tiacarrigan – emerging fashion label
Tia Carrigan
is a 25 year old emerging fashion designer building her exclusive clothing business in a rural church hall in the Queensland farming district of Goondiwindi.
Tia, a fifth generation woolgrower, has incorporated rural life with her creative passion and business initiative to develop the cutting edge clothing label tiacarrigan .
Tia graduated from Moreton Institute of TAFE (Metropolitan South Institute of TAFE) in 2004 with an Advanced Diploma of Textiles Clothing and Footwear. During her final year of study, Tia’s skill and creativity impressed judges at the Australian Cotton Week Festival in Dalby, QLD, with her beaded evening gown constructed from cream calico. The gown won her the national Australian Young Designer in Cotton Awards and secured her a month-long internship with Italian fashion designer, Trussardi, in Milan Italy. Tia’s achievements during her study also include being a finalist in both the 2004 and 2003 Moda Italia competition held in Brisbane, a finalist in three categories at the 2004 Flair Fashion Awards of Taree NSW, National Finalist in the Student Category of the 2003 Australian Fashion Design Awards in Brisbane, and also completing work experience with Design Philosophy from 2002 to 2004.
More recently, Tia won the Semi-Professional category at The Australian Wool Fashion Awards in Armidale in March 2008, along with a highly commended medallion in the Collection category. Tia also took out The Australian Wool Fashion Awards prestigious Supreme Excellence Award in 2007. Tia won the award with a collection of black and cream maternity wear, which was made with a combination of both wool and stretch fabrics. Tia also showed your wears at Fashion Palette in Sydney early May 2009.
You can also check out Two Flat Whites interview with one of the guest speakers at Fashion Palette; Cathryn Wills from Mimco .
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