preface \  reflection 12

Catherine Baba

Stylist, Creative Consultant, Costume Designer, Muse

 

Catherine Baba

Renowned for riding her bicycle through Paris in lavish self-styled outfits and vertiginous YSL heels, Catherine Baba’s life and career have soared into a constantly evolving creative adventure.

Catherine left the western suburbs of Sydney and headed to Paris to study at the famous Parisian fashion school; Studio Berçot.  Baba went on to debut at the Chanel Couture Atelier and then become a creative consultant for esteemed labels such as Ungaro, Givenchy and Balmain, as well as independent designers Jeremy Scott, Andre Walker and Marano.

Her work as a costume designer on the film My Little Princess earned her a nomination for Best Costume Design at France’s prestigious César Awards in 2011.

In 2012 Baba produced a couture costume jewellwry collection for Gripoix and designed an exclusive dress - 'La Baba' for VOGUE Fashion Night Out in Paris

She collaborated with Italian eyewear label Friend Of designing a range of sunglasses that are stocked at the iconic Parisian boutique Colette.

As a stylist, Catherine has worked for most of the world’s prestigious publications Vanity Fair, Dazed & Confused, VOGUE (U.S., Japan, China), Tank, Glamour (Italy), VOGUE Gioello, Interview, 10, Paper and Stiletto, amongst others and is now regarded as a social celebrity, seen in many a front row and a regular in best dressed lists and in editorial features around the globe.

Ode... The Birds
 

We Were Birds
 


Parrots On Shoulders Pirates Black Albinos Swaning
 


Oxford Parakeets City Night Pyrotech Crawling


 
Eclectic Fruity Batting

 Midnight Tawny Owling

 
 
 


The Isms The Ations


 
The Celebration Of Nations
 
 



The Diversity


 
The Frivolty


 
The Multiplications


 
 
 

The Silent Film


 
The Silver Screen


 
The Fabrications


 
 
 

The Tree Trunks Fulfilling
 


The Budgies Boogie


 
The Branches Embracing


 
Rising Choras Lining

 
 
 


We Were Opera Extasming
 


Symphonics
 


Orchestrations


 
Cuckooing & Cockatooing


 
 
 

We Were Harbour Playing


 
Watsons Wattle Lady Wooiing
 


Freestyling


 
Breaststroking


 
Babaflying
 
 



We Were Laughing

Kookaburras & Doves

We Were Miner & Lyrebirding


Never Burning


 



Rosellas Flashing Feathers Fantasia
 


Bellbirds Ringing Rhythmic Rhymes
 
Sounding In Stereo Schematics
 


Lightning


 
Lighting


 
Midnight Magpie Larking & Black Birding

 
 
 


We Were Soaring


 
We Were Swooning
 


Incandescent Honeyeating
 


Chanting


 
We Were Galahing To The Flaming Morning Sun

 
 
 


We Were Swishing


 
We Were Swaying


 
Stork Spinning
 


Dancing


 
We Were Emuing To The Electric Midnight Moon
 
 

We Were Didgeridooing


 
Divine Devotional Dreamtiming.