Melaine Knight is foremost a Musican + Performance Artist, and a Creative Director / Stylist + Costume Designer.
Her background + passion is in music + theatre, specialising in working on International music tours , photoshoots + videos, in wardrobe + styling + designing costumes for music artists, music videos, runways, editorial shoots, live shows + film/tv + her native theatre.
Recently, she has been creative director for styling collective Rebel Rebel + contributing as a fashion producer / creative direction + stylist for Rolling Stone Magazine + as a costume designer + supervisor in film + tv + theatre.
Melaine also works on large scale music festivals + events in production styling + designing spaces, stages + artist backstage areas + interiors.
She is a music-film-fashion columnist for New York / Copenhagen based Arts magazine Red Door NY, writing under the moniker, The Neon Rebel.
Currently she is writing + recording an album with band, The Velvet Lovers.
She has just finished co-writing + contributing artwork her first published book, a sci-fi story called The Skellig with Ly De Angeles.
Her aim is to create experiences of aesthetic that activate people & inspire...
bridging creative imagination + conscious living ...
MUSIC TOURS ...
~ BOYZIIMEN AAA 2018
Frontier Touring
Head Of Wardrobe
~ DRAKE Boy Meets World Tour 2017
Frontier Touring
Dressing Room asst
~ 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 +
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
~ 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
~ Sneaky Sound System 2016
Thembi Records / Modular / Sony
Custom Music Tour Wardrobe production + styliing ...
~ NGAIIRE 2016 - current
Sony
Custom Music Tour Wardrobe production + artist styliing ...
INDIGENOUS music clients for VGM/Cicada ... Styling
~ Ursula Yovich
~ Stiff Gins
~ Street Warriors
~ Phil Walley Stack
FASHION
~ Rolling Stone Magazine
Fashion Producer + contributing stylist 2011 - 2016
~Style.com
New York Fashion Week 2012
Production
~ 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
Styling + Event Design
~ Prince Valium NYC 2009
Custom design jewellery production Brooklyn, New York
FILM + TV
~ Harrow TV Series (Hoodlum Productions/Harrow) Brisbane 2017
Costume Buyer
Costume Maker / Art Finishing
~ Dance Academy The Comeback Feature Film (Werner Film Prod.) Sydney 2016
Costume Assistant (dailies)
~ MAKO Island Of Secrets 3 (TV Prod. Ch. 10 / Netflix Worldwide, Disney) 2015
~ MAKO Island Of Secrets 2 (TV Prod. Ch. 10 / Netflix, Worldwide, Disney) 2013-14
~ MAKO Island Of Secrets 1 - Preproduction (TV Prod. Ch. 10 /Netflix Worldwide, Disney) 2012
Jonathan M. Shiff Productions, Village Roadshow Studios, Goldcoast QLD
Costume Supervisor
https://youtu.be/LNBT8stlJ-c
~ 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" (Film/TVC) 2012
Director: Gemma Lee
Blackberry Films
Stylist
http://vimeo.com/49680484
~ "Metamorphosis" (Film/ TVC) 2011
Director: Gemma Lee
Blackberry Films
Custom Costume Designer +Styling
https://vimeo.com/44449038
~ Wings (Feature Film) 2010
Director: Ly D'Angeles
Full Story Productions, Australia
Custom Costume Designer
http://youtu.be/IwPOGr17bxo
THEATRE
Green Day's American Idiot Musical 2017 + 2018 National Tour
Shake + Stir Production /
QPac Theatre Brisbane
Costume Designer + Styling
* Head Of Wardrobe Season 1
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
Music Videos
_ NGAIIRE "Around The Block" Feature Film 2013
title track music video
Dir: Sarah Spillane
Styling + Costume Design
http://youtu.be/NUPBNrskYkg
~ NGAIIRE "Dirty Hercules" 2012
Styling + Costume Design
XOrigin Production, Sydney
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mV1FV0UZYHI
~ The Grates "Aw Yeah"2007
Styling + Costume Design
KROZM production, Melbourne
https://youtu.be/6Rwbzwp_Z3k
~ Slot Machine "Black Widow"2007
Styling + Costume Design
SAE Prod. Byron Bay
Winner 2008 Flicker Fest. Best Music Video.
https://youtu.be/h2aGPPuw0RA
Festivals
~ 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.
~ Big Day Out, Gold Coast
~ Splendour In The Grass, Byron Bay
~ Earthcore Festival, QLD
~ Rainbow Serpent Festival, VIC
Costume Design + Styling + Performances.
Slot Machine, pÜsS, Repeat Offenders electronic dance act + performances ... mainstages + side acts.
For all enquiries email:
info@rebel-rebel.com.au
I acknowledge and respect the traditional owners & custodians of the land in which I work & live ...
