Sustainability In Design And Apparel Upcycling To Feature Strongly In The Melbourne Fashion Hub In March 2022
Twelve students and graduates from Australian fashion schools will exhibit their work this March at the Melbourne Fashion Hub.
The two-day exhibition, held at the Emporium Melbourne, will give emerging fashion designers the opportunity to showcase and sell their collections direct to the public.
Now in its second year, the Melbourne Fashion Hub 2022 exhibit features six designers from the Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology (RMIT).
Oscar Keene, who won the Industry Jury Selection for Fashion Communication prize at the Global Design Graduate Showcase 2021 for their Fluid collection, a 3D digital fashion collection that explores queer selfhood during the time of COVID-19.
Millie DeBoo focuses on slow fashion, Safa El Samad makes use of waste textiles to create upcycled garments, Despina-Nafsika Haidemenos draws inspiration from Greek cinema of the 1950s.
Melanie Manansala will show pieces from her sustainable fashion brand Amela by Melanie Grace and Celina Samarakoon will show her eco-friendly pieces that draw inspiration from her Japanese and Sri-Lankan background.
Jasmine Sim from the Box Hill Institute will show pieces from the Enso Studio, their own gender-inclusive brand.
Asher Blackburn (Kangan Institute) will show their androgynous garments and Jaslar Pearl (LCI Melbourne) will also show a collection that is genderfluid and urban.
Three designers from the Whitehouse Institute of Design Melbourne will also be participating: Trinh Nguyen (who draws inspiration from Japanese anime), Samantha Saint James (winner of the Top Designer Award 2021 award at Whitehouse Institute of Design Melbourne) and Tamika Sewell (who focuses on ready-to-wear womenswear).
The Melbourne Fashion Hub 2022 show runs March 25th – 27th 2022. Visit the Melbourne Fashion Hub website for more information about the exhibiting designers.
About The Melbourne Fashion Hub
Melbourne Fashion Hub (MFH) is an independent body offering an innovative and free open access program to Melbourne fashion students and recent graduates. This is the first initiative of its kind in Australia.
The recently created Melbourne Fashion Hub is the brainchild of Julia Browne – Founder of Style Shifter Media.
Julia identified a gap between education and business for current and recently graduated students. Julia created Melbourne Fashion Hub to address this gap and assist with providing future work opportunities for students.
Melbourne Fashion Hub seeks to nurture entrepreneurship in emerging designers, committed to the process of self-development to ultimately gain a better understanding of their practice and future career pathway
