GoodNight Sweethearts - LUPA is Closing

Goodbye Friends Lovers and Comrades!

After 16 years we are saying farewell to our retail spaces.

With much joy and satisfaction with our contribution to the Melbourne design sphere, so much great design and happy dealings with you, our darling customers, we say good luck and good night. Lupa is changing form and taking flight, stay tuned for the next chapter!

To help you all with your grief wink emoticon

 we are offering amazing retail therapy with our closing down sale that starts tomorrow.

Same beautiful pieces at goodbye prices.

Thank you deeply and dearly for your amazing support and friendship and of course fun times!

Lots of Love XXXXX

Davina and the Lupa Family

Look who blew in on a warm Summer wind. Welcome Wolf and Mishka!

 Natalia Pye is the talent behind this amazing new label Wolf and Mishka. The collection is a delightful bouquet of exclusive printed garments, ceramics, jewellery and hand crafted objects. Pye draws on the inspiration from a 100 year old nursery rhyme book penned by none other than the designers Russian Grandmother - Dreamy!

Natalia is a prolific maker across so many design platforms we are blown

away by her talent!

Look at all these beautiful designs and illustrations, visit online or come in -store and check out Wolf and Mishka!

Jessa Denim Dress $139

 Hold me close pant $189, Hold me close dress $189

The Arrow necklace $50

 Frankie Panelled Coat $199, Pot Plant Print top $169

 Knitted Cotton Jagger Blanket $200

 The Caterpillar Necklace $50

Lupa Autumn Winter Collection 2015

LEoPARDS and Tigers and Flowers Oh MY! HIGH SUMMER with Lupa

Silk Summer Daze Dress $229

 Lupa's in-house label is turning its smiling gaze towards the sun!

 Moving into high summer we are getting sweet with silks and sorbet coloured leopard prints and classic linens. New years Eve beckons and we are walking towards the fireworks in these fresh outfits.

All Melbourne made and available online.

www.lupa.com.au

Lupa cream mesh Split Tee $75 Beez Kneez Skirt $159 and Clare Best Clogs $320

Summer Daze dress Blue Spot %100 cotton $198

Summer Daze Dress Blue linen $229 with Sarah Van Oosterom handmade wallet $176 and Clare Best Handmade Shoes $320

 Leopard print Split Tee $75 and Beez Kneez Skirt in mint Leopard $159

Summer Daze Dress Heavy Linen with silver weave $229 and Clare Best shoes $320

Summer Daze Dress 100% cotton $198 bright Pink and Orange Leopard Spots

GET FRESH WITH STELLA BLANCHE THIS SUMMER

As some of you know Jessica Yorston is the bright star behind the label Stella Blanche, and our beloved manager at LUPA for four years! 

Her label is known for its bright colours and unusual prints, sometimes using remnants and collectables (Jenny Bannister may have parted with some of her incredible fabric collection) to keep each range limited and diverse. 

This season we have seen lots of lofty light crop tops to be worn with her gorgeous high waisted shorts and sweet flippy skirts in lots of cool patterned fabric.

Another feature of this season is divine blends of linen and silk that provide an amazing base for any summer wardrobe.

Established 2009, this is a label to watch!

Jessica also assists at Sister works ( sisterworks.org.au ) a social enterprise based in Collingwood that supports Asylum seekers, refugees and migrant women through the development of craft and sewing practices. We look forward to the global influence of these amazing women in collections to come!

All available online by 5pm 12.12.2014

www.lupa.com.au

MASYU Dress $159

Ruan Silk Top $189

Shaka shaka top $119

Party pocket shorts $99

WE LOVE JEANS

Invented in 1873 by Jacob Davis and Levi Strauss the humble jean was adopted by Americans of the west and became emblematic of the rugged cowboy and also the working class farmers of the region. In the 50's jeans got their politics on and have played an important role

in counter-culture since then. 

In the 50's jeans were banned in American schools from coast to coast, which only added to the fervour with which teenagers embraced them. Not only did they represent a rejection of class systems and their prescribed dress but they also were made of that magical cloth that washed and wears so well, melding to the body as if custom tailored.

 

During the 1960s, the appeal of jeans had spread to the American middle class. Protesting college students began wearing them as a token of solidarity with the working class - those most affected by racial discrimination and the war draft. The hippies wore them for peace, the punks for anarchy and on they went.

So 141 years later LUPA would like to contribute toward the long reign of this 'uniform of the individual' he he..

So for a local version, designed to fit mid rise with a skinny leg, come down and try a pair, made in Brunswick $149!

MELBOURNE MADE

LUPA's IN-HOUSE LABEL IS GROWING

Helloo LUPA Label! 

After 14 years of hosting all of our beloved designers in-store late last year we decided

it was high time we took our customers insightful feedback and roll it in to a sweet storey of our own.

 As some of you may know our dear friend Christine from Queen Clothing took a step back last year from her label to live in Loa, to help us on our way with this new venture we hooked up and collaborated on some pieces for LUPA's own brand. Sooo with a little help from our friends we have combined the Queen fit with a LUPA feel and voila. Here it is folks.

All available on-line!

www.lupa.com.au

 Blue denim pleat skirt $189 and linen cropped top $149

 Blue Blades Dress $239

 Cherry Shake tunic dress $198

 Eden top $79 and Tower Pants $219

 Bell Spot Dress $239