LCI Melbourne

This collection reimagines power, femininity, and couture silhouettes of the past for a new era. It draws on the duality between tradition and rebellion to celebrate individuality and self-expression. The use of sculptural shapes, zero-waste techniques and engineered placement prints creates a maximalist display that blends radical sustainability with couture-level drama.

Inspired by furniture design, this collection takes the bold, creative forms of furniture and transforms them into wearable art. ‘Balancing the hard and the soft. The structured and the organic.’ emphasises movement with the human body while maintaining the sculptural and expressive nature of the furniture designs it draws from.

This collection is born from the experience of being handed a too-large jacket on the first day of school and told that “you’ll grow into it”. It explores how immigrant children are expected to grow or assimilate into new cultures and communities in much the same way, reflected through the use of oversized clothing in streetwear.

‘Distorted Brutality’ is inspired by the relationship between discomfort and distortion. It references the distortion found in the work of artist Francis Bacon, and is made from shower curtains printed with his work.

‘She Lives in a Dollhouse’ draws on the architecture of dollhouses, speaking to an intrinsic contradiction between fantasy and reality. The designer reminisces on her father’s life in Borneo, living in a wooden house out of economic necessity, and contrasts this reality with how wooden dollhouses were historically seen as symbols of wealth.

‘Elytra’ is inspired by beetles, a universally found but largely overlooked and underappreciated insect. Just as a beetle’s exoskeleton provides protection from predators by hiding its delicate, iridescent wings, this collection speaks to women who conceal their inner softness and femininity by putting on a strong front.

Evolving from the film ‘Don’t Worry Darling’, ‘Domestic Disturbance’ is inspired by the style of 1950s trad wives and the psychological tension brewing beneath ’50s Americana. It critiques the myth of domestic bliss and reclaims feminine identity, not by rejecting traditional gender roles but by exploring how autonomy can exist within them.

‘Fear and Loathing’ explores fear and subconscious identity. Each garment dissects the concept of fear in a balanced yet primal way, incorporating unconventional materials like bitumen rubber, silicone and liquid latex alongside traditional fabrics.