Christopher Esber

Esber spent a decade building his reputation at home before Paris took notice — suiting sliced open at the waist, dresses suspended from metal hardware, knits that seem mid-slip yet hold with engineered certainty. The work sits in a rare register: overtly sensual but structurally rigorous, undone by design rather than accident.

The 2023 ANDAM Grand Prize — never before won by an Australian — came with the industry mentorship that accelerated his Paris footing, and his shows have since become a red-carpet sourcing ground for stylists. Esber represents a new export model for Australian fashion: not resort ease, but precision cut with a warm climate’s relationship to skin.