News Articles for Perth Fashion Festival

Liquidators of Perth Fashion Festival have failed in their bid to bolster a probe into collapsed industry body Fashion Council WA in the hope of clawing back half a million dollars.

Industry peak body Fashion Council WA entered administration on Friday, four months after private business Perth Fashion Festival suffered the same fate.

There have been 32 insolvency appointments to Western-Australian-incorporated companies in the last two weeks.

Creditors have opted to liquidate Perth Fashion Festival today, just days after festival director Tony Sage failed to sell down his Perth Glory soccer club stake; while the administrators had been unable to recover a debt owed to the company by industry body the Fashion Council WA.

The Fashion Council WA says it is finalising a deal to pay suppliers to the 2019 Perth Fashion Festival, four months after the event.

There have been 31 insolvency appointments to Western-Australian-incorporated companies in the past fortnight.

The entity which ran the Perth Fashion Festival for 20 years, before operations were passed to the Fashion Council WA, has entered administration owing $819,000, with owners Mariella Harvey-Hanrahan and Tony Sage planning a deed of company arrangement.

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The amount of money the state government pumps into big events like the Hopman Cup, the Perth Fashion Festival, V8 Supercars and Margaret River Gourmet Escape is set to remain a secret after a review by the auditor general.

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SPECIAL REPORT: Perth's fashion sector is gradually making its mark by developing niche opportunities, despite growing international competition.

The state's fashion industry is in a good place as its penchant for a creative approach to business opens opportunities.

Lisa Kazalac has joined Real Estate Institute of Western Australia as executive manager advocacy and policy.

The 2010 Perth Fashion Festival has been hailed a success with record ticket sales and sold out events.

Drawing inspiration from her late father and her family, Mariella Harvey-Hanrahan has succeeded where many told her she would fail.