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At this year’s Young Professionals‘ Day on June 13th, 2015, 750 potential young employees met with 50 companies from the textile and fashion industry – such as GANT, H&M, Hugo Boss or s. Oliver. The yearly career fair from the Textilwirtschaft has become a fixed appointment for the the FRANKFURT STYLE AWARD that provides an opportunity to meet directly with the next generation and important players of the fashion industry. As at the previous fairs, we used the day to expand our existing network and introduce the FRANKFURT STYLE AWARD as a career platform where young design talents can be scouted.

The Sewing Café ZiC’nZaC in Essen is committed to a stationary retail concept – a real trendsetter in the current digital age. Everything at ZiC’nZaC revolves around sewing – from their own sewing academy to a large selection of textiles and accessories, to a technical shop and a sewing café. ZiC’nZaC is a meeting point for hobby coutuourieres of the fashion scene on the search for new trends, like pop-up denim tailoring, and has received several awards for its unique ideas and concepts, such as the Marketing Prize of the Metropolitan Region Ruhr and the “Tacken 2015 in Gold“ in the category “Start-Ups”. On the new ZiC’nZaC Facebook page , you can find current news about new materials, trends and interesting events, like the FunTasia 2015, a fantasy convention created by ZicNZac.”

For the first time ever, the Frankfurt STYLE AWARD WILD CARD VOTING reached over 300.000 Facebook fans worldwide. 11,000 “Likes” total were cast as votes. The winners are: ***Congratulations Maribeth Guinaywan, Gentijana Nebihi and Sarah Linke! Welcome to the Finale!*** BLUE REVOLUTION   Maribeth Guinyawan Concept „Crystal Innovation“ Modeschule Brigitte Kehrer | Mannheim (GER) Likes: 2.378 ECOLOGICAL GREEN Gentijana Nebihi Concept “Silences Speaks” Design Factory-KS | Pristina (KO) Likes: 2.717 Likes   OVER THE RAINBOW Sarah Linke Concept „UNIQUOSCOPE“ FAHMODA Akademie für Mode & Design | Hannover (GER) Likes: 657   A big thank you to all who supported the WILD CARD VOTING 2015!

The Frankfurt STYLE AWARD has reached its first highpoint – from a participant pool of  325 international submissions, this year’s Expert Jury has nominated the following participants:   BLUE REVOLUTION Doy, Adria FD Moda LCI Barcelona – SYMBIOSIS Martirosyan, Evelina FD Moda LCI Barcelona – SKAZA   Bardmann, Lina-Luisa University of Applied Arts Pforzheim – One step further Csepella, Florzina Modeschule Brigitte Kehrer Stuttgart – Nexus 2050 Dierker, Anika FAHMODA – Akademie für Mode und Design -A. Square Dziwik, Anna Mediadesign Hochschule Düsseldorf – Interchanging Identity Fuks, Alexandra Käthe-Kollwitz Schule – Meruyert Hirsch, Anna Modeschule Brigitte Kehrer Mannheim – Network Martejevs, Juliana M3-MenschenMachenMode e.V. – sleevestyle Meyer-Natus, Lena Modefachschule Sigmaringen – atmosphere of departure Schott, Klarissa Modefachschule Sigmaringen – Facet Siegenthaler, Clara FAHMODA – Akademie für Mode und Design – Bell-X-1 Wahle, Maren Brigitte Kehrer Stuttgart – WiredID Guinyawan, Maribeth Modeschule Brigitte Kehrer Mannheim – Crystal Innovation Tanurajaya, Tan Angelina Savira Universitas Ciputra Surabaya – Blue is Still..   Lamb, Cija Mallow College of Design and Tailoring – Algorithm Zapivalovas, Arvydas Griffith College Dublin – Magnetic Future   Marom, Simo Shenkar College of Engineering and Design – Denim couture …

6 continents, 31 countries and 82 fashion schools are representeed. With this record-breaking results, the Frankfurt STYLE AWARD is entering a league of internationally renowned and recognized contests for the next generation of fashion designers. The partner country Italy, in addition to Singapore, Spain, Ireland and Germany belong to the countries with the most applications. “After a very good international start in 2014, this year’s applications have exceeded all our expectations and we are very happy about the increased international participation, ” explained Hannemie Stitz-Krämer, Founder of the Contest. “Applications from renowned fashion schools – including 8 of the 50 best fashion schools – promise a great deal of creativity in this year’s competition.” The Jury 2015 led by Chair Salvatore Di Bella and Dominique Deroche, former right hand of Yves Saint Laurent and present representative of the Fondation Pierre Bergé Yves Saint Laurent will decide who belongs to the TOP60 to be announced before Easter. We are very excited and are crossing our fingers for all of the applicants!

After the successful premiere of the UNITED DIVERSITY COLLECTION on the Frankfurt STYLE AWARD Catwalk at ApparelSourcing Paris, our OUTSTANDING TALENT 2014 went on an exclusive tour of the Paris fashion world. Together with Dominque Deroche, the former right-hand of Yves Saint Laurent and the present representative of the Fondation Pierre Bergé Yves Saint Laurent, she received a first-hand glimpse into the holy temples of the French Haute Couture fashion houses. From Dior to Jean Paul Gaultier and Givenchy to the Fondation Pierre Berge Yves Saint Laurent: Melissa Schulz told us all about her personal goose bump moments. Day 1 “The day started at the the Dior Haute Couture House on Avenue Montainge. Monsieur Bernhard Danillon, Press speaker of Dior, led us through the historical building. We went through historically kept rooms to the showrooms of the current couture collections and into the Dior store. I still get goose bumps when I think the perfect master plan of the store. For example, the design of the historical flooring can be found in the designs of the …