Fashion Observer Magazine Feb. 2014 | Page 10

Jaime Lee The Perth designer now based in Bali. Jaime Lee Major graduated from Central of Technology with an Advanced Diploma in fashion and textile design. Her first ‘Hypercolour’ Campaign in 2010, photographed by Thom Kerr, went to feature in magazines both nationally and internationally. Since then Jaime has kept busy designing a sold-out collaborative range with Sports Girl and dreamy dresses for celebs such as the one songstress Kimbra wore whilst excepting the Grammy alongside Gotye. The creative beauty wowed spectators at her world-class solo “Light Magic” show at the Perth Museum transforming the room in to a floral wonderland. More recently seven of her dresses were selected to feature in the final episode of America’s Next Top Model. Major spends the majority of her time now designing demi-couture gowns for private clients mainly in Australia, Dubai and Kuwait. Images by Stefan Gosatti Pippa McManus Art and Fashion were always a large part of Perth-Based Fashion Illustrator Pippa McManus’ life. Having two creative parents, her father an engraver and her mother an artist, it’s no surprise at age fourteen her love for fashion and own creativity began to flourish after purchasing her first Vogue Magazine. Pippa’s unique artworks have seen her work alongside designers such as Aurelio Costerella, Mary Katrantzou and Dolce and Gabbana at fashion events in New York, London, Sydney and Paris. She also has commissioned works in fashionable Perth retail outlets Zara Bryson, Linneys pearls and Claremont Quarter.