Romance Was Born

Romance Was Born's Spring Summer 2009/2010 collection pays homage to the treasures of the ocean spun with Grandma's pearls of wisdom.

Romance Was Born open up nanna's glory box worn by the tides of time to reveal long forgotten treasures and mysterious secrets - glorious old jewels, budgies in a cage, 4711, a fine bone china and tea set with a mother-of-pearl glaze, delicately aged lace doilies and other assorted goodies from a bygone era.
The collection features a colour palette from a sea of lustrous blue rinses; from the palest pastel pinks, through to ice blue, soft lavender and mint with the allure of classic aquatic combinations of navy and cream. Nanna's favourites, crochet, embroidery and knitting feature heavily.

Doilies and Pearls, Oysters and Shells launches two new collaborations with Australian artists Patrick Doherty and Esme Timbery. Patrick Doherty has created artwork exclusively for the collection simply dubbed as the Patrick print, which plays on imaginative scenes full of symbolic iconography. Esme Timbrey is a celebrated shell artist and indigenious elder, one of the last to continue this family tradition. Esme has hand shelled twenty limited edition Romance Was Born shoes. For the third season running, accessory designer Paul Bonomelli come to the helm and has produced a range of accessories for this collection. Hand dyed rope pendants come in a delicate army of pastels featuring shell and pearl centrepieces tipped in gold. Necklaces and headbands are encrusted with pearls and shells delicately strung together in brilliant random woven formations.

Come with us in celebration of our elders, traditions, family and the iridescent underworld.