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  Artist and designer Keegan Hunt’s eponymous brand Keegan is all about slow, considered design, that is also comfortable and stylish. According to Keegan, the brand was “founded on a love of fashion and a hatred of overconsumption”. Keegan the label has a...

  Elegant, comfortable and fun, new Melbourne shoe brand Cherrichella is firmly at home in Australia. The brand was founded by Ross Phelan, who is also the creative director and designer. From the beginning of the brand Ross planned to “turn the model of...

  Orocéo Castro is a Melbourne-based clothing brand founded by siblings, Paolo and Ginny Castro in August 2015. Hailing from the Philippines, Paolo and Ginny naturally have an innate sense of exuberance. Living in Perth has instilled a sense of chic nonchalance...

Sorrentino Studios is an new Melbourne brand that features slick tailoring and textured bodycon cuts, the brand has an edgy but elegant vibe

Melbourne fashion designer Monique Maugeri learnt her love for fashion and making clothes at the knee of her Italian seamstress and patternmaker grandmother

We love supporting emerging designers and fashion industry creatives. One of the people we have come to love is Nathan Van, a “genderfluid creative, queer influencer and founder of Naarm not-for-profit organisation Queer Connect”. Nathan is a model, stylist, creative director, event choreographer and fashion designer

According to Michael Hill, the jewellery brand that has been a mainstay in Australia and New Zealand since the 1980s, around 76% of their female shoppers are buying diamonds for themselves

On May 6, 2021, I took part in my first ‘real’ fashion event when I walked the runway for Melbourne-based non-profit organisation Revival Runway. Coordinated almost entirely by a volunteer crew of fashion and music students the night showcased 11 of Melbourne’s up and coming independent local fashion brands. 

A small, independent brand based in Brisbane, Ina Swim specialises in sustainable swimwear and beach essentials for women and kids using recycled materials and producing the products ethically

Thirty Five is a fascinating newly launched Melbourne-based fashion brand by designer Canwen Zhao. Originating from a need to have fewer clothes, the concept of creating pieces that have more than one use is based on an ancient tradition

Based in Geelong, Jade And May is an independent Australian, female-owned multi-brand business that also has its own line of natural-fibre sleepwear and loungewear

Revival Runway held its fabulously fun fashion show Creative Coast in Geelong and featured 12 amazing fashion brands from Geelong, Torquay, the Surf Coast and more regional Victorian areas

Melbourne fashion designer Oscar Keene’s eponymous label is unique in offering us a view into the future of the industry. Combining digital and physical technologies, Oscar produces digital garments before turning them into real life clothing items.

Stella Reardon, a 20-year-old currently studying at RMIT University, is the founder and designer of the brand new Melbourne fashion brand Heroines.