Dress Up

Dress Up the label was established in 2006, by designer Stephanie Downey. After completing a Bachelor of Arts Fashion, at RMIT, the young designer began creating collections for her own label. Driven by a desire to create clothing that reflects human emotion, her objective is a more sensitive, artistic approach to fashion. The clothes she makes are about pretending. When we ‘dress up’, countless images learned and copied are compiled to create something personal and unique. Dress Up is inspired by this inherent human expression, both powerful and vulnerable. Each collection by the label interprets a story; translating the memory and imagery of people and places. Dress Up is a self-conscious attempt at ladylike – an ode to vanity and the private aspiration of appearing fashionable.