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Hokonui Fashion Design Awards judges, from left, Rachael Easting and Anjali Burnett from twenty-seven names, Juliette Hogan, who has her own design label, and Steve Dunstan, from Huffer, look at entries in the awards.
They were only a couple of hours into the job, but already the judges were impressed with what they had seen.
Fashion designers Rachel Easting and Anjali Burnett of twenty-seven names, Juliette Hogan, who has her own design label, and Steve Dunstan, of Huffer, were in Gore on Thursday morning to begin judging the 258 garments entered in the MLT Hokonui Fashion Design Awards, the longest running show for amateur designers in the country.
Hogan said the entries she had seen already were ‘’mindblowing.’’
“It’s been very cool to see the scale of creative talent come through,’’ Hogan said.
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“The future of the industry looks good if this is anything to go by.’’
As well as judging entries in the open sections, the judges would also assess creations that had been entered in the schools sections.
There are two new categories this year, the Country Living Narrative Award, and the Cardrona Distillery People’s Choice Award.
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Walking the talk: Models take to the runway for the 32nd Hokonui Fashion Design Awards held in Gore (first published July 25, 2021).
For the first time, tickets for both the Strictly Design show on Friday and the Gala Awards evening on Saturday had sold out.
The events would be hosted by shoe designer Kathryn Wilson, who was on the judging panel last year.
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