The Heather Vest is such a fun garment as there are endless possibilities for styling. Below we have some of out favourite ways to style the Heather Vest and hopefully it will inspire you to get creative and think outside of the box! Option 1 Style the Heather Vest over a nice black high waisted pant with a slight flare. Add some statement boots (we chose some boots with pearls here to soften the look), part your hair in half and add a little bow and a statement blush handbag.  Option 2 Style the Heather Vest with some denim, over...

Its no secret that our recent collection was inspired by the Scottish Highlands and with the Scottish Highlands comes out love for Mary Queen of Scots. Here are some interesting facts about the child queen. 1. She became queen at the ripe old age of 6 days... yep 6 days old.  2. At the age of 16 between 1559 and 1560 she also became the queen of France through marriage to the soon to be King Frances until his death. 3. Mary fled back to Scotland where she married her cousin, Lord Darnley, Margaret Tudors grandson. Marrying another Tudor infuriated...

Dark Thorn Debuts 'Highland' at Paris Fashion Week South Australian designer Tori-Anne Gill launches Highland, the latest collection from her Dark Thorn label, which made its debut at this year's Paris Fashion Week. Paying homage to the fashions of the 18th century Scotland and reminiscent of Outlander, Highland is inspired by Tori-Anne's recent trip to the land of her ancestry. Here she fell madly in love with the country's landscapes, history and culture. "Highland is inspired by the culture of the Scottish Highlands in the 18th century and embraces Black Watch tartan which is woven in Scotland from 100% British...

2018, what a year. We've taken some of the biggest leaps and jumps for Dark Thorn in 2018. Lets start with January. January Dark Thorn and it's designer Tori-Anne were featured on Channel 7 News Adelaide talking about her journey and the opportunity she received to showcase Dark Thorn during Paris Fashion Week. February Planning for the first fundraising event in Port Broughton began as well as a trip to Sydney to see my seamstress to finalise the Highland collection ready for sampling. March The fundraising event in Port Broughton took place working together with some other local businesses. Next...

I know it's been a two months since Highland debuted at Paris Fashion Week and many of you have been waiting to read a blog post about my experience. To be honest it was quite an emotionally and physically exhausting experience and I needed some time to digest what had happened and also some time to repair and work forward.  Working towards Paris Fashion Week has been over a year in the making, from originally declining the first invitation because I simply could not afford it, to finally accepting the invitation and working towards the money to get Dark Thorn...