Maem Disko: The Sydney Label Turning Essentials into Dress Up
Maem Disko [ MAY - em - DISCO ] takes another approach to enhancing the capsule wardrobe. This Sydney-born label suits everyday essentials, but allows nostalgia, femininity and the lightly impractical to become wearable.
The Grief of Being Replaced
The quiet grief of watching a friendship change when someone you love, falls in love. On being happy for someone while mourning the version of your relationship that no longer exists, and learning that growing up sometimes means making room for change.
Signature Scents and Cleaner Intentions: A Clean Perfume Guide
A guide for those interested in smelling good while staying conscious of what’s inside the bottle. All about finding clean-ingredient perfumes and a recommendation of 5 signature scents.
Lovesickness as a Beloved Muse
What is it about sad songs that makes us so obsessed? An exploration into the collective attraction to heartbreak music — why we seek it out irrespective of our current mood or relationship status.
10 Grounding Habits to Detach from Your Phone
It’s easier to feel tethered to blue light more than you feel tethered to the breathing, tactile world around you. Though I can confidently say, as much as your phone seems to nestle its way into your palm, by using some simple habits — not overthrowing entire routines — can just as easily make it wriggle out.
REH Liquids
Charlotte Smith is the founder of REH Liquids, a boutique, female-led bottle shop and experience space reimagining how we drink. Confounding with her mother, REH —”her” spelt backwards — builds a welcoming, less intimidating liquor store with women in mind. More than a business, REH is Charlotte’s lifestyle, creative outlet, and the community-driven store she wished existed.
On Roundtable Readings
What if you let your inner voice out? Roundtable Readings—hosted by Lili Ward—blurs private writing and performance. A monthly night where poets, diarists, bloggers and essayists share raw, honest work. Lili talks roots, theme-making, venues and why honoring writing matters.
Fiend Bookshop
You are what you read. Odessa, 26, is a devoted reader. With love, she sees books as an escape and form of self-exploration. Her bookshop ‘Fiend’ turns that love into a workplace of emails, orders, and her most favourite task, choosing stock.
Studio Wimsy
Naarm-based, Studio Wimsy creates apparel, prints and multimedia both self-led and commissioned. Jordan Schembri’s artistic and research driven pieces reflect her current obsessions and playful, childlike impulses.
Claire Giuffre
Claire Giuffre is a cinematographer and occasional director in Naarm. Claire’s life changed when her year 9 art teacher inspected her sketchbook and announced to the class with great pride “Claire would be a terrific artist.. If she had any hand-eye coordination whatsoever”. Shortly after that moment, Claire dropped the oil pastels and moved onto the camera, something with dials and buttons.