The awards have been created as a platform to showcase and celebrate the individuality and inspiration of aspiring fashion designers by helping them to develop their fashion careers.
Now in its second year the awards are a fantastic opportunity for young people with a career interest in the fashion industry to gain exposure whilst securing valuable experience in a competitive arena.
Young designers will compete for prizes, certificates in excellence and promotion of their winning designs. The overall winner will be chosen by a panel of fashion industry professionals.
The Fashion Showcase and Award Ceremony will take place in September 2009, further information regarding location and venue will be available in due course.
The winner of the 2008 award went to Rajvinder Bhatoa, with her Avant Garde an Evening Wear collection "Seraya Black" a former A Level student at King Edwards VI School in Handsworth, Birmingham was up against 24 finalists competing across 4 categories.
Raj commented: "Fashion to me is not simply a superficial means to an end; it’s a medium for expressing my identity thoughts and feelings. It’s such a fabulous branch of art that means so much to me. I thank the organisers of the Midlands Young Fashion Designer Awards so much for this opportunity, it has really fuelled my ambition even more, fashion design is my true passion, one that I will keep working hard towards to create myself a successful future. What the organisers have done is open doors to people like me, who otherwise wouldn't have the money or resources to further our careers in such positive ways - and for that, I thank the organisers of the MYFDA so much!"
From the following categories design a collection of garments that best matches your skills and abilities for showcasing at the MYFDA 2009 fashion showcase and awards.
A: Autumn and Winter
create the fashion trends for 2009/2010 autumn and
winter season
B: Christmas Party Theme 2009
Design and make a garment(s) to wear to this years glitzy Christmas Party
C: Masquerade Ball
Design and make a garment(s) to showcase at the MYFDA 2009 competition and award ceremony where guests will be invited to dress up and join in to feel part of the show.
D: Choose your own Theme
From your theme, design you garments and write a brief to describe each garment to be showcased. The best designs/brief will be selected for entry into the MYFDA 2009 competition
