Melbourne hero Hannah Chipkin from Chip Chop! has just released her new ‘So You Think You’re From France’ range, featuring all the things you’ve come to love from her- massive printed totes,  logo tees, but this season marks her move into fashion pieces, including silk tops and dresses as well as linen jackets, and *gasp* amazing handmade leather belts and cuffs featuring perspex lettering. Rush for these as they are in very limited suply!

Only at Lenko you will find New York darling, Margarita Saplala’s new collection of silk wonders. This textile designer has taken her incredible eye for colour and texture and created some magical pieces. Be the only ones in town with these artworks in your wardrobe!

UK rocker Zena McKeown from Me & Zena has also just released her cutest collection ever! Little robots, space ships, and leopards all adorned with just the right amount of sparkle. 

Lenko’s new Pizza Pie Top, and Kimono Cardi have also been flying out the door, so click here to get your Aussie made, internationally themed goods!

xxx Lenko

Its My Birthday And I’ll Sale If I Want To!

Can you believe it?! It was already one year ago we moved into our new home in Flinders Lane! The year has been busy supplying you with all new Lenko designs, as well as goods from some of Australia’s best new designers and artists, and more recently some rad international ones too.

Now we want to give you a gift for supporting us and making the last year so much fun. We love you guys! Aw! So we are having a Birthday SALE! Click around for some great reductions on a whole lot of styles.

AND Check this out: If you spend over $200 on-line you receive a FREE GIFT of a Lenko T-shirt!
Or
If you spend over $200 in store at Lenko Flinder’s Lane you will receive a $20 Lenko Flinders Lane Voucher! These Bday vouchers will only be available until the end of the month, so get your party hat on!

Thank you all so much for being the sunshine in our day, being the lovers of randomness you are, and letting us keep making these goods for you.

xxx Team Lenko

Woah! We are moving out of our Collingwood studio so to say goodbye we are inviting you to our massive SALE! Dont make us box up everything- take some home. Prices are ridiculous and there are random prizes just for turning up!

What you can expect:
Prices starting from $5!
Chip Chop totes and tees!
Tiny Dancer jewellery
Lenko dresses, jackets, tops, pants, and everything else!
Other rad brands too!

SAMPLES!
SECONDS!
ONE-OFFS!
TREASURES!
BARGAINS!

So this weekend come to our studio, see where the magic happens and get yourself some new awesomeness.
Cash only.

x Lenko

Birds by Sophie Cohen

Animal Art Exhibition

I’ll leave you with some images from the art exhibition we are holding as part of the Animal Sweater Launch in our Lenko Art Window in the Cathedral Arcade. L’académie Des Arts de Collage du Lenko is our collaborative collage collective which has been working away on an animal themed range of piecesespecially for the Launch. There are some pretty magical and pretty weird things going on there, so come boggle your brain in this new animal kingdom of randomness.

Well I’d better get back to baking these animal cookies for the launch,

See you there!

x Lenko

Lenko’s Animal Sweater Launch and VIP Pre-Sale details!

The wait is over. The votes were collected and the most important decision of a lifetime was made- the next animal for the Lenko sweater! Thank you for the hundreds of entries and emails, we were so inundated with nominations of noble creatures (except that horrible naked mole rat ew) and in the end we had to choose 4 winners- SEAL, UNICORN, TOUCAN and LEMUR.
In Store Animal Sweater Launch!
You are invited!
Thursday June 3rd
5-7pm
Lenko Flinders Lane
Cathedral Arcade
37 Swanston St

Now its your chance to get your hands on the finished sweaters! Painstakingly hand made in Melbourne for you! There is only 30 of each sweater and 2 ways of getting them, in store or online, so get in quick like a puma to avoid crocodile tears later.

Lenko Animal Sweater PRE-SALE!
You lucky members of the Lenko list will have the first dibs on these sweaters. Yes we are releasing a few of them one day before the launch, on-line here so wherever you are in the world, you can get in on the animal magic. Pre- Sale Starts 9am on June 2nd!Tomas Friml, amazing make up artist Kate Blainey, talent Magenta and Tess and super stylist Jamima Wu, it was a crazy day of randomness and eye gouging confetti! Big love for everyone involved.

Animal Sweater Photo Shoot!
We were lucky enough to have the bouncy boys from the band World’s End Press come in for our Animal Sweater shoot! Love those guys! Listen to their music here.
Thanks to rad photographer

See you at the launch!
xx Lenko

First up, let me introduce you to a new label from Sydney, Serpent and the Swan. Sisters Laurie and Hayley design this knitwear from merino wool, cotton and modal, and detail it with handmade resin animals. So so unusual, a lovley thing to have.

Next up is the colourful collection from Minty Meets Munt. Texture is the order of the day with faux fur, leather, wool, lace and velvet all making an appearance.

We also have new clothing in from Limedrop, if you misssed out on their first drop, we now have new tartan and linen shirts in and that amazing cloude print blazer has arrived!

New Jewellery has also arrived- new brooches from Labthreeofive as well as these new cuties from Sniffle Co!

Steven Shein that talented designer from LA has come up with some wild new designs to amaze us. His new perspex bangles, rings and earrings feature real gold flecks and bold text.

*** SNEAK PEEK***

After such a huge response to our Choose the Animal For the Next Lenko Sweater Competition I’ve been feeling the pressure to come up with designs to do your winning nominations justice. As you may know, the winning animals were Toucan, Lemur, Seal and Unicorn (it IS a real animal). I can now tell you the designs are done! The drawings were turned into templates which I traced onto fabric and all the animal body parts were cut up and are now being sewn onto the sweaters! I’m never touching scissors again!!! I hope you like the outcome! Here is a sneak peek from Lenko HQ of our test toucan… stay tuned for the launch event!

Stay warm my friends in these cold times. Hug for warmth if you have to.

xxx Lenko

Hello Team!

We’ve had a whole lot of new deliveries this week- and there will be a whole lot more in the next few weeks too!

My pick: the new collection of Knitwear and clothing by NZ designer Salasai.  Dip Dyed and over the top you’ll love these pieces!New Men’s ranges from The XII Letter- check out the straight-jacket inspired poncho. Insanity.

Also we have AIAIAI head phones from Denmark to entertain you, and yes Digital Harinezumi 2 cameras will be arriving next week to keep those idle hands busy!

We will be opening on Easter Saturday so hop on in- I may even have chocolate for you! Mehee!

xx Lenko

Its all arriving now! Lenko is full of what make winter so much fun- Your New Wardrobe!

We have received our first drop from Fashion Week darlings Limedrop. We are so proud of their achievements this year, and love sharing their products with you! Come in and see what all the fuss is about- All new jewellery and clothing collection in store now, and more on the way!

We are also very proud to present the first range from Melbourne designer Led Zephyr! Check out her amazing leather boots as well as silky textured tops and Lacy track pants. Definitely a designer to watch!

We have had an incredible response to the latest collection from MyPetSquare from Sydney, with most styles selling out in the first few days. Lovely capes, sharp blazers, billowing dresses, silky silouhettes and structured skirts.

Also new this week is the lovelyrange from BebeSydney featuring wool military jackets, cream pleated dresses, and military style riding pants.

If you like it big and fun, you have to check out the blazers from Style Stalker with sky high shoulder details. Yehoo!

Oh and of course new Lenko wintery things are starting to arrive too! Check out the delicious Velvet Paradise Dress, or the unisex Stripey Long sleeve tee for starters!

All new jewellery in store too and dont forget the limited range of Philosofaces are now available to purchase. Thanks so much to everyone who came to the close of the exhibition and picked up their faces! There were only 20 of each face made, so if you were wanting one make it quick or it’s fiddlesticks!

You may have noticed a bit of commotion around the Lenko Art Window recently. Philosoface’s Prue has been busily installing her new work as part of her Art of Fashion series. Come and see the limited edition brooches and necklaces she has created out of some of the best loved artists of our time. From Karl Lagerfeld to Ol’ Dirty Bastard there’s someone for everyone. You can see these pieces on display until the 10th of March and even put your name down in store to get yoursticky little mitts on one. On the 11th of March we will have all the non sold pieces available for sale with a few drinks at the store from 5-7pm. Come down and get your Lady Gaga or Brian Eno fix!

xx Lenko

You would think the inner fulfilment of your animal being chosen would be prize enough- but no! The winning entry will win an animal sweater of their very own. Also if you upload an image of yourself wearing a previous Lenko Animal sweater you could win a $50 Lenko shop voucher! there’s 2 to be won for the best images.

Competition closes on the 19th of Feb, so get choosing!

Click on the image above to enter! Good Luck

xx Lenko