Fred Bare

10 August 2011

Fred Bare, Most Infulential Design Team

WGSN announces Fred Bare as one of the Most Influential Design Teams around the world!

Pitted alongside some of the biggest fashion houses H&M, Topshop and Rag & Bone, Fred Bare sits between them with our continuous dedication to bring style and quality to kids clothing for over 20 years! We love that our collections have sparked the eyes of some of the worlds key taste-makers, and we'll be jetting to New York for the Gala Dinner in October where we'll be crossing our fingers and toes that we'll be winning!

Watch this space to see if we take the title of Most Influential Design Team!

x Fred

http://www.globalfashionawards.com/

7 August 2011

HOPE

Fred Bare supported 'HOPE For Orphans Japan' in mid July, a spectacular fundraising event at the eponymous Tokonoma, Sydney in July held to raise $30 000 for Japanese children's orphanage; Ichi no Seki Fuji no Sono ('to the garden with the wisteria covered gate'). We happily supplied an exclusive $1000 Fred Bare wardrobe to be auctioned on the night!

A selected group of esteemed Australian designers, performers and creatives were the faces for the event, lending their visions to raise money for the HOPE cause.

Ambassadors for HOPE:
Liam Neeson, Akira Isogawa, Bryan Brown, Sam Neil, Yohji Yamamoto, Billy Birmingham, Glenn Shorrock, Jimmy Barnes, Diesel, George Gregan, Sir Justin Davis

Special Guests on the night included:
Camilla & Mark, Fernando Frisoni, Hugo Weaving, Richard Roxbourgh, Deborah Hutton

The night saw $80 000 raised for orphanages in Japan, through selling Akira Isogawa designed t-shirts to the A-list crowd, auctioning rare chances to visit Liam Neeson in New York and the opportunity to buy Japanese children a hat fitted with a torch for safety at night; as well as silent auctions that continued on after the night. As the committee dreamt to raise $30 000, the actual amount of $80 000 has enabled HOPE to build another two orphanages for the children in affected areas!

We had an absolute ball on the night and are still getting goosebumps weeks after, knowing that we've helped to raise an incredible amount of money to help the children in Japan, devastated by the Earthquake!

Please help us more by donating to HOPE, helping orphaned children in Japan live with safety, care and hope.

Akira Isogawa

Old Man River

Bryan Brown and Matilda Brown

David Wenham and his wife Kate Agnew

Hugo Weaving, Richard Roxburgh, Sam Neil, Alethea Gold and David Wenham

Eli Gold, Leo Sayer, Sandra Gugger, Claudia Navone (Harpers Bazaar)

Miss Annie DJ

Our ever stylish Production Manager Emily Goddard and Akira Garton helping sell the Akira Isogawa designed T-shirts

Handmade Japanese cranes by one of the fundraiser organizer's Fumi Yamamoto from Zen Facial

All images by photographer Zak Kaczmarek

Donations can be made through http://www.hopefororphansjapan.org

5 August 2011

What's New in Fred Bare?

Liberty of London .... inspires floating florals....
pretty pastel pinks... girly frills ...
pockets full of posies and iced cupcake treats...

The wintery chill is soon behind us, and we're gladly welcoming Spring's array of endless sunshine, blooming florals, afternoons spent down the beach and those summery mornings spent playing in the sun!

Our newly released girls collection of exculsive Liberty of London prints has just come into stores and we're so excited to bring you the first look into this beautifully printed Girls Collection, for ages 0-12!