To learn more and to shop, visit sallyjones.com.au.

If you have questions about Philomena Kwok Millinery, visit her website at philomenakwok.com or ask me on Twitter @CrystlMeatballs.

Created by the edgy Melbourne-based design team Robert Zagame and Lulu McDermott, fun and funky label Robb & Lulu is stealing our hearts with vibrant, colorful designs and hand-drawn illustrations. Although he started out in the hospitality industry, Rob has been a passionate designer since he was a teenager. Lulu has an extraordinary talent for illustration and has been obsessed with drawing and fashion design since she was able to hold a sketch pad. Together they have constructed Robb & Lulu, a collection not for the timorous dresser.

How can you win one of five Robb & Lulu goddess/warrioress tees? Head over to the brand’s Facebook page, LIKE it and tell us on their wall which goddess/warrioress power you would possess if you could choose just one, OR tell us in the comments below. Those with the five best answers will win one of these fabulous summer staples valued at $99. Good luck and happy commenting.

For more info on Robb & Lulu, visit their website or Tweet at me @CrystlMeatballs.

Urban Boulder isn’t about acquiring a nice accessory to wear solely during the current season, but one of their timeless, one-of-a-kind pieces is something you can treasure forever. Inspired by the shapes and urban environment of New York City, each piece is constructed with boulder opal, a stone classified in the same category as diamonds that contains every color of the rainbow. You can learn more about the designers’ inspiration and creative process in the video below.

Urban Boulder: inspiration and creative process from Urban Boulder on Vimeo.

How can you win this gorgeous, one-of-a-kind pair of cufflinks from Urban Boulder? Tell us in the comments below what perfect outfit you would pair with this incredible accessory. Our favorite answer wins! Good luck and happy commenting. You can learn more about Urban Boulder on the brand’s website.

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Were you girls a design team prior to studying at Ars Arpel School in Milan or did you meet there? As a team, did you always want to design shoes or was it something you fell into along the way?
We met when we both started work in the same week as junior designers for an Australian footwear group. We clicked immediately and it wasn’t long before we were planning our own label together. We’ve always both been interested in shoes and our passion and study drew us together. We both studied fashion design in Italy at different times and we’ve worked together now since 2003.

As designers, you maintain a “strong focus on the silhouette” of the shoes for your line tom gunn. Are you inspired by architecture in modern and ancient building? What about the architecture of nature like mountains and valleys?
We are inspired by everything around us. We collect images and photos on an inspiration board when we start to design a new collection and quite often use both modern and ancient architecture as inspiration as well as nature. We then zero in on the small details and take lines and shapes from the image to create the design lines of the shoes.

You source leathers and exotic skins from some of the top Italian tanneries. What about these materials make your shoes stand out from other lines? Has working with such high-end materials changed your perception of the footwear industry as a whole?
We absolutely love working with beautiful Italian leathers and exotic skins. The best quality materials make the shoe much more luxurious and comfortable. Snake and lizard leathers also have such a gorgeous texture that adds another dimension to the design.

There are so many footwear labels using low-end, cheap and plastic materials to keep the prices extremely low. This means you get what you pay for in terms of quality and comfort. Now we strive to use the best materials we can to ensure our shoes are luxurious, comfortable and the wearer will love them!

Do you look to forecasting trends for the colors and textures you use for your collections, or does the inspiration stem from inner creativity? Or is it a mix of both?
We build our colour palette from our images on our inspiration board. We love colour and leathers so we usually choose them first before we even start talking about design details for the collection. We don’t look at forecasting trends but design based on how we’re feeling and on what we would like to have in our shoe collections at that time! Of course, this means we need to wait six months for the shoe we’re coveting at the time, but it’s worth the wait!

Who and what inspires you? From nature to buildings, and blogs to other designers, where do you turn when a creativity block comes along?
Our design time is the most fun part of running the label so we usually come into it bursting with ideas and inspirations we’ve been dreaming about after the previous collection. There are a few amazing blogs including The Selby, Jak & Jil and Sea of Shoes we love looking at and some designers that inspire us are Dries Van Noten, Phoebe Philo of Celine and Consuelo Castiglioni of Marni.

It is so amazing tom gunn was awarded Footwear Designer of the Year at the 2010 2threads Fashion Awards. How has this changed the attention toward your brand?
Winning the 2Threads Footwear Designer of the Year was fantastic! It has certainly helped raise the profile of our brand and we have received many more inquiries and press.

You can learn more about tom gunn on the brand’s website.

Sosume clothing is a collaboration of four eco-conscious designers – Melbourne-based Alex Trimmer, New Yorkers Paulina Petkoski and Rachel Kozub, and Sydney-based Wil Fry. The line provides wardrobe basics like super-soft tees and tanks as well as trendy harem sweatpants, all in a neutral color palette.

American Apparel and Alternative Apparel offer affordable organic cotton basics, but Sosume’s offerings are ultra-sheer, thin, and very fashion forward. There is even a perfectly draped spring/summer dress (shown above), and it’s only $70.

All garments are manufactured in Australia, and proceeds of each are donated to different charities that promote sustainable practices.

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One of the coolest little jewelery lines out of Aussie land is looking for an angel investor to help see her line grow. She seems like a pretty dedicated fellow, so we decided to post her plea for capital on here. You can visit her profile on NEXT or just check out her website.

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I’ve been designing and making jewelry since I was a kid. About a year and a half ago I decided to really give it a go and find out whether this was something I could turn into a business. When you live, breathe and sleep jewelry it just seems to be the most natural thing in the world that you should make a living from it.

Since then, I’ve had the odd bit of industry recognition, and have worked on fashion shows and shoots, getting my designs out there into the fashion world and working on slowly but surely raising the profile from a nobody to a “soon to be somebody”.

Runner-up Accessories Brand of the Year (beating Dolce & Gabbana) just months after I had made this decision did a lot for my confidence and my belief that I really can do it. Being approached by other designers whom I admire about working together, and getting lots of positive feedback about my work from various people has been great.

I think, with my most recent collection, Third Time’s The Charm, that I’ve got something. Eco-chic pieces that are striking to look at, easy to wear, and completely different to anything that’s ever been done before.

People love them – both men, and women. Men who don’t normally care about jewelry find these pieces ‘mesmerising’ (yes, direct quote!) and everyone tells me they would love to wear it. Now I need to find stockists, to put the collection on shelves, and buyers, to purchase it!

To really get it out there, I need PR help. I need business help. I need lots of marketing assistance and an investor who sees the vision, who ‘gets’ the collection and can see all the possibilities – options that maybe I haven’t even thought of yet…

I saw (well actually I heard – I don’t watch much tv as I’m usually at my workbench or desk – but the other people in my house were watching it) a show on tv the other day about a successful businessman who travels around, gets to know people and after a week he decides exactly how much money he’s going to give them to help them out with their business. That’s what I want.

Someone who can see what is needed in capital investment and who goes right ahead and invests in growing my business. Anyone who spends any time with me can see that I’m completely dedicated to Joolz. I spend almost every waking minute on it. I’m like a woman possessed.

How do I find an investor? This is my next challenge. And I will find one!