Marnie Skillings / Designers / Users

Location: Sydney, Australia
Creative Director: Marnie Skillings
Designing Since: 2001
Designers Who Inspire: Dries Van Noten, Alber Albaz for lanvin, Martin Margiela
Style Icon: Grace Kelly, Alexa Chung, Lou Doillin, Roisin Murphy, Coco Chanel, Tilda Swinton
Favorite Photographer: Irving Penn, Guy Bourdin, Nan Golden

Creative Force: Marnie Skillings
Style: Quirky, Feminine with an edge
Designing For: Women who love to use clothing as a means of self expression
Virtues: Kind, Hardworking, Fun, Interested (...mostly)
Vices: I love my doona too much
Music to Work By: The XX, Susie and the Banshees, Joanna Newsom, Girl Talk, Leonard Cohen, Eminem, Dr Dre, Notorious BIG, Fleetwood Mac, Angus and Julia Stone, Ella Fitzgerald, Dusty Springfield, Sally Seltman, Metric, Miss Dynamite.. Too many to name them all!!!
Favorite Movie: Blade Runner, Virgin Suicides, Starship Troopers
Defining Moment: Wearing a tutu, ripped stockings held up with suspenders, a sailor striped smock top and docs to my 18th birthday.
My Next Vacation: Palm Beach, My Christmas Beach House in Sydney
The Best Thing About Where I Live: A gorgeous harbour, amazing flora and fauna, beautiful breathtaking beaches, wonderful galleries and places to eat and drink plus the most glorious people that I love
I Never Leave Home Without...: Sunnies, handbag, G10 camera, sketchbook, and a cardi (such a nanna!)
Favorite Gadget: G10 camera, iPhone
Secret Crush: My cat Gus