Garden of Eden Exhibition at The National Design Centre

Sydney fashion label Romance Was Born will proffer the proverbial red apple when it launches Garden of Eden at the National Design Centre next month.

Presented by Romance Was Born in collaboration with contemporary Australian artist Del Kathryn Barton, Garden of Eden opens in the ShowBox Gallery on Monday 3 March, 2008.

As an official event of the 2008 L'Oreal Melbourne Fashion Festival (LMFF) cultural program, Garden of Eden showcases new one-off designs from Romance Was Born's Autumn Winter collection.

The new collection has been created alongside the label's long-time collaborative partner Del Kathryn Barton and incorporates fabric designs from Barton's latest body of work.

Founded by fashion design duo Luke Sales and Anna Plunkett, Romance Was Born is a fusion of the bizarre, fanciful and truly fantastic.

Since their debut at the Melbourne Fashion Week in 2006, the pair has become renowned for their eccentricity and theatrical approach.

They invent tall tales through elaborately-designed garments while spinning adventurous ranges and seasonal collections from a web of whimsical yarns.

Filling the ShowBox with giant Garden of Eden-inspired objects, Romance Was Born will transform the gallery into a quirky and modern interpretation of the biblical paradise; a place where art inspires fashion.