Women of FME #2

Rose Anna Jan-Gee Louey, is a Chinese Australian artist who explores magic in the real. With a background in Printmaking at the Victorian College of the Arts; she has continued her love of monochromatic greyscale with graphite on paper and more recently, painting. Rose brought our SS2022 Collection to life across the ODE Collective front window this week. A rolling, swirling oceanic fantasy that encapsulates 'The Sweet Life' Collection SS2022.

Name/Nicknames:

Rose Anna Jan-Gee Louey (only my closest friends call me Lou)

Occupation(s)Interests:

Mother to three, Artist (painter) and Model (and sometimes I teach Yoga, but not often)

Favourite scent:

Santa Maria Novella Melograno, mixed with the Herbe pheromone Activator and some rose water.

Most precious object/item that you own and why:

The friendship ring my dad gave to my mum when they were 14. It is engraved with their names. It isn't valuable but it is irreplaceable.

Please recommend a song to create to:

Sebastian Tellier 'La Ritournelle'. This definitely flips the emotion in my stomach.

Please recommend a song to cut loose to:

The Roots 'The Seed 2.0', is still the one.

Share a childhood memory with us:

Crushing flowers in the garden with my sister Grace and selling our 'perfume' all over the neighbourhood. I think we mixed it with glitter and water and our mum bought lots of tiny vials for us to put them in. 

When do you feel most beautiful?

When I was little, it was when I washed my face hard with a flannel and it made my cheeks go pink. I still like the after effects now of a clean face with warm cheeks. 

A favourite quote:

You’re still going to get criticised, so you might as well do whatever the fuck you want.

— Kathleen Hanna

Which piece from the FME collection feels most YOU and how would you style it:
Usually I wear vintage margiela- something I have collected since I was 20 years old. I then throw this together with beautiful basics- I really love the FME baby blue tank and teeshirt and would wear this with my brown long MM skirt and white tabis, or some baggy jeans and a really old rick owens leather jacket. If I feel sassy I would wear the ballet pink FME giant scrunchie with a black MM dress and cowboy boots.

What does 'The Sweet Life' evoke for you:

This poem:

One grand boulevard with trees

with one grand cafe in the sun

with strong black coffee in very small cups.

One not necessarily very beautiful

man or woman who loves you.

One fine day.

— Recipe For Happiness In Khabarovsk Or Any Place, Lawrence Ferlinghetti

Artist: Rose Anna Jan-Gee Louey
Website: https://roselouey.com/
Ig: @rosealouey
Photography: Maddy Maeve @maddymaeve
Interview: Albee @albeez
Special thanks to: Brodie and Fox for assisting