Vogue Australia’s Christine Centenera says Wardrobe.NYC has always been inherently about sustainable fashion. Image: Liz Sunshine.

Less has always been more for Christine Centenera. Since she entered the fashion industry in the early 2000s she has stayed true to her ethos of an almost raw, understated, distilled sense of dressing.
 

This approach is embodied in Wardrobe.NYC, the clothing label she founded with designer Josh Goot in 2017.
 

“In my own work, it’s always been important for it to come from an honest place,” she says. “Wardrobe.NYC comes from a real place that reflects how I feel about fashion and how we dress ourselves.”
 

Over the past two decades there has been a significant shift in the way we consume fashion. We now know more about climate change, global emissions, dangerous levels of plastic waste in our oceans, deforestation and slave labour. The fashion industry has collectively responded with increasing transparency. Less impact upon the environment and society has become critically important.
 

“Today it’s not about simply selling clothes anymore,” Christine says. “I think you need to build a community and make people feel connected. They want to be part of something that represents what they believe in.”
 

Christine says that Wardrobe.NYC has always been inherently about sustainable fashion.
 

“We develop limited styles and produce in limited quantities, leading to an efficient, and therefore less wasteful fashion model,” she explains.

By Alison Veness