Designer Camilla Franks draws inspiration for new collection from the works of indigenous artists
Celebrated designer Camilla Franks has collaborated with indigenous Australian artists from the Northern Territory on her new Warlu capsule release, the latest drop from her 15 year anniversary collection inspired by her homeland.
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Camilla Franks latest effort has been 18 months in the making.
The celebrated fashion designer has collaborated with indigenous Australian artists from the Northern Territory on her new Warlu capsule release, the latest drop from her 15 year anniversary collection inspired by her homeland.
“To finally see the partnership come to fruition, it is a pinch yourself moment,” Camilla told Confidential. “The brand for me stretches far beyond the walls of fashion. The dream with my prints is we drive really important conversations around art and traditions and culture and environment.”
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Camilla's Mother collection marked the first time she had used her home country as inspiration for a range.
From Canberra to Byron Bay, the Blue Mountains, Cairns, Port Douglas, Darwin the Tiwi Islands and Uluru, she travelled extensively for inspiration.
What transpired from her time with the Warlukurlangu Artist Aboriginal Corporation, about five hours northwest of Alice Springs, is a range of three distinct prints.
She is hoping the Warlu collection, a capsule range under the Mother banner, will live on for a long time to come.
“Part of the commercial agreement is that a percentage of sales from the prints will be reinvested into the community and into the longevity of the art centre to ensure this artwork is allowed to be shared forever,” she explained, launching the range at Cooee Gallery in Bondi. “And so I would like to think that this is the start of something that will go on forever and ever.”
She continued: “I became a student in my own backyard on the land and its people as my teachers. It has been a very humbling experience and empowering to be a student again and a sense of pride to be able to tell the story in my own unique way.”
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