Continuing our support of the bright young things of fashion, this year we’ve teamed up with Frankie magazine to support the LMFF Metamorphosis Student Showcase.  We caught up with the amazingly talented finalists as they get set to hit the catwalk.

From RMIT to the Big Apple: Georgia Lazzaro is set to hit the world stage after taking home the inaugural Australians in New York Fashion Foundation internship grant of $US25,000. The 25-year-old Melbournian has everyone saying wow with her unique vision and beautifully executed designs. Get ready to say you saw her work before she was famous!

SPORTSGIRL: CONGRATS ON THE INTERNSHIP & SHOWING AT THE LMFF. CAN YOU TELL SPORTSGIRLS ABOUT YOURSELF?

GEORGIA LAZZARO: I have just graduated from RMIT Fashion in Melbourne and am currently working on some costuming for The Australian Ballet's Bodytorque Performances, to be held up in Sydney in May. Obviously also the Metamorphosis show, then following that I'll be heading off to New York to undertake interns at Narciso Rodriguez and Helmut Lang.

SG: DESCRIBE YOUR COLLECTION FOR THE LMFF METAMORPHOSIS STUDENT SHOWCASE.

GL: The collection is based around the tensions between the body and the garments that adorn it and how through diverting emphasis, dynamic cutting and silhouettes, the body can be subverted in such a way that it still appears glamourous, graceful and beautiful, but also slightly awkward and unsettling. I have tried to achieve this by designing garments that are conventionally "fashionable" but also are a little uncomfortable or disturbing, kind of playing with ideas around fashion images and the body. This was done by designing a collar that elongates the neck and acts as a harness point for all the outfits in the collection, distorting the body in a similar manner to a corset or high heel.

SG: HOW WOULD YOU DESCRIBE YOUR STYLE?

GL: Sharp, minimal, classic, refined, austere.

SG: HOW DOES IT FEEL TO BE SHOWING AT THE LMFF?

GL:Thrilling!

SG: WHAT WAS THE INSPIRATION BEHIND YOUR COLLECTION?

GL: The graceful necks of ballet dancers and models, classicism in fashion, drapery, minimalism, the notion of body-con dressing and a particular photograph taken by Erwin Blumenfeld for a 1952 cover of US Vogue entitled "for the woman who wants to change her looks".

SG: WHEN DID THE LIGHT BULB GO OFF IN YOUR HEAD?

GL: I think maybe it's always been on it's just been a process of learning to trust it.

SG: WHAT OR WHO IS YOUR BIGGEST INSPIRATION?

Silhouettes, moments, images and bodies.

WHAT’S YOUR ULTIMATE GOAL?

GL: Creative freedom.

SG: WHAT’S YOUR DREAM JOB?

GL: It keeps evolving, but always comes back to design in some way or another.

SG: WHO IS THE IDEAL PERSON TO WEAR YOUR COLLECTION?

GL: I see so many wonderfully stylish and fascinating people everyday who I would love to dress.

SG: WHERE TO FROM HERE?

To the Big Apple and beyond!