This is a charity fashion event that we hope will bring attraction to our shop and raise funds for
the Australian Red Cross.

The event will be held on Friday, 2nd May 2014 at the Australian Red Cross Retail Shop - 191
Bridge Road, Richmond Victoria 3121.

We are looking for fashion designers and artists who can generously volunteer their time and
skills to help us create an event about recycled fashion. This project is for a charitable
organisation, so please understand we cannot pay designers but you will be contributing to a
worthy cause.

You can be a dressmaker, costumier, jewellery designer, milliner, shoemaker, or a bag designer -
we would love to hear from you.

The idea is to hand-pick preloved items of clothing and accessories (jewellery, shoes, hats, bags
etc.) from our shop in Richmond. Your objective is to put your love and personal inspiration into them, reconstructing them into creative haute couture quality fashion pieces, which also must be wearable and practical. There
should be a balance of creativity and practicality. Once you have chosen your items, you will have a week to develop your ideas and designs. You will then give a presentation to us.

~Your work will be featured on a runway and will be on sale at the Red Cross Bridge Road shop
on the night of the event. ~ All proceeds will go to the Australian Red Cross.

We will select designers for this project based on your application. Please express your
interest by telling us about yourself and what you do, and include a few images of your
work and any websites or links if you have any. We will contact you if you are successful.
Please send your applications ASAP, no later than Friday, 21st February 2014 to
[email protected] or [email protected]

Thank you and we look forward to hearing from you.
Kind Regards,
Gina and Claire
Australian Red Cross
191 Bridge Road
Richmond VIC 3121