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Fashion design show11/26/2022 ![]() Tomorrow, we’ll see another presentation of remarkable Indigenous talent with the Indigenous Fashion Projects runway showcase, where Indii, Kirrikin, Liandra Swim, MAARA Collective, Native Swimwear, and Ngali will debut. Each piece represented a piece of our nation’s fashion history so, fittingly, the clothes will be immortalised in a new exhibition at Sydney’s Museum of Applied Arts and Science, called Eucalyptusdom, which will begin next month. (Photo by Mark Nolan/Getty Images)Īs for the clothes themselves, each designer presented beautifully crafted, highly-wearable collections, incorporating brilliant hand-dyed prints on silk jumpsuits, draped dresses, and intricately woven bodysuits. SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA – JUNE 02: Models show emotion backstage during the First Nations Fashion + Design show during Afterpay Australian Fashion Week 2021 Resort ’22 Collections at Carriageworks on Jin Sydney, Australia. Backstage pictures showed the cast and crew brought to tears as the show finished, and the crowd stood for a standing ovation, a testament to the profound significance of this long-overdue milestone. Models-including the globally-recognised runway veteran Charlee Fraser, an ambassador for FNFD-walked a runway lined with native flowers, crafted by e SQUARED Design, and were accompanied by musical performances by William Barton, DRMNGNO, and Electric Fields (the latter performing a stirring rendition of Kev Carmody classic ‘From Little Things Big Things Grow’). The runway presentation was powerful, and the emotion of the designers, models, and backstage production crew-all of whom were First Nations-was palpable. (Photo by Don Arnold/WireImage)ĪARLI, Clair Helen, Grace Lillian Lee, Amber Days, Ngarru Miimi, Sown In Time, and Nungala Creative were the seven designers spotlighted on the runway, marking each designer’s AAFW debut. ![]() SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA – JUNE 02: Julie Bishop looks on as a model walks the runway during the First Nations Fashion + Design show during Afterpay Australian Fashion Week 2021 Resort ’22 Collections at Carriageworks on Jin Sydney, Australia. And today, we saw the first ever showcase of Indigenous designers on the runway, with a powerful, poignant presentation by the First Nations Fashion + Design (FNFD) collective. ![]() This year, Afterpay Australian Fashion Week set about correcting that lack, an overdue but welcome process that touchingly coincided with National Reconciliation Week.įirst, the proceedings kicked off on Monday with a Welcome to Country ceremony, recognising, for the first time, that the week’s events were taking place on Gadigal land. There has been a gaping omission in Australian Fashion Week’s 25-year history-a lack of Indigenous representation on the official schedule. SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA – JUNE 02: Models walk the runway in a design by Grace Lillian Lee during the First Nations Fashion + Design show during Afterpay Australian Fashion Week 2021 Resort ’22 Collections at Carriageworks on Jin Sydney, Australia. ![]()
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