BATTLE OF THE SEXES
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18/9/2003 |
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Excerpt from noise magazine |
Noise hit the streets to find clothes cooler than the catwalk, and came across Millie Fairhall at the Fortitude Valley markets in Brisbane�
�I used to get cut at mum for not colour coordinating my clothes properly!� laughs Millie Fairhall, musing about her childhood fashion ideals. �Mum made all my clothing when I was little, and I�ve always liked the idea of having clothing that�s individual and made from your own ideas and with your own two hands.�
At just 20 years of age, Millie has been making clothes for her label EILLIM for about a year now. �I was out skating one day and the shirt I was wearing was really pissing me off,� she remembers. �It was a tee, but it was too short and kept riding up and I spent most of the time hitching my shirt down rather then actually skating. So I made some of my own up and put my own graphics on them and the girls liked them, so I made more, but then the boys liked the designs too, so I made guys tees and it�s just gone from there.�
Millie�s clothes are �hand sewn, printed, bleached, deconstructed and generally trashed for fun,� she says, and you can currently find them being sold at the Fortitude Valley markets in Brisbane. �It�s really fun to be walking down the street with my friend Larissa and we�ll see some guy or girl wearing EILLIM clothing and we�ll both be like, �YAY!�� she laughs. �A very unprofessional response, but it really makes me chuffed to see people�s support and the way they have adapted an EILLIM piece to their own personal style. I like that.�
As for the future? Millie says she wouldn�t mind being a �designer, artist, surfer, skater and world adventure seeker� with her own �small clothing and surf/skate hardware store�. �I want to create something that�s for guys and girls and to kind of fade that division betweenthem,� she admits, �making clothing for girls that�s more then just a tee with a hibiscus flower on it! Guys wear that�s a bit more adventurous and open-minded.� Watch this space.
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