After a few years slugging as a farm hand across outback Australia, Alexander Lyon was admitted to the Bachelor of Fashion Design at Ultimo. The gifted designer speaks of his studies as a time of “catharsis” and his graduating collection is infused with narrative from his lived experience.
By Emily Vescio I stepped off the plane in Hawaii, ready to relax and sip beverages out of coconuts, I was slapped in the face with humid, hot air – closely followed by the crippling reality that my clinical depression had no intention of going on holidays. I wasn’t happy to be there, and I […]
BY JUSTIN LUND “Travel is fatal to prejudice, bigotry, and narrow-mindedness.”- Mark Twain After travelling for six months in South America, Felicia Verkerk is another victim of a serious illness: the one inflicted by the voracious travel bug. “I can’t stay in one place too long,” said Felicia, known to her friends as ‘Flip’. “Once […]
