What's even better is that Australian and Kiwi designers are at the forefront of the trend with Christopher Esber (the designer behind Zendaya's afformentioned red carpet moment), Dion Lee, Matteau, Manning Cartell, Paris Georgia and Georgia Alice all creating designs worthy of dropping all your Christmas present money on.
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This article originally appeared on InStyle Australia