PARIS JONES
CREATIVE BIO:
Paris Jones is a Melbourne-based luxury womenswear designer with a focus on refined craftsmanship and forward-thinking design. Their work blends modern elegance with conceptual depth, exploring how fashion can express evolving ideas of futurism and identity. Paris’s aesthetic is defined by sculptural silhouettes, intricate detailing, and a balance between innovation and timeless sophistication.
They were selected for the Student Collections Runway at Melbourne Fashion Week and recognised as a finalist for the Emerging Designer Award presented by Vogue Australia, reflecting their growing influence within Australia’s contemporary fashion landscape.
Driven by a vision for the future of luxury fashion, Paris creates garments that embody emotion, precision, and contemporary relevance. Through a thoughtful approach to design, they aim to redefine womenswear as an art form that connects narrative, craftsmanship, and modern luxury.
DESIGN STATEMENT:
“After” is a Womenswear Evening Resort Collection envisioning a hopeful future shaped in the aftermath of climate change. The creative process began by exploring humanity’s connection to nature and the passage of time, translating these concepts into sculptural silhouettes, fluid drape work, and ethereal layered forms. Across the collection, garments balance fragility and strength through meticulous craftsmanship, combining hand draping and tailoring techniques.
The fabrication palette draws from natural and repurposed materials, including deadstock luxury textiles from Giorgio Armani, Rick Owens, and Valentino, as well as lightweight silk georgette, paired with muted earth tones and mineral-inspired colours that echo the collection’s elemental narrative. In collaboration with Gordon Studio Glassblowers, an hourglass timer clutch was created using hand-shaped glass and sand, symbolising both time running out and the potential for renewal.
Through refined construction, intentional materiality, and conceptual design, After reimagines the future of fashion, presenting fashion as a meditation on consequence, transformation, and the enduring hope for what comes next.
