Fashion career profile
Kym Ellery
Kym Ellery is an Australian designer whose career spans fashion, editorial work, art direction and collectible object design. She launched her namesake womenswear label in Sydney in 2007 while working on the fashion team at RUSSH magazine, an editorial background she has described as useful preparation for understanding the market. ELLERY developed an architectural, textile-focused aesthetic and showed on the Paris Fashion Week schedule; the brand’s official profile says Ellery joined the French fashion community in 2015. The company’s history requires care: The Monthly reported that the fashion business collapsed in 2019, while the current ELLERY site continues to present Ellery as Creative Director and CEO and describes an evolved design practice. Since 2023, she has focused on sculptural works, furniture and collectible objects through Atelier ELLERY, with exhibitions in Paris and internationally. Rather than presenting the old ready-to-wear business as an uninterrupted current operation, this profile distinguishes the 2007 fashion label, the reported 2019 collapse and Ellery’s later object-design work.
- Role
- Founder, Ellery
- Nationality
- Australian
- Age
- 43
- Atelier ELLERY — Artist and Designer2023–End not documented · status not documented
- Label founded: ELLERY launched in Sydney, 2007Business of Fashion dates the label's launch to 2007, initially an evening project while Ellery worked at RUSSH. · Business of Fashion
- Paris fashion: Joined the French fashion community in 2015ELLERY's official profile describes Ellery's arrival in Paris and the label's international collections. · ELLERY
- Company history: Fashion business reported collapsed in 2019The Monthly reports the fashion company's collapse; this is kept distinct from Ellery's later object-design practice and the current official website. · The Monthly
- Current design practice: Sculpture, furniture and collectible objects since 2023Nilufar's designer profile dates Ellery's focus on sculptural works to 2023. · Nilufar
- Official profile: ELLERY lists Kym Ellery as Creative Director and CEOThe current official biography uses these titles; the profile does not infer an uninterrupted operating-company history. · ELLERY
- Atelier ELLERY: Collectible design studioThe official studio page describes furniture, collectible design and objects developed from Ellery's design practice. · Atelier ELLERY
- 2007 — Launches ELLERY in SydneyThe label begins as Ellery's evening project while she works in fashion media.
- 2015 — Joins Paris fashion communityELLERY's official biography describes Ellery's move into the Paris fashion scene.
- 2019 — Fashion business reported collapsedThe reported company collapse is not conflated with Ellery's later art and object design.
- 2023 — Focuses on sculptural works and collectible designNilufar dates her work in furniture and collectible objects from 2023.
- 2025 — Exhibits collectible design internationallyNilufar records exhibitions in Paris, Milan, Mexico City and other locations through 2025.