PERMANENT VACATION

Website: www.permanentvacation.com.au  | Instagram: @permanent.vacation

 

Melbourne brand Permanent Vacation is less a traditional fashion house and more an exercise in creating a new way of creating and buying clothing. Described as an “an ongoing Project series exploring design as an expression of sentiment”.

Permanent Vacation is focused on creating a limited number of garments that are high quality, wearable and considered with a sense of timeless appeal. The brand’s pieces come in a series of capsules, or “Projects”. Each piece is produced on demand in Melbourne, Australia, within a 15km radius of the brand’s studio. The various pieces are ‘stocked’ until sold out. 

 

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