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Swan TAFE Graduation Show

by songy on 05. Dec, 2009 in WAIFT 2009

After yesterday’s post I think I have upset quite a few people. Remembering Style Discovery is a personal space where I often talk about frivolous things, I don’t always think about the consequences of my ranting, which is very irresponsible of me. A few things to mention, I was being very selfish complaining bitterly about [...]

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Swan TAFE WAIFT Polytechnic West 2009 Graduation Show

by songy on 04. Dec, 2009 in WAIFT 2009

Swan TAFE (now rebranded as Polytechnic West)’s WAIFT (WA Institue of Fashion and Textile (mouthful!) is known for graduates with high production and design standards. That’s the reason why a lot of talented people decide to go there to study fashion. I’ve seen so many talented graduates from all colleges (Curtin uni included) but I [...]

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Potter Gold by Nicola Potter – WAIFT SWAN TAFE 2009 Graduate

by songy on 19. Aug, 2009 in WAIFT 2009

It was a stormy night when I met Nicola Potter, SWAN Tafe 2009 graduate, in July. While some other students were freaking out by the fact that some woman(Me!) wanted to interview them, Nicola was quite chilled out about the whole thing. We chatted and she dressed up for me. Now, this 19 yr old [...]

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Whimsicality by Erin Vanhaeften

by songy on 21. Jul, 2009 in WAIFT 2009

Meet Erin Vanhaeften, the natural dye and eco friendly fashion extraordinaire. After getting contacted by Zoe, Erin wasn’t afraid to talk to me about her passion for natural colours and her love for fashion. Don’t get her wrong. Erin didn’t come across as a ‘go-getter’ in any way. Somewhat reserved and quite soft spoken, I [...]

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Lonely 8bit heroes by Zoe Trotman

by songy on 14. Jul, 2009 in WAIFT 2009

I kick off my WAIFT (West Australian Institute of Fashion and Textile) 2009 graduate interview series with the creator of Lonely 8bit heroes. Creative people come in all different flavours. If I were to be moronic enough to categorise them Zoe Trotman would fall into the ‘wild creative’ category. Zoe studied Photo media at ECU. [...]

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Do it with Denim 2009

by songy on 06. Jul, 2009 in WAIFT 2009

I didn’t know about this interesting fashion competition until this week. Do it with Denim, Jeans for Genes Day Fashion Awards – Students reconstruct outfits from jeans and turn them into wearable and saleable piece of art. WAIFT SWAN TAFE has four finalists for this year’s competition so I thought it will be interesting to [...]

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