ADL Fashion Week’s biggest show. Who’s in it?

SA’s Art Gallery is about to host the largest showcase of local labels. We have the exclusive on who will be on ADL Fashion Week’s The Art of Fashion runway here.

Wearable art by Tiff Manuell is in the frame to be part of the largest ever showcase of South Australian designers.

More than 40 local brands will be featured in The Art of Fashion at the Art Gallery of South Australia on October 8 as part of ADL Fashion Week.

The four-day festival, from October 6 to 9, is being run by the Adelaide Economic Development Agency (AEDA), which is a subsidiary of Adelaide City Council.

SAFIA chairwoman and couture+love+madness designer Cristina Tridente. Picture Matt Turner.

A Tiff Manuell couture gown. Picture: Supplied

South Australian Fashion Industry Association (SAFIA) chairwoman Cristina Tridente said her not-for-profit organisation’s board curated the expansive list of labels for The Art of Fashion.

“We have never had a show with this many South Australian designers in it,” she said.

“It’s really exciting for the whole industry to be coming together.”

Ms Tridente, who has been campaigning for any Adelaide fashion festival to be a platform for SA designers and use local suppliers, also secured Adelaide businesses Clip Joint Salons hairdressers and Media Makeup Academy to sponsor the festival.

Wearable art designer Tiff Manuell, whose signature bags are popular worldwide and on display in London’s Tate Modern art gallery, is among the couture designers featuring in The Art of Fashion.

Tiff Manuell design.

Paolo Sebastian. Picture: Simon Cecere

Manuell has recently expanded her eponymous label to include bespoke gowns and wedding dresses which she hand paints.

Other couture on the runway will include Alexis George, Atelier Milano, Brave & True, Caleche Bridal, couture+love+madness, GretaKate, Horrocks Vale, Malachi Empire and Paolo Sebastian.

Chloe Vis and Imogen Harvey from Pride Models wearing Acler. Picture: Sinead Vandenbroek

Kalila & NaMOI designer Kalila Stewart-Davis wearing her own label. Picture: Supplied

Peloponnese Picture: Supplied

Fashion Est. designers Josephine-Rose Arganese from Josephine Rose Collection and Autark designer Sophia McMahon. Picture: Kate Dyer

The A to Z of SA’s ready-to-wear brands taking part in the show are: Acler, Autark, C/MEO Collective, Daisy Says, Derma Department, Elarie, Frock Me Out, House of Campbell, Iris and Wool, Kalila & NaMOI, Keepsake The Label, Kinney, Lexi, Shannon Blyth, Significant Other, Solomon Street, Stephanie Chehade, Sunset Lover, Valente The Label, Violet Fish and The Wolfgang, along with Katya Komarova accessories and shoes from Luminous Assembly and Spendless Shoes.

New talent will also be celebrated. Josephine Rose Collection, Peloponnese and Rachel Gosden from Fashion Est. at North Adelaide Village are among the emerging designers’ brands, with Anzela, Arcahi The Label, Chloe Tornow, Jutho Design, Sakura and Xavi Studios.

Tickets to the event are available here.