Brilliant Melbourne fashion photographer, Carolyn West, captures the manifold energy of the graduate collections from emerging Australian designers; backstage at the Virgin Australia Melbourne Fashion Festival (VAMFF) 2017.

1. Zhuxuan He (UTS)
2. Natalie Vladimiroff (UTS)
3. Tony Lee (UTS)
4. Rochelle Bramich (Whitehouse)
5. Meredith Bullen (UTS)
6. Nehma Vitols (UTS)
7. Victoria Bliss (RMIT)
8. Talia Jimenez (UTS)
9. Tara Miranne Bailey (UTS)
10. Stephanie Henly (RMIT)
11. William Thi (RMIT)
12. Sarah Hope Schofield (RMIT)