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APPLICATIONS ARE NOW CLOSED
Applications for INNOVATION 2012 will open in May 2012. Join the Ethical Fashion Network to stay up to date.
For the first time the INNOVATION awards include INNOVATION USA, in partnership with NOLCHA Fashion Week: New York 2011.
AWARDS CRITERIA
INNOVATION USA 2011 is open to all fashion designers based in the USA, Canada, and South and Central America. Winners are selected by an expert judging panel and showcased at Nolcha Fashion Week in New York, September 8th- 11th 2011.
INNOVATION UK 2011 is open to all fashion designers based anywhere else in the world- excluding the USA, Canada, South and Central America. Winners are selected by an expert judging panel and showcased at PURE LONDON, the UK’s largest womenswear trade show, August 7th-9th 2011.
Free professional photoshoot at Green Lens Studios is only available to INNOVATION UK winners and does not include models, make up, or stylist.
ALL APPLICANTS must have been in business for less than 3 years, designing Womenswear or Women’s Accessories.
Applicants need to be in a position to put into production a Spring/Summer 2012 collection – please see the judging criteria.
The competition will seek out and promote inspirational emerging design talent. Entries will be judged on the basis of outstanding design and product quality, as well as social and environmental innovation.
The number of winners of the INNOVATION competition varies from year to year.
HOW TO APPLY
Join the Ethical Fashion Network to stay up to date on applications for 2011
- If you are based in the USA, Canada, South or Central America, CLICK HERE to download the INNOVATION USA Awards application form
- If you are based in the UK, Europe, Asia, Africa, or anywhere else in the world EXCLUDING the USA, Canada, South or Central America, CLICK HERE to download the INNOVATION UK Awards application form
- CLICK HERE to download the Diversity Monitoring Form
- CLICK HERE to download and read the Application Terms & Conditions document.
- Include with your application up to 6 Jpeg or PDF images.
- For INNOVATION USA applicants, please complete and return both your Application Form and the Diversity Monitoring Form, with images, to: innovationusa@ethicalfashionforum.com
- For INNOVATION UK applicants, please complete and return both your Application Form and the Diversity Monitoring Form, with images, to: innovation@ethicalfashionforum.com
- Once completed and returned, applications will be reviewed and applicants will be notified by email whether their application has been successful.
- No samples are required at this stage of the application.
Please note: EFF do not cover expenses or travel costs, only the cost of the exhibition stand is included for winners.
If you have any queries please email either innovationusa@ethicalfashionforum.com or innovation@ethicalfashionforum.com
