Random Ally - The Store

Hello fellow Ally cats. Well for those of you who are yet to hear, Sarah and I have opened up our own store. Yes that’s right, Random Ally has officially found a home! We are proud to call Store 2, 30-32 Victoria Street, ROBE “Home sweet home”. Not only is the store full of our goodies but other independent designers from around the world for both females and males. With new stock arriving weekly there will be no time to rest.

One of the amazing designers is Katherine and Punky a jewellery designer from Melbourne. Talk about funky pieces! If you want something that will make people on the street stop and stare, you need a ‘Katherine and Punky’ necklace! With titles for her items such as “Wearing Your Heart On Your Necklace” and ‘Ghouls Keep Me Company’ no wonder these items make you think “I have to have one”

On the subject of jewellery and amazing artists, from Western Australia, Rebecca Bigg, taught herself to make glass lampwork beads which she now calls Glass Candy. These pieces of work are in no other sense unique not to mention fun! From small mushrooms, bees and frogs, to candy like bracelets and pendants that can only be described as planets, Glass Candy will make you the life of the party.

Ever looked at an old record and thought “I’m sick of listening to this, surely there’s another use for it”? No? Well don’t worry Vinyl Cuts has done it for you! With fantastic graphics on hand, they have turned old records into wrist cuffs and necklaces. The cuffs come in different sizes and are perfect for both sexes, ideal for an alternative to studded wrist bands (not to mention more artistic).

If it’s the recycled thing you are into, then Chrysalis Kid Designs is perfect for you. Sick of having bottle tops lying around? Well Chrysalis Kid isn’t, in fact she loves them so much she turns them into earrings! Yes that’s right earrings! These fun little items will make you feel good about yourself for recycling and are sure to catch the eyes of many.

Need something to liven up your hair? Itty Bitty is the thing for you! These cute little hair accessories are made with bright and fun images that are sure to stand out. If you need a hair tie, then you need an Itty Bitty hair tie!

It’s time to jump across the Tasman Sea and check out our favourite up and coming fashion designer, CAST. Dresses, leggings and skirts this designer knows what girls want! Her beautiful angel dresses are ideal for a casual occasions as well as special ones. If you want to treat yourself to something nice then this is the designer for you!

How about items for men? From America we bring you Coyote Alert. These screen printed tees are made of light cotton and are perfect for summer. Coyote Alert has made it fashionable to have flies on you! Yes that’s right their prints are of flies and I have to say flies have never looked so good!

So you have to wear a tie? How formal and boring...well not anymore! Cyberoptix Tie Lab has made wearing ties fun! With their slogan “Ties That Don’t Suck” we can’t help but love these items! In a variety of colours and designs you will never have to wear a bad or boring tie again!

Another American designer for the men is Dark Cycles. This brand knows how to take the mundane images and turn their worlds upside down and inside out! A simple image of a business man with his briefcase is made into a figure like no other with octopus tentacles coming out of his neck. Looking for something different then these are the t-shirts for you!

While we are talking about American designers, we would like to introduce you to Circular Accessories. This brand knows what looks good! Be it on a t-shirt or on a pocket mirror you are sure to love their designs and prints! I know we do!

So you love the vintage look? Then have we got the necklaces and earrings for you! All the way from Scotland we would love to introduce you to Niche, a vintage inspired jewellery designer. Take an image of an old bird cage or vintage binoculars make the drawings complex with minute details and fine lines and you have the amazing styles of Niche.

With all these fantastic designers you would think that we would have no room for our own stock, but we do! With new designs in progress and new styles of clothing we are sure that all our fans and followers will be kept happy. So next time you’re in Robe drop on in and pick yourself up something nice. We look forward to seeing you and don’t forget, every week we will have new stock, so make sure you keep coming back. We do enjoy seeing you!

randomally.com Is Here

Wow Random Ally has now launched its own Website. Go to www.randomally.com and check it out. The site includes our official online store
NEW INSTORE: our new line of scarves are now being added, as well as a few new tees.

$5 from every tee going to help those in Haiti.

SAVE THE CHILDREN - Haiti Earthquake Emergency Appeal for the remainder of January, $5 from every purchase will be donated to Save the Children to aid the people of haiti in their time of need and sadness. this includes all online and market sales for more info on this appeal please go to www.savethechildren.org.au

Designing, Printing and the Comming Range

Hope you all made it through the colder months ok.
Well Random Ally has been busy in the past few months. We have new designs ready to be printed this week and plan, hope and pray we will have them ready for the coming long weekend where Random Ally will be at the Robe Community Market in the Robe RSL (South Australia). We will be a regular sight at this venue over the warmer months. I’ll keep you posted.
You can also find our tees at Blu Pod in Beachport (SA). Blu Pod has been very supportive of our label and other independent designers and artists. For this we are grateful. You can also find our tees at Etsy and Madeit. We have online stores on both sites.
We have also entered into the wonderful world of blogging which isn’t so scary after all. So you can find us at randomallyclothing.blogspot.com unfortunately we couldn’t get plain old randomally as our URL but that’s the way the cookie crumbles. So RA Clothing it is. Links are on all of our sites so it won’t be too hard to remember.
This year our tees seem to be in strong earthy colours. Think greens, greys, yellow, blues etc. I’m loving the deep bottle green that’s just arrived. The designs we have are also pretty random. The infamous hare is back but remodelled. I have spent the winter earning money in vineyards swarmed with hares and had to bring it back. It has been popular; I think people understand its combined awkwardness and confidence. It amazes me that an animal that looks like it was made with all the spare parts left in the animal factory, could be so oblivious to its strangeness and be so happy. We could learn a lot from these creatures.
We also have more of Kats Quirky characters (some ones been watching too much Tim Burton), trees, there will be more shoes and much more. So keep checking in. and spread the word.
This summer we will also be producing a range of badges, so keep an eye out for these also.
Cheers
SARAH

Random Allys First Blog

well hello there. today i have officialy become a blogger. wow who would have thought. Random Ally is an Australian Clothing label, consisting of hand printed tees for both man and women. owned and ran by sisters Sarah and Kat, both artists. we both design and print or own product. at the moment we are in the finishing stages of designing our second range and will have them printed (first round, say 20 of each style) over the next week. this weekend is a long weekend here in rainy South Australia So we will take the opportunity to hold a market stall over the weekend in out tourist sea side town in robe.
hold a stall. oops i mean im running the market. yep thats right im running the thing i figured one stall onits own wasn't gunna do much so over coffee on Wednesday, me my sister and a friend came up with the great idea of holding a community market. so far we have about 10 stalls all together and will take over the RSL hall on the sat. if its all good, the next one is the end oct. hope it all goes well. hope i haven't bitten off more than i chew. the idea is that every one is given a space, pays and gets on with it.
well i hope you have all had a great weekend. i have, i spent the day in a gallery in Penola that i am a member of. its a member run gallery, basically to exhibit you have to help run it. penola is an hours drive from my home. about 100km. its a nice historical town and quite touristy. i had some excellent people come in today. everyone was enjoying their lazy sunday arvo. i think were all holding on to the last glimpse of winter, while its still here- well actually its not, its spring now but its wet and cold. nice
well thanks for reading my first attempt at blogging.
cheers sarah