Christmas Gift Guide: For Lovely Ladies

Lovely ladies deserve lovely pressies! We've got a stack of items for your honey or your bestie.


1. Only Midge Betty Purse. This fabric and leather purse is large enough to take out as a clutch, but has handy card pockets inside. There's also a removable strap should you wish to sling it over your shoulder. $55.

2. Lisa Max Cat Nap Cushion. So sleepy! Lisa is a Perth based artist who adorns various household objects with her characters. $29.

3. Impossible film for Polaroid Cameras. This Ace Hotel Edition of PX600 film comes in a lovely box with a booklet. A great present for the instant photography enthusiast! $37. Different films between $18 and $40.

4. Brendan Brown Owl Print. This A3 print would look great on any wall. Such delicate detail. $30.

5. Fluffy Co Dutch Birds Tee. $55.

6. Dotty Speck Raincloud Necklace. This sterling silver beauty has been handcrafted in Seattle. Choose from raincloud, regular old cloud, teardrop and scallop patterns. Raincloud is $95.

7. Motti Silver Lace Earrings. These studs are made from sterling silver and the patterns are inspired by lace. $60.

Christmas Gift Guide: Gifts under $20

Participating in the office Secret Santa but want to get something a bit nice? Check out these gifts that are all under $20. We have lots, lots more, so pop in and ask us if you'd like some advice! And if it's a bloke you've pulled out of the hat, head to yesterday's gift guide for a few cheap bits too. Oh and we have these $17 cufflinks too... but I digress! Here's today's treats:


1. Gemma Correll Winter Notepad. Something to remind you that the hot summer really will come to an end. $15.

2. Crowded Teeth Burger Earrings. Also available as tacos, ice creams and cupcakes! Yum. $12.

3. Notions Swallow Hair Slides. Aww so pretty! $18.

4. Mouse Owl Magnets. Choose from owls, apples, trees and polka dots! All $20.

5. Only Midge Ada Purse. $20.

6. Frankie Afternoon Tea Cookbook. $19.95. All Frankie books and magazines are $9.50 to $22.95. Perfect treats!

7. Crowded Teeth Puppy Face Earrings. Or maybe kitties, hamsters, sharks, whales, octopi, grizzly bears, yetis, bunnies or unicorns are more your style? All $12.

8. Seam Zine. Support independent publications and read about crafty people, get a sewing lesson and cook a slice!

9. Mouse Polka Dot Earrings. Adds a splash of colour to any outfit! $16.

Christmas Gift Guide: For the Fellas

Why not make your Christmas shopping easy by doing it in once place, we've got all your bases covered. Over the course of the week we will be publishing our Christmas Gift Guides starting today with those hard-to-buy-for blokes. Pop in and tick your squeeze, your papa and your bro off your list!


1. Whimsy & Ink hip flasks. Available in an array of colours and images, they are $39 a pop.

2. Shara Porter leather wallets. These come in black or brown and there are loads of designs: bikes, bees, anchors, ships, pigs, utes and more. The leather is lovely and soft. $55.

3. Smith Journal. From the team behind Frankie magazine comes this sturdy publication. Filled with art and photography with articles on famous writers and their typewriters, bikes and shoes, this one will help you get through the post-Christmas lunch slump with ease. $11.95. In store only.

4. Ruck Rover Creepy Tee. As usual, we have stocked up our tables with men's tees for the festive season. A bloke cannot have too many tee shirts in the Australian summer, and this one is our top pick. It's a collaboration we did with local artist Creepy and Outré Gallery. $59.

5. Lisa Max Booze Brothers. Here we have some more local, artistic talent. Who wouldn't want Lisa's awesome character art keeping their beer cool? $12 each.

6. Warrior Basketball Sneakers. Available in snazzy black with red, or classic white with blue, these sneakers start off comfy and just get more and more so. We dig them! $79.

Beaufort Street Festival Saturday November 12!

So we're pretty excited that there's less than a week to go before Mount Lawley's Beaufort Street bursts into a colourful hubub of art, music and fashion! It's the Beaufort Street Festival! Woo!



Oh, and there's FOOD too!

Speaking of which, we're also adding a little sugar and spice to our colourful array of fashion, polaroid gear and homewares... this year we're making Fairy Floss! For you!


Make sure you check out the fest this Saturday for FIVE stages of excellent local bands, DJ love in the Planet Laneway and James Squire Festival Bar, the fashion show, peruse some weird and wonderful things, and stop by us to say 'hullo' and feed your face a fluffy cloud of happiness!

Duck and Cover!

Hear that whistling sound falling towards you? No? Well it's not really there but if it WAS it might be the sound of the UK's coolest men's jeans plummeting into Mount Lawley at Ruck Rover General Store, Duck and Cover!

These high-fashion, designer missiles were established in 1996 as part of Duck and Cover's mission to create comfortable, modern industrial apparel.

Styles reflect manly things like metals and natural forces. Check out the regular fit Tornado

$135
sizes 30 - 36

regular fit silver

$135
sizes 30 - 36

and slim fit carbon

$135
sizes 30 - 36

These jeans have been crafted in beautifully soft, raw-resin treated denim. Say what? They'll resist fading, feel super comfy and are sure to become your new best trousery friend!

So as these babies get set to explode on to the Perth scene, there's no need to panic; as DAC say just look sharp, walk tall, and jump in feet first.

Duck and Cover Tornado, Carbon and Silver jeans are available now at Ruck Rover General Store and are coming soon to our online shop. Email us to reserve yourself a pair!

Go Go Gocco Go!

So, we've done a new tee and this one's a collaboration between ourselves, Outré Gallery and local artist Kyles Hughes-Odgers (aka Creepy). You might have seen Creepy's art around town, beautifying buildings and walls city wide. We've long been a fan so having the opportunity to produce a tee with his print on it is a real boost!

How did this come about? Well, there's this pretty rad exhibition going on over at Outré Gallery at the moment, it started today in the Perth pad, and it's happening over east too. It's a series of Gocco prints from some super artists. As well as the above design from Creepy, there's the likes of Angelique Houtkamp, Apak, Eveline Tarunadjaja, kozyndan, Leah Dent and Shag participating. We are excited to have a little mini spin-off in our Mini Art Mart! On our walls we are proudly displaying prints from Beci Orpin, Gemma Jones, Sean Morris, Miso, Cat Rabbit, Mel Stringer, and Creepy of course.

And as part of Outskirts Festival happening on and around William Street in Northbridge this Sunday 25th, our very own Isabelle is going to be doing a Gocco print demonstration between 2pm and 4pm at Outré Gallery. You should come on down, it's going to be heaps of fun!

If this Gocco talk is all gobbledygook, it's a lo-fi, Japanese printing process using flash bulbs and screens and inks. It's homemade quality is really lovely.

Anyhoodle, we thought we'd celebrate all this Gocco love with a limited edition tee. We have 100 in a women's fit and 100 in a men's fit. All are printed locally, in Perth, on tri-blend, American Apparel tees. They are soft and comfy!

They are available in store, online, and also at Outré's Perth gallery. They go for $59.

♥♥♥

Spend 2012 with Frankie

Just a quick one to let you know the Frankie 2012 daily journal and Frankie 2012 calendar are both in stock! They are just as beautiful as promised.

On the Frankie front, we also have Issue 43, Spaces, Afternoon Tea, Sweet Treats and the new Smith Journal Issue 1 on our pretty little Frankie table.

And don't forget that we sell pre-loved copies of the wonderful mag that are sold out at Frankie online! On the flipside, if you're looking to offload your old issues that you've kept in good nick, bring them in and we will give you $5 store credit for each good-as-new copy. What a deal!

Don't miss out!

I know a lot of you will be very, very pleased to hear that the lovely team at Frankie Magazine are bringing out a new calendar and planner for 2012.

Featuring absolutely beautiful artwork from some of our favourites, like Pin Pals, Donna Wilson, Catherine Campbell, Anke Weckmann, Sarah McNeil and the Black Apple, this delicious calendar sells for $29.95. We've had previous editions and they always make really nice prints after the year is over.

You can nab the hardcover journal for just $24.95. Plan your days in the most delightful way possible, with pretty pictures on nice feeling paper. That's important, isn't it!? It's in week to a page format, with monthly planner pages in there as well. Very useful!

These items always sell out super fast, and we end up sending them all over the world! If you've missed out before, you know the feeling, so to avoid that, why not shoot us an email at info@ruckrover.com.au and ask us to set one aside for you. Just give us your name, phone number and what item you are after. Good stuff!

Frankie launches Smith Journal

Things the name "Smith" makes me think of: the evil agent in the Matrix, my best pal from school (it's her surname), and the craft of those talented in the arts of writing (wordsmith) and iron-work (blacksmith). It was the last of these ideas that inspired the creators of frankie magazine when naming their new lifestyle journal for indi boys: Smith Journal. They wanted to create a well-written, interesting mag for guys that has substance... And they have!

Smith is a stylish, new bi-annual mag that speaks to fellas who live on the fringe of mainstream culture. Smith explores stories and adventures of men, and dapper fashion in witty, inspiring, insightful pieces. Plus, just as frankie is fella-friendly, Smith is designed not to exlcude female readers with plenty of interesting stuff for all!

Issue one looks at the perils and pros of living in a house of boats, being a brother, and sailor talk. It's printed on gorgeous stock paper and is a mighty 140+ pages.

Ruck Rover will have Smith Journal available from Sep 5 for $11.95. If you want to be the first to know when it has arrived, email us!

London Calling

Howdy!

It's Claire here, just got back from London. It was a very quick trip, but I thought you'd be keen to hear about my visit to the Emily and Fin studio!

Down a beautiful, little mews, filled with pot plants and ivy covering the walls, lies the creative hub of one of our favourite designers.

I was lucky enough to visit on a day when both Emily and Fin were in, working away on the new collection. I saw a sneak peak of a new style dress and boy is it nice! I can't say much but you will be pleased to know that it's very much in keeping with their classic, vintage inspired designs, with a similar base shape to one of their popular styles but with some delightfully pretty additions and amendments.


I viewed a couple of new ranges which are due in not too long at all. Do you remember the Delilah dress? It was an adorable, 50s style, off-the-shoulder number in a textured black fabric. Well, much to my delight it is coming back! If you missed out last time and don't want to risk that happening again, email us at info@ruckrover.com.au and we will notify you when it is in stock. As usual quantities are limited (we are committed to providing exclusive designs) so it's worth getting in touch if you are keen.


Later in the year will also see the drop of tops, dresses and jackets some other fabrics. While cotton is still very much represented, they've thrown some silk and satin into the mix for something a little fancy. The pieces still remain at the perfect price point, though!

Drops for Emily and Fin stock are frequent. Next time you pop in ask us to show you the latest pieces. One thing's for sure, they are always magnificent!

Thanks to all the girls in the studio for a fun visit (which included me playing dress up). I hope to cross the seas and come and see you again soon.

C xx

Little Odd Forest!

What do you get when you add one creative thinker, one-off fabrics and a plethora of innovative ideas? A little, odd forest of wonderful things!

From Singapore via an almost economics degree (not fun) then art college in Chicago (very fun!), designer Lynda Lye loves to freestyle draw and cut quirky and colourful pieces with personality!

Like this awesome babushka bag

or this lovely leaf tote!

Lynda's mission is to change the way the world looks...

through cool clothing, accessories and gorgeous things for babies

ever so sweet panda booties

girl booties

monster bib! Raarrr!

So why not add some spunk to your world, and let a little odd in?

Frankie Got Back

Ruck Rover General Store are super stoked to offer you back issues of Frankie magazine!


We pretty much adore Frankie. And not just because it's an awesome celebration of creativity and uniqueness, and something fabulous to flip through while we cozy up on the couch with a hot mug of peppermint tea... But because we feel a certain kinship with the way it grew, and what it stands for.


In 2004 two friends /soul sistas Louise Bannister (pictured) and Lara Burke decided to chase their dream of making a pretty yet minimalist mag that revelled in the things they love: vintage looks, quirky things, and creating (from cool art to great bands and crafty things for you!)

like this bag featured in issue 28, p63!

Ruck Rover was also started by two sisters who had a vision for a little store that could reflect our love for unique pieces, vintage looks and great fabrics, fun and quirky ideas, and art!


In fact we love Frankie so much we have launched a great new way for you to score pristine pre-loved frankie mags or earn yourself some Ruck Rover credit! And, an added boon for the avid Frankie collector, we're selling frankie back issues that are SOLD OUT even at Frankie online! For $10!!!! Woo!

We're so pleased to add Frankie back issues to our shop to sit amongst the fabulous frankie fair we have so far brought you, such as current Frankies and the fabulous

recipe books

spaces inspiration book

photo album

and more!

If you have any mint condition frankies you'd like to trade in for $ to spend at Ruck Rover, then pop in and have a chat or call us on (08) 9228 3502! You get $5 credit per magazine!

Lenko Animal Sweaters

Here at Ruck Rover we are pleased to announce the arrival of LENKO ANIMAL SWEATERS!


For the past four years, these jumpers have been a best seller in their Melbourne flagship store. This year they are available in a select few shops around the country. Yippee!

We have long been fans of Lenko, having stocked their clothing over the last five years. You might remember the doomed romance tee shirts?

These animal sweaters are a unisex fit, with super delicious, fleecy goodness inside and an appliqued animal on the front. Each jumper is made in Melbourne, and every single animal has been cut out and appliqued by hand by Dana Lenko herself. That is a lot of cutting and sewing!!

We hear the photo shoot they did with local Melbourne band Owl Eyes was really fun. It looks it!

The animal sweaters retail for $99.

Hedgehog!

Honey Badger!

Flamingo!

Rabbit!

Photographs by Tomas Friml.

Do You Have the Guts?

Been gutted lately? Or felt butterflies in your tummy? We feel the best way to be cheered in such situations is to be greeted by a witty, smiling... internal organ!



For the past six years, gut guru and illustrator Wendy Bryan has been creating her I Heart Guts range of plush toys, accessories, tees and babywear that reflect her cheeky sense of humour and fascination for how our bodies work.


These super sweet creations have been causing quite the stir and, wonderfully, have become very popular as gifts or even badges of honour for folks facing difficult health issues and operations.



“A dear friend’s daughter was born a couple of years ago with only one kidney, and with some issues involving her remaining one. My daughter, an RN, bought the baby one of your kidneys. Now two-and-a-half years old — and doing well — this little girl takes the kidney with her everywhere, especially to the doctor’s office. Last week, when having blood drawn at the kidney specialist’s, she insisted ‘I want my kidney!’ The doctor and nurse were first baffled and then highly amused by the way the toy comforted her. We who love her are just grateful that your clever toy helped a toddler laugh instead of cry. Thank you.” - Becky F. (From iheartguts.com)


I Heart Guts make wonderful, (ahem) heartfelt gifts and accessories that are loved around the world!


We love these plush fellas...

I'm your liver

I'm your gallbladder

We also think this pin is rather clever...



... and love these cheeky Tees!


Also available in mens!

From pieces that celebrate the cerebellum to those that can help you show how heartily you heart your loved ones, I Heart Guts have inspired ideas that... have got under our skin!

Find these ostentatious organs online or come and give them a cuddle yourself!

Crowded Teeth and Loungefly!

We are pleased to announce new Crowded Teeth stock has arrived at Ruck Rover! LA based creator & illustrator Michelle Romo came to our attention a few years ago when we started stocking her fabulous Crowded Teeth range...



Her Japanese cartoon and Scandinavian inpsired art refelcts her love of critters and creatures; Romo lives with her husband and her two cats, Hurts and Morgan. We wonder if some of their expressions inspire her creations...


We love these gorgeous teeny tiny studs, available in octopus, mountains, bears, brollies and more. They are less than 1cm across!


Interestingly, Romo has found time between busily writing books on craft and making art to team up with the good folk at Loungefly.


Until the beginning of this year, Romo was Loungefly's Lead Designer and Art Department Manager. No wonder then that our new goodies from Loungelfy also capture the fun, goofy character of Romo's gorgeous work!


We love these almost edible purses in French Fry...

Burger...



Super sweet cupcake...



And more!

Head online or visit us in store to be dazzled by more cheeky, cute and super fun accessories for the sweet-toothed!