Spunk is an attitude - it is about courage, determination, pluck, spirit, strength, fortitude, guts and grit. In Australia, 'a spunk' is also a person who is sexually attractive. A Fashion Parade called SPUNK celebrates these characteristics of older people.

spunk - A Fashion parade

#Embolden2020 is proud to present a fashion parade called SPUNK. This Catwalks Against Ageism event challenges perceptions of beauty as the prerogative of youth and welcome models 65+ of all shapes, sizes, genders, sexualities and ethnicities. The aim of SPUNK is to challenge ageism. We think beauty is an attitude. We ask our models to choose their catwalk attitude and then tell us how it can be taken to everyday life as a protective factor against ageism. It’s about not waiting for the world to be less ageist - it’s about living our lives to the full right now. SPUNK shows the courage, determination, puck, spirit and sense of play that older people have.

details

 The Fashion Parade has a new location, date and time
  • Date: Sunday 14th September, 2020
  • Time: 2-4pm (to be confirmed)
  • Location: Collingwood Town Hall (more details coming soon)

revamped fashion parade 2020

With our beautiful new location and some very special partners - this year we have a bigger venue, a new time slot and professional equipment and experienced fashion parade organisers. We are currently doing a call out for designers (see images above from our 2018 Runway with Designer Douglas McManus) and also local community groups to participate. More information coming soon ... 

Details of the Runways

This year we want to continue our focus on working with community groups - and add in more designer runways. More information coming soon ... 

More information

CALL FOR partners & sponsors

We are calling for services, organisations and groups who are interested in supporting a Runway or the Fashion Parade more broadly. See the partnerships page for more information.