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MATTHEW WALKER is currently an Australian based business as it's where our founder and creative director was born and currently lives (with British Portuguese heritage). Yes, currently, the word currently is used as Matthew has ambition to be based in Europe showing on the fashion calendar next to the established fashion houses in Paris, London, Milano, ETC.
Matthew has been in love with clothing and design since he was a teenager. He raced Motocross, despite being a successful athlete in rowing and athletics, he wasn't overly fast at motocross at a national level and sadly had no future as a racer. Little did he know this would profoundly influence his future, he was self admittedly a nerd about the design and appearance of the gear, the bike and everything about it. He work out he could design the graphics for his bikes and tailor his gear and... he in fact enjoyed that just as much as racing. Matthew's nature is to take things progressively closer to the illusive goal of perfection. Although unobtainable, it is the businesses north star, or for the Australian readers... Southern Cross. From here it moved on from Motocross into clothing, Matthew started screen printing t-shirts, true to form that grew into a clothing line, selling online and in a retailer. Matthew's pursuits outgrew the brand identity, he set his sights on luxury, as he interests naturally gravitated towards the pursuit of the best. He was working with two seamstresses making and designing clothing from pattern to finished product while learning about fashion. This developed into learning and making products out of leather. Despite MATTHEW WALKER being a new fashion house, it's been 15 years in the making.
With this in mind, let's share the vision of where The House of MATTHEW WALKER will be in 5, 10 and even 30 years: In 5 years, we envision establishing internationally as a leading fashion house driving quality and innovating working with key fashion retailers to allow customers to discover the wonderful world of MATTHEW WALKER. In 10 years we envision flagship retail stores and buying into/purchasing suppliers so we can continue the pursuit of "perfection" keeping the art of fashion alive. In 30 years... we see MATTHEW WALKER as an established leading Fashion house with a track record of meeting and exceeding our customers expectations years upon year. Keeping the pursuit of fashion alive in a world where things are getting thinner, cheaper and continuously driver by profit alone. We are absolutely for profit and are happy to admit that..... Not as the cost of quality and integrity. We want to keep the business privately owned so that the goal of "perfection" in our craft can stay the priority, trusting that our customers will value our philosophy and the products they buy from us.
How does this design pursuit benefit you the customer: The art of fashion, the love of manufacturing permeates everything we do, from the packaging to the leather we use. We don't approach our next product with a mindset of just getting it done or with profit first. The vision, the quality, the raw materials and the final product are what drives our unwavering desire to make the highest quality fashion.
As our story continues, we will update this page. But, for now, from our house to yours, please consider our products as a labour of love.
