Guest Lecturer Jenny Bannister

"The Jenny Bannister label was launched in 1976. While Jenny's early designs has a radical inventive spirit (remember it was the 70s), they evolved into couture and up-market boutique ranges for the wholesale market. But the label's upbeat design signature has endured, from the plastic clipped mini dress (1979, Powerhouse Museum) through her own snakeskin wedding dress (1985, Australian National Gallery), to more recent designs such as a fully boned and quilted silk satin corset (1996). More recently, collective pieces have been sold through the prestigious Christies in London. The Jenny Bannister label is consistently represented in the Melbourne Fashion Festival and the Australian Designer Collections, and maintains continued press coverage and a faithful following of television, film, sport and music personalities who choose the label when attending the most prestigious and highly exposed events. In 2005, Jenny was declared an Australian Fashion legend and honoured with a postage stamp." www.jennybannister.com.au

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