22 FEB - 08 MAR 2025:
ANYTHING AND
EVERYONE GOES

Australia’s largest major fashion event where we bring greater visibility to the cutting-edge, artistic, enduring and gritty fabric of Melbourne’s fashion industry by creating a world-class destination for Australians to celebrate everything that makes our
local fashion community so unique.

PREMIUM RUNWAY HIGHLIGHTS

OPENING NIGHT
RUNWAY

NATIONAL DESIGNER
AWARD X DAVID JONES

NATIONAL GRADUATE SHOWCASE X EMPORIUM MELBOURNE

BLOCK PARTY RUNWAY X VISIT MELBOURNE

EVENT HIGHLIGHTS

AUSTRALIAN FASHION BUSINESS LUNCH

FASHION TALKS: CIRCULAR REVOLUTION PRESENTED BY MUSEUMS VICTORIA

FASHION TALKS: WHY
DON’T WE BUY
AUSTRALIAN? PRESENTED BY MUSEUMS VICTORIA

FASHION FILM AWARDS SCREENING

VOLUNTEER
PROGRAMME

We're looking for volunteers to join our 2025 Festival. Could that be you? Apply now to gain hands-on experience and invaluable insights into the fashion industry, and build connections that last a lifetime. Our Volunteer Programme is the closest you can get to all the action without walking the actual runway!

BLOCK PARTY RUNWAY 🎉 No one does a finale like we do, so get ready to turn up the energy. Last year, the crowd stormed the runway after the final walk, dancing like no one was watching — and this year promises to be even bigger. This electrif
NEW AGAIN RUNWAY ♻️ Join us on a journey of reinvention. This new runway concept is a curation of Australian designers who use recycled and reclaimed materials to create new masterpieces and fashion resellers who breathe new life into forgotten treas
9 WEEKS TO GO ⏰ Known for ‘re-defining modern-nostalgia’ @themadrenatura was the winner of our Honourable Mention for Sustainability in the 2023 as part of the National Designer Award x @davidjonesstore. Madre Natura, featured in our 202
The Melbourne Met Gala, if we do say so ourselves. Last night’s @ngv Gala wowed us with volume, lace, corsets, bobbles, chainmail and even some uncut gems. 😉 Melbourne designers stole the show with some of the best looks to hit the pink carp