Anna Cahill

About Me

Portfolio

21 Items

• Mardi Gras, Liberty of Love

  (14)

  Working with designer Matthew Aberline, I constructed all the costumes for the lead float of 2012's Sydney Mardi Gras, Liberty of Love. 8 slaves, 24 ensemble butterflies, 6 giant hero…

  Costume Design, Other

• Roundabout Runway

  (3)

  Paper Mache bodice made from an old street directory and some VHS ribbon.

  Costume Design, Other

• Clew Magazine

  (40)

  Fashion Editor and Stylist for brand new online magazine, Clew

  Stylist, Fashion

• BINO

  (19)

  PREMIERE AT BERLINALE 2012. Winner Best Film, International Jury, Special Mention from Kinder Jury. Short film written and directed by Billie Pleffer. I acted as costume designer, sourced the costumes,…

  Costume Design, Film

• Ways & Means

  (22) (1)

  Graduate collection from UTS fashion design degree.
  Ways & Means is a sustainable collection developed using reclaimed textiles.
  The collection tells the story of the Sun Warrior, trapped through the…

  Fashion Design, Apparel

• Sword to a Gunfight

  (1) (1)

  Music Video Clip for Children Collide's song, Sword to a Gunfight. I acted as wardrobe runner pre-shoot and was on-set to assist with styling and make-up

  Costume Design, Film

• Haters Gonna Hate

  (1) (1)

  Stop-motion music video clip for the song Haters Gonna Hate by Tonight Only, produced for Ministry of Sound
  
  Director Kin Greenway
  DOP Adam Howden
  Producer Autumn Loveday
  Hair and Makeup…

  Stylist, Fashion

• Manmares

  (3)

  Short film directed by Sean Gaji, D.O.P Adam Howden, Costume Designer Matthew Aberline.
  I worked as costume assistant and on-set stand-by for the shoot.

  Costume Design, Film

• She's Like a Comet

  (5) (2)

  Superhero Costumes and lycra galore for Jebediah's comeback video clip. I designed and made Comet Girl's and Jebediah Man's costumes.
  
  Producer - Jiao Chen (Staple Fiction)
  Director - Alex Ryan…

  Costume Design, Film

• 360 Killer Music video

  (1) (1)

  I came on board to make the green men lycra costumes, as well as act as Art Department on shoot day.
  
  Music video for 360 - Killer
  Producer - Hugo…

  Costume Design, Film

• The Red Queen

  (9)

  Designed and constructed for the Art U Wear Alice in Wonderland competition in 2010, this dress is made using all recycled materials and is naturally dyed. Patchworked together, the pieces…

  Costume Design, Wearable Art

• Tea and Sympathy

  (8)

  Designed to meet a brief where the ultimate goal was to create a portrait, I styled, designed and made a dress to create a vintage-style portrait. Utilising the paper from…

  Costume Design, Wearable Art

• Alba Varden, Soul Digger Video Clip

  (1) (1)

  For a young Mebourne band's debut music video clip, I acted as costume designer, sourced the garments as well as being on-set to help with costumes.
  
  Directed by Alex Ryan…

  Costume Design, Freelance

• The Escape-ades

  (6)

  Commissioned by Burlesque performer, Baby Blue Bergman, the cape series began with a sequined Elvis number, before branching into the peacock and animal side of things.

  Fashion Design, Apparel

• Project Ressurection

  (3)

  The brief involved combining with Ripcurl to re-use their old wetsuits and create a new, upcycled jacket.
  My interpretation was to take the concept of the exoskeleton and invert it-…

  Fashion Design, Apparel

• The Global Traveller

  (2)

  Embroidery and beading techniques applied to recycled silk and cotton pieces of fabric, in designs inspired by indian embroidery.

  Textile Design, hand sewing, woven

• Fools rush in

  (4)

  Swimwear and cover-up inspired by the Chinese rushing to the Gold Rush that occurred in Australia. I dyed the lycra, and manipulated it into plaits beaded with chinese coins. The…

  Fashion Design, Swimwear

• Wood Nymph Symphony

  (4)

  Constructed to a brief requiring pleated fabric, this wearable art piece was designed to be worn as avant garde day-wear. It won the Australian Sewing Guild's National Fashion Award for…

  Fashion Design, Wearable Art

• Ecouture

  (3)

  Made for my HSC Design & technology major project, this dress and accessories is designed using a fabric I made out of used plastic bags. Accompanying these, I created some…

  Fashion Design, Fashion Design, Apparel, Jewellery, Millinery, Shoes, Tapestry, Other

• Because We Can

  (2)

  Wearable Art Jacket, made with Fibre Artist Kirry Toose. Moulin Rouge inspired, designed with various embellishment and embroidery techniques.

  Fashion Design, Apparel

• Press

  (1) (1)

  Publicity, Fashion