With Fashion Week once again on the horizon, IMG last night announced the preliminary schedule for Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week Australia (MBFWA) 2019.
Taking place May 12 - May 18 at Carriageworks in Sydney, MBFWA will be debuting Resort 2020 Collections from the region’s most prominent fashion designers, alongside a curated program of emerging talent and international labels. Highlights will include:
- AJE will open MBFWA 2019 with the Mercedes-Benz Presents show on Sunday May 12.
- BEC & BRIDGE will open the first day of shows on Monday May 13.
- Numerous Australian designers will return to the MBFWA schedule, including ALBUS LUMEN, ALICE MCCALL, ANNA QUAN, BEC & BRIDGE, DOUBLE RAINBOUU, HANSEN AND GRETEL, JUSTIN CASSIN, LEE MATHEWS, LEO & LIN, MARIAM SEDDIQ, TAFE NSW FASHION DESIGN STUDIO, THURLEY and WE ARE KINDRED.
- TAFE NSW FASHION DESIGN SCHOOL will celebrate 21 years showing at MBFWA.
- LEE MATHEWS will celebrate 20 years in business with her MBFWA 2019 show.
- TIGERLILY returns to MBFWA after 17 years, having last showed in 2002; a leader in conscious, sustainable fashion, the brand will showcase an elevated Resort collection of women's apparel, swim, and accessories in a return to its DNA.
- ALICE MCCALL will celebrate 15 years in business with her MBFWA 2019 show.
- JUSTIN CASSIN (menswear) celebrates his third consecutive MBFWA show, returning to the schedule after officially launching in China, Singapore and South Korea.
- Designers debuting on the MBFWA schedule this year include BONDI BORN, EX INFINITAS, JONATHAN SIMKHAI, MATTEAU and PARED EYEWEAR.
- Celebrated American designer JONATHAN SIMKHAI will debut his Resort collection at MBFWA for the first time.
- EX INFINITAS (menswear) will debut at MBFWA and has confirmed Fabien Montique, Image Director for Off-White and creative consultant to Kanye West, to creative direct.
- St.George NEXTGEN will once again provide emerging designers an opportunity to show in front of an international audience; this season’s participating designers are BENJAMIN GARG, CHLOE MOTTAU, MADISON HISLOP and Brian Huynh for MNDATORY.
You can download the full preliminary schedule here: 
MBFWA 2019 Schedule.pdf
In the meantime, keep checking back to BD for more details as they arrive.
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