Fashion designers have made grants financial difficulties

  Last victims of large-scale industry, Lisa Ho, put almost $ 200,000 taxpayer subsidies before he collapsed,'' and'' jean queen Bettina Liano has received $ 300,000 Innovation'' '"subsidies for the voluntary administration, records show.

Mode Ojay chain of well-known women took $ 20,000 in government grants a few months before his financial woes plunged into administration in September last year.

Taxpayer subsidies were part of a program of $ 112.5 million from the federal government six years'''' innovation and renewal in the textile and clothing industry.

An A-list of fashion brands sought and received a total of $ 22.5 million fund last year, despite the severe recession is forcing many high-profile players their retail clothes rack pack creator and head towards the door.

Iconic Brand Lisa Ho Fashion collapsed this month. In the middle of 2012, the loss company received a grant of $ 731 188th

The adventure went Liano voluntary administration in July 2011. During the past fiscal year, they asked $ 297,526 in grants to strengthen innovation capacity of the Ministry of body AusIndustry innovation.

Despite the ongoing restructuring of enterprises, he received the funds in June 2012.

Liano since closed the doors of all Australian stores and located in New York's SoHo neighborhood with big plans for more stores in San Francisco, Los Angeles and Miami.

Before his departure Liano has launched a scathing attack on the commercial landscape of Melbourne, describes the rents of shops as'' outrageous'' and assimilation of the CBD a ghost town.

A spokesman for Industry and Innovation Greg Combet said the plan does not jeopardize the potential viability of a company refuse to pay for past expenditures, if they were voluntary administration. '' If the company is not found entitled determined undertake a textile or clothing business house in Australia at the time of payment, no payment was made,'' he said.

Other fashion brands with large sums are Anthea Crawford ($ 400,834), Scanlan and Theodore ($ 367,210) and Carla Zampatti ($ 265 088). Teen Supre brand, also known as tweens and young girls before puberty, received the most support from taxpayers - more than 2.3 million. Supre has been criticized for selling provocative and suggestive clothing in the past.