Fashion / Limedrop [giveaway]
To accompany the popular ‘Hidden Secrets and Unearthed Treasures‘ collection, Melbourne’s Limedrop has produced a stylish series of cherry wood jewellery. We’ve got two pieces to give away to readers who leave a comment saying why they need a new fashion accessory. One male and one female winner will be chosen on May 31 and announced under this posting.
- 0
- 43
Also by ANDY
Sydney-based artist Andy Uprock’s original process, known as ‘Cuprocking’, entails sticking thousands of plastic cups into wire fencing, creating large, temporary works of street art. The idea was born whilst travelling through South-East Asia and learning traditional Thai art and practices under the guidance of Puk Tattoo. Cuprocking is now taking over fences of the world as Andy, photographer Juan Moss and renowned artist Brett Chan set off to transform streets and public areas into floating walk-by galleries. The 40 day global tour kicks off on June 30 in Barcelona and then continues to Paris, London, New York, Los Angeles, Tokyo, Kuala Lumpur and Hong Kong. Keen an eye on Andy’s website for updates. Read more
Tucked along one of Amsterdam’s many narrow, gorgeously paved streets, I.d.e.a. Living stocks a range of jewellery and homewares perfect for kitting out an outfit or apartment. Modern whites, splashes of strong colours, clean lines and a distinctively European style make
The Nine Streets, or ‘De Negen Straatjes’, is so named for the nine small, cosy streets between Raadhuisstraat and Leidsestraat, just minutes from the heart of Amsterdam. Read more
YOU'RE SAYING (43)
Jimi Rowe said | 18 May, 2007
I need some new accessories to decorate my birch twig and fabio hair nest (along with shiny wrappers blue milk bottle tops) to attract females and ensure the propagation of my species.
Plus I chased a FOX down an alley in Clerkenwell, Looking back not such a smart move chasing a wild animal down an alley. (but the excitement of seeing one was to much for this oz lad to handle).
So lets look at it as a badge of honor shall we?
Simon Lindquist said | 19 May, 2007
I really need one of those–not so much for me, but because my eccentric nature and style are the entertainment for my whole office.
Do it for them.
elly said | 19 May, 2007
Our whippet puppy Maggie just got neutered last week and is in need of a foxxy thang to keep her company during her days out of action. We only have one dog, and I reckon a foxy accessory may be just what the vet ordered!
Please do not make us resort to strapping one of those Paris diamanté dog collars on her as she’d be the laughing stock of our entire park!
angelo lara said | 19 May, 2007
i need a new fashion accessory because i’m still blardy wearing the cross necklace i got for my year 3 communion.
please!
save me!
Hannah said | 20 May, 2007
i write this, sitting at home on sunday morning, recovering from saturday, which consisted of the library and going to bed at 9pm (a rebellious 2 hours later then the time ‘big dog’ on channel 7 used to suggest). i’ve just been hit with the horrid realization that i have absolutely nothing to do today, and that my lack of plans may be due to the fact that…i have no life. Perhaps if i were to obtain one of those fashion accessories, i may truly become fashionable, and someones accessory, as i will take advantage of it to buy/lure some friends. And perhaps, adjusting to my new glamorous life, i may even pluck up the courage to finally open that suspicious looking can of nuts from the joke shop. Why would a joke store sell nuts??
Nick said | 20 May, 2007
This is a trick question. Nobody needs a new fashion accessory, but we’d all sure as hell like one…
ANGELA said | 21 May, 2007
i only earn $6.48 an hour after 3 years of study as an architect!
listen to those violins- teary times
Jason said | 21 May, 2007
I’d like to win one for my girlfriend because she always likes when I have wood for her.
Dan said | 21 May, 2007
i need this particular accesory, because us south africans have a lack of foxes in our country. we need it to restore the natural balance of wild-life. it’s what mother nature would want, and i dont think we would want to go against the wishes of mamma nature now do we.
plus it’s my birthday on the 28th :p
flornes said | 22 May, 2007
winter has come - time to shiver
the thought of new jewellery makes me quiver
so to make this rhyme stop
i politely ask limedrop,
to my postbox some jewellery please deliver ?
rachelkara said | 22 May, 2007
i want to be cool. these necklaces are cool.
it makes me sad thinking how i can’t think of a better word for cool than cool.
Bess said | 22 May, 2007
Cherrywood makes me go mmmm…
Jaime Lord said | 22 May, 2007
I’ve been in Germany away from my entire family in Canada for 7 months now. The only thing I have to show for it are slightly larger breasts due to the abundance of beer and bread that I have consumed. I feel that my new German breasts require some avant garde adornment. After a tiresome and relentless search I have decided that only a Limedrop cherry wood creation would do them the justice they deserve. I hope that you can understand.
Melissa said | 24 May, 2007
I need accessories galore at the moment because I need to take attention away from this big pimple developing on my face. And they look fab!
paul said | 24 May, 2007
I need an accessory that will lead peoples eyes in the direction of my manly belly.
this is just the ticket.
Taryn said | 24 May, 2007
I need a new fashion accessory because I need all the help I can get…
Susan said | 24 May, 2007
I’m going to a wedding in the Netherlands in July- I have no clue what to wear, but if I had this foxy accessory- at least one thing will be sorted.
…Perhaps I could buy some wooden clogs to match
michaela said | 24 May, 2007
I believe the recipients of these treasures must hold the responsibility of wearing something of such highly esteemed attributes - inspired craftsmanship, desirable design and the immeasurable skill of creating original bodily adornment.
I would be honoured to wear such beauty….
Leah said | 24 May, 2007
i dont have an exciting story or reason.
it’s just cool so i want it.
=)
ally said | 24 May, 2007
when i tell people i have a mill around my neck, i want the evidence to prove it….
shelley said | 24 May, 2007
Dear Mr Z,
I would love to win one of these loverly trinkets as I am of the belief that one will look perfectly foxy on my BFs rather hairy, hairy, hairy chest… I can’t wait to see that and I will even send you a photo of just how foxy a forest of chest hair can be with a little cherry wood to set off the nipple…
Renee said | 24 May, 2007
Because my new pick up line could be ‘don’t you wanna come with me? don’t you wanna feel my bones, on your bones?’ and i could totally mean the necklace around me neck and not, you know, my actual bones…
Lola said | 24 May, 2007
I’d love to win one because I can’t find any accessories I even remotely like in my district and we are seriously starved for unique jewelry. I absolutely love Limedrop’s collections and wish more people would make jewelry from wood. It’s gorgeous.
Bip said | 24 May, 2007
I’d like one of these please, because I’m a nice person? ok? Thank you.
tiff said | 24 May, 2007
i live in fashion siberia (nth coast of nsw) so i’m completely starved of anything remotely groovy (there’s proof - does anyone actually say that anymore??) puhlease i wood luv a beautiful necklace to outshine the yokels at the rsl down the road. clearly i’m desperate…ta
Gary said | 24 May, 2007
Simply because.
Just like everyone else.
Lucy Holt said | 24 May, 2007
As the writer Marguerite Yourcenar once said, ‘Men who care passionately for women attach themselves at least as much to the accessories of the cult as to their goddess herself’. Which means one always needs beautiful accessories from limedrop…
Salimah said | 24 May, 2007
I neeeeeeeeed to win a new fashion accessory because I am so broke I can’t justify the expense of purchasing jewelry. I have a 2 year old and a 3 month old and they would just love to see mommy stylin’ and profilin’ in limedrop’s cherry wood. Also, because i want to win something…for a change. Also, because it would make me feel so extra special and because I love the pieces and would wear it faihtfully.
bianca! said | 25 May, 2007
Because I’m still waiting for metallic parachute pants to come back into fashion. WHY hasnt the cycle reached it yet? I dont understand.
And because my boyfriend bought a Limedrop cardigan the other month and then tried to return it because he looked very gay. But he couldnt, so now he’ss pissed. So it has become my duty to show him that limedrop are actually RAD.
Jeremy said | 25 May, 2007
f-a-s-h-i-o-n???
Joshie said | 25 May, 2007
I want it…You are my friends.
GIMME GIMME GIMME GIMME…please.
And i will be happy.
love from me and all my feelings of potential gratitude.
Alia said | 26 May, 2007
This necklace is the kind you wear for the rest of your life. A trademark of your personality. Since these necklaces are made from organic material I believe they help connect you back to the earth. In the fast paced world we live in it is good to have that reminder hanging around you neck, keeping you true to your roots and remembering every living thing around you, helping you to become aware of the world and your place in it.
Emily Sephton said | 26 May, 2007
I’m a vegetarian!
anna leely said | 28 May, 2007
i lack the competitive edge. german breasts and neutered whippets are far too mind boggling to try to one-up. i mean, i’m sure i could easily take out the lame “got wood” jokes, poety lines, and winning free gifts for girlfriends (cheap bastards)… but german breasts and neutered whippets? mind you, i didn’t bother to read past those crucial details in their comments. all i’ve got left is my self pity. i never win anything. if there was a competition that had two prizes to give away, i’d be third on the list. i’m always coming in second place in important competitions. everyone hates me. in the end, it would be neat to finally in my twenty six years on this planet be a winner. i am sure that the winning of this coveted fashion accessory would help restore my faith in humankind. it would be exalted to level of: POWERFUL WOODEN AMULET INFUSED WITH THE MAGICAL POWERS OF WHATEVER FURRY WOODLAND CREATURE THEY SHOULD COME IN THE FORM OF (PWAIWTMPOWFWCTSCITFO for short)– which, i think is one of the nicer compliments that can be paid to the designers.
afterthought, should you be feeling strapped for a boy-winner. let me know, i will take the necessary steps to become one (competitive edge?)…
Carla said | 28 May, 2007
I’d be more then happy to drop the scarf from around my neck and freeze in the cold this winter if i had one of those necklaces around my neck. Much more interesting then a wheat coloured scarf. My cheeks flushing from all the compliments the necklace would make come my way might work to keep me warm too.
sophie said | 30 May, 2007
cherrywood reminds me of home, the blossoms flowing past my window as i wake in the sun, as most artists “waste your life become an artist :)” i have little finace for me, and would very much love to exhibit a piece around my neck at my exhibition in august. it suits me, the pieces relate to my inner creations in which i stamp my concepts with my hands onto cartridge paper. the simplistic design is very much like the illustrations i have been doing of late, focusing on minimalism and what better way to relate myself to my work then showcasing a piece i truly admire.
Lon Vincent said | 31 May, 2007
I need a fasion accessorary because I am an uncool redneck and it would be great to shock people by wearing this great high fashion jewellery. Love it.
alexander said | 31 May, 2007
I’m sick of ugly boys swinging shit around their necks and thinking they’re the proverbial.
I need the limedrop fox’n'bones to show them how it’s really done. Fox me up or bone me - christ knows I need it. Please.
rosie sprenkels said | 31 May, 2007
because my name sounds like the sprinkels on fairy bread?…..
and i’m inlove with a french boy!
hannes said | 2 June, 2007
A bachelor’s life is a fine breakfast, a flat lunch, and a miserable dinner - I haven’t the faintest idea how a cherry wood jewellery would enrich my life . Can you eat it?
I dedicate my fox boner to Britney Spears.
Andy said | 3 June, 2007
Congratulations to Paul and Susan, you’ve just won yourselves a new Limedrop accessory! I’ve just emailed you with details.
Thanks for all of the creative entries, and stay tuned for more stylish giveaways.
Andy
Clea from Limedrop said | 15 June, 2007
Hello from the Limedrop crew.
Thank you to everyone for your amusing and interesting comments. Congratulations to the two winners. We have posted your shiny new cherrywood jewellery- so keep one eye on the letter box and the other on the posty (shifty characters).
X Clea and Nathan
HAVE YOUR SAY
We caught up with Australian-born, New York-based illustrator, Edwina White, recently. What have you been obsessing about lately outside of illustration? ‘Where does it end? I have been obsessing about curled celery, Ginger Syrup with champagne, about an A Detacher dress, old science charts and Third Drawer Down goodies’. Read more
Haunts is one twisted, skewered, pulsating, gyrating disco tune. Seriously. Jacob Safari, aka Bark, Bark, Bark, sure knows how to take a dirgey chord progression and dress it up in layers of disjointed, unsettling noise.
We love the vivid colours in the Freak La Notte range of t-shirts. The French label’s collection of shirts are like little canvases of super-styled surrealism – bold, elegant, and enchanting.
San Fransisco-based artist Alexis MacKenzie must be patient. She has to be in order to create beautiful collages from the vintage books that she collects. There’s an amazing amount of detail in each piece. Elements are painstakingly transplanted from book to paper with scissors and glue. No Photoshop cut n’ pastes here.
We have a bunch of new playlists up on our sister site, My Secret Playlist, a music discovery website and weekly email publication in which we invite our favourite bands and musicians to give us the rundown on their eight favourite songs right now. Over the past few weeks, acts such as The B52s, Team Genius, Pivot, Jukebox the Ghost, Moby, Katy Perry, and the Dandy Warhols, among many others, have written about the music that inspires them. To sign-up to receive the weekly My Secret Playlist publication, just enter your email address into the website’s subscription box.
With rising fuel prices dominating the news and affecting every level of the global economy, some solutions to fuel-efficient transport aren’t necessarily hi-tech ones. Read more
This interview with James Lavelle gives a fascinating window into the making of the latest UNKLE opus, End Titles, Stories for Film.
WE'RE RESPECTING
WE'RE POSTING / SOME OF THE BEST
Located on a mountain in country outside Mudgee, in New South Wales, Australia, a permanent camp designed by Casey Brown has been set. A timber structure clad in copper has been designed to have a closed state and an open state. From the closed position, the flanks of copper are hoisted and capture views across the valley. With an imagery of structures, materials and mechanics of old, there is something romantic about this foothold on the hill.
Scour, a new way of searching the net
Have you heard about Scour yet? If not you will. It is quickly emerging as the most serious competitor to the Google search engine, with an approach based on votes and comments from users focusing on relevance. It delivers search results from Google, Yahoo and MSN, and the best feature is that each time you search, vote or comment, you receive points which can be exchaged for VISA gift cards. Sour gives you one point for each search, two points for each vote and three points for each comment. With around 6,500 points, you will receive a $25 VISA gift card. Not bad for doing something you’re doing now anyway for free.
Amanda Yoakum is the creative whirlwind behind YoaKustoms, customised sneakers which stand as ‘an artistic expression rather than just a factory look’. We dig these kicks like we haven’t dug kicks in a long, long time. Read more
Kikkerland, the company behind those campfire tea light holders, has a line of amazing snap-together anatomic models of beetles, frogs, moths, cows, humans, and a wide range of other animals, even a wooly mammoth. Where the hell were these when I was a kid?
When it comes to making an entrance, nothing says rock star quite like a pair of leather pants. If you’ve tried this look at home, you’d know that finding a flattering leather statement piece is much harder than it looks. So it’s lucky for us that leather is Melbourne label Shadows & Dust’s specialty. Designer Stephen Jones sources skins from all over the world to create butter-soft ruffled jackets, skinny trousers, vests and shorts. And what makes this label stand out from the rest is that it takes three workers an entire day to create each unisex leather garment. In a society of mass manufacture, that’s what we like to call a rarity.
These Prosperity earrings by Australian designer Karina Jean are cast in sterling silver, finished by hand and swing on hand-formed silver ear hooks. They are available for purchase through the Lost At E Minor store. Read more
UNKLE’s new album, End Stories … Music For Film, comes in a limited edition gatefold vinyl gloss with sculptured panel embossing. We have three copies to give away to randomly selected Australian Lost At E Minor subscribers who leave a comment under this post.
Discuss
- Andy on "Art & Politics/Propaganda?"
- lobeholdrain on "books/literature section in Lost At E minor?"
- curiousmoth on "Art & Politics/Propaganda?"
- soilolis on "beauty and Fashion"
- Zolton on "New York/New Orleans"
- Zolton on "Contribute?"
- Zolton on "/// The Creative Mind Survival Kit"
- JaneAbma on "/// The Creative Mind Survival Kit"
Recently
- The salacious creations of Tyson McAdoo Jo Spurling
- UNKLE’s new album Zolton
- Aaron Ruell Alison Whittington
- Scour, a new way of searching the net Andres Colmenares
- BeModern Zolton
- Obikà: the first mozzarella bar in Manhattan Andres Colmenares
- The Dodos’ Visiter Francis Andrews
- Katy Horan Ilana Kohn
- The Grind 2.0 John Malloy
- Sarah Silverman’s take on the US election Yuko Shimizu
DISCOVER MORE
SO...
TAGS: acoustic music animals animation Australian artists Australian bands black and white illustrations black and white photography blogs Brooklyn Brooklyn artists Brooklyn bands cartoons China collaboration colour colourful illustrations comics electronic music flash games folk music Hip Hop Japan London Los Angeles magazines Melbourne New York New York artists New York bands New York illustrators New York photographers pop music portrait portraits prints rock music San Francisco soul music street art street fashion Sweden Sydney t-shirts technology UK bands
IMAGES:
POPULAR:
- Marc Collin: My Secret Playlist!' - loved 60 times
- Brittanie Pendleton - loved 48 times
- Elaine Biss's feminine charms - loved 25 times
- Ed Harcourt: 'My Secret Playlist' - loved 22 times
- Prefab House - loved 19 times
- Andreco's brilliant visions - loved 18 times
- I Give Up On T-Shirts - loved 16 times
SEARCH: Can't find what you're looking for? Do a search..
IS IT GOOD FOR YOU TOO?
We hope you're enjoying your time on Lost At E Minor, but it’s not over yet. Got something to share? Tell us about it and we'll look to publish it. If you want to have your work featured on the site, we'd love to hear from you. Or if you’d just like to talk amongst yourselves, that’s cool too. Pssst, we also have an online store stocking some of the goodies we feature on the site.
If you're a media agency and want to use this platform to connect with our readership, then drop us a line and tell us about it. Oh yeah, and we do digital consulting for cool brands that want to reach the sort of demographic that visits this site.
Louise said | 18 May, 2007
I’m amused at the cherry wood aspect of this piece of jewelry and would be down to work it around my neck, it would pull with almost anything, just like the cherry blossoms on the trees!