Lazy Girl Lingerie

AllCollaborationDigital IllustrationTextile Design
Written By Caleb Nichols-Mansell

A limited-run print weaving strength, connection, and continuity into couture on the runway.

Working with Waanyi designer Cassandra Pons as part of the Indigenous Fashion Projects Pathway Program, I created a custom print for her Australian Fashion Week collection which featured on the David Jones runway. The design draws from traditional weaving patterns symbolising strength, connection, and continuity. Rendered digitally and printed onto limited-run garments, the pattern became a wearable expression of cultural narrative. The collaboration was a sell-out success and testament to the power of fashion as a medium for First Nations storytelling.

You can support Cassandra and her slow, sustainable fashion label, Lazy Girl Lingerie by shopping her online store.

Client: Lazy Girl Lingerie x Indigenous Fashion Projects
Project Type: Collaboration, Digital Illustration, Textile Design
Location: Sydney, Australia
Year: 2023

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Caleb Nichols-Mansell

Caleb Nichols-Mansell moves between Country, culture, and contemporary practice — weaving stories from land, spirit, and community into powerful visual languages. As a proud Palawa man, Caleb's work bridges the ancient and the evolving, reimagining Aboriginal knowledge systems through design, public art, and digital storytelling.

His practice is rooted in Country and carried forward through site-responsive interventions, graphic and surface design, and large-scale public commissions. Through intricate textures, flowing linework, and bold organic forms, Caleb invites reflection on identity, resilience, and the enduring strength of Palawa people.

His works have been commissioned by leading institutions across Australia, including MONA, University of Tasmania, Arts Tasmania, Australian Fashion Week, Lifeline Australia, and the Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra; embedding stories of survival, connection, and contemporary Aboriginal identity into the cultural, public, and built environment.

www.calebnicholsmansell.com.au

https://www.calebnicholsmansell.com.au
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