His debut collection 'Masiofo' which is Samoan for 'queen' and uses royal tapa cloth landed him on Vogue Italia's website.
"I was on holidays when they sent me the link I kept refreshing it... then it hit me I was like 'wow'," he said.
Mr Blanc started his fashion career in New Zealand as a stylist and made the move to Brisbane, Australia in 2012 but found the industry across the Tasman was harder to crack.
"It didn't really work out so I took myself away from the industry... and two years ago I thought let's get back into it," he said.
