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. Perry's designs have been featured on front covers of popular magazines such as ''Vogue Australia'', ''Harper's Bazaar Australia'', ''Marie Claire'', ''InStyle,'' and ''Good Weekend''. Perry is the longest serving cast member of ''

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Early life

Perry was born as Alexandros Pertsinidis and grew up in a migrant, working-class family in Sydney. His father is a Greek immigrant and his mother was born in Australia of Greek immigrant parents, though he Anglicized his name to Alex Perry. He has an older brother named Lee.

Career

In 1992, Perry launched his brand from a studio in suburban Kensington, creating gowns, corsets and sheaths. Perry's gowns were quickly acclaimed. ''Vogue Australia'' was the first to feature his jeweled corsets and glamorous sheaths in their main fashion shoot. This was Alex's first editorial shoot, and the gowns photographed became his signature style afterwards. Since that time, Alex Perry gowns have ongoingly been featured on the covers of ''Vogue'', ''Harpers Bazaar'', ''Marie Claire'', ''InStyle Australia'', ''Madison,'' and ''Grazia Australia''. Perry relocated his studio in

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to Double Bay, Sydney, where he built up his clientele to include high-profile celebrities, social identities and personalities. He was a designer at the inaugural Mercedes

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held in May 1995, and has shown collections each year. Perry's runway shows have featured models such as Linda Evangelista,

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, Alyssa Sutherland, Nicole Trunfio, and Lily Cole. In May 2002, Perry opened his Sydney boutique at

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have donned his designer ball gowns and red carpet evening wear.

Media

Alex Perry has appeared as a fashion commentator or co-host on such television programs as ''50 Years of Television – Red Carpet Reportage'' (Seven Network), Melbourne Cup Fashions on the Field (Seven Network), the Australian Fashion Awards (Nine Network), ''Ultimate Make Over'' (Seven Network), and also provided the commentary for Prince Charles and Camilla's wedding. During its run, he was a regular guest on ''

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'' on the Nine Network and still makes appearances on other morning television shows. Perry is the only judge to appear in all ten series of the reality television series ''

'', which premiered in 2005. He was originally cast by the show's producer Josie Mason Campbell after she saw his performances on ''Mornings with Kerri-Anne''. He appeared as a contestant in '' Celebrity MasterChef Australia'' in 2009, and ''

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'' in 2010. In July 2011, Perry took over as mentor on Season 3 of ''

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''. In May 2014, Perry hosted the two-part reunion special of ''

''. In December 2014, STAR World Asia announced that Perry will be a part of the judging panel as a creative director of '' Asia's Next Top Model (cycle 3)''. In September 2015, the Alex Perry Hotel & Apartments opened in Brisbane's

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Perry, Alex 1963 births Living people People from Sydney Australian people of Greek descent Australian fashion designers Australian company founders National Art School alumni