For the migrant success story, who has family in Israel and a nephew fighting with the Israeli army, it was a bright moment in an otherwise dark week.
Rod Levis is a first-generation Australian, the son of Iraq-born Jews who fled Baghdad in the late 1930s. On Thursday, he became the 16th Australian Fashion Laureate, honoured for his work as founder and chairman of womenswear brand Cue Clothing Co, now in its 55th year in business.
Winning the Australian Fashion Laureate, whose previous recipients include Carla Zampatti and Dion Lee, both of whom were supported by Cue, is a bright but bittersweet moment in a week of darkness for Mr Levis. The award is peer-voted and funded by IMG, which also runs Australian Fashion Week. “At the time, clothing for women was daggy. London was blooming with designers like Mary Quant. Womenswear needed a change.”
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