MELBOURNE: Marks and Spencer boss Stuart Rose, global fashion journalist-turned-author Diane Pernet and US-based fashion blogger 'The Sartorialist' may soon be winging their way to Australia.
The powerful trio head up a wish list of guest speakers targeted by the organisers of L'Oreal Melbourne Fashion Festival (LMFF) to headline the business seminar program at their 2009 event.
Touted as "Australia's most anticipated fashion networking forum", the seminars feature global experts sharing their views on the most relevant issues facing the textiles, clothing and footwear sector. Past speakers have included fashion icon Zandra Rhodes, former Topshop brand director Jane Shepherdson and UK-based milliner Philip Treacy.
Proposed by a round table discussion group which included Melbourne designer Lisa Barron, TFIA boss Jo-Ann Kellock and Sussan strategic brand director Anna Stevens, those on the wish list will be visited personally by LMFF festival director Karen Webster during a whirlwind global tour later this year.