PRESTIGIOUS DESIGN PANEL TO JUDGE 2020 ID INTERNATIONAL EMERGING DESIGNER AWARDS
Mark your diary – winners of the 2020 iD International Emerging Designer Awards will be announced in a premiere video presentation on Friday 7 August.
In an exciting international first for the iD International Emerging Designer Awards the 32 finalists collections will be announced in a video presentation after judging by a star-studded panel of international fashion experts. Filmed in bedrooms, hallways and parks across 14 countries in Covid-19 lockdown the video awards presentation is being edited by world-leading production house NHNZ.
Moving iD International Emerging Designer Awards in partnership with Otago Polytechnic online means organisers have been able to assemble an unrivalled panel of 16 jurors from five countries. Judging will take place over the next two months and the winners will be announced live at a glamorous event at Otago Polytechnic in Dunedin.
The panel led by head judge Tanya Carlson of Tanya Carlson (New Zealand) is:
• Donna Tulloch, Mild Red (New Zealand)
• Margarita Robertson, NOM*d (New Zealand)
• Wynn Crawshaw, Wynn Hamlyn (New Zealand)
• Fiona Ralph, sustainability journalist and former iD International Emerging Designer Awards finalist (New Zealand)
• Stiofán Sopelza, Mittelmoda Fashion Awards Project Manager Mittelmoda (Italy)
• Sara Maino, New Talents Editor of Vogue Italia (Italy)
• Stefan Siegel, Director Not Just a Label (USA)
• Adrien Yakimov Roberts, International Director at Grad Fashion Week in London (UK)
• Stephen Jones, Stephen Jones Millinery (UK)
• Lutz Huelle, LUTZ (France)
• Patty Huntington, fashion journalist ABC Australia and WWD (Australia)
• Dame Denise L'Estrange-Corbet, WORLD (New Zealand)
• Doris de Pont, New Zealand Fashion Museum (New Zealand)
• Doris Raymond, The Way We Wore (USA)
• Sara Munro, Company of Strangers (New Zealand)
Announcing the panel, iD Dunedin Fashion Inc. co-chair Dr Margo Barton said moving judging and the show online provided an unparalleled opportunity to make the show truly global and draw upon some of the world’s most experienced fashion judges.
“The Board of iD Dunedin is delighted to have pulled together such a wonderful array of international talent. It’s an amazing opportunity for the 32 finalists to have their collections viewed and critiqued by these judges.”
“Ironically moving the emerging show online has taken us back to our roots, as we welcome Stiofán Sopelza back as a judge, he was our first international juror.”
This is the 16th year the iD International Emerging Designer Awards have been presented with the move to become a virtual experience prompted by Covid-19. Designs from the 32 finalists from 14 countries are being showcased in an exciting video show produced by international production house, NHNZ. The video will be released to coincide with the 2020 winner announcement on Friday 7 August 2020.
Finalists were earlier shortlisted from over 150 applications which were assessed by an all-star line-up of New Zealand designers. The group led by Tanya Carlson of Tanya Carlson along with Wynn Crawshaw of Wynn Hamlyn, sustainability journalist and former iD International Emerging Designer Awards finalist Fiona Ralph and Donna Tulloch of Mild-Red.
Tanya Carlson says applicants designs were submitted early this year before the global Covid-19 pandemic but even so, the panel noted that their fashion reflected their observations on challenges faced by the world. “It was wonderful to see young people thinking creatively of a way to help out. Collectively they showed outstanding use of recycled fabric, cleaver upcycling and embraced new technologies. There was also an overall trend to tell their own story through references to their ethnicity and culture which was explored with beautiful, sensitive design.”
iD Dunedin Fashion Inc. co-chair Sally Peart says the new online video format enables ID Fashion to extend the reach of this iconic event to an international audience and early indications are that it will be a huge success and may become the norm for delivering this global competition.
Dunedin lovers of fashion will have the first opportunity to view. the premiere at a glittering event in Dunedin, after which the iD International Emerging Designer Awards video will be made available on Viva.co.nz, Not Just a Label and www.iddunedin.co.nz
Following the announcement of the jurors’ choice of winner, viewers from around the world will be invited to vote for the Otago Polytechnic’s People’s Choice Award. They will choose from wonderfully-curated collections of vibrant fashion submitted by the following finalists:
2020 iD International Emerging Designer Awards finalists and their collections are:
Anelisa Mcetywa; Harmony; Cape Peninsula University of Technology; South Africa
Anna Hambira; The Private Revolution of the Individualists; University of Applied Arts Vienna, Vienna
Beier Kang; 2D-3D; Shanghai University of Engineering Science; China
Bonita Alexander; Lost Property; Queensland University of Technology; Australia
Eliska Marczan; Matrilineal; University of Technology, Sydney; Australia
Ellen Cara Watson; Praevado; Fashion Design Studio, TAFE, Sydney; Australia
Faiha Rahmani; Of Two Minds; University of Technology, Sydney; Australia
He Xinyi; My Bed; Donghua University; Shanghai, China
Imuy Teav; Gentle Man; Auckland University of Technology; New Zealand
Isabella Diorio; F.E.T. (Female Engagement Team); Kent State University; USA
Isabelle Badr; In Gear; RMIT University, Melbourne; Australia
Jordyn Smith; Fashion's Prometheus; RMIT University, Melbourne; Australia
Julie Mwiragua; Tenderhead; South Metropolitan TAFE, Bentley, WA; Australia
Julien Esteves Berthier; La Nausee Istituto Marangoni; London; United Kingdom
Kauri Takahashi; Boro Boro; Massey University, New Zealand
Ketty Lin; Proteggimi; Polimoda; Italy
Kim Clark; overlapped, RMIT University, Melbourne; Australia
Yufan Li; WHISKING PAST, Donghua University, China
Ruby Van der Zanden; Why Not? We’re on Holiday; Otago Polytechnic, Dunedin; New Zealand
Marlena Czak; Why me, why me; Strzemiński Academy of Fine Arts in Łódź; Poland
Mei Zhang; See Me; University of Technology, Sydney; Australia
Micaela Bautista and Camila Lema; Luxo Gang; Universidad de Buenos Aires; Argentina
Morgan Allen; MRGN The Label; Manchester Fashion Institute, Manchester; United Kingdom
Nadya Kusumo; 925, RMIT University, Melbourne; Australia
Pujasree Vatsa; Saudade, National Institute of Fashion Technology, Mumbai; India
Sheung Yung (Sharon) Tsang; Hallucination; Donghua University; Shanghai, China
Srinvanti Roymoulik; Flowing Rhythm; RMIT University, Melbourne; Australia
Stina Randestad; Hybrids; The Swedish School of Textiles; Sweden
Vera Kalugina; Aurora; Otago Polytechnic, Dunedin; New Zealand
Zarin Tasnim Mim; Safe Amazon; BGMEA University of Fashion design and Technology; Bangladesh
Zhongchen (Jake) Liu; No, Everlasting Eternity; RMIT University, Melbourne; Australia
To read their profiles and see one garment from their collection visit here.
With the emphasis on developing the first online iD International Emerging Designer Awards and uncertainty caused by Covid-19 the iD Dunedin Board Inc have decided to postpone plans for the iD Dunedin Designer Show pencilled in for February 2021. The Board are continuing to review opportunities and have committed to hosting the 2021 iD International Emerging Designer Awards online again, with the timing to coincide with Otago Museum’s 2021 exhibition ‘Fashion Fwd >> Disruption through Design’, which starts at the end of March 2021.