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Five Otago Polytechnic School of Design graduates will launch their fashion careers at the 2011 iD Dunedin Fashion Show in April next year. This popular public fashion week showcasing top NZ names and global emerging design talent has helped launch the careers of a number of Otago Polytechnic graduates including Anjali Stewart (2005), designer and partner with popular label “twenty-seven names”; Charmaine Reveley (2002), who manages her own successful label; Sara Aspinall (1998), with her label “Company of Strangers” in addition to Roxanna Zamani (2010), bridal section winner at Mittelmoda in Italy and overall winner in the Fashion TV Online Designer Awards in 2010; and Sophie Hardy (2010), winner of the lifestyle section in the Fashion TV Online Awards in 2010 and now working for Dunedin based label Nom*D.

The graduates selected are Sara Dooley (22, from Timaru), Rachel Webb (20, from Tapanui), Amelia Boland (23, from Nelson), Liz Ung (28, from Dunedin) and Elise Barnes (20, from Invercargill). Since 2002, the event has included a special section for graduate designers. Visit www.id-dunedinfashion.com for more information.

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