Mercedes-Benz Fashion Festival Brisbane
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Mercedes-Benz Fashion Festival Brisbane is an annual fashion
industry event held in Brisbane
, Australia
.
The Mercedes-Benz Fashion Festival Brisbane began in 2006 and is held over six days in late August of each year. It features the latest spring-summer season collections available in stores.
It is one of the most important fashion week events in Australia
and the Queensland
’s premier fashion event.
The event is recognized as the showcase for emerging Queensland
fashion designers. It also features some of Australian top designers and their labels and international designers.
Lindsay Bennett is festival director and founder and Mercedes-Benz
is the main sponsor.
In 2009, the festival featured 40 designers in 10 Group Shows, opening and closing events, a fashion forum, exhibitions and fashion workshops.
There were national designers such as Alex Perry
, Leona Edmiston
and Lisa Ho
and local designers such as Easton Pearson, Paul Hunt, Juli Grbac
, Pia du Pradal, Bora and Sacha Drake.
Other Queensland designers featured in the past included Pistols at Dawn, Chelsea de Luca and George Wu.
Fashion
Fashion, a general term for a currently popular style or practice, especially in clothing, foot wear, or accessories. Fashion references to anything that is the current trend in look and dress up of a person...
industry event held in Brisbane
Brisbane
Brisbane is the capital and most populous city in the Australian state of Queensland and the third most populous city in Australia. Brisbane's metropolitan area has a population of over 2 million, and the South East Queensland urban conurbation, centred around Brisbane, encompasses a population of...
, Australia
Australia
Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...
.
The Mercedes-Benz Fashion Festival Brisbane began in 2006 and is held over six days in late August of each year. It features the latest spring-summer season collections available in stores.
It is one of the most important fashion week events in Australia
Australia
Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...
and the Queensland
Queensland
Queensland is a state of Australia, occupying the north-eastern section of the mainland continent. It is bordered by the Northern Territory, South Australia and New South Wales to the west, south-west and south respectively. To the east, Queensland is bordered by the Coral Sea and Pacific Ocean...
’s premier fashion event.
The event is recognized as the showcase for emerging Queensland
Queensland
Queensland is a state of Australia, occupying the north-eastern section of the mainland continent. It is bordered by the Northern Territory, South Australia and New South Wales to the west, south-west and south respectively. To the east, Queensland is bordered by the Coral Sea and Pacific Ocean...
fashion designers. It also features some of Australian top designers and their labels and international designers.
Lindsay Bennett is festival director and founder and Mercedes-Benz
Mercedes-Benz
Mercedes-Benz is a German manufacturer of automobiles, buses, coaches, and trucks. Mercedes-Benz is a division of its parent company, Daimler AG...
is the main sponsor.
In 2009, the festival featured 40 designers in 10 Group Shows, opening and closing events, a fashion forum, exhibitions and fashion workshops.
There were national designers such as Alex Perry
Alex Perry
Alex Perry is an Australian fashion designer, particularly noted for his designs in womenswear. After graduating from East Sydney Technical College in 1984, Perry worked as a model agent representing Australian models for international modelling agencies. In 1992 Perry opened his first atelier...
, Leona Edmiston
Leona Edmiston
Leona Edmiston is an Australian fashion designer based in Sydney. She studied fashion design at East Sydney Technical College and began her first label, called "Morrissey Edmiston", with Peter Morrissey in the 1980s. The label was popular for over 14 years...
and Lisa Ho
Lisa Ho
Lisa Ho is an Australian fashion designer born in Albury, on the New South Wales and Victorian border. She is married to Philip Smouha....
and local designers such as Easton Pearson, Paul Hunt, Juli Grbac
Juli Grbac
Juli Grbac is an Australian fashion designer who was the first winner of Project Runway Australia.Hailing from Brisbane, Grbac studied fashion design at Gateway TAFE in Brisbane and later went on to study fashion design in London. Grbac worked as a hand sewer for various companies before starting...
, Pia du Pradal, Bora and Sacha Drake.
Other Queensland designers featured in the past included Pistols at Dawn, Chelsea de Luca and George Wu.