By PNGFDW Media, Port Moresby
Textile fashion designer Anna Amos will represent PNG at the Pacific Fashion Fusion Show (PFFS) on 5 October 2019 in Auckland, New Zealand.
Ms Amos will be accompanied by a representative of PNG Fashion & Design Week Ltd.
Janet Sios, Director/Founder of PNGFDW Ltd and Chair of the PNG Fashion Festival congratulated Ms Amos on her selection reiterating the platform’s commitment to embarking on meaningful partnerships to support and promote Papua New Guinean designers and their work.
“We are happy to have extended this platform’s network into New Zealand and we know that this is the start of a very fruitful partnership that will bring much good for our PNG designers. I thank Nora Swann and the brilliant team behind her at the Pacific Fusion Fashion Show for reaching out to PNGFDW Ltd and for giving PNG this opportunity to part of this amazing event.
“We hope that through this partnership, more PNG designers will embark on fashion exchange programs with our New Zealand counterparts in the future,” said Sios.
PNG Fashion & Design Week Ltd will also send three designers to Australia for the Pacific International Runway (PIR) Sydney in November, following the completion of the Inclusive Fashion Show in Port Moresby.
“Anna has a wealth of experience as a textile fashion designer and lecturer in textile design at the University of Papua New Guinea. Anna is an exemplary designer and ambassador for the cultural and creative industries in PNG I am certain she will represent this platform and PNG’s budding fashion industry with distinction at the PFFS 2019.
“Anna successfully led the PNG Fashion Festival skills development and capacity building programs in Lae, Kokopo and Port Moresby training up to 309 aspiring designers. She and fellow-designer Tabu Pelei Warupi did a fantastic job teaching and sharing their knowledge and expertise with upcoming designers.
“Anna has blessed and enriched so many lives out there through her work. She is so passionate about helping other designers, especially the emerging and those in rural communities and she has transformed the lives of participants this year. With that said, on behalf of the PNGFDW Ltd team and the organizing committee of the PNG Fashion Festival, I wish Anna the very best in her preparations for her trip and I know that she will do this platform and this country proud,” said Sios.
Pacific Fashion Fusion Show 2019 is themed ‘fashion factory’ acknowledging the history of families that migrated to Aotearoa (New Zealand. Aotearoa is the Maori name for the country of New Zealand meaning “land of the long white cloud”. According to Maori folklore, the discovery of Aotearoa (New Zealand) was made by the great Polynesian navigator Kupe who came from Hawaiiki, the mythical ancestral homeland of the Māori.
“This year we embark on a journey that looks back in history when families migrated to Aotearoa in search of a better future. The night’s theme of “Fashion Factory” acknowledges where it all began, working endless days and nights during the industrial revolution to provide for families. Inspiration is drawn from the stories of our parents, grandparents, and great grandparents to take us on their journey. We will celebrate their successes with gratitude.” –PFFS 2019
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