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The Guardian - AU
The Guardian - AU
Lifestyle
Alyx Gorman

Models welcome a new wave of maturity on Australian fashion week runways

Rachel Waller walks the runway during the Carla Zampatti show at Australian Fashion Week 2026 in Sydney.
Rachel Waller walks the runway during the Carla Zampatti show at Australian fashion week 2026 in Sydney. Photograph: Brendon Thorne/Getty Images

Famous faces not seen on Australian runways for over a decade have made a return to Australian fashion week. On Monday afternoon Australian supermodel Gemma Ward opened the show for Melbourne designer Toni Maticevski.

Ward was not the only model to signal a change in casting for the week to come. Though they have less name recognition, many of Maticevski’s other models were part of a new wave of maturity on Australian runways.

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