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Stylenoir.co.uk is joining forces with Iconique.com and Societás to lend its support to the 'Iconique Societás Awards' as a media partner for 2008. Known for supporting emerging talent and tracking down directional trends across both its online magazine and in its publication The Black Book of Fashion and Art, Stylenoir.co.uk will be covering the awards and giving coverage to the winning entries. The event will also be covered in Iconique.com as a podcast and editorial.

Launched in 2007 by award-winning Dutch creative director Joost van Gorsel and founder and CEO of Societás Melissa Sterry, the 'Iconique Societás Awards' will present the worlds best emerging and most influential fashion visual arts talent. Joost van Gorsel is also publisher of fashion zine Iconique.com, which was recently voted one of the top ten online fashion magazines in the world. Having launched as the 'Iconique Societás Excellence in Fashion Photography Awards' in 2007, the awards were re-branded as the 'Iconique Societás Awards' earlier this year after the addition of a new prize category for fashion illustration.

The awards jury has doubled in size this year and includes an international collective of influential creatives including Dutch photographer Ari Versluis, fashion designer Arkadius once dubbed 'mad, bad and dangerous' by Colin McDowell, Brit milliner Louis Mariette, award-winning New York designer Natalia Allen and top stylist Rod Roodenburg to name but a few. Iconique.com and Societás have announced two further judges joined the jury - CEO of Stylenoir.co.uk and publisher of The Black Book of Fashion and Art James Mills and Cypriot designer, filmmaker and publisher of cult fashion blog "Un nouVeau Ideal" Filep Motwary.

Last year's awards received entries from fashion creatives in the UK, EU, US, Asia and beyond. Iconique and Societás plan to extend the award categories yet further in 2009. With the awards the initiators want to embrace the full spectrum of the fashion visual arts, including fashion filmmaking and fashion spatial design. The deadline for entries will be Friday 26th September 2008. Winners will receive coverage in various publications.

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