ASCENSION TO APEC
Image coutesy of https://architectus.com.au/projects/apec-haus/
10 August, 2024
PNG Fashion Week has announced that the Paradise Runway will now take place at the iconic APEC Haus on 15th September, 2024.
With its highly successful previous shows at the prestigious Hilton Port Moresby Hotel & Residences, 2024 sees a new direction for the iconic event. Philma Kelegai, PNG Fashion Week Managing Director, anticipates the change in venue will be inspirational. “We are so proud of our long partnership with the Hilton Port Moresby Hotel and Residences, the Hilton is and will always be a special location for PNG fashion Week, and we will still work together as we have similar goals. In 2024 we will move to Apec Haus. The APEC Haus is a magnificent symbol of the Future of Culture and we cannot wait to be in awe of what we will see at the Ascension,” she said.
The APEC Haus is not new to the fashion platform, its 2019 show, the Awakening was staged successfully at the Apec Haus and saw guests including Hon James Marape, Racheal Marape and Sir Peter Ipatas, Enga Governor in attendance, as well is Ms, Ellen Whippy Knight, Managing Director for Fiji Fashion Week. Kelegai remarked that It was a return to a familiar place, and the start of a new vision for the brand.
“Awakening” at the APEC Haus in 2019
The Paradise Runway is PNG Fashion Week's signature event and PNG’s national fashion event and is hosted every year during the independence weekend. Fashion designers and cultural creatives from around the nation and abroad are asked to imagine and explore the theme for 2024, Ascension, through their collections. This year, these collections will be exhibited and celebrated at the magnificent APEC Haus.
Designers who have participated previously included Anna Amos, Tabu, Elizabeth Omeri, Natasha Tamanabe to name a few and each year, the talent keeps getting better and better.
Ascension is scheduled for Sunday, 15 September, 2024 at the APEC Haus and will feature 13 local designers and two international designers, tickets will be on sale by the end of the week.