Charles Darwin University and House of Darwin combine for cool back to university wear

A Darwin fashion brand has teamed with CDU to produce a new back to university line, with punters urged to get in quick if they want to snatch up a shirt.

Charles Darwin University and Top End brand House of Darwin have joined forces to deliver an unlikely fashion collaboration to welcome the start of the tertiary year.

The partnership has delivered a series of brightly-coloured, limited edition t-shirts to celebrate CDU’s first O-Week (orientation week) at its new CBD campus, which opened for students late last year.

CDU Bookshop business manager Margaret Waterson-James, who masterminded the project, said she reached out to the iconic Darwin brand to develop something special for the new campus’ students.

House of Darwin meets Charles Darwin University. (Left) Raphaella Saroukos models a blue CDU x House of Darwin design.

“We workshopped ideas for the design, and I said I’d love to see Territory icons that related to learning included,” Ms Waterson-James said.

“House of Darwin came up with plenty of ideas like barramundi and dillybags, with the big boab tree being the central feature – just like the new campus.”

Ms Waterson-James said there was limited stock for each shirt with just 50 of each size and colour.

She said a more permanent range would be fantastic, but students had plenty of standard CDU apparel to choose from in the meantime.

“I’d love to have another range with House of Darwin, or possibly even a student-designed shirt,” she said.

“It could be a great opportunity for students to express themselves if we ran something like a competition to design a new shirt to represent their time here at CDU.”

The brand’s founder, Territorian and former GWS AFL footballer Shaun Edwards, happily joined the collaboration.

“CDU’s an iconic NT institution that we believe is pivotal in shaping the next generation of Territorians, and if the House of Darwin t-shirts can add a smile to students’ faces then we’ve done our job,” Mr Edwards said.

The t-shirts are available for purchase at the CDU Bookshop or online for $39.95 until stock runs out.