National Graduate Showcase VAMFF 2018 – The future of Australian Design

The National Graduate Showcase celebrates the next generation of Australian designers which have been selected from Australian colleges and universities across the nation. This year’s Graduate Showcase was presented by Target and supported by Fashion Journal. One lucky graduate will be chosen to receive a 25K grant and the opportunity to design a capsule collection for Target.

 

This year’s 12 featured designers included

Isabella Raco VIC

Lisa Liu NSW

Lucie Martyr NSW

Lucky Dickinson VIC

Madeline Jost VIC

Mikala Tavener Hanks NSW

Rachael O’Brien NSW

Rachael Louey VIC

Shaydn Gill VIC

Tess Tavener Hanks NSW

Xiangqiao Sheng VIC

Yael Frischling NSW

 

 

Our emerging designers strive to achieve unique design and balance between being creative and also risk taking on new ideas. This year’s runway presented both men’s and women’s fashion and was truly inspiring showcasing innovation, imagination and technical expertise when it came to originality.

 

The designers presented both new shapes and textures. Bold colours were a stand out, metallic dresses, oversized puff style jackets, intricate cut outs, lots of leather, a return to the 80’s,futuristic designs and checks were steadfast when it came to menswear.

 

Graduate designers continue to inspire the future of Australian Fashion, through creative design use of colours and textures and being able to balance their artistic side and yet actually make clothes that the consumers will want to wear. Being young in the world of fashion these designers must think outside the square when it comes to the future of fashion, how do you stand out as being innovative, do we need to change our thinking to a more sustainable one when it comes to fabric choice and modernity?

 

I look forward to the future of Australian Fashion design and supporting our new and emerging designers.

Photography by Jay Saya contact @jaysaya.com