Marc Freeman, 46, and Camilla Freeman-Topper, 43, are the creative siblings behind the fashion label, Camilla and Marc. A shared childhood loss led to their campaign to help save women from an early death.
Marc: In 2003, at 21, Camilla was studying fashion design. I was 23 and doing an engineering degree, but I was just as interested in her course. Her graduating collection won her a scholarship to do her master’s in Italy. She was also invited to show at Australian Fashion Week. She called and said, “What do you think I should do?” I said, “We’ve always talked about doing something together. Why not start a brand?”
We hired a hotel room, showed the graduating collection and ended up selling to half a dozen stores. Then I realised we needed to figure out how to make it all. I looked ins