Denni Francso feels the responsibility and privilege of representing. Ngali’s proud Wiradjuri founder is the first Indigenous designer ever to have a solo runway during Australian Fashion Week. It is an ‘exciting, and also a little bit daunting’ endeavour, she says, where she felt the responsibility to ‘represent our culture and our Country well’.
Ngali’s 2023 collection, which debuted on 17 May, is titled Murriyang – which translates to ‘skyworld’ in the Wiradjuri language. From the fluid silhouettes to the featured prints from three First Nations artists, Francisco says the collection is an imagining of ‘how we would see Country and waterways from the sky’.