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After last being held in 2015, the Mercedes Benz Fashion Festival returned to Brisbane in 2017 to showcase some of the very best of Queensland and Australian fashion. Among the amazing designers and labels to show in parades this year, was one of our favourite Brisbane based labels (and stockist), Sacha Drake. The namesake behind the label, designer/director Sacha started designing dresses to fit and flatter the modern woman and now celebrates over a decade of quality design and innovation. Sacha Drake brand aims to inspire confidence in women through garments that fit and flatter all body shapes. 

Carnivale Rocket Drop Earrings $35 & Sacha Drake Blooming Georgia Wrap Dress $399

Sacha Drake matched our Carnivale collection statement earrings to their gorgeous pieces showing on the runway this year and WOW, what a combo! We can't get over just how stunning these looks were, there were so many beautiful prints and bright bursts of colour! Check out some of our favourites below. All clothing is currently available online at Sacha Drake and earrings available right here.

Which look is your favourite? Leave us a comment below!

Artisan Long Necklace $80

At the beginning of this year when I was thinking about the year that was (2016) I thought about what I loved and what I didn't love.  And clearly...I wanted to ensure I did more of the LOVES in 2017.  One of the things I loved in 2016 was celebrating awesome women and joining forces with them to make really awesome stuff happen.

So when Dee, the designer and founder, of gorgeous colourful clothing label Maiocchi approached me to collaborate for her Spring collection....it just made sense.

Dee had designed a GORGEOUS hearts print that was going to feature in her Spring collection and it was the perfect match for some fabulously fun, LOVED up accessories. Sure there were quite a few versions and lots of phone calls and early morning emails back and forth...but eventually these adorable little heart studs, brooches and adjustable necklaces came to life, and we couldn't be happier.  We've featured three colour combinations - pink/red, black/white and blue/aqua - in the collection and each can be worn as a set or separately. 

Our Maiocchi x Ruby Olive Hearts Collection launches TODAY (Whoo Hooo!) and matches back to so many of Dee's stunning outfits, like these super soft stripy dresses (pictured above).

The Hearts Dress (pictured at the top), which is what originally inspired the jewels, will be launching in September -YAY!!! And seriously it is SO devine...and SO MUCH fun!

We're absolutely thrilled with how this collaboration has turned out!  We hope you LOVE the pieces as much as we do.  

Check out more from Maiocchi here.

Check out the Ruby Olive x Maiocchi Hearts Collection here.

One of our old favourites, the La Rambla Long Striped Necklace IS BACK!  

This is one of the styles that YOU, our community, kept asking for. And we were happy to oblige as this little multi coloured necklace, and the photos now associated with it, have found a little special place in our heart - and here's why....

A year or so after I officially launched my business (circa 2012, and while nursing my first baby) I started experimenting with things I'd never done before, like photoshoots.  A very small growing business has a VERY small budget (yeah...like $0), so I asked friends, and friends of friends if they could be my 'model'.  I was after someone that had a gorgeous smile, but more importantly had a gorgeous personality that would shine through.  

I spotted Jacinta on the netball court, she was a friend of my sister-in-laws...and she became our first EVER RO model. She'd NEVER modelled before, I'd NEVER 'directed' a shoot before.  BUT, I knew her vibrant, bubbly personality matched with my enthusiasm and blind naivety would be able to tell the story of a girl that simply loved life and wasn't afraid to give things a go.  

Oh yep, we made mistakes...lots of them, but we laughed...like seriously laughed. It was fun!  We kept it simple.  Jacinta went to the local makeup counter and a friend did her hair. My mum and my 4month old baby were right beside us while we found hedges and textured walls for us to shoot in front of.  We didn't realise we needed to ask permission for the spaces we shot (oops)...we just apologised after.  My gorgeous and very talented wedding photographer, Luisa, took the photos.  She'd photographed thousands of people in the past, but never in a fashion context.  But, I was totally ok with that because I wasn't wanting to be high fashion, or something that was unattainable.   I wanted to tell the story of an ordinary girl, living an EXTRAORDINARY life.  

Years have now past since our first ever photoshoot, but we still love using 'models' that have stories to tell.  These days we have hair and make up artists that come on site, we have run sheets, use studios and I don't have babies to feed or chase after.  Sometimes though...I find them stressful, I get caught up in the detail of making it all perfect and I forget the BIGGER PICTURE.  

We're simply just telling a story.  The story of a girl who wants to live a VIBRANT life. 

Sometimes we're so fixated by getting to that perfection, that we forget what we are ACTUALLY trying to do and WHY we are doing it.  

So my friends, this necklace is back for a limited time to remind us ALL to look past the sometimes stressful nitty gritty, and think about YOUR BIGGER PICTURE.

Live Boldly!

xxSkye

Just over 4 years ago, I met a girl. A girl who was still at uni, still living at home with her parents, still in her teens (just). A few months later I employed her and she started doing a few admin tasks and helping out with a bit of customer service. A few months after that I realised how beautifully this girl wrote and how she had such a gorgeous talent for creative writing and so I gave her the task of writing the descriptive stories for our collections, our products and our social media campaigns. Over time, the girl took on more tasks and more responsibility within the business and even designed some jewellery that is now shipped around the world. She also moved out of home, she saved money, she made lots of new friends, she started designing her own jewellery, she travelled...lots...and even gained the courage to travel by herself to the other side of the world.