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WAIFT Claire Loneragan and Jessica Stanton

by songy on 07. Jan, 2009 in WAIFT 2008

I already covered a number of young graduate designers from West Australian Institute of Fashion and Textile (SWAN TAFE) in 2008. Did you you know there were more designers though? I didn’t cover them all. All the good sports who answered my interview questions were covered extensively in Style Discovery. I did my best to [...]

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WAIFT 2008 Introducing Leanne Lim

by songy on 24. Dec, 2008 in WAIFT 2008

Introducing Leanne Lim Inspiration – Where did they get the initial couture and RTW concept from? The inspiration for my couture collection was antique bird cages and tropical birds, like the bird of paradise. I took elements such as colour, texture and line from this. So my couture range was all about a mix of [...]

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WAIFT 2008 Introducing Little Gracie by Ebony Harding

by songy on 22. Dec, 2008 in WAIFT 2008

Introducing Little Gracie by Ebony Harding Inspiration – Where did they get the initial couture and RTW concept from? My couture and ready to wear ranges were both inspired from a garden. Even more specifically flowers. I love the way they formed and made many layers all falling very naturally, the rawness of them, my [...]

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WAIFT 2008 Introducing Sugar Hi by Danielle Grossetti

by songy on 20. Dec, 2008 in WAIFT 2008

Introducing Sugar Hi by Danielle Grossetti (Winner of both RTW and Couture Collection Designer of the Year) Inspiration – Where did they get the initial couture and RTW concept from? The inspiration came from graphic wallpaper… in this particular one the colours blended into each other causing somewhat of a tie dye effect and I [...]

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WAIFT 2008 Introducing Dardy Sing by Sara Lyndon

by songy on 18. Dec, 2008 in WAIFT 2008

Introducing Dardy Sing by Sara Lyndon Inspiration – Where did they get the initial couture and RTW concept from? The Inspiration for my space and time collection was galaxies , I used the rich colours, depth, dimension and light reflecting qualities seen in space. I hand painted the silks and used lots of beading to [...]

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WAIFT 2008 Introducing Kara Jane by Kara Noske

by songy on 15. Dec, 2008 in WAIFT 2008

Introducing Kara Jane by Kara Noske Inspiration – Where did they get the initial couture and RTW concept from? I designed my couture and rtw range from a balianese unberella What made you to study fashion? Why at Swan TAFE? I wanted to study fashion because when I was young I had alwaysed love dressing [...]

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WAIFT 2008 Introducing Jessica Rabbit by Nicole Tomasso

by songy on 12. Dec, 2008 in WAIFT 2008

Jessica Rabbit by Nicole Tomasso had the pefect ruffle top and I wasn’t the only one drooling over that ensemble, might I add. Introducing Jessica Rabbit by Nicole Tomasso Inspiration – Where did they get the initial couture and RTW concept from? Inspiration for my couture came from the whole idea of the greek gods, [...]

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WAIFT 2008 – Introducing Kimmye Wong

by songy on 09. Dec, 2008 in WAIFT 2008

Still continuing the designer showcases from WAIFT Graduation 2008 Show. I pick up the coverage with Kimmye who is very grounded and thoughtful. Here I had to dig out my not-so-great photos (in the middle) so that you can see some of the details of her dresses. I really liked her couture line with a [...]

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WAIFT 2008 Introducing Bridget Tighe by Bridget Cumberworth

by songy on 06. Dec, 2008 in WAIFT 2008

When I talk about fashion I approach it mostly in a practical sense hence my silly jokes around ‘unwearable’ RTW pieces. When I saw Bridget Tighe’s Couture Collection however my attitude changed. They were wearable art. Very wearable indeed. Bridget’s RTW collection is sexy with elegant hues. I don’t know how she managed. One interesting [...]

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WAIFT 2008 Introducing Wandering Girl by Natalie Schorer

by songy on 05. Dec, 2008 in WAIFT 2008

Natalie (Most Outstanding Student of the Year) gets my votes for getting the balloon dresses right. I never liked balloon anything but these I think work and work well. My favouriate obviously is the red jacket with black skinny pants. Introducing Wandering Girl by Natalie Schorer Inspiration – Where did they get the initial couture [...]

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WAIFT 2008 Introducing Hettie by Kate Castelli

by songy on 04. Dec, 2008 in WAIFT 2008

Hettie is quite different. The first image (from my memory) is the RTW and the second one is Hettie’s couture range. As you will find out from the mini interview below these designs didn’t just come out of thin air. I think Kate’s interpretation of an artistic movement was represented nicely in her couture designs. [...]

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WAIFT 2008 Introducing Five Stories Falling by Emma Batten

by songy on 03. Dec, 2008 in WAIFT 2008

Continuing from my initial report on the West Australian Institute of Fashion and Textile – Swan TAFE’s graduation show I decided to feature each designer when I was given photographs by Stefan Gosatti. As with all my posts, I had to have something spontaneous. The show was on last month and it felt like I [...]

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