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To celebrate 15 years of Australian Fashion Week, we asked several top designers
and artists to combine their creative talents to produce unique artworks. The
stunning pieces will be auctioned online for charity. Photographed by Daniel Smith
photographed by daniel smith/reload; stef king/creative. Hair and
make-up by rachel montgomery/art house for chanel; julie provis/
creative; bobby bujisic/creative. Hair by rhiane schroder/art house
This page, clockwise
from below far left:
Jayson Brunsdon; Alex
Zabotto-Bentley; Tina Kalivas;
Jonathan Zawada; Josh
Goot; Lorin Askill; Daniel
Askill; Daimon Downey;
Shane Sakkeus; Kirrily
Johnston; Jordan Askill;
Marnie Skillings; Emil Vrisakis;
Stephen Mok; Pamela Easton;
Lydia Pearson. Opposite
page, clockwise from top
left: Alex Perry; Al Stark;
Therese Rawsthorne; Alannah
Hill; Michelle Jank; Oliver
Watts; Richard Maloy; Karen
Walker; Dion Lee; Camilla
Freeman-Topper; Marc
Freeman; Alexandra Smart;
Genevieve Smart; Mary-Anne
Kyriakou; Anna Plunkett;
Luke Sales; Del Kathryn
Barton; George Raftopoulos.
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There’s always an
artistic influence
in my collections
Dion Lee
photographed by daniel smith/reload; hair and make-up by rachel montgomery/art
house for chanel; max may/rp represents. models: ruby-jean/priscillas; amy/chic;
jennifer/priscillas. special thanks to fx art + Framing, visit www.fxart.com.au
Dion Lee & Chris Fox
Above: Lee’s sharp designs shot him into
Australia’s style stratosphere at last year’s
Fashion Week. Of this collaboration with
sculptor Chris Fox and photographer
Jordan Graham, he says, “We wanted to
hint towards an optimistic future.”
Josh Goot &
Shane Sakkeus
Right: A teenage Josh Goot tried to sneak
into Fashion Week shows because he
longed to be a part of that “magnetic”
world. Today, he’s on every guest list. He
collaborated with graphic designer Shane
Sakkeus for this composite of the fabrics
in his autumn/winter 2010 collection.
Romance Was Born &
Del Kathryn Barton
Opposite page: As fashion students,
Luke Sales and Anna Plunkett dreamt of
working with artist Del Kathryn Barton. In
2004, their wish came true when Barton
created the print for this dress. Now the
2008 Archibald Prize-winner has created
this watercolour, gouache and pen work,
hand-embroidered by the designers. 
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Marnie Skillings
& Bashful
It was a personal and professional
collaboration when Marnie Skillings
teamed up with husband Emil Vrisakis’s
advertising agency Bashful. The result?
A work that Skillings describes as
“celebratory with a sense of history”,
thanks to prints sourced from her label’s
archives. “I have so many fun and
fabulous memories from the shows,”
she enthuses. “They’re part terrifying,
and part exciting, but they’re never dull.”
Art is close
to our
interests and
our hearts
Marc Freeman
camilla and marc
& Oliver Watts
photographed by daniel smith/reload. hair and Make-up by rachel montgomery/art
house for chanel. models: kirsty MacPhail/vivien’s; laura/vivien’s; ruby-jean/priscillas
Right: The inspiration for the dadaist
design, created by sibling designers
Camilla Freeman-Topper and Marc
Freeman, and painter Oliver Watts,
came from the ’20s collaborations
between avant-garde artist Tristan
Tzara and costume designer Sonia
Delaunay. “We love the dada link
between art and fashion,” says Marc.
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Kirrily Johnston &
Daimon Downey
Below: The creative flirtation
between Kirrily Johnston and painter
Daimon Downey that led to this work
(which Downey describes as his
abstract interpretation of catwalks
and cocktail parties) began at “one
of the mad, all-night parties we used
to have at his place. He showed
me his canvases, and I loved them
immediately,” says Johnston. 
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Below: Alannah Hill didn’t sleep for a week
before her first Fashion Week show: “I never
wanted it to end and when it did I wanted it to start
all over again.” It’s that frenetic, whimsical energy
that comes to life in Hill’s mash-up with Swedish
illustrator Veronica Ballart. “Her work has the
marvellous, mad, fantastical nonsense that I crave.”
Jayson Brunsdon &
Alex Zabotto-Bentley
Right: Jayson Brunsdon is known both for the
elegant, classic lines of his designs and
the delicate paintings he uses to promote them.
Here, he joins forces with creative director
Alex Zabotto-Bentley for this 1.3-metre sculpture.
“We have similar aesthetics, but my volume is
turned up louder,” says Zabotto-Bentley.
Easton Pearson &
Stephen Mok
Above: Design duo Lydia
Pearson and Pamela Easton
were thrilled with the Brisbanebased Stephen Mok’s playful
take on their 2008 collection.
“Usually, we’re inspired by art,
so it’s a nice change!” 
Alex Perry &
George Raftopoulos
Right: For Alex Perry, the
advent of Australian Fashion
Week was also the start of his
career. “The first Fashion Week
was also my first show,” says
Perry. “I’d never had that kind of
platform before.” To celebrate
that history, Perry and artist
George Raftopoulos reprised a
version of the handpainted
wedding dress they made for
Raftopoulos’s wife. “We play off
each other in different ways. He
really sees the drama in what
I do, and he loves it,” says Perry.
photographed by daniel smith/reload. hair and make-up by rachel
montgomery/art house for chanel. model: anneliese/chic
Alannah Hill &
Veronica Ballart
alannah
Hill
We both love
the grand
gesture
Alex Perry
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Ginger & Smart &
Mary-Anne Kyriakou
Tina Kalivas & Jonathan Zawada
Above: “Fashion Week is one big swirl of colour, excitement and
activity,” says Tina Kalivas, who worked with artist Jonathan
Zawada on this print, which borrows designs from her five shows.
To mark the week that “requires a
massive commitment, courage and
passion”, Alexandra and Genevieve
Smart created this installation with
artist Mary-Anne Kyriakou, incorporating
light, sound and natural fibres. A comment on adornment
and an interpretation of
Walker’s 2000 Broken Pearls
fabric motif, this is the pair’s
second collaboration. “We
share a similar sense of
humour,” states Walker.
Michelle Jank &
The Askill Brothers
Therese Rawsthorne & Al Stark
Therese Rawsthorne had an Al Stark-illustrated
postcard above her desk for months before finally
tracking down the artist. They’ve since worked
on fabric prints for Rawsthorne’s last two
collections, and created these one-off costumes.
For Michelle Jank, the
magic of her job is the way
it brings her friends’ talents
together. This still comes
from a video installation
created for her 2008 show
by the trio of multi-talented
Askill brothers. 
photographed by daniel smith/reload. hair and make-up by rachel montgomery/art house for
chanel; katrina raftery/creative. models: yasmin/chadwick; simone/chadwick; agnieszka/chic.
special thanks to erco and xenian lighting, visit www.erco.com and www.xenian.com.au
Karen Walker &
Richard Maloy