Winning artists take 1,700km car ride to the catwalk for Indigenous fashion awards

Part of Ikuntji's collection, photographed backstage at 2023’s Country to Couture runway presentation. Picture: (A)manda Parkinson Photograph: (A)manda Parkinson/The Guardian

Tucked between boxes and bags, four Ikuntji artists squeeze into their troopie and begin the 1,700km trip north from Haasts Bluff to Darwin.

Roseranna Larry, Pam Brown, Kelly Dixon and Hayley Dodd live in one of the most remote communities in Australia, working from a space not much bigger than most people’s living rooms.