Country to Couture 2026: Indigenous Fashion Meets Country

Guardian Australia photographed designers and models at Country to Couture 2026 in Darwin, a runway show and awards event bringing together First Nations fashion from across Australia. Delvene Cockatoo-Collins won the National Indigenous Fashion Award for textiles harvested on Country. The photo essay includes work from Nagula Jarndu Designs, an art centre founded in Broome in 1987, whose hand-carved woodblock prints on cotton and silk are shown in the coverage.