Error of Excess

Do you guys know we're having a party? It's in AUCKLAND and it's to celebrate the release of Issue Nine - The End of The Suburban Dream! Anyway it's three Saturday's away, so I still have plenty of time to decide on my outfit... Theme: The Error of Excess...

Cutest campaign ever!

Do you remember how all the cool kids at school had Petit Miam yoghurt's? Do you remember how yummy they were and how you'd sulk and scream if your parents didn't by them? No? Well by god I certainly do. Advertisers take note : Food + Super Cute Kid w a European flair = BEST CAMPAIGN EVER.

Petit Miam, at 21, I still heart you! xxxx

Speaking of COCO...

This Friday COCO SOLID will play MUM at Cassette #9, along with Sydney MUM DJ's aka - the real DJ deal! Oh I really ought to stop paying attention to events happening in Auckland as I'm starting to get SUPER JEALOUS. Maybe Wellington needs one of these??? HMMM.
In the meantime, there's always grab a seat.

$10 from 9pm and $4 drinks till 11! Sweet!

lovelovelorelei

I think the reason I love Lorelei so much is that the brand reminds me why fashion CAN have so much integrity. Lorene Harris used to own a shop called Dandelion and although she was an able multi tasker - trying to juggle a store, her own clothing line and coming up with new designs, proved a bit much.

'My brand has been around for ten years now' she tells me 'but not having the shop is allowing me soo much time to actually produce more clothing.Making clothes can remain my focus rather than the everyday workings of owning a shop.'

And by god has this free time proved fruitful. Producing more and more pieces, her brand is growing and so too is her reach. However perhaps the most interesting and admirable aspect of Lorelei is the fact that each piece is hand made in only the most favourable of vintage and new fabrics.

'Great fabrics is what drives me' she explains, ''and I'm always keeping an eye out for new and interesting designs.'

'I feel strongly about ethical standards and in a way, making all of my own clothes is about taking a stance against mass marketing. I only ever make a few sizes and I think that retains some of the originality and uniqueness of the garments.' Well Lorene, I do too!
Available at MFP xxx

SLAP CHOP

My friend Brian showed me this. He's a rapper, so I trust his musical opinion...

Creative Consumption

Artists 'Pip' and 'Pop' transform everyday objects and turn them into works of art. (This is Pip and that is Pop)

This weekend in Sydney their new show 'Under the Crystal Sky' will open..and from the image below, you can tell it's going to be sweeet! The exhibition celebrates our culture of excessive consumption, and 'encourages the consumer to welcome the event with delight!' Whether this concept intrigues you, or you simply have a hankering for sugar, pop along to the 'The Japan Foundation' to check it out. It looks excessively exciting!!!
Under the Crystal Sky will open 15 May – 3 June 2009

Wellington's most anticipated fancy new band....

It's Monday..and my hangover is just started to cease, but none the less I'm still looking forward to the weekend! This Saturday The Kitchen Sink is hosting an 'Ultimate Reality' Party at Mighty Mighty! Featuring Mr. Hayday, Diana Rozz and Gold Medal Famous...it's going to be sweet exciting!
Why? It's an ULTIMATE REALITY party duuhhh, but ALSO...it's the highly anticipated 'Diana Rozz's' first ever show!

You may recognize these three faces ( all are former Holiday with Friends members) ...and rumour has it this three piece is set to stifle complaints Wellingtown may be lacking in any 'decent bands.' ( You musn't go out enough!) Anyway...I'm excited, it's going to be great...and let's be honest, who doesn't want to see more of these girls??

Oh and DR are set to play at the Fluro Issue Nine Release Party early June. More information leaked soon!!

To dress up, or not dress up...that is the question!

According to the bible ( or as some of you may know it, wikipedia) 'Dress Up is a game engaged in mainly by children...it helps strengthen their imagination and often resembles who they'd like to be.'
The act of dressing up surely is a puzzling one and the fact that it's such an ingrained cultural past time has me scratching my head even more...
Are we trying to re-live our childhood through doing this? Does it 'spice' up the mundane regularity of partying with old friends? Or does it...like wikipedia suggests, ignite our creativity and feed our tired imagination? I really can't decide.
Putting on a fancy dress sure gets me in the mood to dance, and putting on an outrageous hat does provoke a certain flair and cheek, but having to turn up with everyone else dressed as an 'animal', a 'zombie' or a 'superhero' really does little to excite me.
However I'm wary of parading around this view. ‘Loosen up a little', 'get amongst it' and 'put on this batman cape' you'll tell me, but truth is, these days at least, I'm just not that into it.
Maybe I've been to too many parties where everyone stands around looking at their 'effort,' perhaps I've always made to much of one ... or maybe I'm just a bit of a prude who doesn't like getting out of their ' zone.' Who knows?
To dress up, or not dress up.... I'm totally and utterly confused.

It's fashion week in Syndey, Darling!

The ambition of any designer is to 'break new boundaries' and 'shock and excite the audience .' This week is Sydney Fashion week and by the end of it I'm sure there's going to be a hell of a lot of stories to tell. One clip which so far has intrigued me is that of iconic Melbourne label Dizingof. For the introduction he used interpretative dancers and as you will see below....the result is certainly eye catching!!!!

Follow more FW news HERE

Our second BLOG Free Bee!!!!

Miss Madame Fancy Pants is giving one lucky FLURO viewer a beautiful MFP necklace!!!
This baby is uni sex so boys and girls get creative and tell us what fictitious animal you would want to be and why?!
Why? Because the new animal inspired "DEADLY PONIES PRECIOUS RANGE" has dropped in store today! YAY! I know there's a cult following out there desperate to get their hands on these babies...So jump online, or get yourself into MFP to pick up your PRECIOUS now. Good luck! Decisions will be made BY WEDNESDAY

xoxox

Self Aware Scenesters? Rap Music? Crack?

Yikes!

'Is it ironic or are they serious?' 'Is it sugar, or are they handing out crack?' 'Who's Big Dwayne?' 'Did they really just say - i like cheese when it comes from a goat!?' 'What is a CrackHouse?' 'Who has rap authority?' 'What's a Tommy Ill?'

Yes Wellington is a buzz with confusion, and the answer is...well no body knows.
Tonight at Mighty.

Now that's just crazy

The response to issue 8 'Creative Destruction' has been rad......(Thanks again to BFM for the seven minute review....what was it? 4.9999/5!!! ) We're happy with that!
The pick up rate has been INSANE.... and I know that this issue has been gobbled up fast. If you're keen to get your mittens on one still check out http://www.fluromag.com/for our list of stockists (hopefully they have some left!)...or remember you can download FLURO too!!!
Big thanks to everyone who offers us their support (love, hugs and sometimes their coffee) As we're FREE we quiet literally couldn't exist without you!!!!
Issue Nine is out JUNE....and it's shaping up to be a DREAM!(quiet literally te he)
Keep posted for more news
Love from us here in the office

xxxxxx

Thank goodness for the weekend!

I know it's been a shorter week what with Easter and all that, but seriously, thank goodness it's Friday! Maybe it's because i gave myself a cold from partying too much last week, maybe it's because I'm in need of an excuse to drink or maybe it's because.....it's winter and I'm bored/cold/hibernating already...
Anyway come to SO HOMO tonight! It will be fun/crazy/good times. YES!

Bed time stories

So much of my youth was spend with gf's gossiping. It began with revealing our crushes in primary, our 'new' discoveries in high school and our oddities at University.
From innocence and ignorance i grew... until it seems I've heard everything and nothing is new. Until today.... Enter: a gf who took a boy home over Easter who possessed the asset below.

Buddy Three is a crowd. WTF.

BEEF TACO

A solo exhibition by Imogen Taylor and Final Liberty Gallery show in Auckland!

Preview on Thursday 16th of April at 5pm @ 448 K' rd

Liberty Gallery will remain online here....

'Spicing up your movie diet'

This is the ambition of the world cinema showcase which is now on in Auckland ( The Academy ), Wellington ( Paramount), Dunedin ( Regent ) and Christchurch ( Rial).
Last night I was taken to see The Class.... This film was AMAZING.
It tells the story of a French teacher, François Bégaudeau, who, in 2006, published a book describing a year in a Paris Public School. He plays himself ....and the featured students are 'real' also.In terms of acting and performance, The Class is truthful, compelling and utterly intense. Despite sitting 2 hours, the movie flew by.
The Class explores the day to day difficulties of urban multi-ethnic eduction in France.
We follow Francois, a well meaning and passionate teacher, who attempts to re-ignite, or simply ignite, a desire to learn amongst the students. Like any class there are those who succeed, but as is often ignored, these students are held back by the hustle and bustle of everyday class room politics.
Kids talk back, gossip, refuse to learn and for Francois, teaching becomes more of a disciplinary play pen than it does an exercise in learning and creativity. In a sad series of events the film exposes the failure of the education system to encourage those who are finding life tough as it is.

The Class questions the education system, the role of parents vs. teachers and the place for commentary on the way we teach as a whole. When surviving the year is hard enough, how open are educators to reforms and 'positive encouragement' when it seems the only way to send a message is by sending kids home?
It's a relief ( and source of inspiration) to know that people are not only producing films like this, but that their being well received too.Film is such a powerful medium and all too often ( in my opinion) this quality is lost in the repetitive and tired formats re-produced in Hollywood.
Go and support the World Cinema Showcase....
I implore you!!!!!

i like

I think there's something rather rad about Smash Proof's new video 'It's Friday.' I can't put my finger on it. The lyrics aren't original and I'm not obsessed with South Auckland Hip Hop.... but it's kind of catchy... the video's well done..and my friend Lucy did the styling which is rather pretty too....



.....or maybe I just like a bit of bump and grind. Whatever the reason, I'm backing it.

it's all a bit eco friendly up here

I'm visiting my mother... and today as I entered her home I noticed stacks upon stacks of plants. She's very worried about climate change/peak oil/Monsanto etc ' so she's growing everything her tiny apartment can fit. She informed me that ' the future is all about sustainability and whether we can actually provide for ourselves...' Apparently Monsanto is responsible for producing one cycle seeds ( you know seeds that don't reproduce. ) FREAKY!It was all very confronting, but bloody interesting also and she put me onto these guys..... Deep Green. They run a transition town up in Orewa....I had know idea these existed so found it....well, bloody interesting.

Wiki (my bible) explained that 'The aim of the project is to equip communities for the dual challenges of climate change and peak oil....Transition towns are all about shifting our mind set so people can actually recognise the coming post-cheap oil era and use it as an opportunity rather than a threat.....'

Ahhh thanks ma. I always rely on you to both freak me out and get my consumer psyche back in check.

I'm speechless

Tribal warfare

NEONSLEEPS 3RD bday party was rad last night. For those who came early to enjoy some punch and pick up a Mag- Thanks!!
Anyway, there were castles, warriors, owls, 'intelligent survivors of the recession', inspired tribal futuristic Indians ( thanks Courtney) and gangsta/rocker/hipster rappers.
It was awesome!
But back to the point of this post: Welfe showed me the up and running 'Look' feature of his site. You should check it out...it's rad....
Can't wait to see the rest!