FIJI Fashion Week's 2011 Designer of the Year and Emerging Designer of the Year Lana Smith paid tribute to the local fashion festival for helping her reach new heights.
And it is this momentum she is hoping to carry into her next showing at the Sydney Fashion Week in Australia.
Ms Smith, who showed her latest line of clothes in a fashion show at Shenanigans in Suva on Friday night said she was looking forward to the Sydney Fashion Week.