Joshua Goot
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Joshua "Josh" Goot, born in Sydney in 1980, is an Australian fashion designer. He attended Moriah College
Moriah College
Moriah War Memorial College is an independent, Modern Orthodox Jewish, co-educational, day school in Queens Park, an eastern suburb of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia....

 in Sydney's Eastern Suburbs. Josh Goot began a Media Art & Production degree at Sydney’s University of Technology in 1999. Goot's interests were in media and communication through fashion design.

Goot started his design activity in 2004 and presented his first collection in 2005. He won the 2005 Tiffany & Co Young Designer of the Year Award. The following season saw a marked evolution in the look.

Goot returned to New York, where he met Stella Ishii and began working with The News press and sales office. In July 2005, the label featured on the cover of Women's Wear Daily.

In May 2007, it was announced that Goot would design a capsule collection
Collection
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 for Target Australia
Target (Australia)
Target Australia Pty Ltd is an Australian department store chain owned by Wesfarmers . It operates 172 Target stores and 119 Target Country stores making 291 combined stores with its head office located in North Geelong, Victoria. It sells clothing, cosmetics, toys, homewares, electrical and...

. It was announced that the range would be released in June the same year. He was the first Australian to design a solo collection for the budget chainstore, following Stella McCartney
Stella McCartney
Stella Nina McCartney is an English fashion designer. She is the daughter of former Beatles member Sir Paul McCartney and the late photographer and animal rights activist, Linda McCartney.-Early life:...

. Goot's range was considerably less hyped and received little media attention. The collection showed his minimalist aesthetic and was made of a merino
Merino
The Merino is an economically influential breed of sheep prized for its wool. Merinos are regarded as having some of the finest and softest wool of any sheep...

wool blend in black, grey marle, green and blue.


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