Collette Dinnigan

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Collette Dinnigan is an Australian fashion designer

Sep 24, 1965

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Biography

Personal Details

  • Birthday: September 24, 1965
  • Nationality: Australian
  • Famous: Fashion Designers, Fashion, Fashion Designers
  • Spouses: Bradley Cocks (m. 2011)
  • Siblings: Seamus Dinnigan
  • Known as: Collette Mary Ann Dinnigan
  • Childrens: Estella Sophia Dinnigan Wilkins

Collette Dinnigan born at

South Africa

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Birth Place

Collette dated Richard Wilkins and has a daughter named Estella with him.

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Personal Life

She married Bradley Cocks in a private ceremony on the Amalfi Coast in Italy. Cocks is a Canadian Entrepreneur, with a luxury hotel business around the world. They have a son.

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Personal Life

Collette Dinnigan was born on September 24, 1965 in Durban, South Africa. Their family stayed on a yacht for several years and then they sailed around the western coast of Australia and eventually settled in New Zealand.

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Childhood & Early Life

Her father was Irish and her mother had a modelling agency and designed textiles.

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Childhood & Early Life

Collette wanted to to study graphics and attended a full days’ lecture, only to find out that it was the fashion course. Choosing 'Fashion and Textile' as her course, she graduated from Wellington Polytechnic.

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Childhood & Early Life

After graduation she moved to Sydney, Australia and started working in the costume department of the Australian Broadcasting Corporation. She also did theatre, rock bands' styling and made feature films.

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Childhood & Early Life

Her first catalogue was shot at the Alice Motel in Tamarama in 1990. Surprisingly, her French-inspired dryclean only lingerie became a huge hit. The lingerie was incredibly detailed and hand embroidered in India by highly skilled craftsmen.

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Career

In 1992, she opened her first retail store in William Street, Paddington, Sydney. It became the go-to destination for beautiful lingerie style dresses, delicate lace pieces and amazing prints. Soon the store built a strong following and she started exporting to New York (Barney's), London(Harvey Nichols) and Hong Kong.

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Career

In 1995, she opened her second store at Chapel Street, South Yarra, Melbourne.

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She became a member of the Chambre Syndicale Committee, in 1995, and an advisor to the South Australian Wool Board, in 1997.

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In 1998, she was appointed as the Chairperson of the NSW Small Business Development Corporation.

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In 1995, she became the 'first-and-only-Australian' designer to participate on request by 'Chambre Syndicale du Pret a Porter des Couturiers et des Createurs de Mode' in the Paris’ Prêt-a-Porter (ready-to-wear) Fashion Week and launch a ready-to-wear collection as well.

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Major Works