The Australian Fashion Laureate nominees for 2013 were unveiled earlier this week via a chic event at Sydney's cultural hub Carriageworks.
The VIP event, presented by The Weekend Australian Magazine, was hosted by the Mercedes-Benz Star Lounge onsite at Carriageworks as part of Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week Australia 2013.
Celebrating the outstanding achievements and contributions of individuals to the Australian fashion industry, IMG Fashion, in partnership with the New South Wales government, announced the nominees as: Internationally acclaimed artist and designer Jenny Kee, fashion and media icon Nancy Pilcher, head of the Fashion Design Studio at Sydney Institute Tafe NSW Nicholas Huxley, and globally recognised Australian fashion labels Sass & Bide and Zimmermann.
The official winner of the sixth annual Australian Fashion Laureate will be announced and presented with a Jan Logan created trophy on Thursday May 9 2013, joining an esteemed bill of previous recipients including designers Colette Dinnigan, Carla Zampatti, Akira Isogawa, Pamela Easton and Lydia Pearson of Easton Pearson, and founder of Australian Fashion Week and industry figurehead Simon Lock.