'Off calendar' Paris show opens doors for Ellery Kym Ellery, background, with model Tilda Dahlgren in Chippendale, Sydney, ahead of the designer's first Paris show later this month. Picture: Sam Mooy. DESIGNER Kym Ellery will have her dream come true later this month when she shows at Paris Fashion Week for the first time. She has been endorsed to show "off calendar" by the Federation Francaise de la Couture, du Pret-a-Porter des Couturiers et des Createurs de Mode, the stepping stone to showing on the official fashion week calendar. Collette Dinnigan and Paris-based Martin Grant are the only Australians to be invited on to the official schedule. "Depending on their success (off calendar), they become part of the official calendar," federation president Didier Grumbach said. Ellery first met Grumbach nearly 18 months ago "to say hello and share with him my work and suss out the vibe in Paris" when the 30-year-old designer began selling from a Paris showroom. We've been returning each season and maintaining a relationship (with Grumbach). And we feel that now is the right time to commence that next journey in a real sense and not just a sales presence, which has been really strong for the last two seasons. The news is a positive turn for the designer. Earlier this year she was taken to court by Myer for breaking her exclusivity contract by also signing with David Jones. The case was settled out of court in April, with Ellery apologising and an agreement being made for her label to be stocked in both department stores until 2015. "This year's had really interesting challenges," she said. I've got a nice rhythm now, more so after the court case. Dinnigan originally showed off calendar before being invited to show on the official Paris schedule in 1997. Of Ellery's move into Paris, Dinnigan said: "It's great for her, tremendous. If they (the Federation) endorse you, they will pick you up. You've got to be in there to win. Anyone who does anything like this I'm 1000 per cent behind. Paris is really hard work. It's not just about having a great press show, you have to deliver to the top retail stores in the world. It's not just the creative and not just the retail, it's a combination of both.