Gosh, time has gone by so fast I haven't had time to even write my blog. The new website is keeping us extremely busy and I thought January would be a slow month. We had the most wonderful Christmas and even managed a few days off for a road trip with the kids. Lots of fun. 

We have had so many inquiry's about playsuits and bathing costumes so we have made up some samples that we will share with you soon. We have been doing the bathers in the photo for some time and we can make them up in red with white spots as well. they are not on the website but you can order through us. Siren's swimwear has 50's bathing suits pretty well covered and we highly recommend them. As for good fitting playsuits, we are still trying to find the perfect fit but when we do we will put them up on facebook.  We have some lovely shirts coming your way as well, that was the plan for January but we didn't expect to be so busy so they will be a few weeks away as well. Watch this spot. Anyhoo hope you are happy with how 2012 is progressing. Love to hear any more ideas of things you would like to see and yes we are happy to go up to any size you little heart desires. XXX joy

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Shot on location at George’s Ranch and Garage.

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 We've been going back through our Hot Couture orders to organise a mailing list and got a very pleasant surprise. Many of our customers have ordered more than 4 or 5 garments. This is not only testament to how well they are made but how well they fit and it feels pretty good knowing that we are doing it right.
Just recently we met Lauren Thiel who is one of the Adelaide Burlesque dancers. Lauren came to our studio to talk about outfits for the Miss Pin Up contest and bought several frocks. Since then Lauren and some of her friends have come up to the H.C. studio on a regular basis. To date Lauren has bought 8 garments and has several more on order. Not only is this great for us but the girls who come to us are getting quality garments made to measure. I can't stress enough how much better a garment looks if it has been fitted on you.

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On Friday night we had our launch for the new website. It was such a fun night and all of the people who worked on the website plus our lovely Hot Couture people came along to celebrate. We had the party at Louis Bond, I've been dying to have either a parade or a party there for some time and this was the perfect excuse. It's such a beautiful space for summer parties and the guys that own it are divine. The food was amazing, we had planned to go out to dinner after but we were all so full of fabulous food and champagne we decided we'd done enough damage. Kylie and Mel from Delectable Sins dropped off the lovely H.C. cupcake's for everyone to take home. They had gone to the trouble of making Deane his very own cupcake with a skeleton, such gorgeous girls. I made a small speech, surprisingly short and thanked everyone for their amazing effort. Finally gave our model her payment "One bottle of Sailor Jerry Rum." It was such a fantastic night thanks to everyone who came along and helped us kick off the new website. 

XXXX Joy

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I can’t believe this will be our 13^th full page ad in Deadbeat magazine. We love the founders of Deadbeat, Pete.D.Ville and Sarah B - since its inception in 2007, Deadbeat Magazine has been bringing lovers of kustom kulture from Australia and around the world a quarterly fix of all the things they are devoted to. Whilst giving Australian artists, musicians, models and designers the opportunity to have their work shown on an international stage. 

Printed on high-quality gloss paper, Deadbeat is a quarterly collectible which is lovingly displayed in a variety of locations from coffee tables to garages, salons, barbershops and tattoo parlour’s. It remains current yet timeless regardless of release date. We especially love to see the pin up girls, my favourite’s of course are Sabina Kelley and our very own Ginger Taylor, who is not only my daughter but our new website model. We were lucky enough to have Harmony Nicholas do the last two ads for us. We adore working with Harmony and I’m sure you agree that her work is awesome. It’s not long now until issue 20! You can subscribe here before the end of the month to make sure it is included in your subscription. Here’s a preview of issue 20’s ad - we think Harmony outdid Harmony with this one. Ginger is wearing our luxurious velvet coat and frock. Thanks to everyone who worked on it.

XXX Joy

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