Giinagay! (Gumbaynggirr for ‘Hello!’)
We’re honoured to launch this meaningful collaboration with two of Australia’s most beloved Gumbaynggirr artists.
Melissa Greenwood and Lauren Jarrett are founders of the Indigenous Australian arts label Miimi & Jiinda. They are a mother and daughter duo of the Gumbaynggirr mob, located on the beautiful south east coast of Australia.
Since our inception, Unreal Fur has stood to celebrate the artistic voices of all people and cultures. Naturally, we are thrilled to be incorporating Miimi & Jiinda’s artwork in a capsule of our designs.
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THE PAINTING
The featured painting in the Miimi & Jiinda x Unreal Fur collaboration is titled Girrwaa (Community). The contrasting colour palette and confident brushstrokes create an emotive vignette of life on Gumbaynggirr Country.
This Gumbaynggirr artwork represents family, community and connection.
"I paint from the heart, and it lights up my spirit. I am always guided by my ancestors and inspired by my Gumbaynggirr Jagun (homelands)." - Melissa Greenwood
BAARLU COAT
The Baarlu Coat is a unisex puffer coat and is defined by its bespoke Miimi & Jiinda x Unreal Fur printed fabric. This style delivers a rich visual design, featuring arched birthing cave motifs, confident brushstrokes, and colourscape of Miimi & Jiinda’s painting, Girrwaa (Community).
This style is reversible and can be worn with the black lining on the exterior with the Miimi & Jiinda x Unreal Fur branding on the back.
BAARLU JACKET
The Baarlu Jacket is a unisex puffer jacket and is defined by its bespoke Miimi & Jiinda x Unreal Fur printed fabric. This style delivers a rich visual design, featuring arched birthing cave motifs, confident brushstrokes, and colourscape of Miimi & Jiinda’s painting, Girrwaa (Community).
This style is reversible and can be worn with the black lining on the exterior with the Miimi & Jiinda x Unreal Fur branding on the back.
MAARA JACKET
The Maara Jacket features a classic faux fur design, reimagined with Miimi & Jiinda x Unreal Fur printed satin lining. This lining features the arched birthing cave motifs and confident brushstrokes of Miimi & Jiinda’s painting, Girrwaa (Community).
This style features twin front pockets, a collared neckline for added warmth, and a hem that reaches the hips.
YAWARR COAT
The Yawarr Coat is a mid-length coat with faux shearling trims and a brilliant printed suedette bodice. This playfully crafted style features the arched birthing cave motifs and confident brushstrokes of Miimi & Jiinda’s painting, Girrwaa (Community).
This style features twin front pockets, faux shearling lining for added warmth, and lush faux shearling trims along the hemline and sleeve cuffs.
FUNDRAISING FOR THE FIRST BILINGUAL ABORIGINAL LANGUAGE SCHOOL IN NEW SOUTH WALES
GUMBAYNGGIRR GIINGANA FREEDOM SCHOOL
Gumbaynggirr Giingana Freedom School (GGFS) is the first bilingual Aboriginal language school in the Australian state of New South Wales. Students at GGFS have the opportunity to learn on country from their elders. Education here is an intergenerational transfer of cultural knowledge and tradition.
A portion of each sale from the Miimi & Jiinda x Unreal Fur collaboration will raise funds for the construction of a new classroom on the GGFS campus.
