MEET THE MAKER
Hello and welcome to my online world. I'm Leanne Coates and I'm the founder and owner of Cavaletti Gallery which is based in Kyneton in the beautiful Macedon Ranges. I design, cut and make a women's garment range working with Japanese fabrics, mostly natural fibres. I'm a maker of many things and I love working with my hands. I work during and after opening hours across 3 industrial sewing machines and a work table, my 3 mt cutting table is in my studio at home and this is where I do my pattern making and cutting.
The opportunity to open my store over 10 years ago and create a slow fashion brand has been a wonderful journey. Part store, part studio I have created a destination store experience where I am able to exclusively retail my own small batch seasonal and evergreen collections alongside a handful of other slow fashion brands that I have personally selected from near and far. Choosing brands with a focus on beautiful and unique textiles and a sustainable and ethical approach to manufacture is part of my business mantra.