Funding for Scouts slammed
Show stopper: Natalie Hutton’s ‘Echoplex’ dress took out the Avant-Garde award. Picture: Supplied
Winning in impressive fashion MENTONE designer Natalie Hutton has returned from the World Of Wearable Art awards in New Zealand this weekend with an impressive accolade. Ms Hutton was one of only eight Australian finalists in the final, and faced tough competition from 148 other challengers from 17 different countries. Her debut piece, called ‘Echoplex – Goddess of Reverb’ from her Claudia Savage range, took out the Avant-Garde section award. “An outer body experience is the best way to describe it,” Ms Hutton said about winning the award. “It’s going to take some time to sink in. I’ve been an exceptionally hard critic on myself for my whole life, that having such a long standing and internationally renowned creative institution
recognise you in such a way has really knocked me into an unfamiliar headspace.” Ms Hutton said the competition criteria inspired her to try her luck. “The mystical grey area that is my creative life of too arty for fashion and too fashion for art found itself the perfect home,” she said. Ms Hutton’s gown took eight years to put together. It weighs 15 kilograms and features 50 metres of hand stitched silk panels. Ms Hutton said each individual panel took eight hours to complete by hand and the gown has 40 panels. The gown took Natalie about 500 hours of sewing. “It’s been overwhelming in an awesome way,” she said. “I couldn’t believe the reception it received, I was just so happy.”
FRANKSTON councillors have slammed a request by the Carrum Downs Scouts to secure $250,000 to move into a new home. The scouts were seeking the money to move into a new location at a Carrum Downs warehouse, but were promptly shut down at the 1 October council meeting. The scouts’ former home was demolished as part of a redevelopment at Carrum Downs Recreation Reserve. Cr Steve Toms said it was “outrageous” to request this amount of money. “There are many scout groups in the city, and quite frankly I find it astounding that one gtoup should ask for such an enormous amount of money,” Cr Toms said. “Scouting is a state government responsibility, scot groups have leasing arrangements with council but that is where it should stop. I am a great believer in the scouts movement, but ratepayers should not be footing the bill of $250,000.” The motion put to council was that they note the request for $250,000 and monitor “the current lease agreement and the Carrum Downs Recreation reserve and provide an extension to enable relocation within a reasonable timeframe.” The motion was carried unanimously. Cr Glenn Aitken said “it’s an unfortunate situation because a scout group is a great organisation, but it puts us today in a difficult situation where we’re being asked for a quarter of a million dollars. The sad part of that is that it is not going to get through. While the intent of the organisation is good, it appears to me to be a less than happy outcome.” The request was asking council to match the $250,000 in funding provided to the group by the state Labor Government in September.
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