MPavilion Opening November 2020

Asia Hassan

Asia Hassan is an emerging designer based in Melbourne. Early in her career Asia was involved with The Social Studio, and is now the creative director of fashion label Asiyam. Asiyam had the privilege to become the first modest label to be in the Melbourne Fashion Week schedule. Asiyam was also a curated guest for the Australian Fashion Council for the second year. Halima Aden, the first model to wear a hijab in a Western magazine, is a fan of Asia’s work and has worn Asiyam on multiple occasions. Asiyam has been featured in Harper’s BAZAAR, ELLE, and Emirates Woman.

Wominjeka (Welcome). We acknowledge the Yaluk-ut Weelam as the traditional custodians of the land on which we meet. Yaluk-ut Weelam means ‘people of the river camp’ and is connected with the coastal land at the head of Port Phillip Bay, extending from the Werribee River to Mordialloc. The Yaluk-ut Weelam are part of the Boon Wurrung, one of the five major language groups of the greater Kulin Nation. We pay our respects to the land, their ancestors and their elders—past, present and to the future.