Ethical News Flash: Make your Mark in Fashion Competition
Young enterprise campaign, ‘Make your Mark’ have launched an exciting ethical fashion competition for wannabe sustainable designers entitled ‘Make your Mark in Fashion’.
The
competition brief requires teams of 3-6 people to create a new range for one of
nine established fashion labels; Junky Styling, THTC, Makepiece, Juste,
Enamore, From Somewhere, Liv, Terra Plana and Ciel. All UK residents aged 14-30 not already in a registered
fashion business can enter, where their will be required to submit design
sketches alongside a simple business plan. The next stage will be short listing
finalists where the work will be profiled at a major fashion event and pitched
in front a panel of judges. Three winning teams will be selected and will work
in conjunction with the business of their choice to create samples of their
range to be showcased on the catwalk at On/Off in London Fashion Week,
September 2008.
This
exciting opportunity comes at a time when the industry is searching for stylish
sustainability and as Tamsin Lejeune, founder of Ethical Fashion Forum
reinforces; ‘the new generation holds the key to
achieving positive change by creating products that are stunning in terms of
design and innovative in terms of sustainability.’
Visit www.makeyourmarkinfashion.comfor entry
information, interviews with industry experts, opportunities to post fashion
inspiration images and links to sustainable fashion articles.
The
competition brief requires teams of 3-6 people to create a new range for one of
nine established fashion labels; Junky Styling, THTC, Makepiece, Juste,
Enamore, From Somewhere, Liv, Terra Plana and Ciel. 
