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Saks names ‘The New Wave’ emerging designers

Saks has launched the second year of its emerging designer accelerator programme, ‘The New Wave,’ featuring eight new brands including Claude Kameni, Keeyahri, Ludovic de Saint Sernin, Nalebe, Sunni Sunni, Undra Celeste, Who Decides War, and Zeynap Arcay. The accelerator programme was launched last year to develop and support high-potential...

25 May 2022

Fashion

Redress Design Award announces semi-finalists

The international sustainable fashion design competition, the Redress Design Award, has announced its 30 semi-finalists from all around the world including three designers from Spain, two UK designers and one US designer. The public plays an important part in the next round of the competition as people can now vote for their favourite designer...

21 Apr 2022

Business

ITS launches 2022 contest for young designers

The International Talent Support (ITS) contest for young designers, founded by Barbara Franchin, has opened applications for its 2022 edition. The 2022 theme is 'The Art of Creativity' to mark the 20th anniversary of the ITS competition and applicants will have to produce a collection that celebrates the 20-year journey of the contest. Barbara...

23 Mar 2022

Business

CFDA opens applications for 2022 CFDA/Vogue Fashion Fund

The Council of Fashion Designers of America (CFDA) has announced that the applications for its 2022 CFDA/Vogue Fashion Fund are now open. Out of the applicants, 10 finalists will be selected with each to receive funds and mentorship based on their areas of need with the goal of helping to get their business to the next level. Past brands that...

11 Mar 2022

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Yu Prize announces 2022 finalists

The annual Yu Prize, which supports emerging Chinese designers, has shortlisted 10 finalists for its 2022 edition from the 20 semi-finalists announced earlier this year. The designers in with a chance of developing a capsule collection with sportswear brand Li-Ning are Alienant by Yuchen Han; Chan Chit Lo; Didu; Louis Shengtao Chen; Marrknull by...

9 Mar 2022

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Coming to America inspires catwalk showcase during LFW

On the opening day of London Fashion Week, Paramount brought a slice of its popular film franchise Coming To America to the catwalk with an event aimed at celebrating and amplifying Black creatives and designers, including The House of Nubian, Kwame Koranteng, Good Mela and Goodman Factory. The catwalk showcase was inspired by Paramount Pictures...

4 Mar 2022

Business

OnlyFans launches fashion competition series for emerging designers

OnlyFans, a platform for user-produced adult content, has announced the launch of its Creative Fund: Fashion Edition, an initiative focused on rising talents in fashion. Documented in a series for the platform’s free streaming service OFTV, competing participants will be in with a chance of winning 50,000 dollars to be used to further their...

3 Mar 2022

Business

Stateless Group launches incubator programme for underrepresented entrepreneurs

Stateless Group, a venture company set out to support emerging brands, has launched a fashion incubator programme dedicated to uplifting underrepresented founders. The programme, which aims to provide a full 360 offer, looks to bolster early-stage start-ups through connections with established brands and company partners with the hope of aiding...

1 Mar 2022

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LVMH Prize 2022 names 20 semi-finalists

The LVMH Prize for Young Fashion Designers has selected 20 designers hailing from 13 counties as its 2022 semi-finalists, including S.S. Daley and Maximilian from the UK, Róisín Pierce from Ireland, and American brands Airei and Winnie New York. The luxury conglomerate states that 1,900 candidates applied for the 2022 edition of the coveted...

17 Feb 2022

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Key NYMD Takeaways from Manufacturing to Masculinity

New York Fashion Week commenced with the bi-annual showcase of emerging menswear designers at New York Men’s Day (NYMD), now in its 17th season of introducing new talent to the city’s veteran fashion community. One such veteran, Perry Ellis, relaunched its Perry Ellis America label at the show, alongside eight up-and-coming brands that were also...

15 Feb 2022

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4 Takeaways from Stockholm Fashion Week: Reuse, receive, re-establish, return

Sweden’s bi-annual fashion week has wrapped up and with it, it has left food-for-thought for the rest of the industry as it brought to light important subjects surrounding sustainability and the way we view fashion. Much of the work displayed in this season’s Stockholm Fashion Week centred around slow, thoughtful production and circularity, with...

11 Feb 2022

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Boram Yoo wins Designers’ Nest grand prize

Paris-based designer Boram Yoo won the grand prize at the Designers’ Nest 2022 showcase during Copenhagen Fashion Week with a collection that explored the history of forced labour uniforms in Korea. The Designers’ Nest annual showcase places a spotlight on 10 outstanding graduate collections by emerging designers from the Nordics who “combine...

9 Feb 2022