Founded by Gurindji/Waanyi sisters Sarrita and Tarisse King, KingKing Creative - a brand specialising in prints, fashion, jewellery, accessories and homewares - is celebrated for its Aboriginal art, culture and storytelling.
KingKing Creative has gained recognition for their range of culturally crafted garments.
This week, the creative duo impressed audiences at PayPal Melbourne Fashion Festival with their new Colours of Country collection.
Showcasing on the event's Beyond Blak runway, the new range of garments spoke to the sisters' love for Country, its landscapes and their joint mission to create meaning in their fashion range.
Style Up spoke with Tarisse King during the festival to learn more about the sisters' new collection and plans for 2026.
"At Melbourne Fashion Week, we'll be showing our collection 'Colours of Country' a body of work that speaks to memory, movement, and the living spirit of the land," she said.
"This collection carries that remembrance onto fabric. An ode to our land.
"This collection is our way of honouring the landscapes that raised us and the stories that shaped us. Each design holds the energy of where we come from and where we're going."
Noticing a gap in the market when it came to a greater variety of clothing and affordability for mob, the sisters decided to create a collection that directly catered to this.
"We wanted to see more variety of the clothing and affordability for mob. So we created it," she said.
"Our mob being paid better across the board, especially the models. Better protection for the royalties within the art space, as well as artists being credited properly.
"What we would like to see less of is non-Blak owned brands using our aesthetics without community connection.
"Blak fashion isn't a trend, it's lived experience, Country, lineage, sovereignty. If it's not rooted in that, it feels gammin."
Despite already having had a busy start to the year, Sarrita and Tarisse have further plans to grow the brand, collaborate with artists and engage in new opportunities.
"We've been very busy opening our new shopfront in Rapid Creek Village on Larrakia country," she said.
"Last week we also hired and trained two First Nations girls as staff, which was another exciting first for us. As well as curating our MFF collection.
"We'll definitely be pouring our love and time into our shopfront and releasing more cohesive collections.
"We want everyone to own something from KingKings, so we need to grow our presence online. This includes expanding our website, increasing our representation and gaining more followers on social media. All these efforts support our small Blak-owned business."
"We're excited to announce our new collection, 'Echoes of Country', which will be released in April," King said.
"We're also working towards a collaboration with another Aboriginal artist later this year."
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