Miss Universe Australia’s costume sparks a national identity crisis

25/10/2017

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Olivia Rogers Miss Universe


"The fireworks all came together last night," said Miss Universe Australia Olivia Rogers of the fairy wings-style back feature. Photo: Channel Nine


Kate Halfpenny


Miss Universe Australia Olivia Rogers has revealed the national costume she will showcase at this year’s pageant in Las Vegas, prompting questions about what clothing could truly represent our Australian identity.


When Ms Rogers, 25, twirled in the dress during its public debut on the Today show this morning, one of the first to chime in was host Karl Stefanovic.


“You look a little bit like an albino shark,” Mr Stefanovic joked.


A marine predator wasn’t the front-of-mind vision for Queensland bridal designer Begitta Stolk when she won the job of creating the latest Miss Universe national costume.


“It’s meant to be the Opera House, and the inspiration is Sydney Harbour during the Vivid festival with the laser light shows,” Ms Stolk told The New Daily.


Quizzed by Mr Stefanovic, speech pathologist Ms Rogers said the outfit is, “actually really comfortable. It doesn’t look it, but it is. I love it”.


Others weren’t so positive. Venting their opinions on Today’s Instagram, viewers called the dress everything from “a hideous meringue explosion” to “gorgeous.”


Said one, “Every year it’s the same. Australia has a true identity crisis when it comes to parading our ‘national dress costume’. Putting her in Camilla would have been better.”


Others deemed the costume “ridiculous”, with one adding, “You cannot wear the Opera House! You would be better off going as Skippy!!!!”


But the dress found one staunch fan: “These national dress ‘costumes’ are meant to be theatrical and a creative inspiration of our country in a dress! This is just that!”


Another said on Ms Rogers’ Instagram there is no cultural design template to follow: “Australia doesn’t really have a national dress unless you want to wear Stubbies … or a kangaroo onesie.”


Melbourne designer Georgia Perry told The New Daily the new national costume “feels like some sort of Project Runway challenge, with the theme: Easter Show Kewpie Doll.”


She added, “It’s like we’ve been trolled. It’s so underbaked. But fun. That’s the upside: it’s a festival for the eyes.”


So what does embody Australian culture in terms of fashion?


“Dunlop Volleys,” Ms Perry told The New Daily.


“I feel like the last time it was done right was when Jenny Kee got her hands all over it.


“Some of that ’80s stuff feels so modern and cool now. It’s tricky: we’re more than fuzzy wattle and pompom jumpers, but those are the reflex things we think of.”


Ms Perry named designers Kim Ellery and Romance Was Born among those who would “kill” designing a “chic” Miss Universe costume.


“Ellery experiments with extremes, and Romance Was Born aren’t afraid of sparkly fabric or an over-the-top garment, but they make it feel fresh.”


Designer Ms Stolk, who trained in Paris and at London’s elite Central St Martin’s, spent “over a hundred hours” making the eight-kilogram boned satin costume.


Over 600 LED lights powered by six battery packs are sewn inside the ‘sails’. The two largest sails have projectors inside them which flash “crystally-type” images.


Ms Stolk, 30, brushed off the divided opinions, telling The New Daily her design was appropriate for the glitzy pageantry of Miss Universe.


“This is certainly a costume,” she said.


“It is a creative piece, and art is very subjective, so it depends how people interpret it. I’m okay with that, as long as Olivia is happy.”


http://thenewdaily.com.au/entertainment/celebrity/2017/10/25/miss-universe-australia-national-costume/


 


 


 

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