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The world moves fast but fashion moves faster because May, the host month for Afterpay Australian Fashion Week, is already around the corner and the 2023 schedule looks HUGE.
Afterpay Australian Fashion Week (AAFW) will be kicking off on May 15 and running until May 19 at its familiar home base of Carriageworks. An enormous run of 45 designers and presentations will be participating in 2023 that will include familiar names St. Agni, Bec + Bridge, Anna Quan, Bianca Spender and Aje. These will be joined by sophomore shows from two of last year’s most memorable designers Alix Higgins and Wynn Hamlyn.
Making their debut this year, and the opening collection of Fashion Week, is Lesleigh Jermanus of Alémais, who won the Emerging Designer of the Year award at last year’s Fashion Laureate held in Sydney. Also making their debut appearance is Melbourne-based brand Joslin, Maggie Marilyn and Jeremy Hershan’s Haulier.
It also marks the return of several designers who, for various reasons, were unavailable to show last year and whose absence was definitely felt. Elevated resortwear COMMAS, Yousef Akbar, Christian Kimber and Carline Reznik have all been announced as confirmed.
AAFW is also continuing its platforming of First Nations designers and talents, with 12 Indigenous designers now locked in to show collections including Ngali, Maara Collective and Gammin Threads with more included in the David Jones’s Indigenous Fashion Projects Runway taking place on the Wednesday, May 17.
Select shows during the 2023 AAFW will once again be open to the public with tickets on sale now, starting at $120 for runways and $49 for talks and seminars.
For the full rundown of shows and times confirmed thus far, check out the daily schedule below:
Monday, May 15
9am WELCOME TO COUNTRY — Track 8
10am – ALÉMAIS Presented by Porsche) — Gallery I
11am – ST. AGNI — Gallery III
12:30pm – BONDI BORN — Offsite
2pm – YOUSEF AKBAR — Gallery II
3pm – ASIYAM — Gallery III
4:30pm – MAGGIE MARILYN — Offsite
5pm – THE TALKS: Opening Reception (Presented by Glenfiddich) — Track 8
6pm – YOUKHANA — Gallery II
7pm – MICHAEL LO SORDO (Presented by Afterpay) — Gallery I
8pm – MARIAM SEDDIQ — Offsite
8:30pm – MICHAEL LO SORDO* (Presented by Afterpay) — Gallery I
Tuesday, May 16
8:30am – AJE — Offsite
10am – Blanca — Gallery II
11am – BIANCA SPENDER — Gallery III
12:30pm – ANNA QUAN — Offsite
2pm – ERIK YVON* — Gallery I
3pm – CHRISTIAN KIMBER — Gallery II
4:30pm – BEC & BRIDGE — Offsite
5pm – THE TALKS Identity and Agency: Gender Diversity and the Fashion Industry (Presented by Glenfiddich)
7pm – GARY BIGENI* — Gallery II
8pm – IORDANES SPYRIDON GOGOS* (Presented by Afterpay) — Gallery I
9pm – WYNN HAMLYN — Offsite
Wednesday, May 17
9am – SARAH & SEBASTIAN — Gallery II
10am – NGALI — Gallery II
11am – GAIL SORRONDA — Gallery III
12pm – SUSTAINABILITY & INDUSTRY 4.0 (Presented by City of Sydney) — Track 8
12:30pm – TO BE ANNOUNCED — Offsite
2pm – INJURY — Gallery I
3pm – FDS: THE INNOVATORS: FASHION DESIGN STUDIO TAFE NSW* — Gallery II
4:30pm – JOSLIN — Offiste
5pm – THE TALKS: I Love the Nightlife: Club Culture and Fashion (Presented by Glenfiddich) — Track 8
6pm – AUTEUR — Gallery III
7pm – KARLA ŠPETIĆ* — Gallery II
8pm – INDIGENOUS FASHION PROJECTS* (Presented by Afterpay) — Gallery I
9pm – COMMAS — Offsite
Thursday, May 18
11am – VERNER — Gallery III
12pm – WOMEN WITH DRIVE: LESLEIGH JERMANUS (Presented by Porsche)
12:30pm – ACLER — Offsite
2pm – ALBUS LUMEN — Gallery I
3pm – TO BE ANNONUCED — Gallery II
4:30pm – MACGRAW — Offsite
5pm – THE TALKS: New Voices in Fashion Criticism (Presented by Glenfiddich) — Track 8
6pm – NICOL & FORD — Gallery III
7pm – SPEED — Gallery II
8pm – CUE* (Presented by Afterpay) — Gallery I
Friday, May 19
10am – ALIX HIGGINS — Gallery II
11am – WACKIE JU — Gallery III
12:30pm – HENNE — Offsite
2pm – NEXT GEN* — Gallery II
3pm – PHOEBE PENDERGAST — Gallery III
4:30pm – HAULIER — Offsite
5pm – THE TALKS On Trend: Key Directions in Australian Fashion (Presented by Glenfiddich) — Track 8
6pm – CAROLINE REZNIK — Gallery II
7pm – WE WEAR AUSTRALIAN x AFTERPAY* — Gallery I
