FOR ARTIST AND CHILDREN’s apparel designer Fleur Harris, fairytales and imaginary play informed much of her childhood and are now a source of inspiration in her work. “We were read to a lot as kids – particularly the Enid Blyton Magic Faraway Tree series. They were in a similar setting to our property, which added that extra layer of magic,” Fleur says. “I genuinely believed that fairies were real and my imagination ran wild. That fantastical thinking was a big part of my childhood play.”
Fleur grew up on the Mornington Peninsula in Victoria. When she was six, her family moved to a 21-hectare farm. “My dad and uncle bought the land and they started a vineyard,” she explains. “More than 90 per cent of it was under vine eventually and it became quite a successful business. The planting of the vines – and everything else that comes with owning a vineyard,
