New Zealand may be in the midst of voting for flags, but it was an Australian emerging designer with his own fresh global flag design on men’s sportswear who took out the 12th annual iD International Emerging Designer Awards held at the Town Hall in Dunedin last night, hosted again by the charming Carol Hirschfeld.
iD International Emerging Designer Awards 2016. First Place Getter Jordan Anderson with judges. Photo: Chris Sullivan/iD Dunedin
Jordan Anderson, from the Queensland University of Technology in Brisbane won the supreme accolade – the H&J First Prize with winnings of $6000 – for the colourful ‘Global Citizen’ collection of menswear inspired by his international exchange program visiting 14 countries, and 1990’s sportswear themes as well as referencing English artist Ian Davenport and his gravity defying drip paintings.
“There was so much diversity between the collections,” says international judge and UK based-designer Emilia Wickstead. “What really stood out with Jordan was that he was ready to take the next step. His collection was fresh and inspiring and delivered on everything we were looking for.”
This year’s winners are:
The H&J First Prize ($6000) – Jordan Anderson, 24, Queensland University of Technology, Australia
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2nd Place ($4000): Hannah Kim, 22, University of Technology Sydney, Australia.
Gallery De Novo 3rd Place ($2000): Stephanie Frig, 22, University of Technology Sydney, Australia (pictured above).
The Fabric Store Award for Excellence in Design worth $3000 (includes $2000 fabric): Lucy Virgona, 23, University of Technology Sydney, Australia (pictured above).
Dunedin’s Golden Centre Mall Most Commercial Collection Prize ($1000): Sophie Ball, 22, Otago Polytechnic, New Zealand. (pictured above).
The Susie Staley Special Achievement Award ($1000): Ilham Ismail, 21, University of Technology Sydney, Australia.
The ZM and Viva Editorial Prize (awarded to best NZ collection):Kingkang Chen, 24, Whitecliffe College, New Zealand.
In special recognition of her collection, which displayed exceptional fabric technology and craftsmanship, Emilia Wickstead also awarded Third Place Prize Winner Stephanie Frig, an opportunity of an internship with Emilia Wickstead in London.
Judge Tanya Carlson commented; “This year, there was a lot of introversion in the collections and personal storytelling and the way the finalists told these stories was with such originality – through colour, silhouette, and there are many other stunning collections that weren’t placed.”
“The Susie Staley Special Achievement Award winner, Ilham Ismail (above) impressed us with the way her collection brought cultures together and sent a powerful signal of peace.”
Judges
The judging panel was made up of Emilia Wickstead, Stefan Siegel, Australian fashion writer Patty Huntington and Kiwi designers Kate Sylvester, Margarita Robertson and Tanya Carlson.
Live Music
Legendary New Zealand musicians you will remember from the Straitjacket Fits and The Clean played live on stage for the catwalk show. Zealander 2 (the Kilgour brothers and Jay, direct from New York) and Carter Morley and Yeats (made up of Shayne Carter and the Dead C’s Michael Morley and Robbie Yeats) will perform live on stage at the Awards – the music played alternating between the two bands.
Hair and Makeup
Backstage, Professor Margo Barton and a team of students from the Otago Polytechnic were in charge of managing the Awards, while Dunedin-based salon Klone Hair, led by Danelle and Karl Radel, took charge of the runway hair creations. Fashion looks for the models – which this year included 10 international models from the University of Shanghai Engineering Science alongside models from Ali Mcd Agency– were created by a Revlon sponsored makeup team, led by Christal Allpress.
18th March 2016
Photos by www.idfashion.co.nz by Chris Sullivan/iD Dunedin
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