Earlier in the week our roving photographer, the extraordinary Bianca Milani was at the Melbourne Chambord® Shine Awards™ @Longroom and came out in one peice with some fabulous snaps which can be seen on the Design Federation Flickr.
The winners in Melbourne were designers Anna Campbell, Jolet and Limedrop who made it through to the finals.

The Sydney event which was held last night at the Loft Bar King St, was attended by our lovely Katerina Roth and Jordan Clarke, both of whom who were live tweeting the event late into the evening (photos by Kent Johnson on our Flickr)
The winners in Sydney were designers Danielle Van Camp, Luela and Lulu in Chains who made it through to the finals.

That makes the 9 Finalists in the Chambord Shine Awards:  Anna Campbell, Jolet, Limedrop, Danielle Van Camp, Luela, Lulu in Chains,  George Wu , Jacqueline Buck, Talulah with the lucky 10th finalist to be a wildcard vote: “Chambord® will be running a wild card vote through the Chambord® Facebook page  from 8th –11th July. The wild card vote will select the final entrant into this year’s awards from the remaining 21 designers.”

The ten finalists nationally will be given $1000 and six weeks to create a Chambord® inspired design for Spring Racing Carnival. They will be flown to Sydney for the Chambord® Shine Awards™ final to be held at Sydney’s historical Strand Arcade on the 31st August. Here they will display their creation for a panel of industry experts, media, designers and fashion conscious celebrities.

The grand prize of Chambord® Shine Awards™ in 2010 is bigger and better than ever. The winning designer will get to show their design to 2,000 consumers at the Strand Arcade’s “An Evening with Our Designers”, the design will be worn by a fashion forward celebrity during Spring Racing Carnival and they will also be able to show their own collection at Australia’s largest consumer fashion festival in 2011, thanks to Chambord®.

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