#243 Stolen Girlfriends Club win big at the DHL Export Scholarship Awards

The award winners with a rep from DHL.

The DHL Export Scholarship Awards and show took place tonight at my favourite old gangsta haunt (HOLLA!) 4:20 on K Rd. The three finalists in the competition were Jimmy D, Salasai and Stolen Girlfriends Club. To be in to win, labels had to compile a presentation for a judging panel which included designer Trelise Cooper and NZ Herald journalist (and blogger) Zoe Walker.


The Stolen Girlfriends Club outfits, modelled by Levi Clarke and Olivia O'Driscoll, who seems to be showing up plenty lately.

After a mini show in which all three designers showed a selection of five or six outfits, the ceremony began and Stolen Girlfriends Club were named winners. Speaking before the show, SGC director Dan Gosling joked that if they won, the $10,000 prize would go to paying off their DHL bill. In his acceptance speech, Luke Harwood proclaimed, "Means we can party in Tokyo!" to which Mark Moore replied, "If we can fit ourselves into a DHL box!"


La Beat Debauchery on the decks.

Of the three finalist labels Stolen Girlfriends Club appears to be closest to making it big on an international scale, having already secured representation by sales and PR agents in Australia and Japan, and with a rumoured exhibition taking place in Japan in March. Time will tell whether they'll succeed, or follow a similar path to their Sydney counterparts Ksubi – after all, the current economic climate doesn't seem too conducive to huge business growth.


Finalists and models.