Cleonie, the Australian swimmer in swimwear
Made-to-order swimwear sewn on the Central Coast, in a fabric invented here. And a family name carried by six generations of seamstresses.
Founded in 2012 by Kitty Scott, a former RMIT graduate trained at Istituto Marangoni between London, Milan and Paris, the house set its scissors down on the Australian Central Coast, in a North Avoca studio crossed all year by Pacific light. It is there, an hour north of Sydney, that bandeaus, bikinis and sarongs are sketched and sewn to order in an eco-crinkle invented by the brand and woven in Australia.
Cleonie is a family name, carried through six generations of seamstresses in Kitty's maternal line. You can feel it in the exactness of the tied bandeaus, in the way the customer is invited to sign her piece before it even exists: choose a colour, ask for a higher-cut bottom, adjust a cup.
