As an official event of the 2008 L’Oreal Melbourne Fashion Festival (LMFF) cultural program, Garden of Eden showcases new one-off designs from Romance Was Born’s Autumn Winter collection. The new collection has been created alongside the label’s long-time collaborative partner Del Kathryn Barton and incorporates fabric designs from Barton’s latest body of work.

Founded by fashion design duo Luke Sales and Anna Plunkett, Romance Was Born is a fusion of the bizarre, fanciful and truly fantastic. Since their debut at the Melbourne Fashion Week in 2006, the pair has become renowned for their eccentricity and theatrical approach. They invent tall tales through elaborately-designed garments while spinning adventurous ranges and seasonal collections from a web of whimsical yarns.

Filling the ShowBox with giant Garden of Eden-inspired objects, Romance Was Born will transform the gallery into a quirky and modern interpretation of the biblical paradise; a place where art inspires fashion. As part of the LMFF cultural program (which runs 2-9 March) and the National Design Centre's 2008 exhibition program, Garden of Eden offers an insight into the inspiration and practices behind contemporary Australian fashion design.


The National Design Centre is open from Monday – Friday, 10am-5pm and Saturday - Sunday, 12noon -5pm. Closed public holidays. Entry is free. Corner Russell and Flinders Streets, Federation Square, Melbourne.

National Design Centre
Romance Was Born
Del Kathryn Barton

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