the delightful Miss Dish

Tell me where Miss Dish started?

I started Miss Dish in 2005 while I was living in Dublin, Ireland. I lived there for over 4 years from 2004 to 2008. Dublin has a young vibrant scene and a very active creative community. During the time that I lived there I was part of the Designer Mart traders in Temple Bar. Every Saturday we would set up our stalls often on a lovely cold and rainy Dublin day! I met so many inspiring designers while I lived there – Fiona of FiFi Le Rue, Deirdre Griffin, Regina of WaterMemory…..

What is your inspiration for your range?

Miss Dish is a very feminine range of hairpieces and fascinators. I like to mix this with my love of bold, loud colours which feature in my work a lot! I love abstract 50′s prints and the 80′s versions as well. I am inspired by a mixture of Art Nouveau and Art Deco – part feminine – part edgy. Another source of inspiration is the raunchy opulence of the women of the 1920′s and the demure elegance of the 1950′s. As you can tell I’m torn between era’s but its safe to say I am inspired by the past! In saying that, current street fashion fascinates me and I love to see how creative people are in their every day wear.

Anything new in the making?

Yes. Yes. Yes! I’ve been working like a mad thing on my new range of hair bows (on headbands and combs). As I mentioned before I have a love of strong colours and these are a predominate feature in my work as well as a line in abstract 50′s style prints.

I am also creating a line out of recycled materials. I have already made some gorgeous pieces for a photo shoot that Kohii will be photographing this week along with some other Brisbane designers who also use an element of recycled products in their work – Jetta’s Nest and Liana Kabel to mention a few. I can’t wait to see the results.

I will be stocking my cube at in.cube8r this week with some of my pretty new bows.

Any advice for new crafters wanting to make a start in the business?

I can recommend a start up Business course through Bizness Babes ran at the Bleeding Heart Gallery on Ann St. I graduated from this course recently and I found it helped me immensely. They are an incredibly supportive group of people who are happy to impart their business knowledge and help micro businesses in their start up period.

Tags: art deco, art nouveau, fascinators, hairpieces