{"id":574465,"date":"2026-03-30T16:03:20","date_gmt":"2026-03-30T16:03:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/574465\/"},"modified":"2026-03-30T16:03:20","modified_gmt":"2026-03-30T16:03:20","slug":"australian-fashion-week-designer-toni-maticevski-to-show-for-first-time-in-10-years-australian-fashion-week","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/574465\/","title":{"rendered":"Australian fashion week: designer Toni Maticevski to show for first time in 10 years | Australian fashion week"},"content":{"rendered":"

After a 10-year absence from the schedule, Melbourne designer Toni Maticevski will return to Australian fashion week<\/a> this year.<\/p>\n

Maticevski was one of more than 20 designers announced at the trade show\u2019s schedule launch today.<\/p>\n

The designer, whose works are worn by A-list celebrities and are held in the collections of major museums, told Guardian Australia that \u201cseeing the new crew of designers, and what they were doing last year\u201d inspired his return to the event.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt was so innovative and exciting in terms of design and concepts, and I thought, \u2018you know what, that\u2019s the kind of industry that I want to be a part of.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n

Maticevski is known for his elaborate pattern-making and drapery which lends a science-fiction edge to his feminine, 1950s-style silhouettes. He said he was planning on an intimate presentation. \u201cI just want to keep it discreet and not scream or anything.\u201d<\/p>\n

At AFW\u2019s schedule launch, the event\u2019s fashion director, Kellie Hush, said: \u201cIt\u2019s really important that we have those established names on the schedule.\u201d<\/p>\n

Designers showing at Australian fashion week. Photograph: Alyx Gorman\/The Guardian<\/p>\n

Other major brands showing include Carla Zampatti and Aje; as well as long-running labels Bianca Spender, Mariam Seddiq and Gary Bigeni.<\/p>\n

They will be joined by newer names including Ngali, Esse, Nicol and Ford, Alix Higgins, Courtney Zheng and Iordanes Spyridon Gogos.<\/p>\n

There will also be showcases of emerging talent, including First Nations designers. Tafe NSW\u2019s longstanding student showcase, the Innovators, will also return after a year\u2019s absence from the official program.<\/p>\n

Speaking at the launch event, Hush said the event had more than 200 submissions from designers hoping to take part, which resulted in \u201cspirited discussions\u201d among the selection committee.<\/p>\n

Australian fashion week will have a new harbour-front location, at Sydney\u2019s Museum of Contemporary Art, this year after 13 years at Carriageworks.<\/p>\n

Australian fashion week is a trade event, where media and buyers from local and international boutiques and department stores come to preview and purchase collections. Hush said interest from international buyers had been strong. \u201cSo Austrade, we\u2019re going to have to hit them up for more cash next year,\u201d Hush said.<\/p>\n

This year\u2019s event will also feature several consumer-facing components, including ticketed runway shows.<\/p>\n

In late 2024, the future of the fashion trade show was imperilled after IMG, the global events company that ran fashion week, announced it would no longer administer the shows<\/a>. The local fashion industry\u2019s peak body, the Australian Fashion Council, with funding from Destination NSW and the City of Sydney, stepped in to run the 2025 event with just a few months\u2019 notice.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"After a 10-year absence from the schedule, Melbourne designer Toni Maticevski will return to Australian fashion week this…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":574466,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[64,63,134],"class_list":{"0":"post-574465","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-entertainment","8":"tag-au","9":"tag-australia","10":"tag-entertainment"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/574465","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=574465"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/574465\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/574466"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=574465"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=574465"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=574465"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}