Tanisha Wookey (centre) in the media pit. Photo: Theadora Violet
Laptops off, cameras capped, phones away; the VoxFrockers have officially downed tools and bumped out of Melbourne’s 30th Fashion Festival.
Rose Guiffe. Photo: Zoe Willis
FYI, it was a chockers two-week joblist; runways, backstage, streetstyle, off-site kneezups. Now it’s time to praise the Ones Who Did Good, and thank the Ones Who Supported Us.
Backstage, Noir Runway. Photo: Evan Lim
Kicking off with you.
Backstage. Photo: Theadora Violet
If you’re here, you’re one very precious VoxFrock commodity, a friend in our fashion industry orbit.
Backstage. Photo: Tanisha Wookey
We love that you love our work, that you watch our VoxFrock Rookie Crew as they steady nerves, gulp down trepidations, take a crack at reporting fashion with all the tools and talent of seasoned media professionals.
Despite their own challenges running a world-thumping fashion showcase like a well-oiled machine, MFF, AMPR and EG teams pause to sort glitches, smooth access, share their priceless empirical knowledge with our young stars-in-the-bud.
Tilly is a multiple award-winning professional who works at the intersection of art and commercial photography. She maintains an independent art practice alongside her client work, and is particularly passionate about contributing to narratives of compassion and inclusivity. Tilly worked three tours of the VoxFrock Rookie Crew before qualifying as a crew mentor.
Chrissy is seasoned runway, street-style and events photographer with rich experience covering major fashion events from front-of house and backstage perspectives across Australia and in Paris and Milan. She particularly adept at manipulating light, shade and movement to capture strikingly atmospheric images. Chrissy worked three tours on the VoxFrock Rookie Crew before qualifying as a crew mentor.
Theadora’s photography is in-demand for fashion, event and private clients. She is a science graduate and studied film animation and photography at Deakin University. Theadora is also a seasoned traveller, equally passionate about photographing fashion as far-off destinations. Her fashion photography is nuanced, narrative-driven and tends to the reportage. Theadora worked three tours of the VoxFrock Rookie Crew before qualifying as a crew mentor.
RATPARIS is a multidisciplinary creative with a range of talents including culture writing, makeup artistry, fashion design and theatre. Now a seasoned VoxFrocker, they also write about the culture and identities that define Naarm’s youth culture, in no small part as an excuse to enjoy it up close.
Tanisha graduated with a Bachelor of Arts (Photography) Honours from RMIT University and has experience across fashion, documentary and editorial photography.
Since graduating from RMIT University with a Bachelor of Photography in 2025, Aria has created a freelance brand, Aira Visuals. Her photography work focuses on fashion, with a light, bright, minimalist style.
Evan graduated with a Biomedical Science degree before working as a marketing professional in tech. He’s dabbled as a freelance photographer and journalist, shooting for companies such as Notion, and is passionate about highlighting people and stories from multicultural backgrounds.
Zoe graduated with a Bachelor of Arts Photography from RMIT and works in fashion and commercial photography. She is experienced in building and collaborating with creative teams for her own shoots and has assisted on campaigns for brands such as T2, Endota Spa and Seed.
Ru is experienced in both contemporary and vintage fashion, assisting on the curation of exhibitions and working with local ateliers in a variety of roles. Her journalism projects have featured in publications such as Alice.D magazine and in zines based in Melbourne, London and Paris. Ru recently returned to full time study.
About the VoxFrock Rookie Crew
The Voxfrock Rookie Crew is a free, selective industry-based mentoring programme for tertiary graduates of journalism, photography and related study majors with a genuine interest in developing high quality strategies to report, write and photograph fashion as a complex and inspiring social construct.
Crews of emerging fashion photographers and journalists have been run for more than a decade by veteran fashion editor Janice Breen Burns (mentoring journalism) and legendary VogueAustralia shooter Monty Coles (mentoring photography).
Star graduates of the Voxfrock Rookie programme, Chrissy Dore, Tilly Parsons and Theadora Violet have also graduated to crew mentor level, supervising rookies on and off work sites. Clinical psychologist Draga Jevtic is highly valued as the crew’s personal /professional support mentor. In recent years, the crew has been folded into the FashLab industry mentoring programme.
