Inspiration: Romance was Born

Craft and fashion often combine with some interesting results. It can go horribly wrong and it can go wonderfully weird. Hitting for the wonderfully weird but utterly amazing team, are Romance was Born.

Australian designers, Anna Plunkett and Luke Sales combine a love of kitsch Australiana, crafty construction and fine tailoring to "turn the dreaded cultural cringe on its head" and the results are crafty, kooky and downright inspiring. Take a wander through the collections on their website to see hot pink trousers with dinosaur spikes, a crocheted green beard, dresses covered in eyeballs, and squid hats complete with tentacles.

You won't find any outfits you might want to wear out dancing of a weekend but you'll certainly have fun imagining yourself doing so in one of their creations. Underneath their crazed crafty costumes there are also hints at versions you might make yourself with the kook-factor turned down a tad.

Whichever way you look at it there's inspiration all over Romance was Born. Well worth checking out.

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