Fashion success

Hagley School of Fashion has been entering the Hokonui Fashion awards since 2008 and have had finalists in the competition every year. This year 13  student’s entered and all 13 gained a place in the finals.

The judges for the competition are chosen from high profile New Zealand fashion labels and this year included

Elizabeth Findlay co –founder of Zambesi

Warwick Woodfield –Creative Director of Warwick Woodfield

Denise L’Estrange-Corbet –CEO World

Jim Geddes- District Curator of Arts and Heritage

Margi Robertson- Creative director of Nom*d and PLUME

This year the awards celebrated it’s 25^th year with a new section entitled silver.

Hagley School of Fashion was in the limelight this year with several of our garments featuring on the various news reports after the event. It was very exciting to have a winner , runner up and third place getter from with in the college and a past pupil taking out the young designer of the year award.

The results are as follows:

Ailish Roughan……Runner up Silver section

                                      





                            Margaret Hill……….Third place Steam punk.

 Alannah Kwant …..Winner street wear award

Past Pupil Hannah Heslop ( Hannah Louise) Young designer Award

 Hannah is in her 3^rd year of a Bachelor of fashion at Otago.

Both Ailish and Margaret were finalists last year as well.

All participants are to be congratulated on the hours of dedicated hard work that they put into the designs, which are truly wonderful.

The work will be on display in the fashion room on Wednesday the 14^th August 13 and again at our end of year show.