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sample inspiration

All of our garments are hand crafted with the skill and care that we have been known by for over 40 years by our artisans in our studios in Sydney and Singapore.

Our Handwoven Silk Textiles are woven on hand looms, in-house and reveal the hand touch at each stage of their creation.

Our Creative Director, Evan Sturrock finds inspiration in the immense natural beauty of Australia and the places he has visited. He strives to reflect the quintessential Australian way of life in all that he creates.

Each of his signature textiles tells a piece of his Australian story.

Simpson Desert

The Simpson Desert is a large area of dry, red sandy plain and dunes in Northern Territory, South Australia and Queensland in central Australia.

Tasmanian Lavender

Lavandula (common name lavender) is a flowering plant in the mint family, Lamiaceae.

Canberra Limestone

'The Canberra Limestone' Raw Silk Jacket is a remarkable depiction of this sedimentary rock.

Torch Coral

Euphyllia glabrescens is a species of large-polyped stony coral belonging to the Caryophyllidae family.

Wave Rock

Wave Rock is a natural rock formation that is shaped like a tall breaking ocean wave, located at Hyden Wildlife Park, east-southeast of Perth, Western Australia.

Wattle

Wattle (Acacia) is a tree native to Australia.

Weeping Willow

The 'Weeping Willow' Raw Silk Jacket is a part of the Stringybark collection, with its vintage olive green silk woven in delicate vertical lines.

Lava

Lava is molten rock generated by geothermal energy and expelled through fractures in planetary crust or in an eruption, usually at temperatures from 700 to 1,200 °C (1,292 to 2,192 °F).

Kiwifruit

Kiwifruit or Chinese gooseberry is an oval-shaped berry about the size of a large hen's egg. It has a fibrous, dull greenish-brown skin and bright green or golden flesh with rows of tiny, black, edible seeds.

Darling Downs

Darling Downs is a located on the western slopes of the Great Dividing Range in southern Queensland, Australia.

Desert Sand

The 'Desert Sand' Raw Silk Jacket is inspired by this arid beauty with its golden sand-coloured silk woven in a grid weave, echoing the ridges formed in the sand by the wind.

Blue Shale

Shale is a fine-grained, clastic sedimentary rock composed of mud that is a mix of flakes of clay minerals and tiny fragments (silt-sized particles) of other minerals, especially quartz and calcite.

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