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What opportunities does the AZ Academy programme offer emerging fashion talent?

Following the announcement in May that the luxury brand AZ Factory would be transforming itself into a programme for young talent, we now know more about the new project. It is called AZ Academy: Business for designers, and is led by the Richemont Group. Initiated by Richemont, the AZ Academy: Business for designer programme is based on...

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GreenWalk Awards: Wheat dress propels its creator to Saint Martins

The future of sustainable fashion looks promising, driven by groundbreaking ideas and a growing environmental consciousness, as embodied by the GreenWalk Awards. The event celebrated its third edition in Madrid earlier this month and awarded designer Alejandro Merino a scholarship to attend a course at the prestigious UK institution Central...

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‘Young Creators of the World’ fashion competition unveils winner

The Lima designer Mónica Maurico was named the winner of the seventeenth edition of the ‘Young Creators to the World’ competition held as part of the latest edition of B2B network event Peru Moda Deco, according to a press release issued by PromPerú. The winning collection is entitled ‘Children of the Wind’, made of alpaca and cotton, and...

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Arts Thread announces winners of Global Creative Graduate Showcase 2024

Arts Thread has announced the winners of this year’s edition of its Global Creative Graduate Showcase, an international online showcase of graduating artists and designers. The 2024 edition is the fifth anniversary of the event and features trend forecasting agency WGSN as its main sponsor. The work of all of this year’s winners will be...

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L’Enchanteur wins 2024 CFDA/Vogue Fashion Fund

Dynasty and Soull Ogun, the twin sisters behind lifestyle brand L’Enchanteur, best known for its jewellery, have won the 2024 CFDA/Vogue Fashion Fund award. As winners, L’Enchanteur will receive 300,000 US dollars to boost its business, alongside mentorship from a top industry professional. The fashion prize also names Jackson Wiederhoeft of...

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Fashion Stipend winner Camiel Fortgens: ‘We're going to conquer the world’

The thirteenth Fashion Stipend Netherlands winner has been announced: Designer Camiel Fortgens took home the Culture Fund Fashion Stipend earlier this week. Fortgens joins a list of designers (collectives) who have previously received the incentive award. Fortgens is a Dutch designer who mainly operates abroad. In the Netherlands, he continues...

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Camiel Fortgens wins Fashion Stipend 2024

Designer Camiel Fortgens has won the Fashion Stipend ('Mode Stipendium') 2024 incentive prize of the Dutch Culture Fund (Cultuurfonds). The news was announced at the award ceremony on Tuesday evening. The Dutch designer received the prize at the cultural house ‘De Nieuwe Liefde’ in Amsterdam. Fortgens has not only received the title of winner,...

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What are the business opportunities for participants in the Hyères Festival?

As the 39th edition of the Hyères Festival drew to a close with Dolev Elron winning the Grand Prix from the Première Vision jury, FashionUnited set out to meet the former candidates of the contest, to find out what they have been up to since taking part, speaking to Laura Sonney, Christophe Lhote, Christoph Rumpf, Emma Bruschi, Normann Mabire...

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Away from the big stage: The SS25 highlights from Paris

With Paris Fashion Week concluding the grand fashion circus for spring/summer 2025, the French capital showcased everything one might expect from a fashion week. Highlights included Alessandro Michele's inaugural Valentino show, JW Anderson's 10th anniversary at Loewe, and literal fireworks during the Coperni presentation at Disneyland. However,...

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Josslyn Shi wins ‘Real Leather.Stay Different.’ student design competition 2024

'Real Leather.Stay Different.' has unveiled the winner of its international student design competition 2024. Josslyn Shi, from the California College of Art (CCA) has been selected as this year's top fashion designer from a total of four finalists announced in August. The 21-year-old designer presented her project Ephemeral Eclosion to a...

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UDIT's ‘Parallel Worlds’: Young fashion talent takes centre stage at MBFW Madrid

Spain's leading fashion platforms continue to champion emerging talent, dedicating a space each season to showcase the future stars of fashion design. This season at Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week Madrid, students from the UDIT school of design, innovation and technology once again opened the event, presenting their collective graduate collection. A...

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Shein France runway show: Where designer pieces meet everyday wear

What do the looks created by Mathilde Lhomme, Eddie Corps, and Mohammad Hossein Mahjouri – emerging designers showcased at the Shein France runway show last week – look like? Just days before Paris Fashion Week, the Shein France show took place at the Pavillon Vendôme, once again disrupting industry norms. Ironically, the show was titled 'New...