@official_liandra CORAL OF LIFE
“An ode to the reef, to dance and to Country. This collection brings together hand-drawn prints inspired by the reef ecosystem and Yolngu dance culture.” – LIANDRA
One of our top shows as well as collections, this was a party down under… the sea!
This collection is an entire resort holiday wardrobe. Very few collections can make you feel it’s all you need without being a walking campaign.
LOVED the models and synchronised swim team high energy! The styling was effective, the DJ was cool, the audience looked excited and “diverse” not just ‘inclusive’, it felt like… the tide has turned………………………..
Signature inspiration subtle prints and vibrant hues, new and expanded silhouettes in future-feels fabrics….. now THIS was a collection worthy of a fashion week show.
Fashion weeks are about progress, not just “new vision”. Racists get laser eye surgery, doesn’t change their views.
It is awesome to see growth happen in real time and as a long-term supporter and a vocal, open and loud burner of leeches, it is satisfying to see LIANDRA grow with “intent” and be actively championed by ancestral oppressors and enablers.
“Sorry”? This is a start. For First Nations People. It is their time, their due. Their stolen* Land.
Every migrants duty is to help evolve the country we go to. I guess people’s definition of evolve differs. Some think it means colonise, some think it means compete for crumbs.
[I/we came here to contribute our considerable skills. I have been rewarded but I have spent a longer time being a token shield, then burning leeches and their bridges to me.
One of the great things about having Identity is that one has no wish to be “included” into shipwrecks. I am here to raise the see levels.” – @duskdevi ]
One day the “new vision” will be about actual current change and not just optics.
Don’t hold your breath, this is just an aquarium. Pull your head out or drown.
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*I was born in a country where the Indigenous of the Land rightfully have first dibs on their Land. Viti [Fiji is the anglicised therefore German name 😂] was not stolen, it was sold, albeit to acquire support because American Whites were goungbto blow up Fiii so Head Chief asked the British instigators of all this shit that still is worse than a nuclear fallout, for aid, HELP, in fighting the Americans off their Land. British said sure, pay them the country and they will help. Fiji may not have been stolen but it was still taken under deception by ignoble weak wankers.”
– SDN
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Filmed by @duaneleewaidesign with @motorola_au G5 from somewhere on the riser. Edited by Duane Leewai with Adobe Premiere Pro somewhere on Earth. Audio courtesy of designer and Adobe stock