Australians are not identified with a particular single costume. Their dressings are determined by their life style, climate change and identity. That is why, in modern-day, designers are trying to come up with a particular element.
The arch condition of ancient Australian lifestyle and the modern condition of their outdoor lifestyle makes them to be identified with the Bush wear and Swimmer along with indigenous and local wears. The dress style is forms towards their historical experience and attitude during mateship and their taste for outdoor lifestyle. The migrant experience characterized the Australian dressing style and the process of borrowing culture, which is part of Australia history.
Presenting Australian costume to other world has to be determined by the authenticity of the local style that is being represented.
There is different between Australian local wear and Australian fashions. The reflections in different fabrics developed for practical wear by designers’ are influence of their ancient rugged lifestyle and modern taste for outdoor leisure activities, such as swimming, surfing and beach culture.
The recognized national dress style of recent time, are the style of beachwear and bush wear ,cut cloth with Australian landscape on it. The Costumes Australia is a modern national dress design style is the reflection of outdoor beach experience and the unique landscape of Sydney garden.
Today surfboard short and colored printed shirt are adopted as male leisure dress. The colored printed shirt is borrowed cultural wear from pacific Island such as Hawaii and Fiji. The adoption of surfboard short, singlet, thongs and colorful shirt as part of national wear by male and female is the reflection of outdoor beach lifestyle.
The choice of cut and garment style of dressing such as loose flowing sarong, sulu and Punjabi shirts. This style of dressing is adopted by females and they are part of borrowed culture from India, Fiji and Indonesia.
