Mission

Fashion Festival QLD's main aim is to promote our thriving fashion industry to people in QLD and the rest of the world. It is a place where people can find fashion and related businesses that are based in QLD. 

It is a place for retailers, designers and businesses to connect and thrive together. 

A place for promotion, support, collaboration and learning.

Fashion Festival QLD came about 4 years ago when Liz Golding realised people still talk about the past RAQ awards, (1981-2009) years after they finished. They remember the glamour and ceremony with pride. 

Career highlights were made at the RAQ/NRA awards. Keri Craig Lee, Daniel Lightfoot, Anthony Leigh Dower were household names, plus many more. So Liz has been gathering support to create an online platform to promote our industry and a place where our stars are listed and celebrated. A place where designers and businesses can come for collaboration, support and mentorship.

Other industries have cohesive platforms for gathering online, but fashion in QLD has never had this. So here we are.

It is immensely positive to have a platform celebrating local statewide fashion and displaying their creations. Fashion businesses thrive with the recognition and a huge sense of community is built. The fashion, modelling, hair and makeup and event industries all get a boost. 

Fashion Festival QLD creates a platform for education, celebration, support and international promotion. Fashion brands from all over the state of QLD will be eligible to subscribe with the emphasis on education, promotion, celebration, inclusivity, innovation and sustainable practices.

Our fashion students will get increased opportunities to network and learn. 

Our mentoring platform will be active and very valuable to them. 

Fashion Festival QLD will hold gatherings at the fashion hubs around Brisbane and QLD, lifting the foot traffic and helping promote these valuable areas. 

The Co-branding opportunities are enormous!

FFQLD believes in continued inclusivity in our industry, in regards to designers, models and advertising. Our mission is to show respect, acknowledge and celebrate the First Nations people of the land on which we live and work. We wish for inclusivity of cultural, spiritual and learning of our First Nations people.

Fashion Festival QLD would like to shape the future of the QLD fashion industry and provide a springboard for designers to show their talent on the world stage. We will be a platform that communicates with overseas groups who wish to champion Australian designers and creatives. 

liz@illuminatemanagement.com.au

Office 0400 903 550 

FF QLD team has/is helping designers - 

Pia du Pradal - Retirement plan - selling off workroom assets and transitioning manufacturing team to another brand.

Liz Clift International - Wholesaling, website, social media, events, barcoding, photography, fashion presentation, Graphics, EDM's, online activations.

Maiocchi - Workroom sell off, photography.

Pairing designers with business owners to create excellent teams.

Presenting fashion online 3 years - Tulio

Many teams photographing campaigns and e-com over 30+ years.

With over 30 years’ experience styling shoots and co-ordinating fashion shows, Liz Golding is well known and  respected in Queensland. She is a legend in the Brisbane fashion scene. 

Liz is known for her calm backstage management, her  organisational skills, and her contacts within several industries.  Over  the years Liz has worked with an enormous number of local and national  and international Fashion Designers, Editors, Photographers, Marketing  and PR teams, and Stylists, Hairstylists and Makeup Artists. 

 Her passion and knowledge has led her to work in many prestigious roles nationwide. 

These include; 

10 years as the Styling  Director of Mercedes-Benz Fashion Festival 2006 - 2016, 

Fashion Editor for U on  Sunday magazine 2013 - 2016 and 

Q Weekend Magazine 2012 - 2013, 

Wardrobe for Nine Network,  

Styling Director Brisbane Fashion Month 2018- 2019

Consultant to various leasing groups to fill shopping centres - ISPT, AMP Capital etc.

Ambassador and stylist at Indooroopilly Shopping - 4 years

Torga Optical - Ambassador 1 year.

 and countless other roles. 

Her  work has been published in Vogue, GQ, Marie Claire, Elle, In Style, New  Idea, Women’s Weekly, The Courier Mail, The Sunday Mail, Herald Sun,  Gold Coast Bulletin, QLD Brides, QLD Homes, Brisbane News, Style  Magazine, Shop Till You Drop, Madison, The Melbourne Age, Q Weekend, U  on Sunday magazine, Hair Biz Magazine, Indulge, F Magazine.

In  2013 Liz launched QLD's first Photographers, hair and makeup artists,  Stylists management agency named Illuminate Management and  filled an enormous gap in the market in Brisbane and QLD. Illuminate is  a busy and successful agency working with local, national clients and  many international clients over the last nine years..

In  2016 Liz  opened a boutique PR and  events agency named IlluminateUs and this has flourished from day one.  Specialising in fashion promotion, homewares, food and beverage  and events. 

This means Liz has  the winning dream teams in QLD behind her.

Some of the contracts Liz has had over the years:

Contract with Oracle Boulevard Gold Coast leasing team, consulting and introducing team to potential retailers.

Contract with ISPT Wintergarden leasing team, consulting and introducing team to potential retailers.

Contract with Nine Network - WardrobeRunning backstage hair and makeup teams for many years for Myer QLD, David Jones QLD.

Harley Davidson - 5 years styling and directing fashion shows throughout Australia and NZ.

9 years running the QLD Brides Expo parades, 13 years running the QLD Bridal Awards.

In  Centre fashion shows/styling workshops/catalogue or shoot co-ordination  and styling for Indooroopilly Shopping Centre, Brookside Shopping  Centre, Toowong Shopping Centre, Calamvale Shopping Centre, Pacific Fair  Shopping Centre, Australia Fair, Robina Town Centre, Wintergarden Shopping Centre,  Queen Plaza, The Myer Centre, Broadway on the Mall, City Heart. Erina Fair Shopping Centre.

Liz has put fashion shows together and run backstage for the following, some of them many times:

Alex  Perry, Easton Pearson, Akira, Jayson Brunsdon, Scanlan & Theodore,  Camilla, Lisa Ho, Ginger & Smart, sass & bide, Wayne Cooper,  Maticevski, Aurelio Costarella, Arthur Galan, Ted Baker, Paul Hunt,  Maiocchi, Lee Mathews, George Wu, Sacha Drake, Hardy Brothers, Dion Lee,  Lisa Brown, Chetcuti,  Jean Brown, Tengdahl, Nicola Finetti, Leona  Edmiston, Dogstar, The Hat Box, Kirrily Johnston, Bora, Keri Craig, Darb  Bridal, Fiorenza Bridal, House of Dower, Irma J Smith, Pia Du Pradal,  Talulah, Chelsea de Luca, Juli Grbac, Toscano  Bridal, Cloakroom,  Richards & Richards, Urbbana, Wil Valor, Frockshop, Samantha Ogilvie  Boutique, Camargue, Daniel Lightfoot, Katelyn Aslett, LaLa Luxe, Liz Clift,  Tulipani, Jenny Bannister, Sea Folly,  Flamingo Sands, Karen Neilsen  Collection, Aqua Blu, White Sands, Jets Swim, Rebecca Manning Swim,  Colin Heaney, 

 Nat-Sui Shoes, Benjamin Ringuet, Gail Sorronda, Bettina  Liano, Nelson Molloy, Gina Kim, Alannah Hill, Canturi Jewels, Decjuba,  Gorman, Max & Co. MaxMara, Jigsaw, Herringbone, David Lawrence, Cue,  Bally, MaxMara, Mimco, Saba, 2 Chilies Swimwear, Riot Swimwear, Lady  Petrova, Nancy King, Adorne, Isabella Longginou, Begitta,  Surafina, MxM  Couture, Trellis Cooper, Living Silk, Brides Desire by Wendy Sullivan,  Bertossi Brides, Jack Sullivan Brides, Elizabeth De Varga, White Label  Noba, Dmoore, Pure Moda, Bulgaria, Calibre, Carla Zampatti, Fossil,  G-star Raw, Jigsaw, Marcs, Papally, Tiffany & Co. Witchery,  Zimmermann, Louenhide, Wyse, Ubermen, Aje.