2012

Forward thinking

Hi everyone, welcome back to the Unique Fabrics blog for 2012. I hope you've all had a happy holiday break and have recharged the creative ...

Houles in New Zealand

We are very excited to announce that Unique Fabrics now represents Houlès in New Zealand as well as Australia. As a primer for those of ...

Around the world

I can't think of a more inspiring way to start the year than with a new Andrew Martin collection. And as we've come to expect ...

Furnatex Tauranga

We'd like to invite our clients from the Bay of Plenty area along to the Furnatex trade show. It's being held at the Sebel Hotel ...

Arte x 3

We have three new collections from Arte I'd like to profile for you. First up is Penelope Odyssey which sees Arte using muted metallics to ...

Thoughts on Maison & Objet 2012

Maison & Objet is the ultimate homeware show: from drapery and upholstery textiles to furniture, tableware, lighting, bedding, installations and so on. It's a great ...

Brisbane progress

I thought I'd post some images of our Brisbane showroom which is coming together beautifully... As you can see the cabinetry is being fitted, and ...

Veel Geluk!

On Friday we sadly said farewell to Clare, our Design & Production Coordinator. She has been an important member of our team for the last ...

2012 MDC Design Preview

Just a reminder - the first 2012 Design Preview is on this Thursday at the Mainland Design Centre. Cantabrians, I'm sure you will have received ...

All systems go

We're thrilled to be opening the doors to our Brisbane Showroom today! We can't wait to see you there. Pop in for a coffee and ...

Andrew Martin's Archive

Last Friday we sent off the new Archive cushions to each of our showrooms. While divvying them up I realised that I'm yet to post ...

On the floor - Auckland

Here's a snap of a new linen called Rustique Stripe we have on the floor at the Auckland showroom. We've teamed it with AM's Archive ...

Auckland and Sydney 'Open Day'

Unique Fabrics invite you to join us in celebrating the launch of the latest Spring collections from Zimmer+Rhode, Etamine and our own stock releases. We ...

ZR Gallery Sheers

Zimmer+Rohde's latest collection, Gallery, has an impressive selection of wide-width sheers and semi-opaques which are definitely worthy of a blog post. Ranging from 100% linen ...

Outdoor Or In

Check this list out: High lightfastness, weather resistant, good abrasion resistance (wet and dry), hypoallergenic, stain resistant, washable at 30°, good resistance to salt water, ...

Roarrrrr!

In the last few months we've released some superlative animal-hide inspired designs. I thought I'd bring them together in a blog post. If you're looking ...

Thank you

A big thank you to all our clients who called into our Open Days in Melbourne, Auckland and Sydney. We had a fabulous turn out, ...

Houlès Downunder

From the 16th of April we'll have the pleasure of hosting Andrew Carton, the International Sales Director of Houlès. While in Australia and New Zealand ...

Houlès Events

As I mentioned recently Andrew Carton from Houlès will be joining us for client visits, showroom presentations and workshops next week. Below are the times ...

Merci Beaucoup

It's been a pleasure having Andrew Carton from Houlès in this part of the world for the last six days. His showroom presentations were very ...

New to the site

You may have noticed an addition to the site navigation on the left of your screen: 'Clearance Specials'. Every fortnight our sales team receive a ...

Welcome aboard

We'd like to warmly welcome Cheryl Scott to Unique Fabrics. Cheryl will be heading the team in Melbourne as the new Sales Manager for Victoria. ...

May = Proposte

It's that time of year again where we're lucky enough to be in Como for the Proposte textile fair. We will be scouring the exhibits ...

On the Floor @ Coco Republic

Last week Steph sent these images through to me - some snaps taken on the floor at Coco Republic's showroom in Brisbane. They feature fabrics ...

Designer Denim

As it's currently on the showroom floor I thought I'd write about our stock range of denim called Rebel. I love the versatility of denim ...

Proposte 2012

It's great to be home again, even though we're straight back in the thick of it, preparing for our Winter 2012 release at the end ...