National Graduate Showcase Finalists Star in Fashion Journal

26 March 2025 | Words by PayPal Melbourne Fashion Festival

Shining a light on the top fashion graduates in the country, Fashion Journal featured 11 designers part of our National Graduate Showcase x Emporium Melbourne in their latest print issue.

After a four-year hiatus, Fashion Journal in print is back! Fashion Journal was the supporting partner of our Graduate Showcase and we were thrilled to be involved in their second issue since re-launch with their piece, ‘Honour Roll’. Photographer Jordan Drysdale took the creative wheel and captured the finalists in South Melbourne’s Temperance Hall, home to a contemporary dance company.

Congratulations to our finalists featured: Alannah Walton, Anjali Tulpule, Cuong Nguyen, Ethan Bergersen, Frank Taplin, Indigo Stuart, Joanna Youn, Madeleine Triggs, Marko Plavsic, Suzaan Stander, Wilson Jedd Adams.

And this isn’t new to us. Previously, Fashion Journal has shot our graduate designers pre-Festival which included a front cover moment, like in Issue 194 here. We’re proud to have Fashion Journal as a long-standing media partner of the Festival.

Fashion Journal Issue 196 is free and available in select cafes and stores around metro Melbourne and Sydney. While stocks last. To read the digital edition, head here.

Credit to photographer Jordan Drysdale, photographer's assistants Matthew Stott and Joelle Parisotto, stylist Jade Leung, stylist's assistant Maleka Mitchell, makeup Lara Daly, hair Jami Furlan and Byron Darcy, models Emmanuel and Bridget at People Agency.