July 15, 2014
Nanango designer Tennille Sanders has moved into the finals of an international women’s fashion competition after collecting more than 500 votes online for her designs.
Tenille’s collection easily made the cut-off of the 50 most popular designs entered into the 2014 Muuse x Vogue Talents Young Vision Award.
Her work will now be presented to Vogue Senior Fashion Editor Sara Maino who will select the final winner.
The Young Vision Womenswear Award is an international competition which aims to create a platform for rising design talent.
The competition is a partnership between Vogue Talents and Danish fashion label Muuse and this year attracted more than 400 entries from 70 countries.
Tennille, who graduated from the Whitehouse Institute of Design in February, is the only Australian graduate designer in the running for an award.
She describes her collection as “a modern exploration into psychological instability, through the application of dimensional silhouettes”. Emotional and psychological imbalance is demonstrated through exaggerated proportions.
The winning designer will be given the opportunity to design a Muuse Editions capsule collection produced and sold through Muuse under the designer’s own name, supported with free production, PR, marketing and sales.
As well, the winner will be given an online feature in Vogue Talents on Vogue.it
Tennille, who also has a degree in Applied Science, describes herself as a “fashion nerd”.
She credits her scientific background as a significant influence on her design process, “providing structure to her creative process”.
- External link: The 50 finalists
