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Romance Was Born’s Luke Sales and Anna Plunkett had their eye on artist Paul Yore’s work for some time, but it wasn’t until they met him at the label’s Christmas party last year that the idea for a full-blown collection formed. The show coincided with Yore’s new exhibition at Sydney’s Carriageworks, and was also held in the same venue. Yore is the latest in a string of Australian creative collaborators that has included Jenny Kee, Del Kathryn Barton and Ken Done.
World Pride is underway in Sydney, the first time it has ever been held in the Southern Hemisphere, in the Asia-Pacific region where a surfeit of countries still don’t recognize LGBTQI+ rights, or outlaw same-sex relations all together. Far from a timely attention play though, this was a genuine alignment of outlook beyond the obvious aesthetic similarities in visually dense outputs embracing kitsch, camp Australiana. “We’ve always loved a rainbow.
This collection was the duo’s most political one so far. A 100% queer cast of models wore attitude-laden phrases lifted from Yore’s work, and some of his tapestries were used as fabric, on contrastingly demure silhouettes. “I’m not sorry” appeared on a knit dress made from reclaimed crochet blankets, and “eat me” on a strapless gown in peony jacquard.
“We’re confident as designers doing our thing, but I guess we’ve always been a little reluctant to be too political,” reflected Sales, with Plunkett adding that fashion hadn’t felt the right space to do that, until now. But then, Sales and Plunkett have always harbored subversive tendencies, showing off-schedule, and increasingly exploring found materials, like knitted granny squares made glamorous, as Yore pointed out.
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