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"Having been in business since 1999, fashion designer Lee Mathews is always
searching for something out of the ordinary. “At 25 years it feels like you’ve
seen everything and worked with everyone,” she says.
For her anniversary runway at this year’s Australian fashion week (AFW) in
Sydney, she decided to add friends to her usual cast of professional models.
“Casting was more about how people wear the clothes,” she says. “Not how tall
they are or how polished they look.
“Asking someone who’s not a model to try on clothes and walk a runway takes a
kind of vulnerability. I think that subtle awkwardness and lack of polish
brings a different energy to a show. There’s honesty in it, and it reflects the
collection in a more human way,” she says."
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