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Neiman Marcus to honour Simon Porte Jacquemus

American luxury department store Neiman Marcus has announced that Simon Porte Jacquemus, founder and creative director of Parisian contemporary fashion label Jacquemus, will be honoured with the Neiman Marcus Award for Innovation in the Field of Fashion. Jacquemus is being recognised for “ingenuity and vision,” explained Neiman Marcus in a...

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Lagos Space Programme wins International Woolmark Prize

Nigeria-based Lagos Space Programme, a conceptual non-binary design label by Adeju Thompson, has won the 2023 International Woolmark Prize, following in the footsteps of Saul Nash, Matty Bovan, and Gabriela Hearst. Lagos Space Programme impressed the judges with the “completeness” of its intellectual, ready-to-wear, high-end crafted collections,...

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Cordwainers Footwear Awards adds new sneaker prize

Footwear association The Worshipful Company of Cordwainers has added two new awards to the 2023 Cordwainers Footwear Awards to celebrate sneaker design and to honour an individual who has made an outstanding contribution to the footwear trade. The awards, which were established in 2014, support the future of the shoe industry by celebrating and...

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Australian Fashion Foundation Scholarship Awards announce 2022 winners

New York-based non-profit organisation The Australian Fashion Foundation (AUSFF) has revealed the winners of the 2022 edition of its Scholarship Awards. Australian fashion designers Kritikon Khamsawat, a recent graduate of the Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology (RMIT), and creative director Olivia Law of The Whitehouse Institute of Design...

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The Fashion Trust U.S. selects board of advisers

The Fashion Trust U.S., the non-profit initiative to support and nurture emerging design talent, has selected an advisory board for the inaugural Fashion Trust U.S. Awards 2023. The initiative will provide mentorship and funding to US-based designers to help them build their label into a “thriving global brand”. The advisory board of “leading...

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Australian Fashion Laureate names 2022 winners

IMG crowned sibling design duo Camilla Freeman-Topper and Marc Freeman, of the Camilla and Marc womenswear label, as Designer of the Year at the 2022 Australian Fashion Laureate awards. The awards honouring “exceptional” Australian designers, creatives, innovators, and leaders took place at a celebratory luncheon and ceremony at the Museum of...

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BFC announces nominees for The Fashion Awards 2022

Jonathan Anderson, Miuccia Prada, Bianca Saunders and Wales Bonner are among the nominees for The Fashion Awards 2022, which will be presented by the British Fashion Council on December 5 at The Royal Albert Hall in London. The annual event, which celebrates positive change within the fashion industry and those leading it, will present awards...

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Australian Fashion Laureate announces 2022 finalists

IMG has announced the finalists of the 2022 Australian Fashion Laureate, which honours “exceptional” Australian designers, creatives, innovators, and leaders. The Australian Fashion Laureate awards are the country’s highest fashion accolades and recognise excellence across categories including Designer of the Year, Emerging Designer of the Year,...