The Graduate Fashion Foundation Invite Student Entries For The 2022 Zandra Rhodes Fashion Textiles Award

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The Zandra Rhodes Fashion Textiles Award will be presented to one student who creates a distinctive and thought-provoking exploration of the creative textile process, which aims to challenge the established boundaries of technical excellence

SUBMISSION

The exploration of the creative textile process should include evidence of the following:

CRITERIA

·        A distinctive or thought provoking fashion statement in printed or constructed textiles

·        The successful control of the quality of the colour and the pattern across the submission

·        Challenging the established boundaries of technical excellence

·        Appropriate for the fashion purpose identified

·        Physical swatches and samples

·        An initial digital submission of no more than 15x pages for the nomination for shortlisting. The full physical body of work and garment/s will be displayed for the final judging session.

·        The nomination can be a maximum of 10mb, illustrating the final project and a supporting statement.

PROCESS

PART 1

Monday 23rd May 2022 18:00 - Deadline for submission, academic staff are to nominate 2 final year students and the nominations must be made by academic staff on the provided link.

Selection - Industry experts will shortlist 12 students from entries submitted.

Thursday 7th June 2022 - The names of the shortlisted students will be announced

PART 2

Judging - Thursday 23rd June 2022 - Awards Judging in central London.

Awards Judging in central London onsite at GFW. Shortlisted students must bring their full entry (portfolio) for the final judging. This can be a physical portfolio plus digital elements if required. The judging will be an opportunity to talk through the students work, ideas and answer questions from the judges.

All finalists must attend the full judging day during GFW and ensure they attend all talks, meetings and judging sessions as well as the end of day Awards Presentation and celebratory networking event.

Winners will receive a cash prize and promotion across the GFF networks.

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