1/55Amariah Savage showcases the Green Love collection from designer Bernard Singleton at the Cairns Indigenous Art Fair fashion performance, Woven, held at the Tanks Arts Centre, Edge Hill. Picture: Brendan Radke
50+ photos: Rich traditions showcased at CIAF fashion show
A show of stunning and vibrant catwalk creations have opened the 2023 Cairns Indigenous Art Fair. Check out the talent of Queensland’s First Nations peoples here.
2/55Models showcase the Green Love collection from designer Bernard Singleton at the Cairns Indigenous Art Fair fashion performance, Woven, held at the Tanks Arts Centre, Edge Hill. Picture: Brendan Radke
3/55Lynette Gee Gee leads a posse of models showcasing the Green Love collection from designer Bernard Singleton at the Cairns Indigenous Art Fair fashion performance, Woven, held at the Tanks Arts Centre, Edge Hill. Picture: Brendan Radke
4/55Tanika Parker showcases the Green Love collection from designer Bernard Singleton at the Cairns Indigenous Art Fair fashion performance, Woven, held at the Tanks Arts Centre, Edge Hill. Picture: Brendan Radke
5/55Tanika Parker showcases the Green Love collection from designer Bernard Singleton at the Cairns Indigenous Art Fair fashion performance, Woven, held at the Tanks Arts Centre, Edge Hill. Picture: Brendan Radke
6/55A model showcases the Green Love collection from designer Bernard Singleton at the Cairns Indigenous Art Fair fashion performance, Woven, held at the Tanks Arts Centre, Edge Hill. Picture: Brendan Radke
7/55Nardia Blackhall showcases the Green Love collection from designer Bernard Singleton at the Cairns Indigenous Art Fair fashion performance, Woven, held at the Tanks Arts Centre, Edge Hill. Picture: Brendan Radke
8/55Lynette Gee Gee showcases the Green Love collection from designer Bernard Singleton at the Cairns Indigenous Art Fair fashion performance, Woven, held at the Tanks Arts Centre, Edge Hill. Picture: Brendan Radke
9/55Models showcase the Gulayi collection from designer Chantel Henley at the Cairns Indigenous Art Fair fashion performance, Woven, held at the Tanks Arts Centre, Edge Hill. Picture: Brendan Radke
10/55Models showcase the Gulayi collection from designer Chantel Henley at the Cairns Indigenous Art Fair fashion performance, Woven, held at the Tanks Arts Centre, Edge Hill. Picture: Brendan Radke
11/55A model showcases the Gulayi collection from designer Chantel Henley at the Cairns Indigenous Art Fair fashion performance, Woven, held at the Tanks Arts Centre, Edge Hill. Picture: Brendan Radke
12/55A model showcases the Gulayi collection from designer Chantel Henley at the Cairns Indigenous Art Fair fashion performance, Woven, held at the Tanks Arts Centre, Edge Hill. Picture: Brendan Radke
13/55Amariah Savage models the Guyu, Lemon and Rice collection from designers Simone Arnol and Holly McInnes at the Cairns Indigenous Art Fair fashion performance, Woven, held at the Tanks Arts Centre, Edge Hill. Picture: Brendan Radke
14/55Models showcase the Guyu, Lemon and Rice collection from designers Simone Arnol and Holly McInnes at the Cairns Indigenous Art Fair fashion performance, Woven, held at the Tanks Arts Centre, Edge Hill. Picture: Brendan Radke
15/55A model showcases the Guyu, Lemon and Rice collection from designers Simone Arnol and Holly McInnes at the Cairns Indigenous Art Fair fashion performance, Woven, held at the Tanks Arts Centre, Edge Hill. Picture: Brendan Radke
16/55A model showcases the Taking Shape collection from designer Elverina Johnson at the Cairns Indigenous Art Fair fashion performance, Woven, held at the Tanks Arts Centre, Edge Hill. Picture: Brendan Radke
17/55A model showcases the Taking Shape collection from designer Elverina Johnson at the Cairns Indigenous Art Fair fashion performance, Woven, held at the Tanks Arts Centre, Edge Hill. Picture: Brendan Radke
18/55Renae Mooka showcases the Taking Shape collection from designer Elverina Johnson at the Cairns Indigenous Art Fair fashion performance, Woven, held at the Tanks Arts Centre, Edge Hill. Picture: Brendan Radke
19/55A model showcases the Taking Shape collection from designer Elverina Johnson at the Cairns Indigenous Art Fair fashion performance, Woven, held at the Tanks Arts Centre, Edge Hill. Picture: Brendan Radke
20/55A model wears a Delvene Cockatoo-Collins design at the Cairns Indigenous Art Fair fashion performance, Woven, held at the Tanks Arts Centre, Edge Hill. Picture: Brendan Radke
21/55Sarah Eggmolesse wears a Delvene Cockatoo-Collins design at the Cairns Indigenous Art Fair fashion performance, Woven, held at the Tanks Arts Centre, Edge Hill. Picture: Brendan Radke
22/55Models wear Delvene Cockatoo-Collins designs at the Cairns Indigenous Art Fair fashion performance, Woven, held at the Tanks Arts Centre, Edge Hill. Picture: Brendan Radke
23/55Models wear Delvene Cockatoo-Collins designs at the Cairns Indigenous Art Fair fashion performance, Woven, held at the Tanks Arts Centre, Edge Hill. Picture: Brendan Radke
24/55Amariah Savage and Sarah Eggmolesse wear Delvene Cockatoo-Collins designs at the Cairns Indigenous Art Fair fashion performance, Woven, held at the Tanks Arts Centre, Edge Hill. Picture: Brendan Radke
25/55Sarah Eggmolesse wears a Delvene Cockatoo-Collins design at the Cairns Indigenous Art Fair fashion performance, Woven, held at the Tanks Arts Centre, Edge Hill. Picture: Brendan Radke
26/55Models wear Shannon Brett & Bana Yirrji Art Centre designs at the Cairns Indigenous Art Fair fashion performance, Woven, held at the Tanks Arts Centre, Edge Hill. Picture: Brendan Radke
27/55A model wears a Shannon Brett & Bana Yirrji Art Centre design at the Cairns Indigenous Art Fair fashion performance, Woven, held at the Tanks Arts Centre, Edge Hill. Picture: Brendan Radke
28/55A model wears a Shannon Brett & Bana Yirrji Art Centre design at the Cairns Indigenous Art Fair fashion performance, Woven, held at the Tanks Arts Centre, Edge Hill. Picture: Brendan Radke
29/55Lynette Gee Gee models the Wali Kara collection by designer Emily Beckley at the Cairns Indigenous Art Fair fashion performance, Woven, held at the Tanks Arts Centre, Edge Hill. Picture: Brendan Radke
30/55Tanika Parker models the Wali Kara collection by designer Emily Beckley at the Cairns Indigenous Art Fair fashion performance, Woven, held at the Tanks Arts Centre, Edge Hill. Picture: Brendan Radke
31/55Amariah Savage models the Wali Kara collection by designer Emily Beckley at the Cairns Indigenous Art Fair fashion performance, Woven, held at the Tanks Arts Centre, Edge Hill. Picture: Brendan Radke
32/55Charlie Maawi models the Wali Kara collection by designer Emily Beckley at the Cairns Indigenous Art Fair fashion performance, Woven, held at the Tanks Arts Centre, Edge Hill. Picture: Brendan Radke
33/55Charlie Maawi models the Wali Kara collection by designer Emily Beckley at the Cairns Indigenous Art Fair fashion performance, Woven, held at the Tanks Arts Centre, Edge Hill. Picture: Brendan Radke
34/55Models wear designs by the Tafe Cultural Arts students at the Cairns Indigenous Art Fair fashion performance, Woven, held at the Tanks Arts Centre, Edge Hill. Picture: Brendan Radke
35/55Amariah Savage wears a design by the Tafe Cultural Arts students at the Cairns Indigenous Art Fair fashion performance, Woven, held at the Tanks Arts Centre, Edge Hill. Picture: Brendan Radke
36/55A model wears a design by the Tafe Cultural Arts students at the Cairns Indigenous Art Fair fashion performance, Woven, held at the Tanks Arts Centre, Edge Hill. Picture: Brendan Radke
37/55Nardia Blackhall models the Yarrabah Affirmations collection by the Yarrabah Arts & Culture Precinct at the Cairns Indigenous Art Fair fashion performance, Woven, held at the Tanks Arts Centre, Edge Hill. Picture: Brendan Radke
38/55Sarah Eggmolesse models the Yarrabah Affirmations collection by the Yarrabah Arts & Culture Precinct at the Cairns Indigenous Art Fair fashion performance, Woven, held at the Tanks Arts Centre, Edge Hill. Picture: Brendan Radke
39/55Sarah Eggmolesse models the Yarrabah Affirmations collection by the Yarrabah Arts & Culture Precinct at the Cairns Indigenous Art Fair fashion performance, Woven, held at the Tanks Arts Centre, Edge Hill. Picture: Brendan Radke
40/55Sarah Eggmolesse models the Yarrabah Affirmations collection by the Yarrabah Arts & Culture Precinct at the Cairns Indigenous Art Fair fashion performance, Woven, held at the Tanks Arts Centre, Edge Hill. Picture: Brendan Radke
41/55Models showcase the Woven Medicine collection by designer Felicity Chapman at the Cairns Indigenous Art Fair fashion performance, Woven, held at the Tanks Arts Centre, Edge Hill. Picture: Brendan Radke
42/55Models showcase the Woven Medicine collection by designer Felicity Chapman at the Cairns Indigenous Art Fair fashion performance, Woven, held at the Tanks Arts Centre, Edge Hill. Picture: Brendan Radke
43/55Nardia Blackhall models the Oochunyung collection by designer Fiona Wirrer-George at the Cairns Indigenous Art Fair fashion performance, Woven, held at the Tanks Arts Centre, Edge Hill. Picture: Brendan Radke
44/55Nardia Blackhall models the Oochunyung collection by designer Fiona Wirrer-George at the Cairns Indigenous Art Fair fashion performance, Woven, held at the Tanks Arts Centre, Edge Hill. Picture: Brendan Radke
45/55Models showcase the Woven Medicine collection by designer Felicity Chapman at the Cairns Indigenous Art Fair fashion performance, Woven, held at the Tanks Arts Centre, Edge Hill. Picture: Brendan Radke
46/55Sarah Eggmolesse models the Woven Medicine collection by designer Felicity Chapman at the Cairns Indigenous Art Fair fashion performance, Woven, held at the Tanks Arts Centre, Edge Hill. Picture: Brendan Radke
47/55Model Amariah Savage showcases the Jedindi Bijarril collection by designer Jedess Hudson at the Cairns Indigenous Art Fair fashion performance, Woven, held at the Tanks Arts Centre, Edge Hill. Picture: Brendan Radke
48/55Nardia Blackhall showcases the Jedindi Bijarril collection by designer Jedess Hudson at the Cairns Indigenous Art Fair fashion performance, Woven, held at the Tanks Arts Centre, Edge Hill. Picture: Brendan Radke
49/55A model wears a design by the Tafe Cultural Arts students at the Cairns Indigenous Art Fair fashion performance, Woven, held at the Tanks Arts Centre, Edge Hill. Picture: Brendan Radke
50/55Models showcase the Yarrabah Affirmations collection by the Yarrabah Arts & Culture Precinct at the Cairns Indigenous Art Fair fashion performance, Woven, held at the Tanks Arts Centre, Edge Hill. Picture: Brendan Radke
51/55A model showcases the Yarrabah Affirmations collection by the Yarrabah Arts & Culture Precinct at the Cairns Indigenous Art Fair fashion performance, Woven, held at the Tanks Arts Centre, Edge Hill. Picture: Brendan Radke
52/55Models showcase the Oochunyung collection by designer Fiona Wirrer-George at the Cairns Indigenous Art Fair fashion performance, Woven, held at the Tanks Arts Centre, Edge Hill. Picture: Brendan Radke
53/55Amariah Savage models the Oochunyung collection by designer Fiona Wirrer-George at the Cairns Indigenous Art Fair fashion performance, Woven, held at the Tanks Arts Centre, Edge Hill. Picture: Brendan Radke
54/55Amariah Savage leads a posse of models wearing the Jedindi Bijarril collection by designer Jedess Hudson at the Cairns Indigenous Art Fair fashion performance, Woven, held at the Tanks Arts Centre, Edge Hill. Picture: Brendan Radke
55/55Models wear the MaSung collection by designer Robert Pau at the Cairns Indigenous Art Fair fashion performance, Woven, held at the Tanks Arts Centre, Edge Hill. Picture: Brendan Radke
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