Fashion student wearing it well
GEELONG fashion student Courtney Lemke has taken out an award at the 2018 Australasian Young Designer Wool Awards.
The second-year Gordon student claimed top honour in the corporate wear category for her work (pictured right) taking home a $500 prize that she plans to put towards a new sewing machine and eye-catching fabric for her third-year collection.
This year’s Australasian Young Designer Wool Awards theme was railway inspired, with students drawing inspiration from subways and trains.
“This competition ... made us work to deadlines and (push) that little bit further to make sure our designs are wearable, stand out and are fabulous,” Courtney said.
Fellow Gordon students Renay Webb and Lauren Stojcevski were finalists in the corporate wear and race wear categories respectively. was spotted at the Myer spring fashion launch in Sydney wearing a bright frock. THE former Khan Curry Hut building is being given a colourful new lease of life. Finishing touches are being applied on the new contemporary arts space, which will be called 101 Ryrie Arts. The gallery will be officially opened on Saturday, September 9, with Gippsland artist
having the honour of hanging the first works. GEELONG WAGs were among those weighing into the big conversations of the week.
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(pictured) responded to news of a controversial test that could eliminate Down syndrome by sharing her experience working with “beautiful” special needs kids as a teacher.