Fusion of fashion

Last Friday saw a visit from Australian fashion designer Kym Ellery and her production co-ordinator Rachel Sherwood. You can see some of Kym’s creations on her website. Ellery’s clothes are HOT. The Rosemount Australian Fashion Week 2010 website notes that Ellery is the “go-to label for Australian it-girls” and that her “effortlessly hip aesthetic is [seen as] fashion’s newest asset”.

Kym and Rachel came to the Research Library to source ideas for their Autumn-Winter collection of 2011. They are researching costume and adornment of the French Revolution, as well as knitwear and lace motifs. Using the characters from the 2001 movie “The Royal Tenenbaums” as base silhouettes, their new range will combine the film’s costumes and colour palettes with the costume styles of the French Revolution plus a soupçon of contemporary knitwear designs. Oh, and lace as well – magic!