2.
THEME 2006: Fashion - The Way to Express The Body
&The Mind / La
Mode - un moyen d'expression du corps et de l'esprit)
3.
CALENDAR 2006:
-
January 16, 2006: Registration online
is open up to a limit of 500 participants.
- April
26, 2006: Deadline to receive your fashion
illustration with its requirements to mail to
the Arts of Fashion Foundation.
-
May 21, 2006: Publication on the AF website
of the list of the selected candidates.
-
October 9, 2006: Deadline to receive
your entire final project to mail to the University
of North Texas-Denton for Arts of Fashion Competition.
-
October 16-19, 2006: Arts of Fashion
Foundation Student workshops (MasterClass-serie).
-
October 20-21, 2006: National Final -
Arts of Fashion Competition. (Exhibition,
Seminar, Presentation, Fashion Show, Award Ceremony
and Results)
4.
GENERAL CONDITIONS FOR PARTICIPATION:
The
competition is open to any students carrying studies
in Fashion or Design in the United States, during
the academic year 2005-2006.By its own participation,
the participant / candidate will represent also
its School, College or University.
-
Candidates must attend a course of study and not
be professionally employed in the fashion area.
- Candidates must undertake to design and do their
own project completely themselves.
- Candidates must follow the instructions and
specifications for their prototype.
- Registration must be submitted on an individual
basis and in the chosen categories.
- Online registration, illustration and final
project received after the deadlines will not
be accepted as well as registration fees are not
refundable.
- Projects selected for the National Final can
not be presented in another U.S. competition in
2006.
5.
RULES & REGULATIONS FOR AF-COMPETITION 2006:
1st
STEP
From January 16 up to 500 participants: Online
registration. ($ 30 entrance fees for one
category or $ 50 for both categories)
2nd
STEP
Deadline
on April 26, 2006 to receive your fashion
illustration with its requirements, to mail to
the Arts of Fashion Foundation:
635 Tennessee Street Suite #402 San Francisco
CA 94107 (in
a strong cardboard envelope).
- One full color fashion illustration of your
project on a page no larger or smaller than 8-1/2"
x 11" format. (Your name should be at
the back of your illustration and it should not
be also glued on any cardboard).
- One technical sheet with flats and samples of
fabric or material on a page no larger or smaller
than 8-1/2" x 11" format. (Your
name should be at the back of your technical sheet
and it should not be also glued on any cardboard).
- A written separate statement on a page explaining
briefly your concept and idea in regard of the
theme is also welcome this year. (Your name
should be at the back of your statement page and
it should not be also glued on any cardboard).
Your
recent resume, a photocopy of your student ID
2005-06, the print or photocopie of your online
Paypal registration, and one envelope 9”x
12” with the right postage on it and to
the address you would like to have your project
sent back later are requested and need to be provided
in the same envelope than your overall project.
3rd
STEP
The selected candidates list will be published
on the website no later than May 26,
with instructions and specifications for the developments
of the competition in the U.S.
4th
STEP
- The realization of the project should be received by October
9, 2006 at
the University of North Texas Denton for Arts of Fashion Competition.
(Late projects will not be accepted in any case). If
you want a verification of delivery, you need to request this
from your shipping company. Address to mail : UNT-School
of Visual Arts / AF-Competition / Art Building - Attention Jerry
Aul - Room 107- 1201 W. Mulberry Denton TX, 76201.
- The realization of the project should follow
the measurements provided on the AF website.
- Your project should include shoes (size 9),
stockings... and all underwear and accessories
that you would like the model wear.
- Everything should be sent with a transparent
clothing bag (with your name and address written
on it), appropriate hangers and one precise instruction
page in a plastic sleeve (photos can be added
if necessary) to help the dressers.
6. EXCLUSION
CLAUSE:
Entries will be
automatically disqualified from the competitions
by the US national and/ or pre-selection committeesand/or
U.S. and Paris organizations for the following
reasons:
- If they
do not comply with the specifications.
- If they are received after the deadline.
- If they give rise to a legal dispute with juries
or organizations or else.
- If they give rise to any kind of pressure toward
the jury members, the hosting University, the
U.S. and /or Paris organizations
and Sponsors of these competitions.
The projects will
be judged at each level, by well-known professionals
from the field of fashion, design, media and other
experts jury members. In all matters concerning
the course of the competition, the selection of
the different winners and settling disputes, the
decision of the judges is final. All matters will
be decided by majority vote and not subject to
appeal. In case of a tie, the President of the
Jury will cast the deciding vote. Jury deliberations
will not be made public and the anonymity of the
candidates presented to the jury will be preserved
by the organizations.
5.
RULES & REGULATIONS FOR AF-MASTERCLASSES 2006:
October,
Mon 16-Thu 19 / 09:00 - 05:00 /4
DAY WORKSHOP / MasterClass-Series / Scoular Building
-UNT
There will be 2 MasterClasses opened, for a limitate
number of U.S fashion design students participating
in two experimental 4-day workshops, as follows:
•
The Fashion Design Worshop: directed
by Crstof Beaufays, Jean-Paul Gaultier- Paris
Associate Designer and Creative Director, and
Tony Delcampe, Director, Fashion Design Department,
La Cambre "Modes"- Brussels, and Head
Designer for Anemie Verbeke.
•
The Fashion Design Accessories Worshop:
conducted by Wendy&Jim, Austrian Fashion Designers,
showing their collections every season during
the Fashion Week in Paris. They are also the Artistic
Collaborators for Veronique Branquinho at the
University of Applied Arts-Vienna.
The
designs, produced by students in the workshops
will be presented as a special segment in the
AF Fashion Show. Your
recent resume, a photocopy of your student ID
2005-06, the print or photocopie of your online
Paypal registration will be requested the first
day to be admitted into the MasterClass you chose.
Please,
bring also your basic sewing material!
1st
STEP: From August 20 up to 40 participants:
Online registration. ($ 600 entrance fees
for one workshop and a Student PASS for the AF
event 2006)
2nd
STEP:
Your
recent resume should be emailed immediatly after
your Paypal registration to masterclass@arts-of-fashion.org.
3rd
STEP:
Your registration will
be fully completed only when you will received
back an email of confirmation from the Arts of
Fashion organization. Instructions and material
specifications for the developments of the masterClass
as well as the realization of the project will
be emailed soon after. A list of hotels will be
provided. After your fully completed admittance
with the AF confirmation, no refund will be possible.
Spots are limitate.
The
Arts of fashion Foundation and their members,
volunteers and instructors, and the host University
won't in anyway responsible for any kind of accidents,
damages or lost of the final projects or belongings
which could happen during the process of the workshop
and all the events such as transportation or else.
It is the responsability of the students to be
insure and to insure or not what produce or /and
submit.
6. EXCLUSION
CLAUSE:
Entries will be
automatically disqualified from the competitions
by the US national and/ or pre-selection committeesand/or
U.S. and Paris organizations for the following
reasons:
- If they
do not comply with the specifications.
- If they are received after the deadline.
- If they give rise to a legal dispute with juries
or organizations or else.
- If they give rise to any kind of pressure toward
the jury members, the hosting University, the
U.S. and /or Paris organizations
and Sponsors of these competitions.
The projects will
be judged at each level, by well-known professionals
from the field of fashion, design, media and other
experts jury members. In all matters concerning
the course of the competition, the selection of
the different winners and settling disputes, the
decision of the judges is final. All matters will
be decided by majority vote and not subject to
appeal. In case of a tie, the President of the
Jury will cast the deciding vote. Jury deliberations
will not be made public and the anonymity of the
candidates presented to the jury will be preserved
by the organizations.
7. PROTECTION
OF WORK:
The
projects of the candidates remain the artistic
property of their designers. Candidates whose
works are pre-selected and, or awarded prizes
allow the organizers and sponsors to contact and
/ or promote, them and / or their projects through
a wide range of media ( press, TV, Internet, mailing,
advertising, exhibitions, fashion show) for a
period of 12 months following the pre selection
and competitions dates.
8.
AMENDMENT SUSPENSION TERMINAISON INSURANCE:
In
the event of an amendment or decision to or suspension
or termination of the AF-Competition 2006, for
any reason, the U.S. and French organizations
as well as the sponsors and members of the juries
won't beheld responsible in anyway.
The
U.S. and French organizations, the host Universities
won't in anyway responsible for any kind of damages
or lost of the illustrations and/or final projects
submitted in these competitions which could happen
during the process of these competitions, transportation
or else. It is the responsability of the students
to insure or not what they submit.
