Every year over 50,000 show goers flock to Brisbane to attend the ever fun and highly celebrated Royal Queensland Show- The Ekka. Throughout the 10-day show of animal attractions, rides, shows, displays, showbags and events, the highlight of the event for the fashion flock is the highly coveted Coffee Club Parades, Offering 53 fashion parades throughout the course of the show.

Over 20 Local established and emerging designers showcase their latest collections from stunning evening wear to gorgeous day wear and fabulous swimwear. Each collection showcased are garments created featuring predominantly cotton and wool the most versatile of natural fibres.

This year the show saw over 20 different amazing collections from designers such as George Wu, Brides Desire by Airs & Graces, MXM Couture, Bora and Paul Hunt – Just to name a few. Each collection shimmying down the catwalk to amazing choreography music and lights display that had the crowd on the edge of their seats wondering what would come next.

Pieces from emerging designers of QUT and MSIT showed an individual additive to the show amongst the stunning and elegant gowns of the evening wear. Standout collections were the gorgeous yet simple lines of Grbac in pastels and punch pink and the ever transforming Riot swimwear with its soft colouring and quirky styling aesthetic.

Not only were patrons treated to a brilliant array of hot designs, the Coffee Club Parade also featured a model search to find a fresh new face for the fashion scene, 10 Finalists vied for the top position in the New Faces Model Search.

All in all a great show, the lighting, stage and choreography was superb. I was impressed by the line-up of established designers and the event in itself was very impressive. If you haven’t seen the Coffee Club Parade before, it’s certainly a must on next years social calendar.

Coffee Club Parade – 2009
Designers
•    Paul Hunt
•    Bora
•    Wendy Makin
•    Brides Desire by Airs & Graces
•    MXM Couture
•    Daniel Alexander Couture
•    Dogstar
•    Maiocchi
•    Grbac
•    Tulipani
•    George Wu
•    Mother Maria
•    Kitten D’Amour
•    Dirtbox
•    Taree Birse
•    Pistols at Dawn
•    John Harris Menswear
•    Swimwear from Riot

Plus Student showcase by MSIT and QUT