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In April 2007, four months after graduating, Rachael launched her brand Rachael Cassar. In the same year she achieved a significant boost to her career by winning the International Competition for emerging designers – Mittelmoda – in Italy. To date, Rachael’s collections have been seen on catwalks throughout Australia, in Italy and the UK and have received extensive media coverage in thse countries as well as parts of Asia. Rachael has also had to decline invitations to participate in Fashion weeks in Ottawa, Berlin and Milan.

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‘I first started being interested in eco fashion without really knowing what eco fashion was. As a child and teenager, I was obsessed with making something new out of anything I found. Initially my interest was jewellery. I used to search for second hand jewellery items, dismantled them and made new items up to my on design. I then started doing the same thing with clothes -finding second hand clothes and changing them in various ways. By my mid teens, my path was set. Fashion design was my goal. I studied Fashion and Textile Design at the University of Technology Sydney and graduated in 2006. In my final year I used the concept of deconstruction in my Final Collections and have adhered to this since then. Deconstruction is the concept of sourcing second hand materials and using them in my designs.’

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