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Dempsey Stewart
The Australian-born model Dempsey Stewart is quite a novelty in the fashion world. At 18 years old, she owes her booming career to a modeling competition in her hometown of Perth. “I didn’t win,” Stewart says. “But I was noticed and asked to go to Tokyo to work with Image Models.” Her career took off from there. After walking for a laundry list of fall shows, she says her favorite show in each European city was Burberry, Prada and Louis Vuitton: “Of course, because of the designs, but also because of the suspense — I found out only a couple of hours before each show that I was actually confirmed!” She walked so hard, in fact, she managed to sever a major tendon in her foot in Paris.
Skye Parrott and Heidi Bivens create an appealing tribute to the newest fashions and strongest new girls, as selected by casting director Natalie Joos in the latest issue of Dossier Journal. Sporting natural hair and makeup by Anthony Nader and Talia Sholbrook, paired with colorful outfits from the likes of Christopher Kane, Erdem and 3.1 Phllip Lim, the girls look fresh and unique: perfectly in line with the spirit of the season.

LONDON - FashionTV gives viewers an inside look at London Fashion Week runways with their First Face countdown highlighting the top ten models at the shows.
"Modeling is definitely an experience," says Jourdan Dunn, one of the big names in London Fashion Week Fall/Winter 2011/2012. Originally from London, this First Face is definitely one of the unforgettable ones, alongside newer faces like Swedish models Theres Alexandersson and Linnea Regnander, Dutch model Renee Germaine Van Seggern, and Norwegian model Jenny Sinkaberg. Caroline Brasch Nielsen takes the top First Face spot for her strut in Sass & Bide and Matthew Williamson shows.
Models: Dempsey Stewart, Lydia Carron, Theres Alexandersson, Jourdan Dunn, Linnea Regnander, Renee Germaine Van Seggern, Jenny Sinkaberg, Hannah Noble, Juju Ivanyak, Caroline Brasch Nielsen

WA student Dempsey Stewart, 15, in Teen fashion final
INNOVATIVE Dempsey Stewart has the answer for what to do with a coat when it gets too hot: turn it into a shoulder bag.
That's just what the Year 10 student from Methodist Ladies College will do today in the national final of the Apex Australia Teenage Fashion Awards in Geelong.
And if she gets the same reaction today as she did in Perth recently when doing her coat-bag trick, Dempsey will have trouble containing herself on the catwalk.
"I nearly lost it with laughter in the state final, because all the people looked gobsmacked when I changed the coat into a bag,'' Dempsey, 15, of Floreat, said.
Dempsey's coat-bag, a five-piece all-year round outfit, was made from a 1970s shirt pattern she found in an Op shop.
"I altered it to get the right shape and cut that I wanted for the shoulder and collar area,'' Dempsey said.
The coat-bag is a finalist in the daywear section while Dempsey also has a dress -- designed and made without using patterns -- in the final of the evening division.
Dempsey had a major problem after winning three sewing machines at the WA finals.
"Thankfully, Bernina (sponsors) took two back and offered me something else,'' Dempsey said.
The teenager, whom the WA fashion industry has labelled as a "most promising'' talent, was only three years old when she started sewing.
"My mum's business had a studio downstairs and I went there and worked,'' she said.
"When mum bought me a little sewing machine for Christmas, I was up and away.''
Today's Australian final of the Teenage Fashion Awards, run by Apex Australia, is at the home of the Geelong Football Club.
Ironically, Apex, a community service organisation, was founded in Geelong in 1931.
"I'm hoping I have the same good fortune as the Cats did this year,'' Dempsey said.