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‘More than dot paintings and souvenirs’: Indigenous fashion walks tall – Sydney Morning Herald
The winner of two major prizes at the country’s first awards to recognise Indigenous fashion says the current social climate is spurring greater interest.
Hailing from Lightning Ridge in outback NSW, fashion designer Julie Shaw is stumped when asked what or who from the opal-mining town influenced her career path. But the founder of label Maara Collective says it was “what I wanted to do from a very early age”.
“While I didn’t have anyone to influence me in the fashion or design world, or indeed grow up amongst it, I’ve always loved art, design and creativity,” says Shaw, who in 2017 showed her previous label, Mayrah Swim, at the prestigious Miam…
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