Finalists announced in Newmarket Young Fashion

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Newmarket Business Association

Wednesday, 5 August 2009

Finalists announced in Newmarket Young Fashion

Designer Award

Thirty-five finalists have been selected to go through to the next stage of the 2009 Newmarket Young Fashion Designer Award from a record number of 68 entrants. Whitecliffe College of Arts & Design selected the finalists from portfolios submitted by talented teenagers from around the country.

The 35 young finalists will now construct their designer garment for judging, with the winner to be announced at the awards’ evening on 20 October in Auckland.

The award organiser and Newmarket marketing manager Lea Worth says the 35 finalists represent 20 New Zealand schools in Auckland, Blenheim, Havelock North, Kamo, Masterton, Wanganui, and Waipu.

“There is so much talent out there. Whitecliffe was blown away by the quality of some the portfolios. The challenge for the finalists now is to translate their drawings and designs into something that looks great on the catwalk,” says Mrs Worth.

In its second year the ‘Looking to the Future – Newmarket Young Fashion Designer Award’ was open to any aspiring young New Zealand fashion designer aged between 15 and 18. The winner will travel to New York Fashion Week to work backstage for the Karen Walker show.

The competition is organised by the Newmarket Business Association and sponsored by Business World Travel, Qantas, Karen Walker, Whitecliffe College of Arts & Design, and Taylor Boutique.

Mrs Worth says it made sense for Newmarket to organise this award given it is the "Fashion Capital of New Zealand" and the fact that there is very little on offer for young people interested in getting into the fashion industry.

The winner of the Newmarket Young Fashion Designer Award will fly Qantas for two to New York. He or she will get to work backstage at the Karen Walker Show at New York Fashion Week and will receive $1,000NZ spending money.  The winning designer will also receive a 12-month scholarship at Whitecliffe College of Arts & Design, and a two-week design assistant internship working alongside Auckland designer Vicki Taylor in the Taylor Workroom.

“This is shaping up to be a great competition. There really are some names to look out for and that’s what this competiton is all about – looking to the future and maybe even discovering New Zealand’s next top fashion designer. The winning prize package is an opportunity of a lifetime and will be life changing for that lucky person,” says Mrs Worth.

The 35 finalists have until 16 September to submit their garments for judging. From 22 September to 5 October the finalists’ garments will be on display upstairs in the Rialto Centre on Broadway, Newmarket. As well as viewing the garments, the public will be able to vote in the People’s Choice Award.

Listed below: The 35 finalists of the 2009 Newmarket Young Fashion Designer Award.

Name

Residence

School

Angela Kim

Mt Eden 

Auckland Girls’ Grammar

Serene Timoteo

Henderson

Auckland Girls’ Grammar

Hannah Cross

Remuera 

Diocesan School

Zoe Ellis

Parnell 

Diocesan School

Maddie Hight

Remuera 

Diocesan School

Angel Dai

Epsom 

Epsom Girls Grammar

Amelia Ji

Parnell

Epsom Girls Grammar

Bridget Daulby

Havelock North 

Iona College

Gemma White

Havelock North

Iona School

Paige Mackie

Kamo

Kamo High School

Duncan Lamont Brown

Kamo

Kamo High School

Amy Robyn Stewart

Omaha

Kristin School

Judy Gao

Avondale

Lynfield College

Megan Pretorius

Hill Park Manukau

Macleans College

Nicole Petra Wesseling

Mt Eden

Marist college

Tess Florence Landon-Lane

Blenheim

Marlborough Girls’ College

Courtney MacKinnon

St Marys Bay

Mt Albert Grammar

Sarah Hynes

Ellerslie

Not at school

Victoria Katherine Eve Green

Masterton

Not at school

Lana Thain

Greenlane 

Not at school

Yu Xi Wang

New Windsor

Not at school

Gwen Dromgool

Howick 

Not at school

Gabrielle Hunt

Mt Eden 

Not at school

Ruby Porter

Ponsonby 

Northcote College

Lauren Tapper

Waipu 

Otamatea High School

Brigitte Legg

Bucklands Beach

Pakuranga College

Blair Wheeler

St Johns

Sacred Heart College

Stephie Key

Parnell 

St Cuthbert’s

Samantha Kate Doctora

Henderson

St Dominic’s College

Savannah McKnight

Wanganui

Wanganui High School

Hannah-Lee Turner

Westmere 

Western Springs College

Annabelle Fitzgerald

Bayswater 

Westlake Girls High School

Josephine Rahadi

Milford

Westlake Girls High School

Laura Allen

Belmont 

Westlake Girls High School

Laila Murphy

Wanganui

Wanganui High School

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