Otago Polytechnic Fashion Collections

Media release – Otago Polytechnic

For immediate release, Wednesday16 November, 2016

Quarter of a century for Collections

From gold spray-paint and hoops of avant-garde, to self-illustrated fabric, Collections 2016 is sure to impress on Friday evening.

This is the 25th anniversary for Collections and it will not disappoint.

Otago Polytechnic’s fledgling fashion designers will showcase their latest designs in an exciting and inspirational display of talent and creativity.

The emphasis of this annual event is the third-year graduate collections, which demonstrate the designers’ individual directions. These are accompanied by stand-out looks created by students in their first two years of study and our Graduate Diploma in Design students.

This is the fifth consecutive year of the Shanghai Dunedin Sister City Fashion Communication Project. Models and designers from Shanghai University of Engineering Science will join Otago Polytechnic students on the fashion stage.

One talented Bachelor of Design (Fashion) applicant who has a focus on sustainability will get the thrill of their fashion life and receive a full fee scholarship for their first year of study. The award is named the iD Dunedin Fashion Scholarship to acknowledge the close ties between iD Dunedin and Otago Polytechnic. It shows that both are committed to advancing sustainability in fashion and launching the careers of sustainably minded fashion designers nationally and internationally. The recipient will be announced on Friday night.

The public also has the opportunity to view fashion students’ work up close as part of the School of Design exhibition, DEBRIEF.

Collections 2016 is on Friday 18 November, at 8pm (doors open at 7pm) at The Hub on Forth Street.

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