Brand Feature — Middle Park

Zaket & Plover

Knitwear with Colour & Personality — Melbourne

Zaket & Plover was founded in Melbourne in 2004 by Chris and Effie — a husband and wife team who built a knitwear label from scratch, on their own terms. More than twenty years later the brand is still independent, still family-run, still making knitwear people come looking for by name.

A Melbourne label,
family-run since 2004.

Zaket & Plover was founded in Melbourne in 2004 by Chris and Effie — a husband and wife team who built a knitwear label from scratch, on their own terms, from this city. More than twenty years later the brand is still independent, still family-run, and still making knitwear that people come looking for by name.

The product is the reason for the loyalty. Zaket & Plover works primarily in cotton and cotton-cashmere blends. The colourways are considered and deliberate: combinations that are unexpected without being jarring, palettes that work across different skin tones and personal styles.

Pieces that flatter women and move with them in everyday life — knitwear that works as hard as you do, with a personality all its own.

Available locally,
and worth finding.

For women in Albert Park, South Melbourne, Port Melbourne, St Kilda and Elwood, Empress Melbourne is your closest boutique stocking Zaket & Plover in person. That matters with knitwear — the colour reads differently on a screen than it does in your hands, and the fit question is best answered by trying it on.

When women who know the brand come to Empress, Zaket & Plover is often the first thing they look for. Because the label produces in limited runs, come in early in the season.

For customers in Albert Park, it offers fresh knitwear that is genuinely different — the kind of piece that sparks conversation and gets worn again and again.

"Clothing that balances comfort with style — empowering women to feel confident, comfortable, and completely themselves."
Zaket & Plover — Available at Empress Melbourne, Middle Park

We don't buy the range.
We pick the best of it.

Each season, we go through the Zaket & Plover range and hand-select only the pieces we believe are exceptional — the cuts that flatter, the fabrics that last, the styles that will still feel great in years to come.

That means our selection is intentionally limited. When a piece sells out at Empress, it's gone. We won't reorder just to fill a rack — we'd rather wait for next season's best. If you find something you love here, don't wait.

Limited
Quantities per style
Seasonal
Fresh selection each season
Personal
Every piece chosen by the owner

More carefully
curated brands.

Alongside Zaket & Plover, our Middle Park boutique carries a handpicked selection of labels chosen for their quality, wearability, and timeless design — each personally selected for the Empress woman.

Foil
Relaxed contemporary New Zealand womenswear
Vassalli
Elegant European knitwear and essentials
Brax
German precision fit, premium fabrics

Visit Empress Melbourne
in Middle Park.

Address34 Armstrong Street, Middle Park VIC 3206
Phone0450 597 978
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Zaket & Plover at Empress Melbourne

Zaket & Plover is the New Zealand label that brings energy and colour to a quieter wardrobe. At Empress Melbourne in Middle Park, we carry Zaket & Plover for the customer who wants a knit or top that lifts an outfit — the piece that turns black trousers and a plain pant into something with a bit of life.

The collection is built around modern knitwear, easy tops and lightweight layers — bright stripes, considered colour-blocking, soft cottons and merino blends. Zaket & Plover is the brand we recommend when a customer says she wants something cheerful that still feels grown-up.

Empress Melbourne is on Armstrong Street, Middle Park, serving Albert Park, South Melbourne and Port Melbourne. Zaket & Plover arrivals are hand-selected each season, in limited quantities.

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