Melbourne Fashion Week Releases 2024 Program, Celebrates 30 Years

This year Melbourne Fashion Week’s exciting program of events includes city-wide runways in some of their most loved locations from over the years, thought-provoking talks, exhibitions, workshops and more.

Melbourne Fashion Week invites everyone to help them celebrate 30 years in style from 21-27 October!

Runway tickets on sale from today!

PROGRAM

Runway Events:

1. Opening Night: ganbu marra RUNWAY
   Mon 21 Oct

2. Student Collections Runway at THE LUME
   Tue 22 Oct

3. Volvo Electric Runway
   Wed 23 Oct

4. Little Bourke Street Runway presented by Emporium Melbourne
   Thu 24 Oct

5. Fashion x Underground presented by Collarts
   Fri 25 Oct

6. Refined Edit Runway
   Sat 26 Oct

7. Closing Showcase: Celebrating 30 Years
   Sun 27 Oct

8. Pop Up Runway: Slow Waves
   (Free Event)

9. Pop Up Runway: Community Culture
   (Free Event)

10. ‘Our Unknown’ by EAC x M/FW
    Wed 23 Oct

Exhibition Events:

1. Fashion Capsules
   Sep 30 - Oct 27

2. The World of Megan Hess
   Mon 21 Oct - Sun 27 Oct

3. Trenches to Runway: Military Influences on Popular Fashion
   Mon 21 Oct - Sun 27 Oct

4. HIV Unwrapped: Reimagining the Lab Coat
   Tue 22 Oct, Thu 24 Oct

5. Polychroma
   Mon 21 Oct — Sat 26 Oct

6. FASHUN PHOPAR
   Sat 26 Oct - Sun 27 Oct

7. FART (Fashion and Art): The Blurred Boundaries
   Mon 21 Oct - Sun 27 Oct

8. Assembling Expanded Masculinities
   Wed 23 Oct - Sun 27 Oct

9. Chocolate Fashion and Australian Flora
   Mon 21 Oct - Sun 27 Oct

10. Paradiso
    Wed 23 Oct - Sat 26 Oct

Talk Events:

1. Melbourne Conversations: Dopamine Dressers
   Wed 23 Oct

2. M/FW Conversations: The Business of Fashion
   Thu 24 Oct, 1:30 - 2:15 pm (Talk), 2:30 - 3:15 pm (Roundtable)

3. M/FW Conversations: An Inclusive Fashion Future
   Thu 24 Oct, 3:30 - 4:15 pm (Talk), 4:30 - 5:15 pm (Roundtable)

4. Behind The Seams, Featuring Homie
   Wed 23 Oct

5. Australian Performing Arts Collection Tours
   Sun 27 Oct

6. How Neurodivergent Creatives are Shaping Fashion’s Future
   Sat 26 Oct

7. Curator Tour: Trenches to Runway
   Thu 24 Oct

8. India Australia Business of Fashion Panel
   Mon 21 Oct

9. Circular Fashion Now: Solutions
   Sat 26 Oct

Sustainability Events:

1. RE

   Market and Workshops
   Wed 23 Oct - Sat 26 Oct

2. The Healing Stitch
   Sat 26 Oct

3. Fashion Rediscovered Styling Workshop
   Sat 26 Oct

4. Beyond The Hanger: The Lifecycle of Your Clothing
   Thu 24 Oct

Workshop Events:

1. Baaby Presents: Repair & Re-Wear
   Sat 26 Oct

2. Time for Bubbles: Hats and High Tea
   Sun 27 Oct

3. Make Up Masterclass With Mumu Lin
   Fri 25 Oct

4. Make Up Sessions With Mumu Lin
   Mon 21 Oct - Thu 24 Oct

5. Silent Dove Jewellery Design Workshop
   Fri 25 Oct

Retail Events:

1. Emporium Melbourne’s 10th Birthday
   Thu 24 Oct

2. Breakfast at Tiffany’s High Tea
   Sat 26 Oct - Sun 27 Oct

Free Events:

1. Driving Systemic Change And Succeeding In the Fashion Industry
   Tue 22 Oct

2. Old Clothes and New Looks: Lessons From the Past
   Wed 23 Oct

3. Accelerating Circular Design at Scale
   Thu 24 Oct