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Maddy Hope-Hodgetts / Home, art and Kali

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Maddy Hope-Hodgetts / Home, art and Kali

We're taking time to talk with Maddy Hodgetts, a Ngiyampaa and Wiradjuri artist who is busy making monumental things happen in the fashion industry. Where do we even start? Maddy runs her painting practice under the name Kapata Dreaming - @kapatadreaming - and then she also runs Yapa Mali - @yapamali - a clothing and accessory business based in Nyngan, NSW. Her design for Kinga Csilla - the Kali fabric pattern - speaks of Country, connection and waterways, and is expressed in the lushest, freshest blues and greens. What a delight. Tell us a bit about your own emerging label,...

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Hardcore Love and a passion for music ~ chats with Sharona of F+H Studios

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Hardcore Love and a passion for music ~ chats with Sharona of F+H Studios

"Music has been an influence for all of my designs since the inception of F+H, particularly 80s dance culture and the decadent styling that comes with it."

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Jac Giltrow \\ On International Travel during global lockdowns & Shooting Odyssey for Kinga Csilla

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Jac Giltrow \\ On International Travel during global lockdowns & Shooting Odyssey for Kinga Csilla

Aren’t we lucky? We might be more than a bit lucky. Jac Giltrow is the photography extraordinaire featuring on the Kinga blog this week. She tells us about traveling through Covid, life in Bali, and a little bit of inside goss from her latest shoots.

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Emily Jean Bester \\ On book clubs, personal style & moving from the big smoke.

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Emily Jean Bester \\ On book clubs, personal style & moving from the big smoke.

We at Kinga HQ have questions for Emily Jean. Nobody gets past us with an outward, infectious love of crochet swimsuits and roomy shacka hair styling - well, not without getting a few questions about style, art and leisure. We also heard rumours that Emily has recently started a homestead in the Australian countryside and we want to know all about it, of course.

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On living as the Romans do // With artist Madeline Jovicic

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On living as the Romans do // With artist Madeline Jovicic

Maddy Jovicic's paintings are about the joys of simple eating and drinking as the Romans do.

Think of pinks, sunshine yellows and warm deep primaries that speak of gelati, vino and antipasti crisscrossed with oil and lemon juice.

We're taking time to talk about rituals, art and treating yourself like a goddess.

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