Melaine Knight is a multidisciplinary artist, comes from a background in music, theatre + dance ... She works as a Stylist + Costume Designer specialising in a niche area for music artists + in wardrobe on International music tours ... She also works for film/tv + theatre in both costume + set design.
To date, her work has been exhibited at the National Gallery of Victoria in The Australian Music Vault, with her costume design for the artist NGAIIRE.
She has been a contributing content producer / + fashion stylist for Rolling Stone Magazine featuring music artists in editorials.
She received the Sun Studios Excellence In Image Making Award at The Australian Women In Music Awards 2019, acknowledging work in this particular field.
She is currently a published writer with New York / Copenhagen based arts publication, Red Door Magazine, as their Australian Arts correspondent for the last 10years, writing under the moniker The Neon Rebel.
Lately, her responses to global climate impacts has been through short film pieces, where she composed the soundtracks.
She has just finished co-writing + contributing artwork her first published book, a sci-fi story called The Skellig with Ly De Angeles.
Her work has had a strong focus working with indigenous artists + assisting our First Nations Peoples telling their stories.
Melaine has also worked on large scale music festivals + events as a Production Stylist + event décor designer for stages + artist backstage areas, interiors + dressing rooms.
She is just about to release a long awaited album with her band The Velvet Lovers.
"I like to create iconic images that support artists narratives ...
I aim to create experiences of aesthetic that activate people & inspire...
bridging creative imagination + conscious living ... "
WORK ...
MUSIC TOURS
~ LITTLE STEVEN & The Disciples Of Soul
Summer Of Sorcery Tour 2019
Blues Fest Touring Byron Bay
Wardrobe
~ USHER 2018
RnB Fridays Aust + NZ
Frontier Touring
Wardrobe
~ BOYZIIMEN AAA 2018
with TLC
RnB Vine Days
Frontier Touring
Head Of Wardrobe National Tour
~ DRAKE Boy Meets World Tour 2017
Australia + NZ
Frontier Touring
Artist Dressing Room Production
~ Little Mix The Glory Days Tour 2017
Live Nation
Wardrobe
~ Dixie Chicks MMXVII Tor 2017
Chugg Entertainment
Wardrobe
~ Selena Gomez Revival Tour 2016
Live Nation
Wardrobe
~ Madonna Rebel Heart Tour 2016
Live Nation
Wardrobe
~ Ice Age 2016
Disney
Wardrobe
~ Taylor Swift 1989 World Tour 2015
Frontier Touring
Wardobe
~ Neil Diamond 2015 Tour
Dainty Group
Wardrobe
~ Sting + Paul Simon (Simon + Sting Tour) 2015
Livenation
Wardrobe
~ Katy Perry "Prismatic World Tour" 2014
Dainty Group
Wardrobe
~ Justin Timberlake "The 20/20 World Experience" Tour 2014
Live Nation
Wardrobe
~ Mariah Carey "The Elusive Chanteuse Show" 2014
Live Nation
Wardrobe
~ Miley Cyrus "Bangerz" Tour 2014
Dainty Group
Wardrobe
~ Beyoncé "The Mrs. Carter Show" World Tour 2013
Live Nation
Wardrobe
~ One Direction "Take Me Home World Tour" 2013
Live Nation
Wardrobe
~ Cirque De Soleil 2013
The Michael Jackson Tour
Wardrobe
~ Empire Of The Sun Tour 2013
VIVID Live
Wardrobe
Costume making
~ Jesus Christ Superstar 2013
Frontier Touring
Wardrobe
~ Blind Boys From Alabama / Sweet Honey In The Rock 2013
Blues + Roots Festival Touring
Wardrobe
~ Elton John "Rocket Man" Tour 2012
Chugg Entertainment
Wardrobe
~ Jack White Tour 2012
Frontier Touring Co.
Wardrobe / Seamstress
~ Lady GaGa "Born This Way Ball" Tour 2012
Live Nation
Wardrobe / Seamstress
~ Prince "Welcome To Australia" Tour 2012
Van Egmond Group / Chugg Entertainment
Wardrobe / Seamstress
+ additional Styling for Prince,
The Twinz, Damaris Lewis
~ JLo 'Dance Again" World Tour 2012
Frontier Touring Co.
Wardrobe
~ Nicki Minaj "Pink Friday" World Tour 2012
Live Nation
Wardrobe
~ Rod Stewart "The Hits" Tour 2012
Frontier Touring Co.
Wardrobe
~ Kanye West Big Day Out sideshow 2012
~ Soundgarden Big Day Out sideshow 2012
Creative Festival Entertainment
Wardrobe +
Artist Dressing Room production
~ Dolly Parton "Better Day" Tour 2011
Chugg Entertainment
Wardrobe / Seamstress
~ Stevie Nicks "In Your Dreams" Tour 2011
McManus Entertainment
Wardrobe / Seamstress
~ Janet Jackson "Number Ones: Up Close + Personal" Tour 2011
Dainty Group
Wardrobe / Seamstress
~ Kylie Minogue "Aphrodite Les Folies Tour" 2011
Frontier Touring Co.
Wardrobe
~ Katy Perry "California Dreams' Tour 2011
Michael Coppel Presents...
Wardrobe
~ Usher "OMG" Tour 2011
Frontier Touring Co.
Wardrobe / Seamstress
~ Rhianna "Last Girl On Earth" Tour 2011
Michael Coppel Presents...
Wardrobe
~ Sting Symphonicity Tour 2011
Live Nation
Wardrobe
~ Lionel Richie Tour 2011
Frontier Touring Co.
Wardrobe
~ Neil Diamond "Dreams" Tour 2011
Dainty Group / Live Nation
Wardrobe
~ Stone Temple Pilots Tour 2011
Frontier Touring Co.
Wardrobe
~ Miley Cyrus "Gypsy Heart" Tour 2011
Dainty Group
Wardrobe
~ Def Leppard Tour 2011
with Heart
McManus Entertainment
Wardrobe
~ Lady GaGa "Monster Ball Tour" 2010
Interscope Rec/ Michael Coppel Presents...
Wardrobe
+ Custom Costume Design / Art
~ U2 "360 Degrees Tour" 2010
~ Jay Z
Live Nation/Michael Coppel Presents...
Wardrobe
+ Dressing Room production
~ Muse "The Resistance Tour" 2010
Creative Festival Entertainment
Wardrobe
~ Leonard Cohen "Live In Australia" 2010
Frontier Touring Co.
Wardrobe
~ Carole King + James Taylor "The Troubador Reunion Tour" 2010
Michael Coppel Presents...
Wardrobe
~ Smashing Pumpkins Australian Tour 2010
Frontier Touring Co.
Wardrobe
~ Spandau Ballet "The Reformation Tour" 2010
+ Tears For Fears
Dainty Group
Wardrobe / Seamstress
~ Tim McGraw "Southern Voice" Tour 2010
Chugg Entertainment
Wardrobe / Seamstress
~ Britney Spears "Circus" Tour 2009
Sony Music/ Dainty Group
Wardrobe / Seamstress
+ Custom Costume Design
~ Mika "Life In Cartoon Motion Show" 2009
Sony Music / Frontier Touring Co.
Wardrobe
LOCAL MUSIC ARTISTS
NGAIIRE 2013 - current
Remote Control Records / Sony
Custom costume + styliing + tour wardrobe production.
Blastoma Tour 2016
NGAIIR3 Shiver Tour 2019-2020
Sneaky Sound System 2016
Thembi Records / Modular / Sony
Custom Music Tour Wardrobe production + styliing ...
INDIGENOUS ARTISTS ~ Styling
~ Ursula Yovich
~ Stiff Gins
~ Emma Donovan
~ GLVES
~ Philly MC
~ Street Warriors
~ Phil Walley Stack
FILM + TV
God's Favourite Idiot TV Series (Netflix) Byron Bay 2021
Extras onset standby (additional)
Seriously Red Feature Film (Dollhouse Prod.) Byron Bay 2020
Extras onset standby (additional)
EDEN TV Series (Every Cloud Productions / STAN ) Byron Bay 2020
Costume Buyer
Extras Coordinator (+ onset standby)
Key standby (final block)
Costume Maker / Art Finishing / Costume breakdown
Eurovision Australia Decides (Blink TV /SBS) Gold Coast 2020
Costume Assistant
Harrow TV Series (Hoodlum Productions/Harrow) Brisbane 2017
Costume Buyer
Costume Maker / Art Finishing / Costume breakdown
Dance Academy The Comeback Feature Film (Werner Film Prod.) Sydney 2016
Costume Assistant (additional)
MAKO Island Of Secrets (TV Prod. Ch. 10 / Netflix Worldwide, Disney) 2013 - 15
Jonathan M. Shiff Productions, Village Roadshow Studios, Goldcoast QLD
Series 1 (preproduction)
Series 2
Series 3
Costume Supervisor
+ Costume Maker / Art Finishing / Costume breakdown
COMMERCIAL
Zara Kids 2021
Campaign shoots, Byron Bay
Seamstress
City Beach 2019
Campaign shoot, Byron Bay
Stylist
Janet Jackson "Number Ones: Up Close + Personal" Tour 2011
"Nutrisystem" (TVC)
Cherry U.K./ Believe U.S./Luscious International Films Aust.
Seamstress/ Wardrobe
Director's cut tvc
https://youtu.be/9Ww5a2Y6i0M
BTS
https://youtu.be/fnJhkt5ToSo
"Holden Obsession" (TVC) 2012
Director: Gemma Lee
Blackberry Films
Stylist
"Metamorphosis" (TVC) 2011
Director: Gemma Lee
Blackberry Films
Custom Costume Designer +Styling
MUSIC VIDEOS
GLVES "Legacy" 2021
First Nations Artist
Styling
Dir. Dane Niels, Brisbane
Christine Anu + Philly MC, Mindy Kwanten, Radical Son 2019
Healing Together (Healing Foundation Project for NAIDOC)
Styling (Philly MC )
CXLOE "Sick" 2018
Mushroom Records
Custom Costume design
NGAIIRE "Around The Block" Feature Film 2013
"Broken Wings" music video
Styling + Costume Design
NGAIIRE "Dirty Hercules" 2012
Styling + Costume Design
XOrigin Production, Sydney
The Grates "Aw Yeah"2007
Styling + Costume Design
KROZM production, Melbourne
Slot Machine "Black Widow"2007
Styling + Costume Design
SAE Prod. Byron Bay
Winner 2008 Flicker Fest. Best Music Video.
THEATRE
Green Day's American Idiot Musical 2017 + 2018 National Tour
Shake + Stir Production /
QPac Theatre Brisbane
Costume Designer
Costume Maker / Art Finishing / Costume breakdown
Head Of Wardrobe
Barefoot Divas "Walk A Mile In My Shoes" 2012
Sydney Festival
Carriageworks, Sydney
Costume + Set Design
* additional performances Costume Design + styling only
~ New Zealand Arts Festival 2012
~ Australasian World Music Expo, Arts Centre Melb. 2013
~ Mullumbimby Music Festival 2013
Barbara + The Camp Dogs 2013
By Alana Valentine + Ursula Yovich
Dir: Leah Purcell
New work + development, NSW Uni
Costume Design + Styling
+ PR publicity imagery
FASHION
~ Rolling Stone Magazine
Fashion Content Producer
+ contributing editorial stylist + set design 2011 - 2016
~Style.com
New York Fashion Week 2012
Production Runner
~ Akira
Mercedes Fashion Week 2012 / 2017
Garment finishing, custom costume exhibition show
Accessory production for Sydney based, Japanese designer Akira Isogowa's Spring Summer Resort Collection 2010,
Styling lookbook shoot SSResort 2010.
~ New York Fashion Week Sept, 2009
Art Fashion Event LES
Styling + Gallery Design
~ Prince Valium NYC 2009
Custom design jewellery production Brooklyn, New York
FESTIVALS ... EVENTS + DECOR DESIGN
~ NYE 2015 Event
~ Botanical Gardens, Sydney
Production Stylist event décor design
Mothership Music, Shangri-La Hotel Group
Barefoot Divas "Walk A Mile In My Shoes"
Carriageworks, Sydney
Wardrobe Stylist, Costume + Set Design
~ Sydney Festival 2012
~ New Zealand Arts Festival 2012
~ Mullumbimby Music Festival 2013
~ Stereosonic Festival Sydney 2012, 2011 + 2010 ...
Sydney Olympic Park
Décor
Production/Concept+Design + Styling (excl. 2012):
VIP lounges + bars, dressing rooms, greenrooms + backstage artist garden
One Love Totem Group, Mothership Music.
~ Creamfields Festival Sydney 2011
Entertainment Quarter
Décor
Production/Concept+Design + Styling: VIP dressing rooms, greenrooms + VIP bar.
One Love Totem Group, Mothership Music.
Also
~ Big Day Out, Gold Coast
~ Splendour In The Grass, Byron Bay
~ Earthcore Festival, QLD
~ Rainbow Serpent Festival, VIC
Costume Design + Styling + Performances.
EDUCATION
Australian Institute Music, Sydney
Ass. Dip Vocal Maj. / Guitar
RMIT, Melbourne
Dip. Textiles / Screenprint Maj
For all enquiries email:
me@melaineknight.com
I acknowledge and respect the traditional custodians of the land in which I work & live ...
