Over 50 women and youths who attended the 2020 Fashion Festival Workshop in Kavieng, New Ireland Province will display their products tomorrow in a Mini Fashion Show at the Malagan Hotel.
PNG Fashion and Design Week (PNGFDW) CEO Janet Sios said that Partipants will wear their own products on the runway to help them not only market their products but also boost their confidence.
“I am hoping that through the Mini Runway tomorrow, here in Kavieng, participants will be able to walk with confidence.”
“I beleive in empowering women and youths through fashion, it’s a dream and I am so happy to have this last workshop in my hometown.”
“Since 2015, when I first started I’ve taken the workshops to others provinces and this is the first time, I’ve brought it back home and I also hope that the Mini Fashion Runway will help to promote New Ireland’s beauty,” she said.
The 13-day workshop is a PNG-Australia Partnership Program and was run in Port Moresby, Milne Bay and Eastern Highlands before coming to New Ireland.
New Ireland Facilitator Christine Aisoli said that it was an oppertunity for women and youths in the Province.
“Fashion is a growing Industry and I saw it’s potential and wanted to help empower women and youths in the Province through fashion.”
” There was a lot of hunger for it, women in the province have been asking for it and so I helped to facilitate it,” she said.
Aisoli also thanked the Australian Government for supporting the program through the PNG-Australia Partnership program.
“I thank PNGFDW and the New Ireland Provincial Government.”
“Investment Promotion Authority and the National Youth Development Authority for making the workshop possible, Kavieng Town is looking forward to the Mini Fashion Runway tomorrow (today),” she said.
