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DRESSED FOR SUCCESS Words by Emma Macdonald ⋅ Photography by Lauren Campbell
WEAR OU R FAVOU R I T E SE A SON I N T H E FA SH ION C A L E N DA R E L EVAT E S EV E RY DAY DR E S SI NG W I T H I N T E R E ST I NG T E X T U R E S A N D I N T R IGU I NG DETA I L S .
T R AV E L Monika Cerda-Cid’s haute couture gowns seem to have a life of their own. Hanging on a rack at the Brassey Hotel as a fashion team busies itself to shoot the exclusive Little National Post cover story, a striking red silk-organza dress appears to move - its hundreds of hand-pressed folds spilling forth like rose petals. An ornate and embellished cream dress beside it is covered in feathers which quiver as the air stirs. Cerda-Cid gazes at her gowns like they are old friends. She may only have officially been in the business for just over a year, but her every move since high school seems to have been propelling the 31-year-old to this point.
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Cerda-Cid's instinctive urge to sketch and design imagination-defying creations seems to be counter-balanced by a shrewd business mind – she has both a fashion diploma from FBI Fashion College in Sydney and a Diploma in Business from the Canberra Institute of Technology. Since she took the leap to create her own label in December of 2015, Cerda-Cid has made every business decision based on her vision that her label be haute couture, avant-garde and international. Which, as it turns out, is exactly what “Chachino” is becoming – having already been feted by Vogue Italia and securing an Los Angeles-based agent who is confident Cerda-Cid’s creations will soon feature on an A-list celebrity striding the red carpet.
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