From left: A look from Zoe Twitt F/W10; The inspiration: the White Lady in La Dame Blanche

At the age of seven, Australian fashion designer Zöe Twitt was already traveling the world visiting textile factories, albeit with her parents who owned a textile company. By the time she hit college, where she dabbled in acting and opera singing, she had a deeply ingrained love of the arts. In 2009 at the age of 26, Twitt combined these passions with her early influences and launched the eponymous womenswear label ZÖETWITT.

Each of Twitt’s collections reflects her ongoing effort to artistically and aesthetically express herself. For F/W10, this meant a return to opera, where she was inspired by the dramatic personalities, costumes, music and stories. Below, Twitt details a number of the female characters who struck her fancy, pairing the originals with their corresponding rebirth in her collection, titled Dark Heart.

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The Queen of the Night in The Magic Flute

Medea in Médée

Julietta in Julietta

The Fairy Queen in The Fairy Queen

Mother in L’enfant et Les Sortileges

Malwina in Der Vampyr