Spotlight On: Suzy Menkes
Last week Suzy Menkes was in Australia to present the Australian Fashion Laureate. And what a smash hit she was.
BOF describes her as a singular authority in a world of opinions; one of fashion’s most informed, balanced and respected voices. Menkes joined Condé Nast International in March 2014 as the International Vogue Editor, reporting and contributing to all non-US Voguewebsites.
In an interview with The Sydney Morning Herald, she showed that she was a woman after our own (digital) heart. She praised the Australian Fashion Council’s inaugural Aus Designers Abroad showroom, which took place in Paris earlier this month. And rightly so. The AFC’s initial outing was a huge success. We know because we had the pleasure of filming it all 😉
In our world, we talk about technology being ‘born global’. The same applies for any fashion business born today. The AFC’s initiative is the start of something big for Australian designers looking to expand their businesses overseas.
Suzy clearly agrees:
“[Aus Designers Abroad is] a great initiative that means we get to see everything under the one roof. It could be developed digitally to have all the shows staged here run behind the looks over there to let us interact with the live garments a little more.”
Digital showrooms Suzy? Bingo. That’s exactly what we launched in Paris earlier this month. The AFC recognised the power of digital when they chose Flaunter to be their exclusive content partner in Paris – producing, housing and distributing the digital content for the showroom event.
How? The Flaunter platform allows brands to provide global media and retailers with free and unlimited online access to their full collections. Media view the virtual collections and can then instantly download whatever print-ready images they need for their magazines, blogs and social channels, with the click of a button. It’s seamless distribution and unlimited access – all measurable using data (and can be done on location or from a desk 15,000km away…).
We built Flaunter because we believe it’s the platform that can support the (digital) future of fashion. We’re also proud that it’s 100% Australian made. As Australian Vogue Editor-in-chief Edwina McCann has often said in the past 12 months … “the time is now for Australian Fashion”.
We couldn’t agree more.
