Australian Fashion Week confirms 2022 schedule

IMG has verified that 50 catwalk displays and presentations will just take spot at this year’s Afterpay Australian Manner 7 days (AAFW) at the Carriageworks in Sydney from May possibly 9 to 13.

AAFW will attribute a blend of rising and proven designers these as Sass & Bide, Romance Was Born, Oroton, Bondi Born, Aje, Matteau, and Bassike. Bec + Bridge is also on the routine, returning to the catwalk adhering to a two-calendar year hiatus to current its vacation resort 2022/23 collection.

The celebration will kick off with a Welcome to Place showcase manufactured by 1st Nations Style + Design and style, adopted by sustainable womenswear designer Bianca Spender, who is returning to the event for the very first time considering the fact that 2018. Other catwalk reveals to check out out for incorporate the Indigenous Manner Jobs, Hansen & Gretel, and Dyspnea, as well as Woolmark Prize finalist Jordan Dalah.

Natalie Xenita, vice president-controlling director of IMG Manner Activities and Homes, Asia Pacific, explained in a assertion: “The 2022 agenda of designer demonstrates, programming and distinctive occasions feature some of the industry’s most noteworthy names, all gearing up to showcase their creativity and challenging get the job done against the vivid backdrop of Sydney, the resort don capital of the Asia Pacific region.

“As the cornerstone for progress and recognition, AAFW celebrates the ingenuity of Australia’s top rated designers and creators, furnishing them with the chance to showcase their creativity and innovation throughout Australia and all-around the world.”

IMG announces Afterpay Australian Fashion Week line-up

There will also be a focus on emerging expertise, with IMG’s 2022 Changemakers, “a collective of names leveraging style as a cultural catalyst and defining the foreseeable future of Australian style,” which includes Alix Higgins, Byron Spencer, Charlee Fraser, Charlotte Agnew, Danielle Plaisted, Eugene Leung, Hanan Ibrahim, Laura Mazikana, Liandra Gaykamangu, Sean Brady and Serwah Attafuah.

IMG has also named four emerging brand names as winners of its Next Gen initiative, which aims to maximise visibility and product sales for new talent with a catwalk showcase in the course of AAFW. The 2022 winners are Asiyam, Clea, Phoebe Pendergast, and Not A Man’s Aspiration. The Future Gen catwalk exhibit will acquire location on Might 13.

Xenita extra: “Next Gen recognises the new guard of innovators influencing the long term of vogue layout in Australia. The 2022 winners have shown expertise not only in design and style, but in harnessing fashion’s energy as a software for communicating social and environmental messages that affect culture.”

To enhance the catwalk reveals, IMG is also hosting a collection of talks, including ‘Empowering Voices: Fashion’s Cultural Effects on Illustration and Inclusion’ showcasing designers Jordan Gogos and Jessie Sadler, style educator Bryce Alexander McIntosh and Initially Nations design Bijang Slabb ‘First Nations Manner + Layout: Yours, Mine and Ours’ with Grace Lillian Lee and ‘Digital Manner: The New Frontier’, in discussion with designer Charlotte Hicks and augmented reality professional Caitlin Lomax.

AAFW is Australia’s only global vogue trade party and attracts more than 18,000 attendees and contributors throughout the 5-day plan.
AAFW will operate from Might 9 to 13.