Fledgling fashion entrepreneurs, take note! Applications are now open for QUT Creative Enterprise Australia‘s Fashion Accelerator program, which offers participants the knowledge and resources to transform their creative idea into a successful business. Kicking off in February 2016, Fashion Accelerator includes workshops, networking events, mentoring and access to high-tech facilities and equipment. An exciting new addition to this year’s program is a five-month intensive program for fashion start-ups that covers essential business information such as development, finance, branding and marketing.In its four-year history, Fashion Accelerator has helped to establish brands that include SOOT, Gail Sorronda, Christie Millinery and Monica Tovar – a fabulously fashionable line-up.

Applications close on 22 January – find out more and apply online here. There’s no time to waste!