
• Trilogy (like Karen Walker, they’re really New Zealanders, but I love them anyway)