Australia’s distance from the US and European mainstream is both a hindrance, logistically, and an advantage, enabling its progressive, contemporary brands to shine with their inclusive, elevated-yet-comfortable take on fashion.
We are in Carriageworks, the event’s three-runway venue — a former rail repair warehouse — in the gentrified inner city Sydney neighbourhood of Eveleigh. Outside the venue, dusk is falling as local influencers jostle like birds of paradise for their last #aafw shots of the season.
In fashion, as in many other cultural arenas, the reality of distance and time means that Australia tends to languish out of sight and out of mind. Sydney is almost 10,000 miles from New York and 10,500 miles from Paris. Time-wise, its clock runs 14 hours and 8 hours ahead of those two global fashion capitals, respectively. As a southern hemisphere nation, the seasons run opposite to those in the north.
However, after this week’s shows, it has become apparent — at least to this observer — that Australia’s isolation is as much a strength as it is a weakness. As Constanty concurs: “It may be tough to make the journey here from Europe, but once you’ve made the effort to get to Australia, you find ideas and brands that are unlike any other. And some of them have proved super successful with our customers.”opened AAFW this season.
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