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Happy November
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The original Skinny laMinx
I’m so sad to have to tell you that the original Skinny laMinx – our little Siamese cat Monkey – died a week ago, just 6 days after she turned 18. Although Paul and I are so sad, and we miss our furry little friend more than we can say, every time we talk about her, …
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PICHULIK x Skinny laMinx
We’re excited to announce a textile collaboration with fashion and jewellery brand Pichulik, and are looking forward to sharing the abundance with you! Come and celebrate the launch of PLENTY, the Pichulik Spring Summer 2020 collection, at the Skinny laMinx shop on Saturday 26 October from 12-2pm. There will be aperitifs, garments and jewellery from …
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PLENTY behind the scenes
Last week, we posted about the behind-the-scenes collaboration conversation between Kat Pichulik and us as we figured out how to come up with a fabric design for the Pichulik SS20 range. We’re almost ready for the big reveal on 26 October, but here’s what the studio working board is looking like right now! See the …
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Plant more trees
These days, I’m much more aware that flying somewhere is adding to the climate problem, but things are currently set up so that flying is often hard to avoid. So although not flying at all is the best policy, for now, it’s going to have to be a mitigated choice, where the carbon miles generated …
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Making Friday: From the studio walls
As you know, my Making Friday studio practice is all about making, making, making, with no real plan or expectation or need in mind. I find it so important to simply generate work that’s liberated from all the necessary work restrictions of cost and production possibility etc that product development requires. Here’s some of the …
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How to style your Scarf: Headwrap Tutorial
Our stockroom manager Nobuzwe is one stylish lady and can rock a headwrap in all kinds of ways. Here she shares one of her favourits styles with us in a nifty headwrap tutorial, using our Matchsticks blockprint scarf. Find our Matchsticks & Sun & Moon Scarves online & in the Skinny laMinx store at 201 …
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Pets on Pillows
We asked a bunch of snooze experts about their favourite Skinny laMinx pillow, and the score was unanimous: Everydoggy (and kitty) gave it a solid ZZZ! These are just the ordinary ol’ pillows though. Imagine how many ZZZ’s we’d get if we made a proper Skinny dog bed. Oh, wait. We did! What’s the score on this …
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Solar Power to the People!
We closed our shop on Friday 20 September as we stood with #fridaysforfuture climate activists around the world, raising our voices to governments and big business so that they wake up to the reality of the climate emergency. Experiencing anxiety about all things climate related? We can relate, but can attest to the fact that …
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