Alannah Hill
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Alannah Hill is an Australia
n fashion designer, well known in Australia and internationally for her "girly chic" fashion label smexy and boutique chain.
Hill was born in Geeveston
, Tasmania
, but spent much of her childhood in the coastal town of Penguin
, where her parents owned a milk bar
, Hill and her mother worked in the milk bar
while her father sold insurance. She moved to Hobart at 15, running away to join Ashton's Circus
, and at the age of 17, moved to Melbourne, Victoria
.
Hill worked in Melbourne as a stylist on film and video clips, eventually landing a small role in the 1987 film Dogs in Space
starring Michael Hutchence
. Whilst waitressing in a cafe, she was offered a job at a fashion store (Indigo) in Chapel Street
, South Yarra
, where she worked for fifteen years, before starting her own fashion design label in 1996.
She opened her first boutique in 1997, and currently has thirteen stores in Australia: five in Melbourne, four in Sydney
, two in Perth
, one in Brisbane and one in Adelaide. Her fashion range is also available at David Jones
department stores nationally. In 2006 Hill opened a store in Auckland, New Zealand.
CEO Mark McInness' sexual harassment charges made by former employee, Kristy Fraser-Kirk.
Australia
Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...
n fashion designer, well known in Australia and internationally for her "girly chic" fashion label smexy and boutique chain.
Hill was born in Geeveston
Geeveston, Tasmania
Geeveston is a small Australian town located in the south of Tasmania on the Huon River, 62 km south west of Hobart, making it Australia's most southerly administrative centre. The town takes its name from William Geeves, an English settler who was given a land grant by Lady Jane Franklin in the...
, Tasmania
Tasmania
Tasmania is an Australian island and state. It is south of the continent, separated by Bass Strait. The state includes the island of Tasmania—the 26th largest island in the world—and the surrounding islands. The state has a population of 507,626 , of whom almost half reside in the greater Hobart...
, but spent much of her childhood in the coastal town of Penguin
Penguin, Tasmania
Penguin is a town in the north-west coast of Tasmania, Australia. It is located in the Central Coast Council Local Government Area on the Bass Highway, between Burnie and Ulverstone. At the 2006 census, Penguin had a population of 2,943....
, where her parents owned a milk bar
Milk bar
Milk bar is a term in some parts of Australia for suburban local shops or general stores. They are known as tuck shops, delicatessens or delis in South Australia and Western Australia, and as corner stores in Queensland and New South Wales...
, Hill and her mother worked in the milk bar
Milk bar
Milk bar is a term in some parts of Australia for suburban local shops or general stores. They are known as tuck shops, delicatessens or delis in South Australia and Western Australia, and as corner stores in Queensland and New South Wales...
while her father sold insurance. She moved to Hobart at 15, running away to join Ashton's Circus
Circus Joseph Ashton
Ashton's Circus is the longest surviving circus in Australia, pre-dating most others in the English-speaking world. The circus was founded in Launceston, Tasmania, in February 1851 by James Henry Ashton, a man schooled in the tradition of English circus and who had experience the hard times of the...
, and at the age of 17, moved to Melbourne, Victoria
Victoria (Australia)
Victoria is the second most populous state in Australia. Geographically the smallest mainland state, Victoria is bordered by New South Wales, South Australia, and Tasmania on Boundary Islet to the north, west and south respectively....
.
Hill worked in Melbourne as a stylist on film and video clips, eventually landing a small role in the 1987 film Dogs in Space
Dogs in Space
Dogs in Space is a 1986 Australian film set in the "little band scene" in Melbourne in 1978. It was directed by Richard Lowenstein and starred Michael Hutchence as Sam, the drug-addled frontman of the fictitious band from which the film takes its name....
starring Michael Hutchence
Michael Hutchence
Michael Kelland John Hutchence was an Australian musician and actor. He was the founding lead singer-songwriter of rock band :INXS from 1977 to his death in 1997, a period of twenty years. Hutchence was a member of short-lived pop rock group Max Q and recorded solo material which was released...
. Whilst waitressing in a cafe, she was offered a job at a fashion store (Indigo) in Chapel Street
Chapel Street, Melbourne
Chapel Street is a shopping, dining and entertainment precinct in Melbourne, Australia. It has a myriad shops ranging from exclusive upmarket fashion designers at the South Yarra end to old fashion pawnbrokers towards Windsor.-Geography:...
, South Yarra
South Yarra, Victoria
South Yarra is a suburb in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 4 km south-east from Melbourne's central business district. Its Local Government Area are the Cities of Stonnington and Melbourne...
, where she worked for fifteen years, before starting her own fashion design label in 1996.
She opened her first boutique in 1997, and currently has thirteen stores in Australia: five in Melbourne, four in Sydney
Sydney
Sydney is the most populous city in Australia and the state capital of New South Wales. Sydney is located on Australia's south-east coast of the Tasman Sea. As of June 2010, the greater metropolitan area had an approximate population of 4.6 million people...
, two in Perth
Perth, Western Australia
Perth is the capital and largest city of the Australian state of Western Australia and the fourth most populous city in Australia. The Perth metropolitan area has an estimated population of almost 1,700,000....
, one in Brisbane and one in Adelaide. Her fashion range is also available at David Jones
David Jones Limited
David Jones Limited , colloquially known as DJs, is a high-end Australian department store chain.David Jones was founded in 1838 by David Jones, a Welsh immigrant, and is claimed to be the oldest continuously operating department store in the world still trading under its original name. It...
department stores nationally. In 2006 Hill opened a store in Auckland, New Zealand.
Sorry Sale
The Alannah Hill stores had a 'sorry sale' on Saturday, August 11, 2010. Hill pledged 100 per cent of sales to the anti-violence women's charity, the White Ribbon Foundation. The sale was a follow up as a public apology to comments made by the designer in response to former David Jones LimitedDavid Jones Limited
David Jones Limited , colloquially known as DJs, is a high-end Australian department store chain.David Jones was founded in 1838 by David Jones, a Welsh immigrant, and is claimed to be the oldest continuously operating department store in the world still trading under its original name. It...
CEO Mark McInness' sexual harassment charges made by former employee, Kristy Fraser-Kirk.