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Australia’s First Nations Fashion Designers Make a Mark

After years of marginalisation and underrepresentation, Indigenous designers are carving out new business opportunities in the Australian fashion sector. Is the industry doing enough to support them?
Yirradarringka-Langwa Akarwadiwada, Women’s Work. Women from Anindilyakwa Arts and Anna Reynolds, Country to Couture 2020. George F Photography.
Models wearing the Yirradarringka-Langwa Akarwadiwada, Women’s Work collection by Anindilyakwa Arts and assisted by designer Anna Reynolds, presented at Country to Couture 2020. George F Photography.

“This is not a moment. This is a movement.” The banner at the First Nations Fashion and Design (FNFD) show during Australian Fashion Week said it all.

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