• Skip to primary navigation
  • Skip to main content
  • Skip to primary sidebar
  • Skip to footer

Melbourne Mamma - Fashion | Food | Family | Fun | Shopping

Your local guide to the best fashion, food, family fun and shopping in Melbourne

  • Home
  • Must Haves
  • Sales
  • Melbourne Mamma’s Market
  • Giveaways
  • About
  • Contact

Getting to know…..Selvije from Chachi & Bouds

December 8 2011 By melbournemamma Leave a Comment

This week we are getting to know Selvije from Chachi and Bouds….

 

I recently had the pleasure of attending the launch of new local label “Chachi and Bouds” and I was blown away.

 

The brainchild of local mum Selvije and her mum Undra, Chachi and Bouds combines pretty feminine design with gorgeous fabric and texture.

 

If you’re looking for something pretty for your little miss – this in one label guaranteed to be a favourite this summer.

 

 

 

1. Tell us a little about yourself
I was in finance for 16 years leaving the Bank, when I fell pregnant with my daughter in 2004. Thinking that I would go back to work, I loved being a stay at home Mum. I had my son, in 2006; life is a lot more hectic now than it was when I worked in finance!!! We, as a family are interested in going to watch AFL together, catching up with family, friends and being involved in the school community.

 

2. Describe your label in one sentence?
Our designs blend classic, vintage styles with natural fabric, colours and those decorative extra touches of embroidery and lace that lift our garment above the ordinary.

 

3. How did you come up with the name for your label?
My son had difficulty in calling his sister by her name “Charley” and started calling her Chachi and the “Bouds” came because my son was quite chubby as a baby and we called him “Bouds” as he was like a little Buddha.

 

4. What led you to creating Chachi & Bouds?
We wanted to create a range of clothing with the look and quality of the designer labels but without the designer price tag! Also another key element was to design a range of clothing that is age appropriate yet fashionable and comfortable for play or party.

 

5. Where do you find inspiration?
Some inspiration comes from our friend who is a designer and has two children of her own, shows us her sketches (or samples); we look at them and comment accordingly. Or I may see (imagine) something I like and then talk to my mum and friend about it, then our designer friend draws it up.

 

6. What do you love most about what you do?
Love seeing our creations on little girls and the enjoyment on their face as they twirl around showing it off.

 

7. What are your 3 favourite items from your latest collection?
#GN025, #LL002 and #LB003 really reflect the image we want to create.

 

8. What’s one item you can’t live without?
My mobile phone

 

9. What’s one item your kids can’t live without?
My daughter – her books & my son – football

 

10. Favourite place to shop for yourself?
Witchery, Country Road, Green with Envy, Shopbop, Husk

 

11. If you weren’t designing what other job would you like to do?
I would love to be a fashion stylist like Rachel Zoe, for a major movie star…..ah to dream!!!

 

 

Chachi & Bouds is available from Chocolate Freckles, Kiss Chasy Clothing and www.chachiandbouds.com.

Filed Under: Meet the Designer Tagged With: designers, shop local

Previous Post: « Here Comes the Sun…..
Next Post: Stocking Stuffers under $10 »

Reader Interactions

Leave a Reply Cancel reply

Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *

Primary Sidebar

Follow Me

  • Email
  • Facebook
  • Instagram
  • Pinterest
  • YouTube

SUBSCRIBE

Categories

  • Books
  • Food & Drink
  • Giveaways
  • Kid Stuff
  • Lifestyle
  • Markets
  • Me
  • Meet the Designer
  • Meet the Owner
  • Meet the Retailer
  • Migraines
  • Out and About
  • Reviews
  • Shopping
  • Top 10
  • Travel
  • Uncategorized

Tags

back to school birthdays books botox boys fashion christmas decor designers diy easter family fun fashion father's day favourite books flash sale for babies for boys for girls for home for kids for mammas gift ideas girls fashion giveaways kids activities kids fashion love this look melbourne mamma melbourne mammas market melbourne to do migraines mini style mothers day out and about reading reading challenge reviews sales school holiday fun shoes shop local shopping summer toys yummy

Footer

Instagram Feed

melbournemamma

Tracey | Melbourne Mamma
Have you tried the yummy NEW Paddle Pop Twister Mi Have you tried the yummy NEW Paddle Pop Twister Minis from @streetsicecreamau?

Made from real fruit juice, with a delicious mix of strawberry and lemon-lime, these frozen treats contain only 39 calories, are 100% plant based and contain no artificial colours or flavours 🙌🏻❤️💛💚

Grab some now from @igaaustralia, @colessupermarkets or @woolworths_au 🛒

#Ad #Gifted #TwisterMiniAU #FrozenTreat #AussieSummer #SummerVibes #LowCalorie #LowCalorieSnack #MelbourneMamma #SummerDays
🤣🍫🎄 🤣🍫🎄
THIS is what happens when your teenage son uses yo THIS is what happens when your teenage son uses your @spotify in the car every time you take him to basketball 🤣🤦🏻‍♀️

#SpotifyWrapped2023 #MumLife #EyeOfTheTiger #Spotify #BasketballMum #MelbourneMamma
If I ever get kidnapped… this is how they got me If I ever get kidnapped… this is how they got me in the van 📚🤣
This beautifully written and poignant novel weaves This beautifully written and poignant novel weaves together the stories of a Cypriot family across generations. 

Set against the backdrop of the Cyprus conflict, the book explores love, loss, and the enduring power of nature 🌳

My Rating: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

“Two teenagers, a Greek Cypriot and a Turkish Cypriot, meet at a taverna on the island they both call home. The taverna It is 1974 on the island of Cyprus. Two teenagers, from opposite sides of a divided land, meet at a tavern in the city they both call home. The tavern is the only place that Kostas, who is Greek and Christian, and Defne, who is Turkish and Muslim, can meet, in secret, hidden beneath the blackened beams from which hang garlands of garlic, chilli peppers and wild herbs. This is where one can find the best food in town, the best music, the best wine. But there is something else to the place: it makes one forget, even if for just a few hours, the world outside and its immoderate sorrows.

In the centre of the tavern, growing through a cavity in the roof, is a fig tree. This tree will witness their hushed, happy meetings, their silent, surreptitious departures; and the tree will be there when the war breaks out, when the capital is reduced to rubble, when the teenagers vanish and break apart.

Decades later in north London, sixteen-year-old Ada Kazantzakis has never visited the island where her parents were born. Desperate for answers, she seeks to untangle years of secrets, separation and silence. The only connection she has to the land of her ancestors is a Ficus Carica growing in the back garden of their home.”
⁣
💥Join my 2023 Reading Challenge via the link in my bio 💥
⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣
#TheIslandOfMissingTrees #MelbourneMammaBookLove #MMReadingChallenge2023
My mother-in-law grows the most beautiful orchids My mother-in-law grows the most beautiful orchids 🌸

#Orchids #HomeGrown #Spring #SpringFlowers #PinkFlowers #Pink #MelbourneGarden #MelbourneLife
RIP Matthew Perry 💔 #ChandlerBing RIP Matthew Perry 💔 #ChandlerBing
Absolutely stunning 💙💙💙 How gorgeous are Absolutely stunning 💙💙💙

How gorgeous are these hydrangeas captured by @siniple 📷

They’ll always be one of my favourite flowers 😍

#Hydrangea #Springtime #BlueFlowers #GardenLove #HydrangeaLove #SpringDays
We did it!!! 🖤🤍🏆💪🏼 Good Old @colli We did it!!! 🖤🤍🏆💪🏼

Good Old @collingwood_fc Forever 🙌🏻🙌🏻🙌🏻

#CollingwoodFC #Collingwood #GoodOldCollingwoodForever #2023Champions #YeahTheBoys
Follow me on Instagram

Copyright © 2023 · melbourne mamma