Pigeonhole

We are ecstatic to announce that our winter sale at Pigeonhole and The Fox Hunt starts TODAY! We are taking 25% OFF ALL clothing, jewellery and accessories in store and online until the 30th of June, so now is a great time to freshen up your wardrobe. We are also taking 10% OFF our popular photography products including cameras, film and accessories, as well as discounts of a number of our giftware and homeware items.

The sale is taking place at all of our shop locations, so you could make a day of finding bargains in each store!

Pigeonhole Forrest Chase is located on the west-facing side of the upper level walkway around the Myer department store, between Pumpkin Patch and Gloss. This store stocks all of our products, with a particular focus on fashion.

Pigeonhole London Court is tucked away in the London Court thoroughfare that runs in between Hay St Mall and St George's Tce. This store carries small gifts, accessories, stationery, photography and jewellery.

Pigeonhole Shafto Lane (Shop 9) is on Shafto Lane near the Generous Squire. Shafto lane runs parallel to King St, between Murray and Hay St west of the city center. This boutique store carries a selection of products from all product categories, with a large number of fashion items for men and women.

Pigeonhole Enex100  is part of the enex100 complex, between Hay St Mall and St George's Tce in the city center. The shop is located on the top floor near the food court and JB Hifi. Pigeonhole Enex100 specialises in jewellery, photography, giftware and homeware items, as well as accessories including wallets, bags and knitwear.

The Fox Hunt is a mens clothing, photography and accessories store in Northbridge opposite Carnegies Bar and Restaurant. The Fox Hunt is a one stop shop that stocks a great selection of casual to semi-formal mens items.

The Pigeonhole Online Store carries a selection of products from all of our stores. Shop during the Winter Sale for free shipping on domestic orders over $100. Get started here!

Hope to see you soon!

Georgie Swift and Milenka Osen from TMOD like to look at things differently. These Australian designers put a new spin on each product they make, whether it be greeting cards, things for the home, or jewellery. What we like about TMOD is how they seek to create new ways for people to interact with every day items and breathe life into product categories that are otherwise a bit mundane. Check out the interview below for a behind the scenes look!

1.What’s the best part about being a designer?
The best part is the freedom to create. We can be creative in a range of mediums and express ourselves through this, as well as doing something different everyday.

2.What was your first fashion-related creation?
We started by designing interactive jewellery before we moved into our stationery and lifestyle products.
'Oh Fiddlesticks' was our first range of jewellery where we created a purpose to the act of fiddling by creating game puzzle necklaces.

3.Your biggest source of inspiration comes from…
We are inspired through travel and seeing new things in a different way each day.
We love to be moving and visiting new places, and draw inspiration from everything around us, as cheesy as that sounds, it's true.

4.Any words of wisdom for those who wish to follow in your footsteps?
Just to follow your dreams and trust yourself. Along the way we have encountered a lot of set backs and you just have to really believe in yourself and your creative products and designs because then all your hard work and passion will pay off.
Be patient and give it your all. It really is worth working hard for, as there is nothing more satisfying then creating a positive experience for people and this is what we aim to do through our designs. Put a smile on people's faces and this is worth working hard for.

Here are some of the TMOD products available in our online and retail stores!

The TMOD Macrame Kit includes everything you need to hang your plants in a compact little package. Also available in blue.

If you have a boring wall in your house, this Chalkboard Paint Kit gives you a great excuse to be creative with it. Includes chalk so you can start sketching as soon as the paint dries!

Finally, these scratchie cards are a such a great idea! You can see what TMOD mean when they say "interactive stationery". View the card pictured above here, or view all our cards here (featuring some other great card ideas from TMOD).

Had your eye on something in our web-store? Order now to receive free shipping to Australian domestic locations! If you haven't had a chance to look around yet, you could check out some of the following timely ideas.

This Aztec Short Sleeve Vintage Tee just arrived and can be found in the link below - Only one of each style so order fast! Model: Kwok from Web-store

Our new vintage section just went online, so if you are a guy this could be a good place to start. These items are one of a kind, so if you want to browse through some alternative colours/patterns to the ones we have online visit Pigeonhole Forrest Chase.

If you've had trouble getting out of the house on cold mornings lately, these rabbit berets are a good way to ward off the commute chills. They've been really popular at our retail stores, selling out whenever we get them in, so you may want to be quick! You can find them here.

Model: Zoe from Wholesale

Lastly another wintery option, the Jenny Knit Scarf. Available in five colours, this scarf has a nice texture and is big enough to make you feel like maybe, just maybe, you never left your bed at all. Our full range of scarves can also be found here.

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We caught up with Hadrien Monloup from Bellroy to get an inside look into how they design their awesome wallets and sleeves. Check out the short interview below!

1.What’s the best part about being a designer?
This may sound a bit corny, but making a vision possible, a physical object that our team will believe in and fight for. A product that people will use and love that will help them in their everyday living. And then making it better...and better. I believe that great product and brand brings people together. There is a great community around Bellroy. I only work on products I feel I can create such connection.
I want my designs to be functional, elegant and with an ounce of surprise or poetry.

2.What was your first fashion-related creation?
It was a military looking canvas bag for a fashion capsule at Rip Curl. It was a disaster! Although I did see a guy in Melbourne with it a few weeks back, so I guess somebody liked it! I've always been a more technical designer than a pure fashion designer. I need reason to do things. I love limited briefs. The less room to move the more challenging, that's my world. Free design doesn't interest me as much. Fashion design is like free design for me and offers too many options. I find design more interesting that way because I have to ask the right questions, to find the right insight. You can't hide with fancy design lines. It must work first, then be elegant. Fashion comes and goes, elegance and style lasts. I like that, but it is much harder to find. I am still learning what makes great design, what is elegance vs fashion style. It's a fascinating journey.

3.Your biggest source of inspiration comes from…
I love looking around, reading blogs showcasing incredibly talented creatives around the globe. There is such a constant flow of interesting material out there. Pinterest is my latest favourite source of inspiration. I need diversity to create. Graphic design, illustration, product, architecture. I expose myself to a lot of media.

4.Who do you look up to?
That really depends on what I am looking for. I have so much respect for Dana Gleason. All the way from Dana Design to Mystery Ranch, his products have taught me the importance of pattern making in soft good design. Arcteryx, Boreas and more recently Aether, all these brands are looking for insights, more so than just the next design. I love that. Insights go straight to the essence of the object we try to create, it's 'raison d'être' (reason to be). You can feel it when you see it. It makes all the difference and it lasts. I also look at Mr porter, Property of and ACNEstudio for style. I guess a lot of the brands mentioned on Carryology. I put just the same emphasis on materials. A good product is nothing without the right material. Using leathers I definitely look up to Horween Leathers.

5.Any words of wisdom for those who wish to follow in your footsteps?
My advice… cultivate a growth mind set. Review your assumptions on the most basic things, finding it's essence by removing anything unnecessary. This often hides a gap in the thinking process. Resist the need to over design, keep it simple. Never take criticism personally. A design is just a representation of a thinking process at a point in time, that needs more information and perspective to improve and find its real form.

Bellroy is available at our Perth retail stores and online right here!

Photo: The Harbour Master

What a Wednesday night! The store was packed, everyone had a drink in hand and the show went off without a hitch! A lot went into the show behind the scenes, and we'd like to recognise the work that was done by so many amazing people.

Scene Models provided faces for the catwalk and they did a really great job. Early nerves were shaken off by the time the show commenced and everyone hit their marks.

You may recognise Sam from our Frankie advert last month! Most of these guys are up and coming, so expect to see them a whole lot more from them soon.

Jacqui Bradfield did an excellent job with the makeup as usual, everyone looked amazing and appropriately detailed with woodland cues.

Zoe, Maevana and Callie made sure everything was prepped and ran like smooth peanut butter out the back. (Note: I prefer crunchy and you should too)

We were lucky enough to have Bela from the Transients on board to do the music during the catwalk. He put together a custom set for the evening featuring music from Big Black Delta, Charlie XCX, Daft Punk and Two Door Cinema Club.

Photo: Chimerical Perfection

The show was a great way to showcase Pigeonhole original products alongside new and existing stocked brands. We saw some great outfits featuring Cameo, Romance Was Born, Hansel & Gretel, Lilya, Neuw Denim, Nudie Jeans, Insight, Lazy Oaf and Native Youth. If you are interested in any of the clothes you've seen in videos, blog posts or pictures of the night just visit our Forrest Chase or Shafto Lane stores!

Photo: Chimerical Perfection

Thanks to Kate and Zoe for styling the outfits! This is a job that takes a lot longer than it might seem, and when you throw eight rapid changes into the mix it takes real skill to pull off!

To the immaculately dressed friends that visited us on the night (that is all of you!) it was really a pleasure to have you there to check out the new store. Thanks for making it and we hope you had fun!

Finally a personal thank you to Drakesbrook wines for the delicious red and white wines that were served over the course of the evening. Drakesbrook is owned by a great down to earth winemaker from WA's own Peel region so keep an eye out for them next time you are browsing through bottles!

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