Difficult situations inspire ingenious solutions. And if necessity is the mother of all invention then new clothing label Bestowed will have a strong and devoted following from the start.

Created by the founder of the popular Rant Clothing label, Bestowed garments allow their owners to express a unique point of view.

“From the beginning I wanted to design pieces that formed the ultimate lightweight summer-survival kit,” explained Sarah. “Bestowed was borne from a need to design specifically for the tropics. Whether you live in Brisbane, Cairns or Darwin, or travel to Vietnam, Thailand or South Africa, our garments are designed NOT to touch the body and let the wearer feel amazingly comfortable from the moment they get up.”

While there’s a lot of ‘light-weight’ clothes on the market, Sarah found that designing for a tropical market is distinctly different.

“I think you need a completely different mindset to design for people living or travelling the tropics. Everything needs to be lightweight and breathable and also carry you from bed to beach to dinner – especially if you’re travelling.

“Unlike the Rant collections, we don’t use transparent – or see-through – fabrics in Bestowed as they’re too hard to successfully layer in steamy, humid weather.  Instead, we’ve designed garments that can be worn on their own and mixed and matched and easily accessorized.”

The Bestowed collection is ideal for active, adventurous people and each of the garments have been designed to be both practical and light when travelling.
“The pieces in the Bestowed collection are great for travelling with as they tend to remain crinkle-free in the luggage and have the added advantage to being tremendously light and fashion-versatile,” explained Sarah. “A carry-on bag of only a dozen items would actually be enough for a 2 week trip because of the variety of ways you can wear each piece.”

The launch collection includes organic cotton jersey and cotton poplin dresses, pants, tunics and singlet tops. Rounding out the collection are shrugs and tops in superfine cotton. This season’s featured colour-ways are black, white, charcoal, indigo, grape and sage.

Celebrating our own national style, talent and resources, Bestowed is 100% Australian-designed and made and is borne from Australian-milled cotton. With its organic cottons and eco-friendly dyes, it’s environmental sustainability taken to the extreme.

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