International Fashion Competition Gains Momentum

For release: Tuesday 8 December 2009
International Fashion Competition Gains Momentum

New Zealands’s only international fashion design competition gains momentum
2010 iD Emerging Designer Awards attract finalists from world’s prestigious fashion design schools

31 finalists from 10 countries have been announced for the 2010 iD Dunedin Emerging Designer Awards to be held on Thursday, 11 March 2010 at the Lion Foundation Arena, Edgar Stadium, Dunedin. 

The iD Dunedin Emerging Designer Awards continues to gain international momentum with more than 120 entries received from 19 countries for the 2010 Awards, up from 11 countries for the 2009 event.

 Now in its sixth year, the Emerging Designer Awards attracts designers from the world’s most prestigious design schools, exposing the country to unprecedented international fashion design talent.  The selected finalists demonstrate the best emerging New Zealand and international talent in fashion, and in the new category of jewellery design.

Key Points
 

·         From New Zealand, the fashion finalists are:

·         Auckland University of Technology: Glenn Yungnickel; Sandra Tupu.

·         Massey University: Alexandra Walker.

·         Otago Polytechnic: Laura Marshall; Melanie Child; Roxanna Zamani; Siobhan Moroney; Sophie Hardy.

·         Whitecliffe College of Art and Design: Brooke Fairgray; Lan Yu.

·         From Australia, the fashion finalists are:

·         Fashion Design Studio Ultimo TAFE, Sydney: Sam Hazelton.

·         From the United Kingdom, the fashion finalists are:

·         Central Saint Martins College of Art and Design, London: Kathleen Kye; Hae Sung Bong.

·         London College of Fashion: Ichiro Suzuki.

·         Nottingham Trent University: Tahlia Goodwin.

·         Royal College of Art, London: Charlie Ross; Robert Huth.

·         From China, the fashion finalists are:

·         Hong Kong Polytechnic University: Daphney Pui Yan Ho; Kwok Kei Ng; Tsz Fung Kwok; Wong Kwai Ching.

·         From Germany, the fashion finalists are:

·         Akademie Mode und Design, Munich: Irene Luft.

·         From the Netherlands, the fashion finalists are:

·         ArtEZ Institute of the Arts, Arnhem: Hellen van Rees.

·         From Croatia, the fashion finalists are:

·         Faculty of Textile Design, Zagreb: Igor Galas.

·         From Switzerland, the fashion finalists are:

·         Institut of Fashion Design, Basel:Laura Clausen

·         From Japan, the fashion finalists are:

·         Sugino Fashion College, Tokyo: Ryota Shiga.

·         From Sweden, the fashion finalists are:

·         Swedish School of Textiles, Boras: Emelie Johansson.

·         From New Zealand, the jewellery finalists are:

·         Auckland University of Technology: Lan Ching Fu.

·         Otago Polytechnic School of Art: Anne-Mieke Ytsma; Debbie Adamson.

·         From Australia, the jewellery finalists are:

·         Queensland University of Technology: Paula Kyle Walden.

·         The selection panel comprised of Ross Gamble, fashion advisor; Sara Aspinall, fashion designer, Company of Strangers; and Katie Newton, Fashion and Beauty Editor of the Sunday Star Times, Sunday Magazine.

·         Gaining international attention and securing a place on the global fashion calendar for emerging talent, the 2010 iD Dunedin Emerging Designer Awards has become a professional fashion show destination.

·         The Emerging Designers show allows designers from across the globe to gain invaluable experience as they show in what is perhaps their first professional event.
·         The highly sought after prizes include $5000 for first place, $3000 for second and $1000 for third. A Pacific Blue Emerging Designer travel prize will also be awarded, with additional prizes to be announced.

·         Winners from the Emerging Designer Awards will show their collections at the iD Dunedin Fashion Show on Friday 12 and Saturday 13 March 2010.

Quotes
 

Ross Gamble, Fashion Advisor.

 “I’m overwhelmed by the number of entries for next year’s Emerging Designer Awards. The number of entries is well-up on previous years which will give the event the greatest diversity of international

emerging designers yet. It’s outstanding that the designers we’re attracting represent so many world-class design schools. We have an unbelievable selection of talent from these prestigious schools. There is no other event in New Zealand that shows such a high calibre of emerging fashion design talent. The eighteen overseas designers attending reflects this.”

Katie Newton, Fashion and Beauty Editor of the Sunday Star Times, Sunday Magazine

"I had a great time choosing the finalists for the Emerging Designer Awards and, once again, we have ended up with an excellent bunch of talented people from all over the world. The event is always one of

the highlights of the fashion calendar, and 2010 is shaping up to be another outstanding occasion."

·         Biographies, images of collections and interviews available

 
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