About Zilpah Tart
Clothing designed to make you feel good – in your body, and in your day.
Zilpah Tart is an Australian fashion label by designer Yumi Morrissey, creating small-run, thoughtfully designed garments that celebrate colour, comfort and individuality.
From the very beginning, Yumi has been drawn to clothing as a form of expression. As a child, she spent hours designing outfits for her dolls; as an adult, that instinct evolved into a love of creating pieces that feel effortless to wear yet quietly distinctive.
After completing a Bachelor of Design (Fashion Design) at the Canberra Institute of Technology in 2007, Yumi established Zilpah Tart – a label that would grow slowly and intentionally alongside life, experience, and a deepening understanding of what women actually want to wear.
Designed with meaning
Every Zilpah Tart print begins with a photograph taken by Yumi – moments captured from her surroundings and travels, later transformed into exclusive fabric designs.
These prints are not trend-driven. They’re designed to feel timeless, wearable, and emotionally resonant – pieces you reach for again and again because they make you feel like yourself.
Colour plays a central role. Many women describe Zilpah Tart as their gateway to dopamine dressing: using colour and pattern to lift the mood, spark joy, and bring a little brightness into everyday life.
Small runs. Thoughtful production.
Zilpah Tart garments are designed and made in Canberra, Australia, in small quantities. This allows for careful attention to fit, fabric and finish – and means most styles are genuinely limited.
Alongside running Zilpah Tart, Yumi also teaches fashion design at the Canberra Institute of Technology, keeping her closely connected to the fundamentals of garment construction, fit, and wearability – and continually refining her approach through both practice and teaching.
Rather than mass production, the focus is on creating pieces that last, both in quality and in relevance to your wardrobe.
A personal name, a lasting legacy
The name Zilpah Tart is deeply personal. It belonged to Yumi’s late grandmother, whose memory lives on through the label.
After her passing, Yumi discovered a 1940s penny-farthing brooch among her belongings – a keepsake that later inspired the brand’s logo. It remains a quiet tribute, woven into the identity of the label.
Zilpah Tart is for women who value comfort without compromise, who love colour, and who want clothing that feels special without being impractical.
Clothes you can put on in minutes – and feel like yourself all day.
What will you wear today?