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Victorian Premiers Design Awards … deadline extended … ✨✨✨✨ Premiersdesignawards.vic.gov.au ✨✨✨✨ #awards #Victoria #design #artists #designers #makers

In a spin? Happy Monday! What a delight to work on this project with this epic crew … More from the artist ⬇️ Sea Lion Sisters_Untitled No.1 2024 C-type hand print, Fuji Crystal Archival lustre 60cm x 79cm edition of 6 + 2 AP I fantasised about a translucent background and veils of colour, and I also wanted to return meaning to‘mother-of-pearl,’ where ‘mother’ derives from the belief that the mother nacre shields and bears the pearl like a mother bearing her child; the nacre (mother of pearl) is actually the protective mechanism for oysters against intrusions and aberrations. The lined shells are the belly (“mother”) in which pearls are produced. As a child I treasured a tiny love-heart with a marquisette bird on it given to me by an auntie. Lost, it was found again, glistening in a shaft of sunlight. I love iridescence. I love bright light. How could I create this enticing feminine space, this home, or womb? In collaboration with Carol Brown With gratitude: Karlia Cook - Dance Danni Cook - Dance Virginia Dowzer - Costume Design and Direction Fiona Holley - Costumier Amanda May - Set Design and Construction Bernadette Fisers - Hair and Makeup Bridget Mac - Digital Operator Dianna Spriggs - Photo Assistant Rob Hay - Photo Assistant Studio Revolution Visual Thing - Retouching Sandy Prints Arten Framing

LETS DANCE! LETS! #costumes = sealions frolicking in kelp 🥳 #letsdance More from the artist: ⬇️ Sea Lion Sisters_Untitled No.11 2024 C-type hand print, Fuji Crystal Archival Lustre 60cm x 79cm edition of 6 + 2 AP Sea Lion Sisters @flinderslanegallery #exploration24 16July-3August Inspired by Irigaray’s essay on mother-daughter relationships, which she describes as “essential in the history of women’s culture”, Sea Lion Sisters illuminates the profound bonds and shared experiences that shape women’s lives. In threaded journeys sisters trustingly share mysteries, strength, and vulnerability to navigate the complexities of life together. Virginia Dowzer’s costume design plays a crucial role. The envisioned darker puce undergarment representsinner strength, paired with a pinafore, beribboned to declare outer joy. The costumes, with their intertwining ribbons, represent the energetic fusion of duality. Virginia’s creation as realised by costumier Fiona Holley played with covering and revealing tuned skin and athletic musculature to emphasise the energetic push and pull of the choreography. The garments reclaim femininity and beauty as inherent strengths, the sister’s hair and makeup asserts an earnest look, reminiscent of the suffragettes. In collaboration with Carol Brown With gratitude: Karlia Cook - Dance Danni Cook - Dance Virginia Dowzer - Costume Design and Direction Fiona Holley - Costumier Amanda May - Set Design and Construction Bernadette Fisers - Hair and Makeup Bridget Mac - Digital Operator Dianna Spriggs - Photo Assistant Rob Hay - Photo Assistant Studio Revolution Visual Thing - Retouching Sandy Prints Arten Framing

A giddy warm and fuzzy time working on this project with @bronwynkidd and @carolbrowndances - we ate, we shared stories, we danced together and were family for a moment on a gorgeous autumn weekend shooting this series … the costume (by me) was developed to give illusion of size and to permeate the set as if under water, sea lions playing in seaweed … More here from the artist: ⬇️✨ Sea Lion Sisters_Untitled No.8 2024 C-type hand print, Fuji Crystal Archival lustre 60cm x 79cm edition of 6 + 2 AP Sea Lion Sisters @flinderslanegallery #exploration24 16July-3August This collaboration with choreographer Carol Brown combines image-making, performance, and costume design, evolving from our previous works Breath (2021) and Through Her Breath (2022). After three years of intermittent collaboration, we debuted Breath Trio, a performance at Montsalvat Arts Centre, which responded to the exhibition, Through Her Breath, and the architecture of the venue to forge new dimensions that encompass women’s ancestral breath and legacy. This project could not have expanded so far without collaboration. In collaboration with Carol Brown With gratitude: Karlia Cook - Dance Danni Cook - Dance Virginia Dowzer - Costume Design and Direction Fiona Holley - Costumier Amanda May Lee - Set Design and Construction Bernadette Fisers - Hair and Makeup Bridget Mac - Digital Operator Dianna Spriggs - Photo Assistant Rob Hay - Photo Assistant Studio Revolution Visual Thing - Retouching Sandy Prints Arten Framing

Foyer activations ✨ NAIDOC week comes early to 567 Collins street ( @investapropertygroup ) #NAIDOC week 7th July - 14th July 2024 ‘keep the fire burning! Blak, Loud and Proud’ So if you’re passing drop in and learn about the @ngali_australia story, Country, Eucalypts and NAIDOC week ✨ #free #foyeractivation #temporaryexhibition #naidocweek #2024 #creative #curator #virginiadowzer Fabric printing by @nextstateprint Assisted by @amanda.may.lee @corneliuspaint #curated for @ngali_australia @cityofmelbourne @visitmelbourne

Charlies angel @chloemayeyre by @shevkellymua and team for the @ngali_australia salon show at the @sofitelmelbourneoncollins 60th birthday La soirée last night in Melbourne. 🤩 @kevin.murphy.australia ✨ #charliesangels #sofiteloncollinsmelbourne #diamond #💎 #cityofmelbourne #collinsstreet #soirée #60yearsplus60thousandyears #kevinmurphyaustralia @pridemodels

💜 So happy to see this image being reused and is now out and about all over town as paste ups advertising the exhibition ‘Piinpi’ now on @bunjilaka 💜 It is from a series originally shot in 2020 for the exhibition #Piinpi @bendigoartgallery curated by @shonaehobson and later used for the exhibitions incarnation in Paris. Shot by @bronwynkidd @sunstudios @_mewuraa_ wears #gracerosedale seed pod print designed by @qutfashiondesign H&MU @juliagreen_makeup Creative @virginiadowzer Assisted by @perinadrummond #contemporaryindigenousfashion #iconicimage #reuse 💜

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@ashleyhart @chadwickmodels shot by @earlcarterstudio for @studiodavidband ✨ #flashbackwednesday

I’ve been pretty disappointed over the past few years in fashion, the industry, and where it’s been increasingly heading … those of you who are purists know. Apart from some little sparks it’s been a gradual falling out of love with a trade that had been a true darling in my life. However, this has been mollified this past week! Firstly, at @melbourneartfair where @alpha60thelabel (a sponsor) had a stand showcasing their bag collaborations with three epic artists. And then, last night a small show with four models by @sixlachambre and co-collaborators at @ladro_restaurant ... which was informative, joyful, and whimsical. From there onto a small and intimate trunk show of vintage designer fashion at the @theinternationalsvintage own home in Collingwood. Thirty guests and eight client ‘models’ gave us some faith back … in each case, fashion showcased immersively in fitting environments surrounded by extraordinary humans … glory days! Congratulations and gratitude @alpha60thelabel @sixlachambre @theinternationalsvintage #fashionisart #thisismelbourne . . . Where possible support #independentfashion #firstnationsfashion #vintagefashion ✨✨✨

When a beautiful, smart, fun and all round glorious human needs an outfit for the @ngvmelbourne gala …. ❤️❤️❤️ …. Virginia Trioli wears @karabakercouture on body, @lisahughesmillinery on forehead, vintage @ysl on wrist and …. she wears it so well! ❤️ #Eventdressing #couture #vintage #handmade #customalterations #customorder #virginias #thevirginias #redonredonredonred #❤️ #ngvgala #melbourne #australia #virginiatrioli

More ….. from September …. Embracing a much loved Australian theme of BIG THINGS, the Collins Square @melbfashionweek installation during #mfw23 supported this Australian iconic tradition showcasing Victorian based Artists, Accessory Makers and Jewellers. Here is @ange.jeffery work, #angejeffery is a Wiradjuri artist with an environmental science background and preferences using responsibly sourced materials. Here the large woven work hangs by a thread as the #bigthing and underneath in sweet real scale a woven pendant adorned with emu feathers. These beautiful asymmetrical cabinets by @mothdesign #bigthings #art #artist #pink #woven #australianaboriginalart #jewelleydesign #organic #emu #feathers #mfw2023 #creative #curator #virginiadowzer #publicart #production #mothdesign #melbourne piccy by @albertcomper Assisted by @rubybenjamin_ & #chatlottelines