Sky Country: Indigenous fashion weaves culture and climate together

First Nations designers, models, artists and artisans from across Australia gathered on Larrakia Country in Darwin this week for the Country to Couture runway show and the National Indigenous Fashion awards. In between, Guardian Australia photographed several of the featured models and designersDelvene Cockatoo-Collins wins National Indigenous Fashion award for textiles harvested on CountryFirst Nations fashion celebrates weaving, wattle and waterways at Country to Couture 2026 – in picturesModels CJ Rankin, a Kiyak woman, and Nelson Baker Bardi, a Nyikina man, wear Nagula Jarndu Designs.The art centre Nagula Jarndu (Saltwater Woman) began in Rubibi/Broome in 1987 as a place for Yawuru women to gather, preserve language, share knowledge and keep culture strong. Their hand-carved woodblock prints on cotton and silks, shown at Country to Couture, share stories of saltwater, plants, family and Country. Continue reading...