Archive for June, 2011

:: Chic Petite’s Launch My Line

By: Leena Thompson

Chic Petite Events has the latest concept with Launch My Label which provides a new platform for emerging artists. The talented young people launch their new collections in the Australian market to help them break through the fashion industry in hope of successfully having their collections spotted by a stylist, store owner or a high end fashion designer. I found this to be a highly entertaining and visual combination of creative art and talent in the fashion industry. Introducing the latest raw talent in Sydney and building to move state wide. Read more…

Picture: Chris Pavlich

‘KEEP ON STRUTTIN’

Those bemoaning the end of Sydney’s Fashion Festival can get their fashion fix by watching Hannah Tadesse, Prudence Maynard and Kelly Webster strut down the runway for Launch My Label, a quarterly event that gives up-and-coming designers the chance to show thier stuff.

Picture: Chris Lane

Many entrepreneurial fashion figures and thier industry role models would be the first to agree their arena is competitive, hard to crack, and challenging to sustain.

But it is a world that celebrates creativity, technical skills and vision – something that drives the new scene-stealer’s motivations and keeps the more solidly established bunch afloat.

To give the young guns a lift, an event called “Launch My Label” was held to help them gain greater exposure in Australia, through media, buyers, online fashion websites, boutiques and bloggers.

Organiser Chic Petite Events has worked with more than 70 emerging Australian fashion designers by connecting them with outlets that may provide significant networking opportunities.

Network of support: Laura Maidment in the picture, hopes for a bright future in fashion land. Industry exposure has helped give her a nudge in the right direction.

INTRIGUING, diverse, characteristic and vibrant designs – this is the concept behind the latest collection of garments created by local fashion talent Zjarie Butterworth.

The 20 year old Richmond trensetter has been handpicked to showcase her unique and theatrical designs at Chic Petite Events new theory for start up labels titled Launch My Label.

ZarBe is the name of the “quirky” label set to launch the ex-Windsor High student into the world of fashion.

Rebekah Levett is the latest success story to come out of Young with the launch of her very own fashion label.

Rebekah started sewing at a very young age with the help of her mother who continues to be a wealth of support to her.

Other than the help Rebekah has recieved from her mum she is a self taught sewer, proving she has the skills and determination to make it ‘big time’ in the fashion world.

Models: Annie and Sarah Smith often model for “Rebekah Anne” Fashion. In this photo they are wearing some of the fashion label.

Designers support violence victims

Fashion designers such as Hannah Macleod and Justine Davis (dress above) will take part in a White Ribbon Day Fashion parade on Sunday to support domestic violence victims.

Violence a fashion statement

FROCKS and fashion have pave the way to recovery for domestic violence survivor Sharron Garrard.

The bondi resident is fighting back with a fashion parade to raise money for the White Ribbon Foundation, a campaign by men to end violence against women.