Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander owned and governed, IFP collaborates with First Nations Australians working in textiles and fashion. It focuses on the delivery of a range of development programs, mentoring opportunities and promotional events and platforms.

IFP is a program of the Darwin Aboriginal Art Fair (DAAF) Foundation, a not-for-profit Indigenous organisation, owned and governed by 70 community Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Art Centres. All funds raised by IFP go back into providing opportunities for First Nations artists and designers, Art Centres and their communities.

Our Foundation has been operating since 2012, and is governed by a Board of Directors with representatives from Art Centres and their Peak Bodies, a Larrakia Nation representative and industry specialists.

Learn more about the DAAF Foundation >>

Launched in 2020, IFP is home of the National Indigenous Fashion Awards (NIFA), Country to Couture runway showcase and Pathways Program. 

The purpose of Indigenous Fashion Projects is the organised support of the development of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander textile and fashion practice and enterprise.

This includes but is not limited to supporting Indigenous Australian designers, artists, Art Centres, models, technicians, mentors, educators, service providers and other industry practitioners.

Based on broad stakeholder and community consultation, IFP’s development programs, events and collaboration platforms focus on;

• Cultural expression, advancement & protection 
• Sustainable practice: environmental, social and financial
• Community engagement
• Collaboration
• Developing stronger businesses
• Good governance

• Pathways Program, which supports the development of emerging First Nations fashion labels through industry workshops and mentorship. Learn more…
• Best Practice for Indigenous Fashion, a project to gain a more detailed understanding of how Indigenous artists and designers work in and with the textile and fashion industry and to develop a toolkit of resources to promote and facilitate best practice. Learn more…
• Indigenous Fashion Projects Runway at Afterpay Australian Fashion Week, which provides promotion and development opportunities for emerging labels. Learn more…
• Country to Couture: A celebration of Indigenous textile and fashion collaborations, held annually in Darwin in August. Learn more…
• National Indigenous Fashion Awards: An annual awards ceremony recognising and celebrating Indigenous textile and fashion from across Australia. Learn more…

You can be part of the Australian Indigenous fashion movement and show your support for First Nations fashion. Become a regular donor and help us share to the world!

By supporting IFP with a tax-deductible donation you can be at the forefront of Indigenous fashion and help us provide promotional platforms, events, and development programs to build communities and businesses and bring Indigenous art and fashion to mainstream Australia and the world.

Ways to be part of IFP:

• IFP Friend – make a tax-deductible donation of $240 per year, or $20 per month and be the first to receive early release VIP invitations to all events, including to the National Indigenous Fashion Awards, Country to Couture, the Darwin Aboriginal Art Fair and Afterpay Australian Fashion Week.
• IFP 1000 – make a tax-deductible donation of $1,000 per year, or $84 per month, and be the first to receive early release VIP invitations to all events, including to the National Indigenous Fashion Awards, Country to Couture, the Darwin Aboriginal Art Fair and Afterpay Australian Fashion Week. As a founding IFP 1000, you will receive an IFP supporter email signature, and you will be recognised on our website.
• IFP Champ – make a tax-deductible donation of $5,000 per year, or $417 per month and receive all the benefits of the IFP 1000 as well as 2 x complimentary VIP tickets to all IFP events each year, meet and greet opportunities with the designers and textile artists and an an invitation to the National Indigenous Fashion Awards held in Darwin in August each year.