Emerging Awards

The finalists for the iD International Emerging Designer Awards have been announced.  Entries were received from 26 countries and 40 fashion schools.  All finalists will show in the iD Dunedin Fashion Show at the Dunedin Railway Station on Friday 4 and Saturday 5 April.  The winners will be announced at the end of the show on Friday 4 April.

Judges

2025 judges to be announced soon.

Past Winners

19 YEARS OF EXCELLENCE

Thank you to all of those who have competed in our competition over the past 19 years, including our previous first prize winners:

2023 ZONG-LIN LIANG: Shih Chien University, Taiwan

2021 SARA KICKMAYER: Institut Français de la Mode, France

2020 STINA RANDESTAD: The Swedish School of Textiles, Sweden

2019 REBECCA CARRINGTON: Manchester Metropolitan University, United Kingdom

2018 DAMIR BEGOVIC: University of Zagreb, Croatia

2017 NEHMA VITOLS: University of Technology Sydney, Australia

2016 JORDAN ANDERSON: Queensland University of Technology, Australia

2015 STEVE HALL: Massey University, New Zealand

2014 MAHSHID MAHDIAN: Brera Academy, Italy

2013 RAKEL BLOM: School of Design, Otago Polytechnic, New Zealand

2012 CAROLINA BARUA: Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology, Australia

2011 KATE BOLZONELLO: Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology, Australia

2010 IGOR GALAS: Faculty of Textile Design, Zagreb, Croatia

2009 JONATHAN STERN: Shenkar Engineering and Design College, Israel

2008 SOPHIE RUSSO: University of Technology Sydney, Australia

2007 CAMILLE HOWIE: Auckland University of Technology, New Zealand

2006 LUCIE MARQUIS: Kingston University, London and JARNO VIITALA, University of Art and Design, Helsinki, Finland

2005 CARLA BERGS: Queensland University of Technology, Australia

Previous Judges

Previous judges have included:

Anna Ross, Director, Kester Black (NZ)

Carla van Lunn, Fashion Educator & Designer (Australia)

Dame Denise L'Estrange-Corbet, Design Director, WORLD, (NZ)

Donna Tulloch, Design Director, Mild Red, (NZ)

Doris de Pont, New Zealand Fashion Museum, (NZ)

Jacinta FitzGerald, Head of Programmes, Mindful Fashion, (NZ)

Jessie Wong, Design Director, Yu Mei, (NZ)

Katie Dominy, Cofounder, Arts Thread; (England)

Kiri Nathan, fashion designer and cultural ambassador, (NZ)

Michael Dye, Editor in Chief, Cellotape Magazine, (Italy)

Patty Huntington, Australian correspondent WWD, fashion commentator ABC, (Australia)

Sara Maino, Senior Editor, Vogue Italia, (Italy)

Sara Munro, Design Director, Company of Strangers (NZ)