Our Team

Emily Wright

Creative Director and Founder

Steering the Nancybird ship since inception in 2002, Emily also designs the in-house textiles, HOME collection, leathergoods and footwear, as well as managing our artist collaborations.

What is your spirit bird?
I would aspire to be the Yellow Tailed Black Cockatoo. They fly in such a lazy, loping way but are effortlessly stunning doing it!

What’s your favourite place in the world?
Diggers Island near Walkerville in South Gippsland.

Stephanie Hurd

Office and Wholesale Account Manager

If you’ve ever called Nancybird, you’ve probably chatted with Steph! Our star office manager, taking care of most aspects of the nitty gritty of our office and warehouse operations, as well as looking after all our wonderful wholesalers.

What keeps you inspired?
Adventures in nature with my family keep me inspired. 

What’s your favourite place in the world?
Favourite place in the world is the South Island of NZ (Te Waipounamu), I’m obsessed with its mountains, lakes and glaciers and can’t wait for my next visit back home.

Colette La Fontaine

Production and Wholesale Sales Manager

Wearing two important hats at Nancybird – selling our collections to our wholesale customers and as our production specialist. Managing the technical aspects of our apparel range, Colette specs this collection so that our clothing fits, quality and finishing are of the highest level.

What is your spirit bird? 
Kookaburra, my laugh has been compared to a Kookaburra! And I am an early riser!

What keeps you inspired? 
Beauty in art, fashion, textile and objects around me.

What’s your favourite place in the world? 
Barcelona – architecture, people, food – so vibrant and inspiring.

Sarah Kourim

Design Manager

Designing our beautiful apparel collection from concept to photoshoots, Sarah’s super talent is bringing our textiles to life, creating stunning pieces that work with the lives of our customers and that sit harmoniously together as a collection and as standalone pieces.

What’s your favourite place in the world?
Would be Turkey, the beach town of Olympos - I remember swimming in the crystal clear ocean and looking back up at the shore to ancient ruins on the mountain top, it was such a surreal place.

Monique Plunkett

Marketing Manager

Our Marketing Queen, Monique manages all aspects of our marketing and social media presence, from creating our seasonal catalogues to dreaming up feel good campaigns for our audience.

What is your spirit bird?
I like to take a page from the Fairy Wren’s unassuming book, connect with the community, celebrate the small wins and enjoy every moment to its fullest! 

What keeps you inspired?
I thrive on community connections, a good book, a glass of Nattie wine, diving into the ocean and discovering native flowers.

Laura Labrin

Customer Service and Fulfilment Team Member

Taking care of our customer queries, returns and quality control as well as getting our orders out to you in perfect condition, Laura is a font of knowledge on Nancybird styles across the years – she’ll know the year and the season it comes from!

What’s your favourite place in the world?
After a long Melbourne winter, there's nothing like feeling the sun on your skin again. Sitting in the sun soaking up that gentle warmth would be my favourite place. 

Claire Murphy

Customer Service and Fulfilment Team Member

Another star member of our small warehouse team, Claire works across dispatch, customer service and returns.  She’s also a talented illustrator in her spare time!

What keeps you inspired? 
Being around people or reading about people who are passionate about something.
Be it their craft, study, hobbies etc. It’s a reminder to find and maintain those things in my life.

Michelle Francis

Customer Service and Fulfilment Team Member

Our newest warehouse team member, Michelle processes our online orders, picking and packing with care to get your order out the door to you!

What’s your favourite place in the world?
My favourite place is anywhere along the Great Ocean Road. It’s such a stunning part of the world and I have lots of happy memories of time spent there.  

Bethany Whitmore

Studio Assistant

Our newest studio team member, Bethany assists with our design and marketing – prepping photoshoot samples (so much steaming!), keeping track of fabric samples, assisting in scheduling social media.

What is your spirit bird?
I believe my spirit bird would have to be the Bleeding-Heart Dove. I find myself inspired by exploring the vastness of the world and the intricate lives of those within it.

What’s your favourite place in the world?
My favourite place in the world so far, is Mount Koya in Japan.