Roger Leong, Curator, International Fashion & Textiles, talks to fashion designer Akira Isogawa, who collaborated with choreographer Graeme Murphy to design costumes for The Australian Ballet’s Romeo & Juliet last year. RL: Firstly, can you tell us how you and … More
While searching through the NGV’s collection of Australian cartes-de-visite recently we came across this image. The intricate hairstyles, ornate fashion and curiously casual poses of the unidentified people caught our attention. Their intense gaze seemed to provoke further investigation. Since … More
I did Year 12 at Mentone Girls’ Secondary College. I loved Year 12 – it was a lot of hard work, some weeks I barely slept! I had three folio subjects and they were all due around the same time. … More