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...

Between November 28th and October 2nd Dark Thorn showcased during Paris Fashion Week with a four day showroom and a runway held on the 1st of October. The official release and launch of the new collection, Highland. Look One - Greer Dress & Thistle Belt Look Two - Innis Blouse & Jamesina Pant Look Three - Flora Dress & Bonnie Bag Look Four - Adair Bodysuit & Annie Belt Look Five - Fenella Blouse, Arabel Dress & Black Watch Cincher Look Six - Isla Dress & Heather Vest Look Seven - Murdina Dress Look Eight - Blair Blouse, Mairi Pant...

On June 23rd Dark Thorn Clothing held another fundraising event to help get Dark Thorn onto the runway at Paris Fashion Week. This time the event was held at a beautiful Victorian Era Historical building located in North Adelaide which set the scene for the night beautifully.  We had some amazing sponsors on board this time: Davroe and their hairstylist team sponsored the hair and were also generous with gifting gift boxes of products for all guests, Colour Cosmetica provided the Makeup Artists for the night, Next Models Australia provided the models and Greg Cooley Wines and Mojo provided the...

Okay let's start a new blog segment called "From The Designer". This segment will allow myself, Tori-Anne Gill the clothes designer and owner of Dark Thorn Clothing, to get into the nitty gritties of Dark Thorn Clothing. We can discuss anything you'd like to know and be completely transparent with the approach so you, the consumer, can feel even more connected and in touch with Dark Thorn. In Chapter One I'm going to discuss the collection structure behind Dark Thorn Clothing. Lets dive in. Each Dark Thorn Clothing collection is limited edition. Only a small run of each collection is...

On April 3rd I flew off to Melbourne for Dark Thorn Clothing's first international showcase at Face Fashion. My day started at 1am (yep, no exaggeration) to leave home by 2am to then drive down to Adelaide to catch my flight at 6am. Let's just say by the end of the media night at 9pm that day I was quite delirious... The event began with a media night on April 3rd held upstairs at the Malvern Town Hall. This event was held for bloggers, stylists, influencers, photographers, you name it, to check out all the designers, have a chance to...

On March 24th Dark Thorn Clothing held a fundraiser at the Port Broughton Hall to help raise money to get Dark Thorn Clothing on the runway at Paris Fashion Week. The fundraiser included free nibbles, a bar, a Dark Thorn Clothing shop, raffles, a timeline of how far Dark Thorn Clothing and Tori-Anne Gill have come and it finished off with a runway. The hall was set up like a Victorian garden with vines and roses wrapping around the entire venue. The greenery was lent to Tori-Anne by Colour Cosmetica Academy and among the greenery lay the timeline full of...