How Romance Was Born Went From Passion Project to Australia’s Most Exciting Brand

Get to know Anna Plunkett and Luke Sales, the first-ever Australians to be featured in the Met's Costume Institute exhibit.

installation’s entrance is an inset display of sparkly ensembles. “A moment of enjoyment” reads the text behind a trio of mannequins gussied up in sequins and glittering embellishments. The two leftmost looks are by the London designer Ashish. On the right are the first pieces ever designed by an Australian label to be included in one of the museum’s Costume Institute shows.

The dress at left features local flora embellishments with a couple of “bush babies” tucked in for good measure.Nearly 15 years later the joke is on them, in a way, because a pair of mates who loved “hanging out and making crap” have become the most powerful voices in Australian fashion. They have dressed celebrities, Ms. Blan-’s Australian imprint, and turned their passion project into an international business—last summer, they even staged a couture show in Paris.

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