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Australian Fashion Foundation Scholarship Awards announce 2022 winners

New York-based non-profit organisation The Australian Fashion Foundation (AUSFF) has revealed the winners of the 2022 edition of its Scholarship Awards. Australian fashion designers Kritikon Khamsawat, a recent graduate of the Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology (RMIT), and creative director Olivia Law of The Whitehouse Institute of Design...

22 Dec 2022

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Zalando and Copenhagen Fashion Week announces all-female shortlist for Sustainability Award

Zalando and Copenhagen Fashion Week have shortlisted Ukrainian clothing brand TG Botanical, Swedish-based Selam Fessahaye and Copenhagen-based Stamm for the Zalando Sustainability Award. The accolade celebrates brands that “drive positive change and contribute to a more responsible fashion industry,” and will be presented during Copenhagen...

7 Dec 2022

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‘Real Leather. Stay Different.’ student design competition 2022 announces winner

The ‘Real Leather. Stay Different.’ student design competition has announced the winner of its 2022 edition. After the finalists of the competition were revealed back in August , Fashion Design graduate Gal Benjamin from Israel has now been named the international winner. Winner Gal Benjamin is a graduate of Shenkar College of Design,...

7 Nov 2022

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York Fashion Week 2022 featured multiple events for students and graduates

The most recent edition of York Fashion Week took place in York, in Northern England, from October 6 to October 10. It featured more than 20 events, including events for fashion students and graduates in the region, such as the Student and Graduate Runway Show and career event Fashion Avenue. Students from four educational institutions showcased...

3 Nov 2022

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Dutch Design Awards announce winner in Fashion category

Dutch fashion designer Yamuna Forzani has been named the winner of the Dutch Design Awards in the fashion category. Forzani is an alumna of The Hague Royal Academy of Art (KABK), artistic director, fashion designer and a member of the Dutch ballroom scene. She won the award for her concept of The Utopia Ball x Fashion Show: an amalgamation of a...

31 Oct 2022

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Rimowa creates Design Prize for students in Germany

German luxury luggage company Rimowa (LVMH Group) has launched the Rimowa Design Prize, a competition for young creatives studying at universities in Germany. Rimowa has teamed up with some of the country’s top design universities to give students the opportunity to showcase their design skills while at the same time inspiring other talent in...

20 Oct 2022

Fashion |INTERVIEW

Fashion graduate Meerim Mamatova on winning GFW22 FACE Excellence Prize

Graduate Fashion Week International, a showcase of global fashion talent at the Bachelor level, is currently taking place in Mumbai, India from October 13 to October 16. What better time than to share a Q&A with one of the winners at the last edition of Graduate Fashion Week UK in June 2022? Graduate Fashion Week is an annual event organised by...

14 Oct 2022

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‘Real Leather. Stay Different.’ launches African talent showcase

The ‘Real Leather. Stay Different.’ international student design competition from the Leather and Hide Council of America is launching an African talent leather design showcase in 2023 in partnership with the African Leather and Leather Products Institute (ALLPI). The African Talent Leather Design Showcase 2023 aims to educate the next...

29 Sept 2022

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Paris Design Awards 2022 announces Fashion winners

The lucky winners of the 2022 Paris Design Awards in the fashion and fashion accessories category, are Coltesse, Weinsanto and Aristide. The competition is chaired by the French fashion designer Christine Phung. The Paris Grand Prize for Fashion was awarded to the brand Coltesse, which offers "essential, timeless, comfortable" clothing with a...

21 Sept 2022

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Against all odds 6 Ukrainian designers present collections during NYFW

Six Ukrainian designers presented their collections this NYFW at an event entitled Kyiv Art & Fashion Days hosted at the Mastercard Tech Hub on Manhattan’s Fifth Avenue. The event’s goal was to help sustain the businesses of these creative entrepreneurs following the devastation of the war in Ukraine which left many of them refugees in foreign...

16 Sept 2022

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ITS Contest announces winners of its 2022 edition

British menswear designer Charlie Constantinou, from Central Saint Martins’ MA Fashion Class of 2022, has been named the ITS Arcademy Award winner at this year’s ITS Contest in Trieste, Italy. As winner of the ITS Arcademy Award, Constantinou will receive 15,000 euros and a six-month mentorship by Pitti Immagine Tutoring and Consulting...

13 Sept 2022

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Net-A-Porter announces inaugural Vanguard Education Fund recipients

Luxury online retailer Net-A-Porter is expanding its The Vanguard mentorship and business-support programme for womenswear designers to include a new Education Fund to provide financial support and dedicated mentoring to final-year students. The inaugural Vanguard Education Fund for 2022 has been awarded to four final-year university students in...

12 Sept 2022