Marrithiyel artist and designer Paul McCann traces past, present, and imagined futures of the Indigenous debutante tradition
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Here’s what First Nations Knowledge Holders think about ally wear, respect and responsibility.
In the 1990s, Alannah Hill, Collette Dinnigan and Akira Isogawa brought flair and an Australian sensibility to the global fashion market.
The Protectionist era was a painful time for First Nations people – but artists are recreating clothing from this time as a powerful method of healing,
First Nations people have been making and crafting clothes and accessories for millennia, and for international exhibitions for hundreds of years.
It would have amazed campaigners from 1967 to see people today wearing outfits that overtly describe the movement.
People in the First Nations fashion industry see their work contributing to cultural tradition, economics and cultural sustainability, and blak pride and storytelling.
