The Graduate Store

This is a really cool idea.

Six fashion graduates from TAFE’s Fashion Design Studio have banded together and will run their own shop – The Graduate Store. The shop is due to open next month in Sydney’s Strand Arcade.

The studio is considered one of the top design schools in the country, while past graduates include Alex Perry, Lisa Ho, Michelle Jank, Akira Isogawa, Nikki Zimmerman and Wayne Cooper.

The store is funded partly by the six graduates, fashion-industry sponsors and the TAFE institute.

Students will have a year in which to sell their clothes and build a solid client base. The idea is by this stage they will be able to venture out on their own and a new graduate takes their place.

The concept is an interesting one that’s for sure. Hope it works.