18 March 2013 at 9:00 am

CPIT graduates share honours in ENZ’s Virtual Re-Start Fashion Competition

Education New Zealand developed the Virtual Re-Start Fashion Competition to showcase the quality of New Zealand fashion institutions.

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Showcasing the quality of NZ fashion institutions in Malaysia.

Christchurch Polytechnic Institute of Technology (CPIT) fashion graduates Phoebe Ratcliff-Reid and Melissa McIndoe, with their Malaysian counterparts from Raffles College and the Malaysian Institute of Arts, won first and second prize in Education New Zealand’s New Zealand Week fashion competition held in Kuala Lumpur this week.

Fittingly, the fashion collection was based on the theme of ‘rejuvenation’ and inspired by the rebuild of Christchurch city.

Along with CPIT, students from Massey University, Otago Polytechnic, Bay of Plenty Polytechnic, Whitieria Community Polytechnic and WINTEC took part. They worked ‘virtually’ in pairs with their Malaysian counterparts to create four distinct outfits.

Education New Zealand developed the Virtual Re-Start Fashion Competition to showcase the quality of New Zealand fashion institutions and attract the attention of Malaysian students, encouraging them to come and study in New Zealand. More than 2000 Malaysian students studied in New Zealand last year.

The winners were:
•    1st prize
Phoebe Radcliff-Reid (CPIT)
Kathryn Lagrosa Rao (Raffles College of Higher Education)

•    2nd prize
Melissa McIndoe (CPIT)
Liew Chee Yeng (Malaysian Institute of Arts)

•    3rd prize
Hannah Shand (Massey University)
Moto Keek Wen Han (Raffles College of Higher Education)

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