A Competition aims to boost up the most promising talent in Fashion and support them a fast track in their career to the Asian Market, has been opened for entries. AFW Design Award is an annual Fashion Design Competition for fashion designer students or young designer who has started their career in the Fashion industry. The prize would be impressing support for the most talented designers who win the title of “Best Design”. We will offer a commercial opportunity with marketing investment and manufactory support, a total FREE label runway opportunity for these young designers. 

 

All designers are welcome to participate by submitting their portfolios. Your collection should be based on garments, with at least 6 complete outfits per entry. 

The collection you could design on womenswear, menswear, kidswear or a mixed application.

 

Please prepare your portfolio includes: 

1) An English CV with a personal cover letter 

2) Your collection introduction

3) Digital portfolio (e.g. mood boards, idea sketches, and final designs)

 

The jury panel will assess the designers’ creativity, innovation, craftsmanship, uniqueness and the element of sustainability. All portfolio will send to each jury for comment. 

 

After the closing day, AFW will sort all application and select the finalists to enter into the finals and offer the opportunity to have a special interview with all jury. Then the jury will select the best designer and the winner to won the Runway opportunity in August. The designer will also be invited to our Fashion Charity Gala Dinner to have Designer Award. 

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Who can enter?

You must be young designers or students in the Fashion Design Industry

No age limit and encourage who is the newcomer in this exciting industry

No entry fee

 

 

Prize

The winner will be awarded a prize of AUD$ 30,000 as well as a solo label runway in AFW  as an official designer in Melbourne. Moreover,  the winner will be awarded a title of "Best Designer" and present in the Fashion Charity Gala Dinner.  Designers would be rewarded accommodation and F&B package in luxury 5 - Star Resort for making it to the final. Then the designers would have an opportunity to sign the corporate contract as a creative designer or a fashion investor will help to commercial the label. The total prize sum will then amount to AUD $ 50,000. 

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How to summit?

You can summit your profolio before 18 July 2019 to AFW @asiamedia.com.au. 

Or fill the form with a dropbox and google drive link below.