DAY KEEPER is Leah Giblin.

Leah Giblin is a textile artist, textile consultant and costume designer working on Gadigal country. She completed a costume degree at the National Institute of Dramatic Arts in 2009 following a degree in Environmental Studies at UNSW. Leah has worked in the film and television industry on films such as ‘The Great Gatsby’, ‘The Wolverine’, and ‘The Chronicles of Narnia’.

Leah has worked on textile and costume projects with artists; Lucy Simpson, Anindilyakwa Art Centre, Rochelle Haley, Mikala Dwyer, Koji Ryui, Lauren Brincat, Natalya Hughes, Agatha Gothe-Snape, Justene Williams, Techa Noble, Diana Baker-Smith and Kate Blackmore.

Leah has worked with collaborators to create large scale textile artworks for Carriageworks, Performance Space and Sydney Opera House. In 2023 Leah co-designed set and costume for Sydney Dance Company’s ‘Ascent’ program, ‘The Ghost, A Host, The Shell and the Lyrebird’ and is currently textile consultant for an upcoming Powerhouse Museum exhibition curated by Coby Edgar titled ‘Alchemy’.

With a focus on sustainability and reducing textile waste, Leah has taught workshops on mending, natural dyeing, and upcycling at her studio in Rockdale as well as for The Australian Museum, Museums of History NSW, The Opera House’s ‘All About Women’ series and Cornersmith Cooking School. Her sustainable clothing label ‘Day Keeper’ is designed and made in Sydney.

Leah teaches Fashion and Textiles at UNSW School of Art and Design and Costume for Film and TV at the National Institute of Dramatic Arts.