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Melbourne Fashion Festival designer award finalists revealed

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Six fashion designers have been named finalists for the PayPal Melbourne Fashion Festival National Designer Award this year, presented by David Jones. The post Melbourne Fashion Festival designer award finalists revealed appeared first on Inside Retail Australia.

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Designer Ena Pelly on why collaboration is the fashion industry’s “secret sauce”

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Collaboration has long been at the heart of the fashion industry – with creative forces frequently teaming up to design something new and generate further brand heat. The design process for an Ena Pelly collaboration doesn’t differ too much from its main collections, however, input from the talent right from the beginning is crucial.

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Fashion old and new walked down the runways at AFW, but will it sell?

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Australian Fashion Week is one of the most influential industry events in the Asia-Pacific region and its runaways have the power to launch careers and cement brands. Every year designers take over the runways at Carriageworks, except for a few offsite shows, to debut their newest collection with the hopes of it being picked up by buyers.

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The designer behind E Nolan on the problem with exclusive fashion shows

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Australian Fashion Week is around the corner but Melbourne-based designer Emily Nolan will be nowhere insight: “I don’t think it speaks to the heart and soul of the rag trade,” she told Inside Retail. This inclusive ethos doesn’t align with the invite-only nature of fashion weeks. questioned Nolan. “I

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Italian fashion designer wins Shein global design contest

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Shein has named Italian fashion designer Eleonora Falcone as the winner of its Shein X Global Challenge 2024 among 10 finalists. “When she presented her submission, inspiration and rationale at the finals in London, we knew we had a bright fashion star in our midst.” Falcone took home €10,000 (US$10,814).

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Sydney slow fashion label First Colours to make Paris Fashion Week debut

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Slow fashion brand First Colours will showcase its designs at the Paris Fashion Week’s independent designers show Flying Solo Ones to Watch in February. ” The post Sydney slow fashion label First Colours to make Paris Fashion Week debut appeared first on Inside Retail Australia. .

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Zara to launch new store design concept in Australia, at Burnside Village

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Zara is set to open its first Australian store to feature the fashion brand’s latest global Couture/Atelier design concept. The Spanish fast-fashion label will renovate its Burnside Village store in June with a reopening in the new guise scheduled for October.

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