Fashion and gown gala returns to Wyndham

Channel 10 star Tristan McManus will host the Fashion Awards Australia gala at the Encore Events Centre on October 13. (supplied)

After a four year hiatus, Fashion Awards Australia returns to Wyndham next month.

The gala event, where the Australian Gown of the Year will be awarded, will be held at the Encore Events Centre in Hoppers Crossing on October 13.

“We’re back. It will be a sensational night of fashion,” said event coordinator Heather Marcus.

Rags to Runways and Race Wear are the other categories that will be judged on the night, with entries coming from both established designers and fashion students.

Ms Marcus was particularly excited about the latter.

“The entries are coming in and the quality from the secondary colleges is outstanding,” she said.

“The schools are very supportive because they want their students to do well in front of the professional designers.

This is a great platform where new designers meet with established designers.”

Those established designers include entrants from Queensland, New South Wales and across Melbourne as well as locals from Wyndham.

Channel 10’s Tristan McManus will host.

Entries close on September 15 and for more information and tickets, visit: fashionawardsaustralia.org.au/