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Collette Dinnigan, born in 1966 in South Africa and brought up in New Zealand, has combined creative flair with a good nose for business. Her brand is worn by Nicole Kidman, Angelina Jolie and Halle Berry, and her ready-to-wear parades have taken place in Paris since 1996.
Collette Dinnigan (1966 - ) Born in South African and brought up in New Zealand, Dinnigan has combined her creative flair with a good nose for business. The Collette Dinnigan brand is worn by film stars including Nicole Kidman, Angelina Jolie and Halle Berry. Dinnigan ready-to-wear parades have taken place - to great acclaim - in Paris since 1996. She has an exclusive lingerie line sold through British retailer Marks & Spencer. Collette Dinnigan shops in Sydney, Melbourne and London are magnets for shoppers prepared to pay big money for her distinctive feminine clothes.
The Collette Dinnigan story starts after her graduation from the Polytechnic college in New Zealand. Upon completion of her studies, she moved to Australia and landed a job with the ABC (Australian Broadcasting Commission) in Sydney. Working in the costume department, it is said that she brought an historical flavour to the costume design and had an eye for detail.
Collette Dinnigan became a designer label in the early 1990s. Striking out on her own, she quickly became a supplier for a number of outlets across Australasia. After stocking many local boutiques during the early 90s, the Collette Dinnigan label went international, being sold in Asia and America. But still no Europe.
As such, in 1995 Collette Dinnigan decided to target the European market. What better place to begin such an onslaught than the epicentre of fashion: Paris.In hindsight, she achieved her goal and was the first Australian designer to showcase a ready to wear range on the catwalks of Paris and she remains the only one to have been invited to do so by the Chambre Syndicale du Pret-a-porter des couturiers et des createurs de mode.
This put Collette Dinnigan firmly on the international map and she now sells to some 80 stores across the globe. There are two Collette Dinnigan stores in Australia, one in Paddington, Sydney, the other in South Yarra, Melbourne. She has also opened a store in London, hoping to get a foothold in the lucrative UK fashion market. As a final testament to her creativity and style, on two The Powerhouse Museum has identified the Collette Dinnigan label as being most representative of Australian design.
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Collette Dinnigan's formation ran through television costume rather than a fashion house. Born in South Africa in 1966 and brought up in New Zealand, she graduated from the Polytechnic college in New Zealand, moved to Australia and landed a job with the ABC — the Australian Broadcasting Commission — in Sydney, working in the costume department, where it is said she brought a historical flavour to the costume design and had an eye for detail. The Collette Dinnigan label began in the early 1990s when she struck out on her own, quickly becoming a supplier for a number of outlets across Australasia; after stocking many local boutiques during the early 90s, the label went international, sold in Asia and America — but still not Europe, which set up the decisive move of her career.
In 1995 Dinnigan decided to target the European market, beginning at the epicentre of fashion: Paris. She achieved her goal and was the first Australian designer to showcase a ready-to-wear range on the catwalks of Paris, and she remains the only one to have been invited to do so by the Chambre Syndicale du Prêt-à-Porter des Couturiers et des Créateurs de Mode — the Paris body whose couture counterpart was founded by Charles Frederick Worth's son Gaston, as the Worth definition in this section records. Her ready-to-wear parades have taken place in Paris, to great acclaim, since 1996. That invitation put her firmly on the international map: she now sells to some 80 stores across the globe, is worn by film stars including Nicole Kidman, Angelina Jolie and Halle Berry, and is described as combining creative flair with a good nose for business.
The retail structure followed the Paris standing. There are two Collette Dinnigan stores in Australia — one in Paddington, Sydney, the other in South Yarra, Melbourne — and a store in London, opened to gain a foothold in the lucrative UK fashion market, alongside the 80 stores worldwide that carry the label and shoppers prepared to pay big money for her distinctive feminine clothes. She also has an exclusive lingerie line sold through British retailer Marks & Spencer — the retailer defined in this section's company pages — which places her name inside a mass-market British chain while her own boutiques hold the premium end. The closing judgement is curatorial: the Powerhouse Museum has identified the Collette Dinnigan label as being most representative of Australian design, a national-design verdict that matches her Paris first — the Australian designer who carried Australian ready-to-wear onto the Paris calendar.
Dinnigan was the first Australian designer to showcase a ready-to-wear range on the catwalks of Paris, and remains the only one invited to do so by the Chambre Syndicale du Prêt-à-Porter des Couturiers et des Créateurs de Mode. Her Paris parades began in 1996.
After graduating from the Polytechnic college in New Zealand, Dinnigan moved to Australia and worked in the costume department of the ABC in Sydney, where she brought a historical flavour to costume design. The Collette Dinnigan label began in the early 1990s.
She sells to some 80 stores across the globe, has stores in Paddington, Sydney, South Yarra, Melbourne and London, and has an exclusive lingerie line sold through British retailer Marks & Spencer.