Lindyn Rowland will return to Melbourne Fashion Week this month as the official ganbu marra runway stylist.

Taking place on Monday October 19, the First Nations ganbu marra runway will be held at the National Gallery of Victoria (NGV), taking over Gandel Hall.

Dedicated to First Nations designers, the runway will feature Atyene Clothing, Delvene Cockatoo-Collins, Ebony Noire, Kaninda, Marnin Studio, OUT OF HAND x Lisa Waup, Rowland Vision, Saretta The Label, Van Ermel Scherer, and Yapa Mali.

To learn more about his return to Melbourne Fashion Week and his role as runway stylist, Style Up caught up with Rowland ahead of Melbourne Fashion Week.

"I want to be transparent about this year, because not everything is as glamorous as it can look online," Rowland told Style Up (a National Indigenous Times publication).

"27 has honestly been kicking my ass a little bit. It's been a year of transitions, moving, starting a new job, relationships, figuring out who I am in this next chapter of my life, and I think it's important to acknowledge that alongside the exciting things.

"At the same time, I've been working incredibly hard behind the scenes. It's been a really intense year creatively, personally and professionally, but I think a lot of what I've been experiencing has ultimately found its way into the work."

Thrilled to be back in the styling seat, Rowland said he was proud to have been offered this opportunity yet again.

"Honestly, I was told during rehearsals last year that I was booked again for the following year," he said.

"It was said in such a joking way that I didn't know if they were actually being serious, I guess they were.

"I'm incredibly honoured to be back in this role for a second year. I feel like I've grown so much as a creative since the first show, and I'm coming into this year with a much stronger sense of who I am and what I want to say."

Ready to execute a runway that is just as contemporary as it is culturally relevant, Rowland says he is ready to show the world what a Black boy can do.

"I'm ready to show the world what a Black boy can do without existing inside of one box," he said.

"I don't want to be defined by one title or one expectation, expect the unknown.

"I've taken inspiration from somewhere very deep inside my mind, a place that not many people really get to see, this year I've honoured a lot of the darkness I've experienced and given it light."

Rowland shared his creative process, explaining how he wants audience members to feel something before they necessarily understand what they're looking at.

"There are a lot of subliminal messages throughout the vision," he said.

"I think that's very Scorpio of me, having these incredibly deep hidden emotions that don't always get spoken about directly, but somehow find a way to come through.

"I want people to feel something before they necessarily understand what they're looking at."

With Rowland's own brand, Rowland Vision, also appearing on the runway, he is looking forward to sharing with the audience just how much his own label has grown and evolved with him.

"I've been deeply focused on the expansion of ROWLAND VISION, which has been about two and a half years in the making, while also pouring so much of myself into ganbu marra as the Lead Stylist and Creative Director for the second year," he said.

"There's a much bigger world behind the brand now, and I think this runway is the first real glimpse into where I'm taking it."

Melbourne Fashion Week (M/FW), will take across October 19th - 25th.

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