On April 13th and 15th Boston’s Symphony Hall played host to a distinctive fashion contest entitled Project Tchaikovsky. This Project Runway-style contest featured creations from nine unique student designers, each enthused by various selections from the musical great.

At the start of the evening, attendees were able to examine the floor of Symphony Hall as elaborately constructed designs from the contestants strolled through. The event’s “finale” occurred on the 15th where guests were invited post-symphony to like a runway fashion show of the competing designers where the winner of the Project Tchaikovsky challenge would be revealed.

The winner would be affirmed after a panel of five judges met with each of the evening’s designers and carefully reviewed their creations.

While showing off their designs to the judges, designers gave a brief background of which musical selections enthused and played into the creation of their gown.

The new designers rocking the runway are young, business-savvy fashion femmes who have made Rosemount Australian Fashion Week their commence pad.

The unmissable trend at this year’s RAFW is a new generation of female designers focusing the lion’s share of buyer and media attention led by Bianca Spender, Alice McCall, Kym Ellery, Theresa Rawsthorne and Ruby Smallbone.

Veteran designer Carla Zampatti attributes this very important shift to the fashion industry finally offering sustainable career opportunities.

The industry is rising and it’s fashionable to be a fashion designer, and a lot of kids go through college. A lot of them might have gone into other areas in the past, but fashion has become a potential career today, said Zampatti who launched her luxury label in 1965.

She agrees this year’s Fashion Week has being mainly strong on female designers because their business sense has grown along with their creativity.