iD Dunedin Emerging Designer Awards

• The iD Emerging Designer Awards, now in their sixth year have established a reputation as a launchpad for cutting-edge local and international fashion design talent. This event attracts emerging designers from across the globe, allowing them to gain invaluable experience in what is perhaps their first professional event.

• Bringing a new dimension to the Emerging Designer Awards, a jewellery design section has been created.

• A number of sponsorship opportunities still exist for potential sponsors to come forward and become part of iD Dunedin Fashion Week. The organising committee is still urgently seeking funding to support the 2010 event.

• The iD Dunedin Emerging Designer Awards offer highly sought after prizes and include $5000 for first place, $3000 for second and $1000 for third. Other special prizes yet to be announced.

• To enter the iD Dunedin Emerging Designer Awards designers must be recent graduates (within the past five years) or final year students from a recognised Diploma, BDes, BA or MA Fashion or fashion (or MA Jewellery) related course.

• Since the Emerging Designer Awards show was launched in 2005, three designers have gone on to win prizes at Mittelmoda in Italy. 2008 Emerging Designer Awards winner Sophie Russo, from Australia won a prize for her collection which best demonstrated the characteristics of wool; and participants from 2006 Shola Steele, (from New Zealand) and 2007 Sam Fisher, (from Australia) have also gone on to win prizes at Mittelmoda.

• The iD Dunedin Emerging Designer Awards show will take place on Thursday 11 March 2010.

• Watch out for further details to be announced; the iD Dunedin Fashion show participating designers and special guests, Emerging Designer Awards finalists, judges, VIPs and release dates for ticket sales.

Posted on: October 14, 2009