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Winner of FRANKfurtstyleaward 2017 Invited to Vancouver Fashion Week

Frankfurt/Hanover, August 2018 — The young fashion designer Charlotte Weber, Outstanding Talent of the FRANKfurtstyleaward 2017, is about to travel to Vancouver, Canada, to attend the forthcoming Vancouver Fashion Week in September. In November 2017, the 24-year-old was awarded Outstanding Talent by star designer Harald Glööckler as patron of the 10. FRANKfurtstyleaward honouring her creation “Buried Alive” under the theme of Modern Reality. Meanwhile, Charlotte Weber successfully completed her training as a custom tailor at Fahmoda Academy for Fashion and Design, Hanover, as well as her Bachelor’s degree in Fashion and Textile at the University of Hull.  With the trip to Vancouver Charlotte Weber takes advantage of her FRANKfurtstyleaward prize to present her first collection “The Perfect Illusion” during Vancouver Fashion Week, the second largest fashion week in North America (17.09.- 23.09.2018). Please find the detailed press release here.

Fitting of the TOP60 COLLECTION 2017 – a great success!

Like in the last years the Häuser der Mode (hdm) were the perfect stage for the annual fitting of the FRANKfurtstyleaward. Two months before the award gala that will take place on november 10th at Fraport-Forum at Frankfurt Airport, models of the well established agency East West Models presented the innovative and creative designs of the categories #working, #sporting & #dating.

FRANKfurtstyleaward COLLECTION 2016 Finissage in Paris

The FRANKfurtstyleaward TOP60 COLLECTION 2016 had its final fashion show in front of an international audience in Paris. At the invitation of Michael Scherpe, President of Messe Frankfurt France S.A.S., the FRANKfurtstyleaward presented 30 designs at the renowned textile fair Apparel Sourcing Paris on February 8, 2017. “We are very pleased to support young designers and give them a platform within an international fashion show,” said Michael Scherpe.

FRANKfurtstyleaward COLLECTION 2016 in Berlin

Three designs of the FRANKfurtstyleaward TOP60 COLLECTION 2016 were presented at the Ethical Fashion Show Berlin from January 17 to 19, 2017. The highlight of the FRANKfurtstyleaward booth and magnet for visitors and several photographers  was the design “Mikro-Kosmos” by  OUTSTANDING TALENT 2016 Alexander Tverdovski. On the third and final day of the fair, the talented young designer from Fahmoda – Akademie für Mode und Design Hannover was on site to answer questions of curious visitors and to make new contacts. From time to time, he took advantage of short breaks to continue to work on his newest sketch, which he might use for his potential renewed application for the FRANKfurtstyleaward 2017. Altogether, exhibitors and organizers were very satisfied with all three days of the fair. “With collections of high-quality, the two fairs once again enthralled an enlarged area. The massive run of visitors during all three days of the fair confirm that our huge spectrum is very well received”, says Olaf Schmidt, Vice President of Textiles & Textile Technologies of Messe Frankfurt towards the …

Interview with our Outstanding Talent 2016

Alexander Tverdovski impressed everyone at the Award Gala with his design “Mikro-Kosmos” and was, therefore, elected as the Outstanding Talent 2016. To create something extraordinary, the student from Fahmoda – Akademie für Mode und Design Hannover processed roughly 1000 magazine pages within his design. In the interview, he speaks about his path of becoming the Outstanding Talent 2016.

Thank you – Lunch 2016

Numerous enablers and sponsors as well as the “Once-in-a-lifetime” Fashion Trip to Frankfurt winner, Raili Auraskari, followed the invitation for the Thank you-Lunch on November 10, 2016, from Franz Zimmermann, director of the Schlosshotel Kronberg, and Hannemie Stitz-Krämer, founder and initiator of the FRANKfurtstyleaward.