ISABELLA CHARLES IS AN AUSTRALIAN FASHION DESIGNER, SPECIALISING IN LEATHERWORK, with a focus on SUSTAINABLE PRACTICES. HER WORK IS FOUNDED UPON A DARK, MONOCHROMATIC PALETTE, HEAVILY ADORNED WITH GOTHIC OVERTONES. SHE EXPERIMENTS WITH A DICHOTOMY OF TEXTILE MEDIUMS, COMBINING NAÏVE AND REFINED APPROACHES TO MATERIAL TECHNIQUES. HER WORK SERVES TO ACT AS A VISUAL NARRATIVE, CONVEYING HIGHLY CONCEPTUAL THEMES FROM THE VISUAL IDENTITY TO TEXTILE FABRICATIONS.

AFTER FORMALLY STUDYING FASHION DESIGN AND GAINING INTERNATIONAL INDUSTRY EXPERIENCE, HAVING WORKED ON COLLECTIONS FOR BERLIN, PARIS AND AUSTRALIAN FASHION WEEKS, THE DESIGNER HAS RELAUNCHED THE EPONYMOUS LABEL BACK IN AUSTRALIA.

THE BRAND REFUTES MASS PRODUCTION AND VALUES HANDMADE MANUFACTURING, WITH ALL PIECES MADE TO ORDER IN OUR HINTERLAND QUEENSLAND DESIGN STUDIO.  ALL MATERIALS ARE AUSTRALIAN SOURCED AND PRIMARILY DEADSTOCK, CONTRIBUTING TO LONG TERM SUSTAINABILITY GOALS AND REDUCING PRODUCTION WASTE.