Fashion talks 2008

Is there more to Fashion than designing?

So you want to be a Fashion Buyer?


Chiu Lee, a wholesaling agent and commercial fashion buyer talks about what her job entails, her experiences on the job and the projects she's worked on.

Catwalk Trends


Join QUT Fashion lecturer Kay McMahon fresh from the L'Oreal Melbourne fashion Festival to discuss the latest design directions.

Setting Up Shop


Deanne Maiocchi of Maiocchi and John Prikryl of Check talk about their individual experiences setting up a fashion label from scratch. From selling her t-shirts at the Valley markets Maiocchi is now stocked in over 70 stores across Australia and New Zealand.

John graduated from QUT's highly regarded Fashion Design course in 2005. John's semi-bespoke designs and use of high quality fabrics has seen him show collections at the L'Oreal Melbourne and Mercedes-Benz Brisbane Fashion Festivals. He recently opened a store in the new TCB complex alongside Brisbane hottest young designers.

Technology in Fashion


Artist and researcher Danielle Wilde disusses her investigations in how technology might be paired with the body to poeticise experience. Based at Monash University and the CSIRO Division of Textile and Fibre Technology, Danielle creates wearable interfaces and body extensions that inspire people to move.



FabricSwap – same same but different 


Fashion enthusiasts have to opportunity to trade unique and useful textiles at our first ever fabric-only swap event, a specialist fabric exchange run in conjunction with this year's Mercedes-Benz Brisbane Fashion Festival.

Working in the Rag Trade


Currently working with international fashion label Easton Pearson and as a sessional fashion lecturer at QUT, Jane Morley talks about her journey through the fashion industry since she started out in 2004. Jane has worked in many and varied roles in that time, including assistant designer, product developer, and production manager.