One of the absolute highlights of the Adelaide Fashion Festival every year is the TAFE SA Graduate Design Parade. Featuring the collections of final-year Fashion at TAFE SA students, the show brings Adelaide’s freshest creative talent to the runway.

Saturday night’s stunning parade left no doubt as to the quality of the up-and-coming designers in the city, and we cannot wait to see more!

Congratulations to: Celia Fraser, Lisa Rognetta, Kayla Marks, Maximillian, Thurnwald, Patricio Banados, Talia Cornelius, Stephanie-Lee Chehade, Jasmine D’Angelo, Alyce Roberts, Alice Wark, Che Keighley-James, Chloe Martlew, Nicole Davis, Storm Bergmann, Amy Hicks, Georgia Guy, Miss Kate Aikins, Antonia, Szczepanowski, Jacqueline Brunner and Libby Spring.

Photographs © Lauren Connelly

Bringing together some of the talented alumni from Fashion at TAFE SA, last night’s parade showcased garments from labels Mai Loui, Little Blu Bird, Violet Fish, Sainte Lucie, Bowring, Merrin Stacey Designs, Ruby Mars, Couture+Love+Madness and Red Pearl Couture.

Images © Chanelle Leslie

… And it begins! Tonight marks the start of the Adelaide Fashion Festival for 2011. With an exclusive opening party at the Adelaide Zoo, we were treated to a sneak peek of what is to come over the next couple of weeks.

Stay tuned for more!

Photographs © Chanelle Leslie