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All of our garments are hand crafted with the skill and care that we have been known by for over 40 years by our artisans in our studios in Sydney and Singapore.

Our Handwoven Silk Textiles are woven on hand looms, in-house and reveal the hand touch at each stage of their creation.

Our Creative Director, Evan Sturrock finds inspiration in the immense natural beauty of Australia and the places he has visited. He strives to reflect the quintessential Australian way of life in all that he creates.

Each of his signature textiles tells a piece of his Australian story.

Charcoal Bark - Joe Bananas | Australia

Charcoal Bark

The 'Charcoal Bark' Raw Silk Jacket is a grand adaptation of a dress jacket. 
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Brain Coral - Joe Bananas | Australia

Brain Coral

Brain coral is a common name given to corals in the family Mussidae, due to their generally spheroid shape and grooved surface which resembles a brain.
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Honeycomb - Joe Bananas | Australia

Honeycomb

The 'Honeycomb' Raw Silk Jacket draws its inspiration from the amber of the bee's home.
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Cobalt - Joe Bananas | Australia

Cobalt

Cobalt is a chemical element with symbol Co and atomic number 27. Like nickel, cobalt is found in the Earth's crust only in chemically combined form, save for small deposits found in alloys of natural meteoric iron.
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Tiger Cowrie - Joe Bananas | Australia

Tiger Cowrie

Cypraea tigris is commonly known as the tiger cowrie. Originally described by Linnaeus in his 18th century work, Systema Naturae, it is a species of cowry, a large sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Cypraeidae, the cowries.
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Sydney Sandstone - Joe Bananas | Australia

Sydney Sandstone

Raw Silk Jacket Inspiration Sydney is located on Australia's east coast. It is the most populous city in Australia and Oceania - it is also the resplendent home of Joe Bananas. Now, we might be incredibly biased, but we think it is a truly beautiful place. Beauty that needs to...
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Pilbara Sand - Joe Bananas | Australia

Pilbara Sand

Raw Silk Jacket Inspiration The Pilbara is a large, arid and thinly populated region in the north of Western Australia. It is known for its Aboriginal peoples, its ancient landscapes, and its vast mineral deposits - the latter of which contribute significantly to Australia's mining economy. Joe, who was a...
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Peacock Ore - Joe Bananas | Australia

Peacock Ore

Raw Silk Jacket Inspiration Bornite, also known as peacock ore, is a sulfide mineral with a chemical composition that crystallises in the orthorhombic system (pseudo-cubic). Peacock ore has a brown to copper-red colour on fresh surfaces that tarnishes to various iridescent shades of blue to purple in places. The ‘Peacock...
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Goanna - Joe Bananas | Australia

Goanna

Raw Silk Jacket Inspiration A goanna is any of several Australian monitor lizards of the genus Varanus. It is a creature that features prominently in Aboriginal mythology and Australian folklore (and a common playground taunt to any Australian child named 'Anna': "Go, Anna!"). Varying greatly in size and markings across...
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Jacaranda - Joe Bananas | Australia

Jacaranda

If you ask a Sydneysider what their favourite sight is at spring, many will exclaim "The Jacarandas!".
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Gecko - Joe Bananas | Australia

Gecko

Anyone who has travelled through the tropics of Australia would be very familiar with the night call of the Australian gecko "thack, thack, thack". 
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Galah Bark - Joe Bananas | Australia

Galah Bark

A 'galah' in common Aussie slang also means fool or silly person.
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