Countdown For Createurope: The Fashion Design Award

by Katharina Withelm posted on July 08, 2009

Quite a lot has happened since the launch of the 2nd international fashion contest for young fashion designers and fashion design students as initiated by the Goethe-Institute.

Over the course of Berlin Fashion Week the operators of Createurope: The Fashion Design Award proudly announced the 30 finalists of this years competition.

This time around has see more than 1000 participants from 59 different countries. The finalists were selected by a top-class first European jury which was composed of artist and creative director Dirk Bonn, editor in chief of Blank Magazine Johannes Finke, fashion designer Kilian Kerner, Press Factory owner Nina Kron and the founder of i-magine e.V. Waridi Schrobsdorff amongst others.

Those who are chosen as finalists will be invited to show their collections at 23rd of October in Berlin.
The winners of the competition will be reviewed by another prominent high-class jury under the advisory of of Joop! ’s creative director, Dirk Schönberger, An Vandevorst and Filip Arickx of AF Vandevorst, COS creative director Rebecca Bay, and director of Haus Der Kunst Munich Chris Dercon.
This high brow jury are to choose the winners for the Best Upcoming Designer Award, Best Avantgarde Award and Best Student Award.

It goes without saying that participation in Createurope: The Fashion Design Award has definitely paid off for all of last year‘s finalists.
The createurope final fashion gala was a steppingstone into the designer’s employment within the fashion industry.

Julia Knüpfer, Cem Cako and Michael Sontag made it through to the final of last seasons Designer For Tomorrow Award by P&C, where Julia convinced the jury with her extraordinary organic collection.
Finalist Cem Cako is presenting his innovative and creative new collection the at the Createurope Creative Lab in Berlin Friedrichshain for the month of July, and Michael Sontag presented his new collection during Berlin Fashion Week with his own show.

Upcoming Createurope events:

Creative Lab #2:

Cem Cako
THE WASHING MASCHINE IS HAVING ME FOR DINNER TONIGHT

July 3- 30th 2009
TUE – SUN: 2 PM – 8 PM

Createurope Showroom | Creative Lab
Cassiopeia area, former Badehaus
Revaler Strasse 99
10245 Berlin

Createurope – Symposium: fashion @ society

TUE, 8th of September 2009
Akademie Der Künste
Pariser Platz
Berlin