Fashion Unites Blog – Melbourne Fashion Festival

The pursuit of mastery
Chris Ran Lin is a Chinese Australian designer steeped in both cultures and pushing the boundaries of male fashion. What a difference a year

Fashion, creativity and rebirth
Victoria Triantafyllou is a designer who has worked in the fashion industry for over 30 years. Born to first-generation Greek migrants with little education, she

Flourishing forty years after a brave escape
Brian Huynh is the quintessential Melbourne designer for high-end male fashion. Forty years ago his parents got in a boat to leave Vietnam, fleeing the

Finding fashion at fifty
For Umi Rasmi, fashion is an absolute pleasure. It’s where she can express herself and find joy. And it’s the most recent chapter in a

Creations of a fascinated mind
Alexi Freeman is a charismatic and talented creative with a philosophical mind. The Hobart-born designer has been thinking about the environmental impacts of fashion for

More than museum pieces
Sonia Cappellazzo lived the familiar first-generation migrant story. Her parents, who came from Italy, worked tirelessly as a seamstress and a cabinetmaker. She grew up