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Five talented- albeit nervous- fashion design finalists faced judges and a room full of media and fashion industry at tonight's awards to become this year's winner of The Deutz Fashion Design Ambassador 2006.
A trio of classic white shirts with a feminine twist won Sherie Muys the supreme award. Her collection entitled White Wash, beautifully constructed from crisp white cotton, caught the judges’ collective eye from day one, and immediately placed her in the top four.
The twenty-one year old AUT graduate, also in the Fashion Week Rookie graduate show, impressed the judges with her clever creative concept. Judges from the fashion and media industries were designer Adrian Hailwood, Francis Hooper (WORLD), Pieter Stewart (NZ Fashion Week), Stacy Gregg (Runway Reporter and Sunday Star-Times), Petra Bagust (TV celeb and yummy mummy).
Five talented- albeit nervous- fashion design finalists faced judges and a room full of media and fashion industry at tonight's awards to become this year's winner of The Deutz Fashion Design Ambassador 2006.
A trio of classic white shirts with a feminine twist won Sherie Muys the supreme award. Her collection entitled White Wash, beautifully constructed from crisp white cotton, caught the judges’ collective eye from day one, and immediately placed her in the top four.
The twenty-one year old AUT graduate, also in the Fashion Week Rookie graduate show, impressed the judges with her clever creative concept. Judges from the fashion and media industries were designer Adrian Hailwood, Francis Hooper (WORLD), Pieter Stewart (NZ Fashion Week), Stacy Gregg (Runway Reporter and Sunday Star-Times), Petra Bagust (TV celeb and yummy mummy).
Fashion is so much more than just clothes – the silhouette should speak for itself and this collection so does. From the moment I saw it I knew it was a winner." said Francis Hooper, convenor of judges.
Sherie described her inspiration to me as initially coming to her from laundry! "I played around with things hanging on the line, and saw how shapes changed when you wear them. Now my collection is about how a woman feels in a men's shirt; the sexy feeling of getting up and putting on his shirt".
Francis Hooper commented how impressed he was with the entries, "In danger of sounding like an old fart" but the judges all agreed Sherie’s work had that je ne sais quois something special and compared White Wash "to world-class designers such as Akira Isogawa and Commes Des Garcons." High praise indeed- sounds like Sherie will be in good company on her fully-paid for British O.E. to London Fashion week next year.
Sherie described her inspiration to me as initially coming to her from laundry! "I played around with things hanging on the line, and saw how shapes changed when you wear them. Now my collection is about how a woman feels in a men's shirt; the sexy feeling of getting up and putting on his shirt".
Francis Hooper commented how impressed he was with the entries, "In danger of sounding like an old fart" but the judges all agreed Sherie’s work had that je ne sais quois something special and compared White Wash "to world-class designers such as Akira Isogawa and Commes Des Garcons." High praise indeed- sounds like Sherie will be in good company on her fully-paid for British O.E. to London Fashion week next year.