ABOUT  

Rachel is a driven, passionate Australian fashion designer and stylist with an intense love for all things design, styling, music and producing.

Prior to completing a Bachelor of Creative Arts in Fashion Design, Rachel spent eighteen months living in Milan, Italy, an experience that fortified her interest in the art of ‘slow’ fashion and timeless garment design. In early 2017, she undertook an immersion program and studied a part of her degree at the highly sought-after European Institute of Design in Florence, Italy.

Rachel is the recipient of multiple scholarships including the AWET (Australian Wool Education Trust) Woolmark scholarship for excellence in wool-based design and innovation. In 2018, she was awarded first place, Australasian Young Designer in the street wear category of the Hamilton Sheepvention, where Rachel presented three designs. In 2019, she was invited to present at the Slow Fashion Festival alongside sustainable fashion giants including Patagonia and Good Studios.

Rachel has developed and is running her own brand, Portico the Label, where she offers ‘slow’, bespoke, made to measure garments and accessories. Her second Portico the Label collection premiered at the highly anticipated SA Fashion Focus Weekend.

Rachel has worked under a number of apparel and accessory brands including, Sans Beast, Katya Komarova, Simone Perele, Toast Society and Bubish Luxe.

As a designer today Rachel prides herself on celebrating the subtle nuances of tailored streetwear, fusing utilitarianism with modernity, and endeavours to function with sustainability at the forefront. She aims to achieve an ultimate result of designs that remain timeless, relevant, and purpose built to last.

Alongside operating in the fashion industry, Rachel enjoys a lifelong passion and involvement in the music industry and performs engaging mostly with jazz and soul. She placed first in the Australasian Generations in Jazz Competition and performs both publicly and for private and corporate events including the Adelaide Fringe Festival, The Cabaret Festival and The Jazz Lab in Melbourne’s heart of jazz, Brunswick.