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Juli Grbac (born 1978) is an Australian
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Grbac, Juli Australian fashion designers Australian women fashion designers 1978 births Living people Australian people of Croatian descent People from Brisbane
Juli Grbac (born 1978) is an Australian fashion designer
Fashion is a form of self-expression and autonomy at a particular period and place and in a specific context, of clothing, footwear, lifestyle, accessories, makeup, hairstyle, and body posture. The term implies a look defined by the fashion in ...
who was the first winner of ''Project Runway Australia
''Project Runway Australia'' is a reality television show based on the American program ''Project Runway'', wherein fashion designers residing in Australia compete by making specific garments for weekly challenges. The show features Megan Gale ...
''.
Hailing from Brisbane
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, Grbac developed a love of fashion at a young age and was taught to sew by her mother, who also worked as a dressmaker. Grbac studied fashion design at Gateway TAFE
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in Brisbane, and then at London
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's Central Saint Martins
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. Upon her return from London, she worked as a hand sewer for various companies, including luxury brand Easton and Pearson, before starting her own label "Grbac" in 2002.
"Grbac" was stocked in some of Australia's most high end retail stores including Jean Brown Robe. Grbac also opened a stand-alone store in the TC Beirne Centre in Fortitude Valley's Brunswick Street Mall, which closed two years later.
In 2008 Grbac competed in, and won, the first season of ''Project Runway Australia''. Her most famous dress on the show was the one she created for singer Kelly Rowland
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in episode 7. Rowland went on to wear the custom-made dress at a concert for Prince Albert of Monaco
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in Cannes
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, France.
As part her ''Project Runway Australia'' prize, Grbac had her designs modelled at the L'Oréal
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Melbourne Fashion Week in 2009, which received rave reviews, as well as a 6-page spread in ''Madison'' magazine.
In 2011, Grbac re-designed the uniform of the airline Virgin Australia
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. She took inspiration from "the glamour of flying in the 1960s but gave it contemporary edge". The new uniforms, which included a women's red shift dress and a men's three piece suit, were unveiled that year with a catwalk show featuring Elle Macpherson
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and 60 Virgin Australia crew members.
In 2019, Grbac competed in season 7
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of ''Project Runway All Stars
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'', which featured international winners; she was eliminated in episode 5.
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External links
Grbac Web Site
{{DEFAULTSORT:Grbac, Juli Australian fashion designers Australian women fashion designers 1978 births Living people Australian people of Croatian descent People from Brisbane