First Steps Forward

Earlier this year, I walked in my first ever runway shows at Toowoomba Fashion Festival and Queensland Arts and Fashion Festival. As a mum of two, it was a huge moment, not just for my career, but for me personally. Six looks across two fashion festivals.

My runway debut took place at Toowoomba Fashion Festival, shortly followed by Queensland Arts and Fashion Festival. For me, these were milestones that came at the start of my modelling journey and during a powerful reawakening of my identity.

After stepping away from the industry to raise my two young children, I felt called back. Not to chase what I missed, but because I think it’s important to show the world who you’ve grown into.

This editorial revisits those first six runway looks, captured in a new light by photographer Tara Fearn, against the natural beauty of Far North Queensland. Each look became a marker, fragments of a bigger story unfolding in real time

Photography: Tara Fearn // @tara_fearn_photographer

Styling: Sophia Avalon // @stylist.soph

Hair & Makeup: Jessica Bailey // @jessicabaileymua

BTS Videography: Isaak Schiller // @artlife.films

In Frame: Arianne Endrizzi // @ariendrizzi

Shot on location at: A Villa Gail // @avillagail Featured

Designers: @viv.designjournal @houseoffalcone @esher_rae @fluid_thelabel @delata.shop @LatinaStyles