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First Nations fashion celebrates weaving, wattle and waterways at from Country to Couture 2026 – in pictures

Over two nights in Larrakia country, Darwin Aboriginal art fair’s annual runway event showcases the work of 21 designers and art centres. A cast of First Nations models and performers...

AAdmin
August 4, 2026
2 min read
First Nations fashion celebrates weaving, wattle and waterways at from Country to Couture 2026 – in pictures

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A cast of First Nations models and performers walk beneath a boab tree on the forecourt of Charles Darwin University’s Danala campus.

‘It’s a massive show, we could be mad to be doing it but the opportunities it creates for mob in this space is important, needed and our motivation,’ says Michelle Maynard, manager at Indigenous Fashion Projects

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