This year we have some amazing judges for the Midlands Young Fashion Designer Awards, make sure you check out their work.

Gavin Douglas – Fashion Designer

Birmingham born Douglas is a “dynamic, young designer who carefully researches, designs and crafts each individual piece of clothing, ensuring its uniqueness and quality.” He has become well known in the fashion industry drawing critical acclaim from some of the most influential names in fashion. In 2006 he won first place at the Fashion Fringe designer awards in London and showcased a full collection at London Fashion Week in 2007.

 

Sulaimi Brookman – Fashion Designer
Brookman was born in Singapore and knew from an early age he was destined for a career in the fashion industry. Due to his experiences working in a Versace boutique he now primarily focuses on turning haute couture gowns into ready to wear pieces all the time remembering the woman he is designing for is key to the process; flattering all women’s shapes and sizes. Brookman has now moved to Birmingham and his business is based from a studio in the Custard Factory. Part of the inspiration for his new collection came from French queen Marie Antoinette, combined with themes from the film Dangerous Liaisons. Check out his amazing collection by clicking here.

Helen Parker– Me Myself & I Online Boutique owner

Me, Myself & I sells fashion and accessory pieces from an array of independent designers on an online web shop. Using e-commerce guarantees the collections advertised online become available to a global market, opening up the sales essentially, worldwide. Many of the designers support local manufacturing using organic fabrics and hand sourced vintage materials.