Summer 2011/12 was inspired by a very good friend of mine, Olivia or Liv as friends call her. Liv is one of those people with whom you atomically feel comfortable with. She is her own person, independent and creative with a heart of gold. I met Olivia when I was in Fashion school. At that time she was studying fine arts. What connected us was skateboarding, yes, skateboarding. We were both skaters with our own boards and crew.

Over time Olivia pursued her love of travel, nature and healing while I continued on in the fashion world. We never lost touch and although our interests are vastly different we hold the same life principle, "do onto others as you'd have them do on to you", basically be nice to people around you. 

When Liv moved up to cairns in 2010 she invited me to come and visit. I had never experienced living on the land and in such beauty. It would have been very difficult not to have been inspired. She lived in a 2 bedroom wall less house  surrounded by her garden. To wake up in the mornings we swam in a near by river, collected vegetables from her garden and took long hot baths under the starts. For entertainment she sang songs. Magic.

There are a few key elements to Olivias style and dress sense. Anyone who knows her will know that she loves leopard print, lace and neutral colours. I used all those features but also added the bright colours of the tropical north queensland. The yellow for the sun, the blue for the water, the orange for the flowers and green for the rainforest. 

It gave me great please to design this collection and I am very happy to have started my online business with such positive collection. Thank you Liv for inspiring me,

Love M xx