Meet the talented 12-year-old taking the fashion world by storm
This Queensland Year 7 student has already launched her own designer label and is set to jet off to Melbourne this week as a finalist in one of the nation’s top fashion awards.
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AT ONLY 12-years-old talented Queensland student Tayla McFarlane is already rapidly forging a path towards a stellar fashion career.
The Year 7 Sheldon College student spends her spare time working on her own fashion label 7roses, and today jets to Melbourne for the national final of the Apex Australia Teenage Fashion Awards (AATFA).
It follows a recent swag of awards at the Queensland state final, including first place in the formal wear category.
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Tayla, who began sewing at age seven, said her dream was to be accepted into the prestigious London College of Fashion and to take her brand 7roses internationally as a high-end fashion label.
“I am so excited to go to Melbourne,” she said.
“I am looking forward to meeting other young designers like myself and to learn as much as possible to grow as a designer.”
Tayla named fashion designer Bianca Whyte from Whyte Studio as her idol, and said she currently balances her school work with more than twenty hours per week designing and pattern making.
AATFA Queensland coordinator Jeff Hardie said the awards were a great showcase for young designers like Tayla to put their creativity on show.
“There is no other forum like it for creative kids and we continue to see amazing outcomes with students succeeding to tertiary study and wonderful careers,” he said.
Brisbane Fashion Month director Laura Churchill said it was “really beautiful to see someone so dedicated to their creative work so young”.
“Tayla is starting out as she intends to continue by networking, building strong industry relationships and chasing opportunity,” she said.
“I really admire her for that, and I really look forward to following Tayla’s work.”
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