The Archive
2019 to present
The Archive
Everything Antara makes now came from somewhere. This is where it came from.
The house does not reissue archive pieces. Once a design has had its moment it is closed, and what it taught us moves into the next thing. These are the works that shaped the collections currently in production, some of them still visible in a detail you would have to look for.
2019 · Zeus & Hera
The beginning
The first artwork Gabriel released publicly, and the piece that proved the idea. Inspired by classical Greek sculpture, it set out the house's whole logic: power and control held in balance, meaning carried in the design rather than printed across it. Over a hundred units in six months.
Its descendants are still in production. The coordinates of Mount Olympus embroidered along the Essential cargo trouser trace directly back to this piece.
2020 · The Mythology Works
Hercules, Hecate, Poseidon
A run of pieces translating individual figures into wearable artwork: the labours of Hercules, Queen Hecate, Poseidon. This was the period where Antara learned what mythology could carry, and where it became clear the stories worked better hidden than displayed.
Story of Hercules →
Queen Hecate →
The Poseidon Tee →
EEK Hoodie →
2020–2023 · Antara × Champion
Three years
A collaboration established directly with Champion Australia that ran for over three years, reworking heritage sportswear through Antara's design lens.
Working inside another house's codes taught the discipline the current collections are built on: you cannot solve a problem by making the logo bigger. All you have is the quality of the idea and the precision of where you place it.
2022 · Burundi FC
Sponsorship
Antara began sponsoring Burundi FC in 2022, designing the club's kits as part of an ongoing partnership. The club won the AFCON Championship in 2025, and several players have since moved into higher levels of competition.
2023 · The Essential Collection
The turn to luxury
After a meeting at David Jones framed the choice as luxury or wholesale, and a year spent under a tailor at Calibre learning construction, the Essential Collection was the result: mercerised cotton, 350 GSM fleece, technical detail, and the first NFC-connected garments.
It is the collection still in production today.
Nothing here is coming back. That is what makes it an archive.
Antara International · Melbourne · est. 2019