IAF announces nominees for international designer award

Objectives

The IAF International Designer Awards are an exciting opportunity for designers to network, develop collaborations with other international designers, industry contacts, high profile judges, media and gain professional experience. The objective of the IAF International Designer Award is to encourage prominent designers to participate in the contest.

By strengthening the exchange among IAF member associations, international fashion design is promoted among the most influential decision-makers in the apparel industry. All IAF member associations are invited to participate in this event, by nominating one designer to represent their country.

Nominees

The IAF is proud to announce the nominees, who will be representing their respective countries:

• Ellie Mucke (Australia)
• Blaenk | Nadine Möllenkamp & Silke Geib (Germany)
• Jatin Varma (India)
• Trista (Mexico)
• SPR+ | Nelleke Strijkers (Netherlands)
• Claudia Garrido (Portugal)
• Pei Yuan Lee (Taiwan)

Panel of International Judges

Judges focus on innovation, originality, creativity, fabrics and quality of the collections. They will expect garments that are constructed in a professional manner and their final judgement of the designs will be on basis of creativity (40%) and marketability (60%).

Members of the Jury:

• Mariette Hoitink (Managing Director at HTNK Fashion Recruitment & Consultancy)
• Dolores Gouveia (Modatex fashion school)
• Júlio Torcato (Designer)

The International Apparel Federation (IAF) is a global association, open to entrepreneurs and executives from the apparel chain worldwide. It is a worldwide knowledge network that collects and disseminates information, statistical, benchmarking and otherwise, on developments in apparel design, manufacturing, distribution, sourcing, trade and technology.

International Apparel Federation (IAF)