Emma
Bond

Emerging Designer Competition 2022

Australia, QLD

The look is inspired by the colours, form and subject of Thea Proctor’s 1927 woodcut, ‘The Rose’. It depicts fashionable, independent women, and an appreciation of the fragrance and beauty of flowers, in a nod to the fashions of the field and Flemington rose gardens. The dress features a multiwear silhouette, a pattern I have developed. Single fabric blooms & fluttering petals have been hand cut and inlaid piece-by-piece. All fabric edges, hemlines and applique, have been hand rolled to create a delicate and fluid garment that moves with grace and opulent beauty.

Outfit

Flemington Rose. Silk cotton & silk dupion contrast. All sourced as deadstock fabric.

Shoes

Witchery. Black velvet with gold contrast

Millinery

The Stanley Bramble by Lauren J Ritchie

Accessories

Vintage bag by Gold Crest Leathergoods made in NSW, black pearl mesh with gold contrast; pearl earrings sourced from a London vintage market, designer unknown.

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