2019 | A year of trying less intensely and still getting ahead

The realisation that you can actually stop trying so hard is a life changing revelation.

This year we were inundated with new, exciting, innovative thrills and adventures in music, fashion, the arts, design and travel. And to be honest, it all got a bit much.

I watched with keen interest how the readership on The Garb Wire kept on reading, stories from as far back as 2015, when I was at full break speed intensity, trying to make my mark on the world wide web. The best and most satisfying thing about looking back at the most read stories in 2019 is that our articles have a very decent life span.

Interested people will keep coming, even if you don’t have an endless stream of click bait missives going into the ether. Our mission is to discover things and introduce them to you as we go, even two years before artists and bands explode with popularity. We love providing an independent platform for Australian movers and shakers, too, who make up the majority of our most read stories of 2019.

Thank you for finding us, for sharing our passions and allowing yourself to do it intelligently and in your own time, like us. Style isn’t rushed. It’s for all time.

We had 229K total impressions for the year from1 Jan – 11 Dec. Most of our readers are in Australia, United States, United Kingdom, China and France.

The Paper Kites continue to make waves overseas, and their stories can be found on TGW.

Tania Ogier attending the media preview of the Cindy Sherman exhibition at GOMA in 2015.

DarkLab’s recently launched In The Hanging Garden continues to shape Hobart for better.

Kingdom: Chanel Gates

Megan Hess’ Kingdom and Coffee Girl Collections continue to attract attention from overseas

Top 10 Stories for 2019

4. The Paper Kites

5. Megan Hess Limited Edition The Kingdom Collection 

6. Strike Your Fancy by Arna Miller and Ravi Zupa 

7. About The Garb Wire

8. The Skegss Interview 

9. TGW Q&A Dr Rachel Matthews Head of Fashion Marketing at COLLARTS 

10. The Sunshine Disco Faith Choir is here to save us all with a Fleetwood Mac cover

Our interview with COLLARTS Fashion Marketing Leader Dr. Rachel Matthews was one of our top stories for 2019.

We were there when they opened as the first act at Splendour to tumbleweeds and crushed cans at noon

Arna Miller’s cat poster series continues to captivate cat lovers the world over.

SKEGSS’ career continues grow at a ‘sick’ and ‘legit’ pace.

The Garb Wire on the line. Your name, please?

More people wanted to know who we are this year.

The Garb Wire is an evolving portfolio of work that often leads to professional engagements. I enjoy these immensely and change guises to suit any task.

I cover things and people I feel genuinely connected to, mainly in fashion, music and the arts from around the world. This pursuit keeps me inspired to make great contributions to my career and life.

The Garb Wire keeps me in touch with what’s happening, and in sharing what I discover, I hope to convince people to seek out style with substance.

My most recent projects include McMillan MGMT and Fuzzy, coordinating Listen Out festival, Australia’s largest music event. I also had the pleasure of delivering new creative concepts and styling the backstage artist areas. I’ve lectured and run stylist workshops with the Fashion Marketing students at COLLARTS, and worked on business development with boutique creative content agency Fancy Films. Please do get in touch. I live to work.