2021 GRADUATES
FDS is proud to present the graduate collections of the class of 2021. This group has persisted through unprecedented times over the past two years, and their ability to adapt to the changing environment has been impressive to watch. These collections are a celebration of design and talent, a story told through their eyes with a deep respect for the craft of fashion.
Alisha Truong
Alis is a luxury womenswear label that believes in embracing the slow movement. The brand focuses on creating contemporary couture pieces paired with a rich colour palette to provide a luxurious feel. Signature designs from the collection are sophisticated and embrace intricate hand beaded detailing with superior and long-lasting qualities.
Bridie Batterham-Murphy
Designed to be Undone, this collection can be disassembled, repurposed or returned to the earth. Aspiring to be circular, transparent and sustainable, Undone seeks to inspire a stronger connection between the wearer and the garment and encourage a deeper appreciation of craftsmanship. To Undo is not to start again but to dismantle and therefore rebuild, Undone imagines a renewed fashion Industry that celebrates the earth and works to repair the damage it has done.
Bronte Hughes
Hazee is an ethically minded brand with a drive to create collections that transport the wearer through the power of colour and textiles. Whilst empowering the wearer and giving them the opportunity to express their true character through wearable designs. Hazee is centred around self expression. People will be able to identify Hazee garments through our unique textile design, relaxed casual aesthetic and bright colour palette.
Charlotte Thorn
We are a compassionate design studio creating carefully crafted, responsible fashion for the future. We design with opposing elements combining tradition with technology, movement with restriction and engineering with experimentation.
Chloe Wilson
The Cloleo label personifies a love of bold creativity, exuberance and joy. A label synonymous with flirtatious femininity, a dedication to detail and a passion for intense colour and print. My Pieces are timeless and made with love to last in your wardrobe forever. Inspiration comes from my connection to the country and the rustic and earthy tones on our property, my love of fashion from the 60’s and 70’s, which my great Aunty Wendy wore with such flare and finally my upbringing surrounded by a beautiful garden full of colour and texture.
Claudz Studio
by Claudia Virzi
Claudz Studio’s mission is to have all people of gender, race, age, colour come together and have a way of self expression and optimism through clothing. It’s about having fun and capturing those memorable moments with a confident and positive attitude whilst remaining forever youthful. There is a commitment to sustainability and reducing waste employing a greener perspective into the fashion industry. Claudz Studio also works towards charitable initiatives through donation and collaboration.
Coralie Ma
"Bringing confidence, joy, and a touch of magic to your everyday with exceptionally crafted clothing.”
Not everyone will have a chance to wear a couture gown in their life, that is why the philosophy at Coralie Ma the label is to create beautiful ready-to-wear garments with couture finishes so everyone can feel special on a normal day. We aspire to create clothing with quality fabric and excellent craftsmanship that combines tailoring elements with contemporary shapes.
Ella Carroll
ELLAMNT is a Prêt-á-Porter, designer womenswear and menswear label that focuses on genuine, sui generis design with fun and flair. Designed through a presence in both the city and the coast, ELLAMNT strives to blend the functions of both to create an effortlessly cool wardrobe that catches eyes and turns heads. Our brand is an ode to individuals with nonchalant attitudes and a lust for life. Those that inspire charisma, confidence and passion with love in their hearts.
Eve Hibbard
Soft, sophisticated and unique. Combining elements of tailoring with clean edges and soft skirts, my aesthetic features unique silhouettes and hidden details with gentle prints. My debut collection explores the narrative of Red Riding Hood and her journey through the woods to her Grandma’s house. These are revealed through prints, textures and the practicality/wearability of my designs.
Helena Holst
Heleau strives to create beautiful, collectible garments for the sophisticated woman. All garments are constructed with a high level craftsmanship and attention to detail. Heleau prides itself on creating female-focused and sensual garments that empowers and compliments the wearer’s personality and helps her step into her own creative world. Heleau looks to the past for inspiration rather than looking to the now and next.
Bianca Nguyen
B.Thelabel's fashion goes further than just clothing put on human bodies; fashion is a source of Non-Verbal Communication which convey message about human Identity. Our mission is creating beautiful statement garments, not just Fashion. That can create Emotional Connections. The brand has high ratio of consumers’ commitment, including demonstrates to achieve great quality and durable.
Jamila Gatto
I believe good design is sustainable as it focuses on the quality of craftsmanship and materials to prolong the life of each garment, creating heirloom fashion that is for our time and the next. The Jamila woman is someone who has grown into themselves and is unapologetically her as they know exactly who they are and aren’t afraid of judgment. She is the girl who captivates you as she walks by, somewhat intimidating but intriguing… you want to know more.
Josephine Tantono
Phinjose is a fashion brand creating
contemporary daywear for everyday look. The brand is where minimalism meets surrealism, modern meets traditions, blurring the line between femininity and masculinity, and tailoring element with artisanal touch.
Laisiasa Davetawalu
Growing up as a young Fijian boy I've always find a special interest in design. When most boys my age were out playing rugby I was either watching my mom weaving mats or in the room beading or designing. My love for textiles and fashion has developed so much, bringing in a influence of my Fijian heritage and culture to this collection.
Lilah Thompson
We are the future face of female.
We seek to keep exploring the idea of statement staples. Multifunctional garments that transcend seasonal fashion and feel exciting to wear for the first time and in future wearing. Each design melds the perfect balance of curated and considered pieces. Every piece a celebration of feminism, modernism and fusion. Clothing that embodies our lives today and tomorrow.
We are the future face of female.
Lillian Fordham
Meraki by Lili bases their philosophy on the sensitivity to the experiences of travelling, especially in Australia; in the hope of capturing the raw moments of the land. The Brand, creates beautifully crafted, deconstructed, tailored garments with couture elements. Which will bring a new perspective to the world of fashion, inspired by the world we exist in. We pride ourselves on being sustainably minded, focusing on the use of reusable fabrications and dead stock fabrics.
Maria Ruiz
OLé seeks to reconnect the intricacies and vastness of Spanish history with the unique self-expression of the individual through fashion creating a spark of playfulness, spontaneity, and elegance in every piece. We challenge the destructive nature of fast fashion by crafting unique, thoughtfully made, timeless pieces that contain history within every stitch, print and texture, travelling down from generation to generation.
Mary Taouk
I believe fashion should be an extension of the designer’s identity, beliefs and perceptions of themselves and the world. There very being should be woven into the fabric of their ideas… Just as the world is full of colours and textures with a wealth of art, history and culture, so should ones work be to amplify these worldly characteristics with the intent of individualism and eccentricity.
As a brand our mission is to create garments that hold artistic value and creative integrity. We want our garments to be the archetype of quality and individualism with a unique sense of originality. Known for our quality and remembered for our distinct designs.
Monique Lane
We Who Resolve is the party that everyone is invited to. We believe that fashion should be a celebration to be universally experienced. We value inclusion, accessibility, functionality and most importantly fun. Our clothing will always be a form of self expression. We create playful, joyful clothing with a sense of wit and humour that happens to also be functional and innovative. Fashion should make people happy, it should be universally pleasing and work for all parameters of the human experience.
Olivia McDacy
Eburnean is a reimagining of fashion norms; a proposal for the fashion system. It is a meticulous balance of calm and chaos, fused. Inspired by inclusion and empowerment, Eburnean proudly represents an ethical and environmentally conscious label. Eburnean is a repositioning, reframing of undergarments’ role; the birth of an idea to challenge the wearer. Eburnean shows a new hybrid of the fashion world through the merge of lingerie, tailoring and sportswear. Eburnean rises against adversity, a haven amongst an industry born and bred on the objectification of women. We stand in our power; we stand in Eburnean.
Pei Chi Cheng
Capsize your imaginations in fashion is my first priority. Aim to make memorable pieces of garments for women include unusual shape, vivid color and none imitate manufacture.
I think a chic confidence woman should dress on garments with characteristic of finest fabric, unique silhouette and ultra-fitting to show the body shape.
Sarah Woodrow
Sarah Woodrow believes fashion is dressing with purpose in garments which give you strength and confidence. Good Fashion design showcases intelligence through innovation and understanding of the female body.
By producing timeless garments which emulate security, courage and determination, women are encouraged to dress for themselves. Sarah Woodrow’s designs offer women an effortless attitude with absolute elegance.
Form follows function, simplicity with a twist to exhibit ultimate sophistication.
‘Using innovative design to create refined and memorable contemporary fashion.’
Seung Michael Jun
Emotions are universal and shared by all. It is beautiful, pure, and conceptually a very unique way of exploring design. I will show you a side of my self through the lens of my Korean cultural identity taking notions and ideas from them and transforming them into a contemporary landscape. The colour black is a blank canvas allowing colour around it to speak its loudest emotions which will be the constant theme running throughout the collection, encompassing multiple disciplines including tailoring, deconstruction, and subtraction cutting.
Shannon Hindle
Silly Girl challenges how contemporary society express themselves and translates only to the most adventurous. It is an exploration of a youthful spirit with a divine personality. It mirrors a rebellious heart and a feminine soul.
It is an ever-evolving love affair with the humorous and joyous nature of fashion and captures the hearts and minds of the most daring. At Silly Girl we create high quality garments that are made to last. We combine streetwear and couture elements to create one of a kind pieces that can’t be found anywhere else.
Stella Williams
Defined by slow fashion & minimal waste, StellaClancy designs with a close attention to detail. Having a slow-release collection of a Spring/Summer capsule collection, the looks remain modern in nature for those who are not trend driven and make clothes an investment. Choosing only quality materials, each look is designed to express those who show their ultra-feminine side. StellaClancy invests time and environmentally friendly techniques into each garment, focusing on the best ability for each fabric to flatter.
Sugun Kim
Baco-92 is to create innovative and conceptual designs that are devoted to social change, presented through the stimulating and direct voice. In the 2022 F/W collection titled "SANCTUARY," Baco-92's goal is to observe human rights suppression, climate change, and war through religious-inspired designs.
Tina Zhang
My design aesthetic is all about blending traditional tailoring and casual wear with a touch of couture. I love to mix prints, texture, colour and shapes to achieve a harmonic, innovative and contemporary design. My work are a reflection of my personal experience and beliefs, which aim to depict a balance between western and eastern culture as well as both femininity and masculinity.
Tobias Sangkhul
This collection is a self titled project challenging conventional fashion, distorting and discussing the perceptions surrounding it.Focusing on the exploration of the boundaries between jewelry and clothing and looking at metal as a textile.Producing clothing over a range of levels of wearability that question what is appropriate and for where.
Tori Ovens
VIDA & GRA is a unique brand of contrast creating bold designs whilst still having a conscience. The brand will continue to evolve, adapt and change to always follow the VIDA & GRA mission of “convergent intentions with divergent designs”. The VIDA & GRA signature is the clash of two worlds, the real and the surreal, the masculine and the feminine, the organic and the structured, creating a controlled chaos.