The Spirit of the Black Dress is one of the first events to officially kick off the L’Oreal Melbourne Fashion Festival each year and it is also one of the most highly anticipated. Purely for the fact that it embraces the emerging designers of the future who incorporate sustainability and ethical clothing considerations into their craft. It’s an extraordinary event, and extremely popular given that Melbourne is home to a hive of design creatives so of course the array of fashion on show is always extremely diverse, pushing the envelope of traditional or mainstream style.
Fashion Exposed Blog was privileged to be invited to attend the Gala runway event which showcased the Spirit of the Black Dress winners including former Fashion Exposed DEBUT finalist, Sonya Kraan, Kate Aikins, Bento, Berri Drum, Christina Exie, Gabriella Ferrante, Emmarose Kinsmen, Jessica Robertson and Lisa Taranto. Congratulations to all the finalists!
Please enjoy our photos from the night!
Jane Hayes Co-Founder & Managing Director of The Spirit of the Black Dress
Model in the final dress by Kate Aikins of Misty Belvidere
Model wearing creation by finalists Jess Priemus & Shimul Minhas of Bhalo
Model wearing the Samantha Harman creation from label Bento
Model strutting the Sonya Kraan creation on the runway
Sonya Kraan creation on model post runway
Paris 99 designer Yahav Ron with Spirit of the Black Dress finalist, Sonya Kraan
Lady Melbourne editor Phoebe Montague, Joshua Koko, and Kyra Pybus of Pybus PR
Watch the final video from the parade below:
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