In 1995, designer Collette Dinnigan became the first Australian to launch a ready-to-wear collection in Paris.
Here, she tells us about her aversion to denim and cites Poppy Delevigne as the perfect runway star.
AFP Relaxnews: What in your opinion is the most essential accessory and why?
Collette Dinnigan: iPhone, I use it for everything, photos, emails…it’s packed with memories.
R: Which item of clothing would you never allow into your wardrobe?
CD: Jeans.
R: Which famous person, dead, alive or from fiction, would you most like to feature on your runway?
CD: Poppy Delevingne.
R: What career path would you have followed if you hadn’t become a designer?
CD: A vet, I love animals.
R: Which song do you most associate with your Fall/Winter 2012 collection?
CD: “Dance All Around the World” by Blerta.
R: Cast your mind back, what did you feel the very first time you set foot in Paris?
CD: Excited, I loved the intimacy and the romance of it.