Richard de Chazal Haute Couture RAQ Australia 1994 Winner

This gown was the winner of the 1994 Australian Fashion Awards. Worn once for photo shown in Australia for television commercial 2000. Black and olive green with corseted waist. Richard de Chazal is one of Australia's most respected haute-couture designers, make-up artists, stylists and photographers. A member of the Australian design hall of fame and winner of numerous photographic, design and art awards, his lavish creations on the catwalks, in theatres, in the pages of magazines and calendars and on the walls of collectors globally have won him acclaim as well as outrage. A self confessed anachronism - whilst exploring the boundaries of fashion and the archetypical symbols of beauty, sexuality and mythology - Richard's work retains an air of mysterious nostalgia, heavily influenced by the collaborative works of Rackham, Dulac, Lord Leighton, Alma Tadema, Barbier and Gruau.