Fashion slaves and glad rag lusters… it’s on again, folks! The social network for style mavens, 2threads.com, is proud to announce that time of year has come around again and the 2009 2threads Australian Fashion Awards is coming to town. Aiming to be bigger and better than last year’s event by collaborating with the best in the business (including us!) to help the up and coming design talent in town launch into recognition. It’s enough to make your oversized sunnies fog up in a fever!

Nominations are open until the 11th of November so click here www.2threads.com/fashionawards/nominations to nominate yourself or talent you know in the following categories:

Best Designer Women’s Fashion
Best Designer Men’s Fashion
Best Designer Swimwear
Best Up and Coming Designer
Best Accessory Designer
Best Footwear Designer
Best Fashion Blog

Get voting because this is one award that honours the voice of the people. Votes count for everything as there is no panel of judges and there are prizes for voters…. so pull that iPhone out of the Gucci bag and start Tweeting the word!

Finalists will be announced November 17th with the winners being announced on the 23rd December, a lovely Christmas treat for the winners and opportunities to fill your own stocking if you have been actively voting.

By dining at participating StreetSmart restaurants between the 9th November to 24th December 2009 you can help change someone’s life. A voluntary $2 donation will be added to your table’s bill. It’s a simple, effective way to support small grassroots projects for the homeless.

StreetSmart is a unique bridge between the community and small, grassroots agencies that assist people experiencing homelessness. They support critical services and emergency aid as well as projects that promote social inclusion, empowerment and sustainable change for people who are homeless. When money is raised from the public through they’re fundraising events, 100 per cent of donations are distributed in the form of grants. To date they have raised and distributed over $830,000 to 188 grassroots projects.

So what are you waiting for? Go online to find out which restaurants are supporting this wonderful cause & you can also donate online right here.

Our competition for the Coffin Rock movie tickets has now closed. Thank you to everyone that entered we had an overwhelming response. The winners are listed below and your prizes will be sent this week. Thanks again to Jameson PR for your generous support!

P.Matheos – Penshurst, NSW
S. Leong – Randwick, NSW
E. Bakkalis – Dingley Village, VIC
D. Hadiwibawa – Narellan Vale, NSW
J.Emmerson – Putney, NSW
L.Limas – Kardinya, WA
T.Lee – Concord, NSW
S.Southwell – Seaton, SA
R.Sheridan – Port Macquarie, NSW
N.Fenwick – Burney, TAS

Who would have thought that cocktails have birthdays? No kidding! World Cocktail Day is celebrated every May 18th and a long-week of celebration is done in various bars worldwide held around May 6th until the 18th.

To have a signature cocktail is classy – no really. To walk into a bar boasting some seriously top-shelf nectar and be able to order a cocktail off the top of your head is a sign of someone who’s got it going on. James Bond, for example, is a martini man (shaken not stirred). Sex & The City’s Carrie Bradshaw is a fan of the Cosmopolitan and That ’70s Show’s Kitty Forman wouldn’t be the woman she is without a Manhattan (or three … bah, who’s counting).

Below are the top 10 classic cocktails you should commit to memory and name-drop over the bar. It’s a very character-building experience … especially in front of all your cocktail-bamboozled friends.

1. Cosmopolitan
2 Martini
3. Manhattan
4. Japanese Slipper
5. B-52 (Long)
6. Brandy Alexander
7. Grasshopper
8. Harvey Wallbanger (Long)
9. Tom Collins
10. Margarita