Fashion: Bid on ZANEROBE with FASHION TO AID

FASHION TO AID is an initiative brought together by a number of Australian fashion and jewellery labels to help raise much needed funds for the QLD Flood Appeal. We donated some threads from our new collection to the cause, which you can bid on here.

All proceeds go towards the QLD Flood Appeal so get bidding!

The Happening: Weekend Gig Guide

Giddy up, it's the weekend again! Lucky for us here in Oz, we got to enjoy two weekends in one week with Australia Day. So, why not make the most of your second weekend?

BRISBANE

Bad Ezzy, Family Nightclub

Bad Ezzy is one third of the all lady DJ group Hoops, and she is spinning the decks tonight with a mix of hip hop, dubstep and a touch of tropical house.

Details: Fri 28th Jan, Family Nightclub, Brisbane.

MELBOURNE

Treasure Fingers, The Colonial Hotel

From his past work with Tensnake, and collaborations with the likes of Groove Armada, Chromeo, Empire of theSun, Mike Snow, Classixx, Fred Falke & Burns, Treasure Fingers is the dude to check out in Melbourne tonight.

Details: Fri Jan 28th, The Colonial Hotel. 8pm start.

SYDNEY

Aloe Blacc & The Grand Scheme, Becks Festival Bar

Aloe Blacc & The Grand Scheme are kickin' it soulfully tonight at Becks Festival Bar. Enjoy a mix of hip hop, dubstep and soul at the best gig in town. And for those who haven't yet heard Aloe Blacc's song 'I Need A Dollar', check it out below...

Details: Fri Jan 28th, Becks Festival Bar, Hyde Park Barracks

Images courtesy of: inthemix.com, myspace.com/DJbadezzy

The Happening: Laneway Festival

We're feasting our eyes on the upcoming St Jeromes Laneway Festival timetable and planning who we're going to see! Our top picks are Two Door Cinema Club, Yeasayer, Ariel Pink and Beach House.

Who are you going to see? Comment below and you can go in the running to win a brand spankin' new ZANEROBE tee!

Images courtesy of lanewayfestival.com.au

Design Collective: The Integral House, Canada

The team of architects from Shim Sutcliffe were allowed to freely design this amazing house (owned by math professor Dr James Stewart) on the one condition that the design included curves and the professors own concert hall.

We're thinking that the Doc is pretty damn happy with the 150 seater concert hall that now exists in his 18,000 sq foot house- Opera party anyone?

Images courtesy of: thecoolhunter.com.au

The Happening: Tokyo Weekend Gig Guide

TOKYO:

80KIDZ Weekend Warrior Tour

80KIDZ are on their Weekend Warrior Tour in Tokyo this week! Check them out tonight at Liquidroom.

The Happening: Weekend Gig Guide

Alright kids, there is a whole bunch of gigs happening this weekend (in fact the next two months are already packed with goodies). Here are our suggestions for where you should be this weekend.

MELBOURNE

Canyons at New Guernica

Canyons are one of the latest acts to join the music gurus over at Modular Records, and when you see them live it's pretty clear why they were snapped up quickly. Check them out at New Guernica tonight.

Details: Fri 21st Jan, New Guernica, ticket $15.00 on the door.

GOLD COAST:

Big Day Out

BDO is back for another year, need we say more? See the likes of M.I.A, LCD Soundsystem, Lupe Fiasco, Booka Shade and many, many more.

Details: Sun 23rd Jan, Gold Coast Parklands

SYDNEY:

Foals and Jonathan Boulet, Purple Sneakers presents Last Night

Foals will be spinning a dj set alongside the likes of Jonathan Boulet and The Death Set at Last Night (presented by Purple Sneakers) tonight!

Details: Fri 21st Jan, $10.00 on door, The Gaelic Club (Purple Sneakers)

World at Large: Our hero for the week is Kilian Martin

Jordana from the ZR design team, has announced freestyle skate boarder Kilian Martin as her hero of the week! You'll see why after you watch this video..

World at Large: Man About Town film Kilian Martin

We've been a bit distracted this week watching some amazing skating videos and wishing we had the same skills. The guys over at Man About Town produced this video of freestyle skateboarder Kilian Martin wearing threads by Cerruti, Dior Homme, Giorgio Armani and more. Watch it and be amazed.

World at Large: Coachella line up announced!

At this stage most of you would have already read the Coachella line up, so we won't bore you with a re-hash. But for the next 85 days until it begins, we are listening to every band that will be playing. We call this the Cochella music school.

And, here is a little taster of the festival...

The Happening: DJ Archie digs ZR!

Our buddy Archie is a killer DJ- and he was recently featured in the Fitness First mag wearing a singlet from our new Festival Capsule.

Be sure to check out www.facebook.com/deejay.archie for his upcoming tour info!

The Happening: Where we're at this weekend!

Some of the ZR crew are heading to Becks Bar at Sydney Festival tonight for Gold Panda! Promoted by the cool kids over at FBi, Gold Panda is coming out from the UK alongside kyü and Djanimals for an atmospheric electronic gig that will have you dancing your pants off. Tickets available here.

QLD Flood Victim Relief

We are organising donations of clothing to a wonderful appeal organised by Donny Galella and Sara Bray PR for the QLD Flood Victims. The Sydney fashion and PR community have joined together to raise much needed support for our QLD friends. Check out the list of labels who have already donated here.

An event will be held on 25th January with an auction of all donations, will proceeds going to the flood relief. Every bit counts- so we urge you to help out where you can!

We Love: Sydney on New Years Eve!

Sydney photographer Murray Fredericks created this video of the fireworks at Sydney's new Years Eve. It's pretty rad-check it out!

Design Collective: Lola & Bailey tote bags

Lola & Bailey are a Sydney based label that make these cool totes. We want them all!

We Love: SoundCloud

We love SoundCloud for bringing rad beats to our office everyday!

The Happening: ZR go surfing at Whale Beach

ZR menswear designer Nat Taubman headed to Whale Beach, Sydney, last weekend to catch some waves with Teamriders Jack Entwistle & Nathan white. Photographer Glen Allsop headed down to catch the action on his Linux. Despite the less than summery weather, Glenn managed to capture the boys in this old school surf shoot- check it out!

You can find more of Glen's photography here

The Happening: Weekend Gig Guide

It's the weekend after New Years Eve so you may be feeling slightly partied out, but that's no excuse to miss the rad parties and gigs happening around Australia this weekend.

BRISBANE

Tensnake at Barsoma

Tensnake is set for an epic gig this weekend at Barsoma in Brisbane. Tensnake is bound to play his well known remixes from Foals, Aloe Blacc, Goldfrapp and more!

Details: Begins 10pm Sat Jan 8th, Barsoma, Fortitude Valley, Brisbane

MELBOURNE

The Operatives present Espionage

Think beat boxes, heavy dupstep and killer drums from the likes of Flying Lotus, The Gaslamp Killer and more. The Operatives is the gig to be at this weekend in Melbourne.

Details: Sat Jan 8th. HiFi bar in Melbourne

SYDNEY

A-Trak at Oxford Art Factory

Supported by Anna Lunoe, Kato and Harry Cotton, A-Trak will be filling Oxford Art Factory with his electro mixes. Kids of Sydney-be there.

Details: Sat Jan 8th, Oxford Art Factory, Basement of 38-46 Oxford St, DARLINGHURST, Sydney. Ticket $35.00

We Ask: What's your pick for the Triple J Hottest 100?

ZR director Jono is the music man here at ZR head quarters, so with the upcoming Triple J HOttest 100, we asked him what his pick was for the top 10 songs of 2010. Check it out below!

1. Rhinestone Eyes – The Gorillaz
2. One Life Stand – Hot Chip
3. Goodbye England – Laura Marling
4. As We Enter – Damian Marley & Nas
5. This is Happening – LCD Soundsystem
6. My Step – Little Dragon
7. The Mystery Zone – Spoon
8. Solitude is Bliss – Tame Impala
9. White Sky – Vampire Weekend
10. Sofi Needs a Ladder – Deadmau5

2010 was a highlight year of amazing festivals and gigs across the globe. Jono's favourite gigs of 2010 were:

1. The Gorillaz – Coachella
2. Deadmau5 – Coachella



3. Laura Marling / Mumford & Sons – Sydney Festival
4. Claude VonStroke – Nevermind
5. LCD Soundsystem – Hordon Pavillion

And for what it's worth, the best running tracks downloaded in 2010 according to Jono were:

1. Mechanically Reclined – My Favorite Robot
2. Live @ Super Nova – Claude Von Stroke
3. Diary #1 – Marco Ressman
4. The Mix Collection #1 – Gui Boratto
5. 4 x 4 = 12 - Deadmau5

We've been placing our votes for the upcoming Triple J Hottest 100, which you can vote in here.

Let us know your top picks for the Triple J Hottest 100 by commenting below!

Fashion: Sneak peak at our upcoming look book

Want a sneak peak at our upcoming collection Hall of Fame? You can peek it online at Australian Fashion Guide right here.

Fashion: Men Style Passport feature ZR Boardshorts

The cool kids over at Men Style Passport featured our current in store board short collection- perfect for the hot summer here in Australia. For stockist info click here.

The Happening: The Streets quit the music scene

Mike Skinner, more commonly known as The Streets has quit the music scene officially. Here's our little dedication to the British rapper who kept us entertained:

Design Collective: Art Basel in Miami

Art Basel was held in Miami in early December last year and we were amazed with some of the art works on show! Here are a few of our faves...

"Harto de adioses (de la serie)" by Adrián Villar Rojas

"The Universal Now: Trafalgar Square 1975/1971" by Abigail Reynolds

"Confetti Death" by TYPOE

Images courtesy of coolhunting.com