After more than 16 years working in the fashion industry, designer Anneliese Bridgman felt like she needed to do something more creative, something that was not so “mechanical and consuming”.
In 2015, Paulo Castro and his sister Ginny launched Melbourne-based fashion brand Orocéo Castro, a label named after their mother’s maiden name and their father’s surname.
Melbourne-based designer Justin Tong’s new eponymous label is his “love letter” to all the important women in his life.
For Sydney transplant Victoria Jane, arriving in Melbourne and knowing no one led to discovering a talent for creative headpieces and the launch of her namesake millinery label.
In September, 2020, Emily Luvara and Michelle Leng decided that they wanted to make a “treasure trove” of their own to share their love of fashion, colour and sparkle in the form of Novella the Label.
