A BUDE girl has landed a placement with the fashion label, Love Brigade based in New York and has just flown out.

Joanna Gourley will be working closely with the CEO of the company, where she will be organising the Fashion Show ready for the company's winter line which will be showcased at the New York Fashion Week. She has also received notification that her photography work will be exhibited at a Fashion Photography showcase called 'The Art of Fashion' at Webster Hall along with this her work will feature in Creative Quarterly, an American magazine also out in the UK and Canada that showcases new talent, this will be out in December.

Joanna first made contacts in New York when she visited the city this Spring during a professional practice trip. The trip was during Joanna's final year doing her BA (Hons) Illustration with the University College Fal­mouth.

Joanna said: "The trip and the feedback gained, gave me the confidence to follow up contacts and make new ones which is how I got the placement and a place on the exhibition."

See this week's 'Post' for the full report.