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Five garments each will be shown on two nights from 30 collections by 33 designers, from 22 institutions in 14 countries at the 20th Anniversary Show on Friday 15 March and Saturday 16 March 2019.

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ARTS THREAD is proud to be a media partner to this event for the 3rd consecutive year.

Thirty-three designers, who are in their final year of studying or have graduated in the last 12 months, will be showing their collections at the iD International Emerging Designer Awards in Dunedin this March.

Entries in the iD International Emerging Designer Awards sponsored by Otago Polytechnic explore themes as diverse as technology, war, sustainability and abandoned buildings through their cutting edge collections.

New Zealand designers and judges Tanya Carlson, Benny Castles (WORLD), Margi Robertson (NOM*d) and Kate Sylvester, as well as VIVA editor Amanda Linnell selected the shortlist. Each emerging designer will show five garments which will be assessed by the panel during a day of judging at The Regent Theatre on Thursday 14 March.

iD International Emerging Designer Awards judge Tanya Carlson said it was interesting to note that whether finalists came from Auckland, Melbourne or Singapore there was a consistency with the themes their fashion explored.

“This year many of the entries are inward looking, asking who am I, as they explore their place in the world. Young designers are drawing upon their experience with family, ethnicity and what it is like to be an immigrant to inform their clothes and at the same time question identity and how it defines their place in the world.”

The 34 finalists will be competing for the title of iD International Emerging Designer 2019 sponsored by Otago Polytechnic and for prizes including**:

$6,000 H&J Smith iD International Emerging Design First Place Winner 2019

$4,000 iD International Emerging Design Second Place Winner

$2,000 Gallery De Novo iD International Emerging Design Third Place Winner

$3,000 The Fabric Store Award for Excellence in Design ($1k cash and $2k fabric)

$2,500 therapy + psychology Free To Be Me Award

$1,500 Barbara Brinsley QSM Carpe Diem Award

$1,000 Cavalier Bremworth Wool Award

$500 Otago Polytechnic People’s Choice

$500 Holden Acadia Arrive in Style Award

Viva Editorial Prize; awarded to the Best NZ Collection

Blunt Design Award; winning design is produced as a limited edition Blunt umbrella

Apparel Magazine Most Commercial Collection Prize

This year’s competition features three new awards. The Blunt Design Award, emerging finalists are invited to create a fabric design for a Blunt umbrella and the winning design will be produced as a limited edition Blunt umbrella. The therapy + psychology ‘Free To Be Me’ Award will recognise one designer who embraces and empowers young people to freely express themselves in how they dress, to move confidently beyond the pressure to confirm and takes pride and joy in being true to themselves. The Holden Acadia Arrive in Style Award will be chosen following a finalists fashion shoot around Dunedin with finalists garments photographed with the new Holden Arcadia. Other prizes will be announced shortly.

Emerging design finalists will travel to Dunedin from 14 countries for iD Dunedin Fashion Week. Over the week they will attend fashion lectures and events including the Otago Polytechnic Fashion Symposium 2019, have their garments photographed at Larnach Castle and around Dunedin, as well as meet the other young designers from around the world.

THE ID INTERNATIONAL EMERGING DESIGNERS 2019 SPONSORED BY OTAGO POLYTECHNIC ARE:

Argentina

• Ciclo collaboration from Carolina Nicoluci, Micaela Pena & Catalina Peralta; University of Buenos Aires

Australia

• Eily Shaddock; Bachelor of Design (Honours), Queensland University of Technology (QUT)
• Anna Petry; Bachelor of Fashion Design (Honours), RMIT
• Bethany Cordwell; Bachelor of Design (Fashion) (Honours), Queensland University of Technology (QUT)
• Sarah Hawes; The Bachelor of Design in Fashion and Textiles (Honours), University of Technology Sydney
• Olivia Goonatillake; Bachelor of Design (Fashion) (Honours), RMIT
• Betty Liu; Bachelor of Fashion (Design) (Honours), RMIT Bangladesh
• Susmita Islam, BGMEA University of Fashion and Technology

China

• Xiulian Zheng; Master of Fine Art, IFA-SUES
• Ruoyu Wang; Bachelor of Fashion (Honours), RMIT
• Siyuan Zhao; Bachelor of Fine Art, School of the Art Institute of Chicago (SAIC)
• Xiaoping Huang; Bachelor of Arts in Fashion Design (Honours), University of Central Lancashire

Hungary

• The Four Budapest ‘REFLECTIVE’ collaboration from Anett Gálvölgyi and Márton Miovác; Moholy-Nagy University of Art and Design, Budapest, Hungary

India

• Diksha Rathi; Bachelor of Fashion Design, School of Fashion Technology, SOFT PUNE, India

Italy

• Minji Kim; Masters in Fashion Design, Domus Academy, Milan

Japan

• Minori Yanagase; Advanced Diploma, Osaka Bunka Institute Fashion

New Zealand

• Phoebe Lee; Bachelor of Design (Fashion), Otago Polytechnic
• Sean Kettle; Bachelor of Design, Major Fashion Design, AUT
• Kimberley Franklin; Bachelor of Design (Hons) Majoring in Fashion, Massey University
• Eddy Richards; Bachelor of Design, Majoring in Fashion, AUT
• Tsega Gebremedihin; Bachelor of Design with Honours, Massey University
• Lavina Ilolahia; Bachelor of Design, Fashion Major, AUT
• Rosette Hailes-Paku; Bachelor of Design (Fashion), Otago Polytechnic

Philippines

• Krizia Jimenez; Associate Degree in Fashion Design and Marketing, SoFA Design Institute, Philippines

Singapore

• Jiahao Liu; Bachelor of Arts (Hons) Fashion, Nanyang Academy of Fine Arts, Singapore

South Korea

• Jaehwa Rhee; Fashion Design Technology: Womenswear BA (Hons), London College of Fashion
• Dayun Lee; BA (Hons) Fashion Design Technology: Womenswear, London College of Fashion

Thailand

• Onarin Siriviroj; Fashion, Parsons The New School for Design

USA

• Cassandra Casas Rojas; Kent State University

UK

• Rebecca Carrington; BA (HONS) Fashion, Manchester Metropolitan University
• Amy Redford; Fashion Design Technology – Womenswear (1st), Manchester Fashion Institute
• George Clarke; BA Fashion Design; Bath Spa University

Vietnam

• Sky Nguyen; Diploma, Nanyang Academy of Fine Arts, Singapore