Day: August 14, 2020

Thinking of a really good present for the Dads/partners/supportive people in our lives can be challenging, year after year. So why not take a new spin on an old favourite? If your Dads are anything like ours, their socks and jocks can always do with an upgrade!

Enter Country Road, a much-loved stalwart on the Australian fashion landscape. We’ve selected 19 products from their current range that would be PERFECT gifts for any Dad in need of a wardrobe tweak. 

Country Road is a heritage brand renowned for its knitwear, and let’s be honest, the same three jumpers have probably been on high rotation by this time of the year! This cable weave half zip knit is perfect for layering under a coat or as standalone outerwear, especially when paired with this two-tone rib scarf. Complete the look with something a Dad would probably never buy for themselves…

Cormach and Coco don’t describe themselves as activists. I got the feeling that fighting for what they believe in is a way of life for them, as essential and automatic as breathing air. Cormach, a Yorta Yorta man, and Coco, a non-Aboriginal woman are passionate nurturers of Aboriginal excellence. 

They’re parents to Waari (2.5) and Winnie (six months), who was born at the beginning of the pandemic. They’re happy and very, very tired. Waves of tender exhaustion ripple through my screen during our Zoom call. 

Cormach founded Strong Brother, Strong Sister, and he and Coco co-founded Ngarrimili. Coco is also the label manager at Bad Apples Music. To say they’re unafraid of a challenge is an understatement. When Coco was six months pregnant with Waari, Cormach embarked on a 200km open ocean paddle to raise money for Indigenous men’s health. Things didn’t exactly go to plan. He