💛⚡✨ HELLO! WELCOME TO LOCOLINEN 💛⚡✨
MY NAME IS KYLIE 👋😘
AT THE BEGINNING OF 2025, AND AFTER 10+ YEARS OF THE TRENCHES OF LITTLE PEOPLE MUM'ING (IN BLACK LEGGINGS AND KMART TEES) AT THE RIPE YOUNG AGE OF 44 I COMMENCED MY PLUNGE (MIDLIFE CRISIS?) INTO SEWING CLOTHES AND SELLING THEM AT OUR LOCAL BYRON BAY MARKETS. I'D REACHED A POINT WHERE I COULD NO LONGER FATHAM WORK FOR OTHER INFLEXIBLE BUSINESSES AND TRYING TO JUGGLE MY FAMILY NEEDS. SO, WITH MY HIGH SCHOOL LEVEL SEWING ABILITY (AND MY BLOODY TALENTED GURU MUMS GUIDANCE) I HANDMADE EVERY PIECE WITH A 40 YR OLD EX HIGH SCHOOL SEWING MACHINE THAT MY MUM GAVE ME. UNTIL... I COULDN'T KEEP UP WITH THE DEMAND (WHO'D OF THOUGHT). NOW I HAVE MY CLOTHING MANUFACTURED - IT'S IMPOSSIBLE TO HANDMAKE AND COST OF LIVE - SADLY. I STILL CREATE BUT THERES ALLOT OF BUSINESS RUNNING (MOSTLY STILL SOLO) NOW AND STILL JUGGLING 3 KIDDOS, HOME LIFE AND EVERYTHING IN BETWEEN.
I LOVE DOING THIS FOR THE JOY AND THE CONNECTION WITH PEOPLE AND COMMUNITY. LOCOLINEN IS AN AVENUE FOR ME TO CONNECT AND RELATE TO THE WORLD. ITS BEEN A TOTALLY UNEXPECTED DISCOVERY FOR ME, FINDING THIS WAY TO GROW AS A PERSON AND CHALLENGE MYSELF IN WAYS I JUST NEVER THOUGHT POSSIBLE AT THIS STAGE OF LIFE. I DESGIN CLOTHING BASED ON WHAT I WANT TO WEAR THAT I THINK IS COOL AND I CANT FIND ELSEWHERE.
MID 2026 I JOINED FAIRE AND ALL OF A SUDDEN I NOW HAVE OVER 100+ STOCKISTS - WORLDWIDE!!
YOU WILL STILL FIND ME AT LOCAL MARKETS IN MY HAPPY PLACE.
MARKETS
EVERY 1ST SUNDAY OF MONTH
BYRON BAY COMMUNITY MARKET
EVERY 2ND SUNDAY OF MONTH
COOLANGATTA COASTAL MARKETS
EVERY 4TH SUNDAY OF MONTH
YAMBA MARKETS
BANGALOW MARKETS
OCT - APR | SAT NIGHTS
BYRON BAY TWILIGHT MARKET
EVERY QTR
BYRON BEACHSIDE ARTISAN MARKET