Royal Botanic Runway

Overview

On January 30, the Royal Botanic Gardens will play host to one of the most innovative new events on the Melbourne fashion calendar. The Royal Botanic Runway is a compendium of fashion, flora, design, conservation and philanthropy. The runway will celebrate Australian fashion with collections presented by Aurelio Costarella, Collette Dinnigan, Martin Grant and Akira Isogawa; and proceeds from the event will go towards raising $3.5 million to drought-proof the Gardens, ensuring irrigation reserves are not subsidised with drinking water.

Guilfoyle’s Volcano will serve as the spiral runway as well as the centrepiece for the conservation-minded occasion. The 'volcano', which was resurrected in 2008 from the original 1876 plans, is a water-storing triumph of landscape architecture, not to mention a vantage point for one of the most stunning views of the city.

It’s enough to make Meryl Streep retract her cutting Devil Wears Prada remark, (“Florals for Spring… ground-breaking…”) don her sunglasses, take her front row seat and enjoy the show immensely. Beautiful people wearing beautiful clothes couldn't have a more appropriate setting.