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FASHION GYPSY
She who hunts style.
Catherine Hunter made her start in the fashion industry more than twenty years ago. After creating and birthing a successful lifestyle boutique Willywags Homewares, she launched her own label, the eponymous Huntress. Petite Voyage was born after 8 years designing and manufacturing in Adelaide, so she could live anywhere in the world and indulge in a favourite hobby, travel.
QUIET LUXURY
Petite Voyage is all about comfort, timeless unbranded apparel that is wearable and wrinkle resistant. Contemporary classics, simple lines that give shape, collars that give presence, and comfort pieces you won’t want to take off.
Catherine hand picks luxury fabrics to suit the everyday adventurer. Spring Summer collections feature natural linen, cotton and silks, and Autumn Winter incorporates ultra fine knitwear in wool and cashmere fibres, comfortable jersey and light-weight outerwear that doubles in warmth and packs small. She curates the ultimate travel capsule for the global nomad.
ETHICAL MANUFACTURING
Quality design and manufacture is her priority, something that is rare to achieve in the mass market of fast fashion. Petite Voyage is slow fashion, simplicity and style. Short runs means Petite Voyage clothing is available in limited collections online.
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THE CAPSULE
A large process of fashion design is constantly hunting and collecting new fabrics and pieces and it never happens over one period of time. We find that the most interesting part in the artistic process is you never know what will spark new ideas or inspiration and that’s what makes it quite exciting.
When creating our designs, we strip it back to the basics and ask ourselves what women love in fashion to align with travel that allows them to feel great everyday in comfort. Our experience in dressing women for over 20 to 30 years has given us insight into what design elements have the potential to complement each individual’s personal style and the ability to create garments that accentuate a woman's assets based on all body types.
We draw a lot of inspiration from travel and lifestyle of living on the go and ensure fabrics are light-weight, wrinkle resistant and mix and match coordinates. The aim is to have 15 pieces of carry on that weighs under 5kg for warm climates and 10kg for cold climates.
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FIRST CLASS
Petite Voyage is dedicated to ethical and sustainable practices and visits every manufacturer they work with around the world to build relationships and ensure the highest standards of ethical manufacturing are adhered to, while achieving beautiful quality.
SUSTAINABILITY
At the core of our business is sustainability. We are always looking at how we can reduce waste and 20 to 30% of our off-cuts are dedicated to manufacturing accessories such as punching bag fillers so there is no wastage. We have recently joined forces with a jewellery designer who uses our offcuts of fabric to make beautiful handcrafted necklaces, locally made.
We love working with like minded businesses and share collaborations where each side gains value, we stand for co-promotion of all brands and love to see businesses that share our passion succeed.
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OUR TRIBE
Our origins began in our Adelaide studio, by working one-on-one with small producers in South Australia, allowing the opportunity to generate those small conversations that really shaped the quality of our brand.
These local origins and values are part of the philosophy we uphold, before handing over each of our design concepts in collaboration with our producers locally and globally to uncover a careful construction process, tackling any problems together to achieve the highest quality result.
We unite experts in the industry from around the world, to employ unique artisan skills, source quality yarns and fibres that shine in the final garment construction.
As a locally owned and Australian made clothing brand we believe in supporting the local creative community and connecting to artisans from around the globe in collaboration to share our skills to create beauty in apparel.
Pieces you will value as the hands that make them are precious and this love and passion resonates with an energy of the joy while wearing a beautiful garment. We really urge people to get to know your brands and ask themselves if their practices align with their beliefs. Wear your values with discernment and pride.
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DESIGNED TO ROAM
Petite Voyage is about beautiful easy to wear fabrics, however, we understand the importance of monochrome and neutral staples in your wardrobe. We use a variety of sustainable fibres such as cotton, silk, linen. and cahsmere.
Another fibre we use is hemp linen, people don’t realise that prior to cotton it was the most widely used fibre in the world. Hemp a great sustainable alternative fabric as it uses little water and is one of the strongest fibres.
When it comes to colour it is important to consider the huge impact dye has on the environment, it generates volumes of wastewater and chemicals which is drained back into the ocean. We aim to source and use plant-based dyed fabrics.