Big Break for young fashion designers

Life is "pretty unreal" Renuka Malik for the moment. The 20-year-old has his own way of working * d developed for heavyweights Annah Stretton and NOM - and even sunk a place at New Zealand Fashion Week. Christchurch Polytechnic Institute of Technology and Fashion Design student has won an Award of Excellence in Fashion Design Awards in Gore Hokonui weekend. As a result, she received the "package price most impressive of all times," provides the free registration and accommodation for New Zealand Fashion Week in September and professional experience with kiwi fashionista Annah Stretton. If the press photographer Iain McGregor visited Malik she got a call from the founder of NOM * Margi Robertson gave him the opportunity to work in Dunedin fashion house label experience. "I could not believe it, to be honest. Margi called me personally ... it was one of the judges [Hokonui], but I did not expect to have such an opportunity," Malik said. For someone who is working in the fashion industry, because they are "old enough to hold a pen" was welcome experience NOM * D is "just crazy." "The last few days have been surreal. I did not expect Hokonui and when one of the girls from my class rang and told me I could not believe it, to win it." Malik winning garment was a long sleeve dark blue dress with a fitted bodice and floor length skirt. It was the first competition she entered. Malik hoped that one day his own fashion label, but was happy, "as much as possible to learn for the moment." "That's what I always wanted to do and I love it and I will continue."?